About
Past employment
Children’s services in Gateshead, North Tyneside and Newcastle local authorities
4Children
YoungMinds
Institute of Education, University of London
British Association for Adoption & Fostering
National Academy for Parenting Practitioners
Care Matters Partnership
Qualifications and professional membership
BA (Hons) Economics, Psychology, Communications, University of Liverpool, 1987
Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Open University, 2002
Certificate level member of the Institute of Fundraising - MInstF (Cert)
Areas of expertise
Children in care, fostering, adoption, parenting
Children’s mental health
Extended schools, CPD
Project management
Strategic planning
Stakeholder consultation
External communications
Training
Other experience
Wrote YoungMinds: Looking After the Mental Health of Looked After Children, Pavilion Publishing 2001
Expert interview In Loco Parentis, Demos 2010
Chair of primary school governing body
