Who's Who?

 

WORCESTERSHIRE SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN BOARD 

The Pines, Bilford Road, Worcester WR3 8PU

 

Tel: 01905 752803

Fax: 01905 752836

 

 

STAFF MEMBERS

 

Board Manager                   -      Adrienne Plunkett  Tel:   01905 752829

aplunkett@worcestershire.gov.uk

 

Training & Development Adviser -      Jonathan Picken   Tel:   01905 752826

Jpicken@worcestershire.gov.uk

 

Development Officer             -      Heather Giannasi  Tel:   01905 752830

hgiannasi@worcestershire.gov.uk

 

Child Protection Adviser          -      John Dickinson     Tel:   01905 752830

And Training Officer                    

Jdickinson@worcestershire.gov.uk

 

Administrative Assistant         -      Jane Shotton       Tel:   01905 752803

Jshotton@worcestershire.gov.uk

 

Administrative Assistant         -      Gemma Bailey     Tel:   01905 752843

Gbailey@worcestershire.gov.uk

 

                              

BOARD MEMBERS

 

 

Keith Barham, Acting Head of Service, Herefordshire & Worcestershire Youth Offending Service

 

Anne Binney,  Head of Integrated Services for Children, Young People and Families, Children’s Services

 

Helen Blanchard, Director of Nursing, Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust

 

Linda Collis, Head of Community and Partnership Services, Wyre Forest District Council

 

Jane Crysell, Chief Executive, Connexions

 

Jan Ditheridge, Director of Modernisation and Nursing, Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership

NHS Trust

 

Catherine Driscoll, Head of Culture, Commissioning & Community, Adult & Community Services Worcestershire County Council

 

Michael Hunter, Chair of Worcestershire Council for Voluntary Youth Services

 

Chief Superintendent Martin Lakeman,  West Mercia Constabulary

 

Liz Morris, NSPCC, Area Children’s Services Manager

 

DCI Jeremy Reakes-Williams, West Mercia Constabulary

 

Sandra Rote, Director of Clinical Development and Lead Executive Nurse, Worcestershire PCT

 

Liz Smith, Area Manager, South Worcestershire, West Mercia Probation Service

 

Kate Thomas-Peter, CAFCASS

 

Hilary Thompson, Independent Chair

 

Dominic Tolley, Regional Head of Clinical Services, West Midlands Ambulance Service, NHS Trust

 

Dave Waldron, Director of Performance and Standards, Learning & Skills Council

 

 

Board Advisers:

 

Alan Ferguson, Service Manager, Safeguarding & Quality Assurance

 

Lewis Jones, Principal Solicitor, Legal & Democratic Services, Worcestershire County Council

 

Adrienne Plunkett, Board Manager

 

 

EXECUTIVE GROUP

 

The Executive is responsible for the Board’s Business Plan being taken forward through its staff and sub-groups.  It ensures that policies and procedures are in line with current legislation, government guidance and good practice and that the partner agencies are working effectively together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

 

 

Anne Binney, Chair, Head of Integrated Services for Children, Young People and Families, Children’s Services

 

Elizabeth Canty, Named Nurse for Child Protection, Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust

 

Dr Frances Childs, Consultant Paediatrician, Worcestershire NHS PCT

 

Dr Doug Castling, Consultant Paediatrician, Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust

 

Bridget Cooper, Service Development Manager, Youth Support, Worcestershire County Council

 

Julie Crawshaw, Turning Point

 

John Dickinson, WSCB Training Officer

 

Clare Dickson, CAFCASS

 

Dave Evans, Operational Manager, Youth Support (Chair of North Network)

 

Alan Ferguson, Service Manager, Safeguarding & Quality Assurance, Worcestershire County Council

 

Alan Ford, Substance Misuse Action Team

 

Heather Giannasi, WSCB Development Officer

 

Jon Hall, Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service

 

Kay Higman, Cultural Services Manager, Wyre Forest District Council

 

Dug Hollowayollow, Divisional Manager, West Midlands Ambulance NHS Trust

 

Lewis Jones, Childcare Solicitor, Legal Dept, Worcestershire County Council 

 

Phil Kendrick, Hereford & Worcester Youth Offending Service

 

Rukhsana Koser, Corporate Diversity Manager, Adult Services

 

Marie McCurry, Assistant Director of Provider Services, Worcestershire PCT, (Chair of South Network)

 

Sally Mills, Lead Officer, Safeguarding Children (Schools), Children’s Services Directorate

 

Liz Morris, Area Children’s Services Manager, NSPCC

 

Amanda Nally, Provider Services Manager, Adult Services

 

Gail O’Malley, Connexions

 

DCI Sean Paley, Public Protection, West Mercia Constabulary

 

Chris Parker, Service Development Manager, Children with Disabilities and Complex Needs

 

Jonathan Picken, WSCB Training & Development Adviser

 

Adrienne Plunkett, WSCB Board Manager

 

Ros Shrubb, Domestic Abuse Co-ordinator

 

Liz Smith, Area Manager, South Worcestershire National Probation Services for England and Wales

 

Sharon Weston, Voluntary & Community Sector

 

Catherine Whitehouse, Nurse Consultant – Child Protection, Worcestershire PCT

 

Dr Pat Woolford, Vice Principal, Worcester College of Technology