Phase Two Invitees' Biographies

SEMINAR ONE: DISCOVERY AND INCLUSION - Friday 15 March
SEMINAR TWO: IDENTIFICATION - Friday 22 March
SEMINAR THREE: DETERMINING REQUIREMENTS - Friday 12 April
SEMINAR FOUR: SERVICE PROVISION AND DELIVERY - Friday 19 April
SEMINAR FIVE: MONITORING PERFORMANCE - Friday 26 April

Rosemarie McQuarrie
Practice Nurse
Hertfordshire
Rosemarie McQuarrie began working as a staff nurse and then became a sister in anaesthetics and recovery. Having developed an interest in teaching, she qualified as a clinical teacher and nurse tutor. In 1993, Rosemary became the Professional Officer for Practice Nursing at the Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association. She is also a member of the Chief Nurse for England's special advisory group for practice nursing.

Richard Jones
Assistant Chief Inspector
Social Services Inspectorate
Richard Jones has held the position of Assistant Chief Inspector in the North West for 18 months. Prior to that he spent 18 years working in local authority social services departments and has been Director of St Helens' Social Services for the last five years.

Beverley Clarke
Chair Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
Beverley Clarke has 18 years' experience as a health visitor and is particularly concerned with west African children. She is now a team advisor with the clinical lead for 12 health visitors and a member of the BAAF Private Fostering Practice Issues' group.

Yomi McEwan
General Practitioner
Dr McEwan is a partner in a West Essex practice. She has a keen interest in primary care education. In her role as Primary Care Tutor for Epping Forest Primary Care Trust, she foster multi-professional education and research. She is an associate lecturer at Anglia Polytechnic University and is a co-tutor for the consultation and diagnostic skills for nurses module. She trained at the Royal Free Hospital, London nd qualified in 1977.

Gillian Antioniou
Home-Start scheme manager
Enfield and Haringey Health Authority
Gillian Antoniou’s background is in teaching, counselling and working with people who have learning difficulties. She has worked for the past seven years for Home-Start, and now leads a team of three co-ordinators based in the London Borough of Enfield.

Dr Howard Baderman
Retired A&E consultant
University College, London
Dr Baderman has many years’ experience in Accident and Emergency consultancy. He was the Consultant Advisor in Accident and Emergency Medicine to the Chief Medical Officer for nine years until he retired from clinical work in 2000. His main interests have been the treatment of children in Accident and Emergency and the initial diagnosis and management of children with suspected abuse. As a JP he was also involved with the care of abused children as the Chairman of an Inner London Family Proceedings Court from 1985-2001.

Romi Bowen
Assistant Director, Children’s Services
Southwark Council
Romi Bowen’s current responsibilities include children’s social work services and the Youth Offending Team. She also chairs Southwark Area Child Protection Committee and the Multi Agency Planning Partnership for Vulnerable Children. Having qualified in 1982, Romi specialized in child care working in the voluntary and statutory sectors. She has recently been involved in improving child protection standards in a failing authority.

Christopher Cloke
Policy Advisor
NSPCC
Chris Cloke has worked for the NSPCC for 10 years and is currently the head of child protection awareness and advocacy. From 1994 to 1996 he was seconded to the National Commission of Inquiry into the Prevention of Child Abuse. He is also vice-president of the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors’ Assocation.

Laurence Coaker
Housing Assessment Manager
Harrow Council
Laurence Coker joined the Homeless Persons Unit at Harrow Council in 1992 as a caseworker and now manages the unit. He has substantial experience of dealing with child protection issues, and has attended a number of child protection conferences. He is the housing representative on Harrow’s Area Child Protection Committee as well as the Multi Agency Public Protection Panel.

Ratna Dutt
Director
Race Equality Unit
A social worker by profession, Ratna Dutt now heads up the Race Equality Unit, a national agency providing race equality training, consultancy, research and development in social care. She is a trustee of the National Family and Parenting Institute and a member of the Adoption and Permanence Task Force.

Susan Ellery
Policy Offier
Child Asylum Seekers’ Team
West Sussex Council
Susan Ellery has worked in West Sussex for 12 years, initially as a social worker. She became team manager in 1996 and for the past three years has been a policy officer. Her responsibilities include the education of looked-after children and the Quality Protects Management Action Plan.

Moira Gibb
Executive Director of Housing and Social Services
Kensington and Chelsea Council
Moira Gibb qualified as a social worker 25 years ago after a short career in teaching. Since then she has worked in social services departments in Newcastle, Surrey and Ealing and since 1988, Kensington and Chelsea where she is now Executive Director of Housing and Social Services. She has been Secretary and Chair of Association of Directors of Social Services and represented the Association on the Children Act Advisory Committee.

Robina Khan
Duty Assessment Team Manager
Birmingham Council
Robina Khan has been manager of the Assessment Team for two years. Her responsibilities include screening and responding to referrals and dealing with child protection concerns. She has 10 years’ social services experience.

David Lammy
MP for Tottenham
David Lammy was elected as Member of Parliament for Tottenham in June 2000 at the age of 27. He studied law and was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in 1994. David became the first black Briton to study a Masters in Law at Harvard Law School. David was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education in June 2001. His main political areas of interest are education, social exclusion, economic affairs and international development.

Stella Macaulay
Senior Education Welfare Officer
Wandsworth Council
Stella Macaulay has been working in education welfare for 12 years. Part of her current role is to link with other agencies, principally social services and health services to support the education of vulnerable children. She takes a lead role in providing child protection training in schools and contributes to multi-agency training organised by the Area Child Protection Committee.

Detective Sergeant Dave McCallum
Police child protection expert
Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Dave McCallum joined the Family and Child Protection Unit as a constable in 1992, and has worked widely in Avon and Somerset on child protection duties. In this capacity he oversees police implementation of child protection procedures and manages child abuse investigations.

Andy McCullough
Project Leader
Safe in the City
A qualified youth and community worker, Andy McCullough has worked in the child care field for over fifteen years. In his current role, as project leader of the ‘Safe in the City’ scheme, he works with children and young people who are missing or are at risk of running away.

Rebecca Mason
Children and Families’ Social Worker
Portsmouth Council
Rebecca Mason qualified as a social worker in 1997. Since then she has worked in the children and families reception and assessment team in Portsmouth.

Brendan McGrath
Private Fostering Coordinator
Gloucestershire Council
Having qualified in 1980, Brendan McGrath has worked mostly in child care settings as a practitioner and as a manager. He is currently private fostering co-ordinator for Gloucestershire Council.

Tink Palmer
Principal Policy and Practice Officer
Barnado’s
Tink Palmer has been in social work practice since 1973. Since then she has carried out a number of roles mostly concerning issues around children and sexual abuse. Tink is currently employed as Principal Policy and Practice Officer specifically for child sexual exploitation. She is an associate member of the Home Office Steering Committee on Child Evidence.

Nigel Parton
Director, Centre for Applied Childhood Studies
University of Huddersfield
A qualified social worker, and Professor of Child Care, Nigel Parton has acted as consultant both in this country and abroad on the development and evaluation of child protection policies and procedures. He is an honorary member of the NSPCC Council. He has written numerous articles and books.

Jeffery Sanderson
Caller Care Manager
Samaritans
Manages the day to day contact of callers to the Samaritans and is responsible for making referrals to other agencies. He also attends client meetings with health professionals.

Theresa Shiyabola
Director
African Women’s Welfare Association
The association, established in 1982, aims to improve opportunities for women and children in health, play schemes and community enterprise. Theresa Shiyabola is also the representative of the Lost African Child Concern since it was first set up in 1991. Its main aim is to raise awareness of African children who are fostered. She has been involved in setting up seminars and training for African children and their carers. Ms Shiyabola chairs the Black Care Forum in Tower Hamlets and is a committee member of the African and Caribbean Council of Churches in Britain and Ireland.

Bonnie Tomkins
Designated Nurse for Child Protection
East Kent Health Authority
Bonnie Tomkins has a number of responsibilities concerning child protection and children in need. She is part of the child protection team of nurses and doctors. She also provides multi-agency training on child protection and also training for non-statutory organizations, such as Home Start and pre-school nurseries. She is a member of the Part 8 Multi-Agency Review Team of Kent Child Protection Committee.

Nana Amamoo
Director
African Families’ Foundation
Nana Amamoo has worked in community development, specializing in health and family support since 1989. She is currently director of the African Families’ Foundation, a network of grassroots African community organizations.

Modupe Debbie Ariyo
Co-ordinator
Africans Unite Against Child Abuse
Modupe Ariyo is the co-ordinator of Africans Unite Against Child Abuse, an organisation which advises on issues affecting the rights and welfare of African children.

Janet Barker
Social Worker
Norfolk Social Services
A qualified social worker since 1994, Janet’s previous work involves working as a child care social worker in both short-term and long-term teams. Since September 2001 she has been a senior practitioner in the assessment team, handling child protection referrals and family breakdown.

Linda Booth
School Improvement Officer
Manchester
An ex-teacher, Linda Booth has worked extensively with children experiencing emotional and behavioral difficulties and their families. She is a member of the Child Protection in Education Steering Group, which is responsible for the design, planning and delivery of training in education. In her current role she is responsible for children and young people in care.

Maurice Emberson
Head of Children and Family Services
Reading Council
Maurice Emberson has worked in social services since1974 and qualified in 1980, specialising in child protection work. He has experience of chairing child protection conferences, was a member of an Area Child Protection Committee and was, at one time, responsible for the child protection work of six teams. He now chairs Reading Area Child Protection Committee and is head of Children and Family Services in the borough.

Terri Fletcher
First Stop Project Leader
The Children’s Society
Terri Fletcher is a qualified social worker. Her previous experience includes residential social work, rights and advice training and teaching of children and adults. She has worked for the Children’s Society for six years.

Detective Superintendent Tracy Hayler
Head of Child Protection Team
Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Tracy Hayler has been a police officer for 22 years. She is currently the head of the Avon and Somerset Child Protection Team and sits on five Area Child Protection Committees. She also leads a working group on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers to develop training for officers in child abuse investigations.

Detective Sergeant Julia Hogg
Child Protection Unit
Bedlington
Julie Hogg has 22 years’ experience as a police officer. She has been involved in child protection for 10 years at various levels. She has worked as a trainer and manager as well as an interview advisor. Julie has undertaken child protection training in Thailand and Argentina and worked with officers from Africa and India.

Dr John Holmes-Smith
Consultant Paediatrician
Chair of Hampshire Area Child Protection Committee
Dr Holmes-Smith has 40 years’ experience in child protection work. Since 1986 he has sat on the Child Protection Committees of Wiltshire, Hampshire and Surrey in various roles. More recently he was re-elected Chairman of the Hampshire Child Protection Committee. He is also the designated doctor for child protection in West Surrey.

Richard Jones
Assistant Chief Inspector
Social Services Inspectorate
Richard Jones has held the position of Assistant Chief Inspector in the North West for 18 months. Prior to that he spent 18 years working in Local Authority Social Services Departments and has been Director of St Helens’ social services for the last five years.

Michael Little
Researcher
Dartington Social Research Unit
Dr Little has written several books on children’s services and was co-author of the Department of Health overview of research on child protection, ‘Child Protection: Messages for Research’. Since 1998 he has been working on ‘Common Language’, a project designed to provide health and social care professionals practical tools to improve outcomes for children.

Dr Eileen Munro
Lecturer in Social Policy
London School of Economics
Having trained as a social worker, Dr Munro is now a lecturer in social policy with considerable experience of training social workers. She currently runs a multi-professional course in child protection for experienced professionals. Her areas of expertise include risk management in child protection and mental health work, critical reasoning skills, social work research methods and children’s rights.

David Pearson
Director
Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service
David Pearson is the Director of the Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service, with over 30 years experience in social work and social work management. Since 1986 he has served as a children’s guardian. He has represented the guardian service on an Area Child Protection Committee.

Mark Peel
Director
National Open Learning Programme
An experienced social worker, Mark Peel is director of the National Open Learning Programme at the Open University, responsible for social work training. Prior to joining the Open University he was a research fellow at Leicester and Loughborough Universities where he developed, implemented and evaluated a multi-agency approach to the assessment of children in need.

Kathryn Pell
Named Child Protection Nurse
Nottinghamshire
Having completed registered nurse and midwifery training, Kathryn Pell began school nursing in 1992. In 1997 she was appointed as a child protection facilitator for Nottingham Community NHS Trust. Kathryn’s work in the Child Protection Department involves advisory, training and supervision services to health staff. She is also the named nurse for Gedling Primary Care Trust.

Angela Plant
Social Services Team Manager
Dudley Council
Angela Plant started her career in social work as a child care residential social worker in 1972. Since then she has worked for three local authority statutory organisations and for a short spell with the NSPCC. She currently manages six social workers and a family support worker within the assessment service.

Robert Tapsfield
Chief Executive
Family Rights’ Group
Robert Tapsfield qualified as a social worker in 1975. He has over twenty years’ experience in social services specialising in children and families, including chairing child protection conferences. He is now chief executive of the Family Rights’ Group, an organisation that works to improve services for families whose children are involved with social services.

Jo Williams
Director of Social Services
Cheshire Council
Having qualified in 1971, Jo Williams has spent 30 years working in social services, the last 10 as a Director. She was President of the Association of Directors of Social Services from October 1999 to October 2000.

Bill Anderson
Assistant Director, Commissioning and Planning;
East Kent Council
Bill qualified as a social worker in Australia. He was manager of children’s services in Kent for 14 years and is now Assistant Director for Commissioning and Planning.

Issy Atkinson
Senior Practitioner, Intake and Assessment Team;
Peterborough Council
Currently working in the Intake and Assessment team, Issy is responsible for the assessment of risk to children and young people. She is actively involved in several Area Child Protection Committee sub-groups and a member of the recruitment and retention working party. She qualified as a social worker in 1998, having previously worked in the probation service.

Richard Banks
UK Manager;
TOPSS
Richard has been the Principal for the Standards and Qualification Frameworks at TOPPS, the national training organisation for social care, since August 2000. His previous experience includes lecturing and managing in further education and residential care. He has been widely involved in the development of competency-based systems for workforce management.

Dave Basker
Principal Child Care Manager;
North Lincolnshire Council
Dave qualified as a social worker in 1984 and has worked in a number of children and families roles. He was a member of the National Assessment Framework training group, which produced training materials to accompany practice guidance.

Peter Begley
Consultant;
ISISS Ltd
An experienced systems manager, Peter has been an independent consultant advising on the use of technology to improve organisational performance in health and social care settings since 1998. Prior to that he worked for Kent Council as the Information Strategy and Systems Director, responsible for planning management and delivery of an IT programme targeted at improving social care services.

Alan Bowman
Strategic Director, Social Care and Health;
Brighton & Hove
Having qualified as a social worker, Alan worked in a range of care settings before being made Director of Social Services in Fife. He joined Brighton and Hove Council in 1996.

Chris Butler
Director of Nursing and Acting Chief Executive;
St George’s NHS Trust
Chris’s career has included clinical practice nursing and general management. Before joining the Trust in 1997, he was Assistant Chief Nursing Officer at the Department of Health.

Nnenna Cookey
Consultant Paediatrician;
North Durham Health Care NHS Trust
Nnenna has over 20 years’ experience in paediatrics and child health. She is often involved in assessing children and young people who may have suffered abuse or neglect. She is the designated paediatrician to County Durham Area Child Protection Committee and the named doctor for child protection for the Trust. She provides inter-agency child abuse training and provides advice to the Trust on child abuse and child deaths.

Owen Davies
National Officer for Social Services;
UNISON
Having qualified in 1972, Owen worked in social work teams in Oxford and East Sussex. He held a number of posts in NALGO and, in 1999, he was appointed the lead for UNISON on social services issues. He is a member of a number of groups and task forces including the General Social Care Council advisory group and the project board on the reform of social work education.

Rhian Davies
Assistant Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Policy and Services Evaluation
Rhian has 22 years’ experience in social work in a wide variety of settings including a spell as a child protection training officer. She was co-designer of the first accredited post qualification training programme for the joint investigation of child abuse. She took up her current post in March 2002.

Yoni Ejo
Childcare consultant;
Christie Hospital Trust
Yoni is a former Chief Executive of the Bibini Centre for Young People. Based in Manchester, the organisation was set up in 1993 with a number of aims, including the empowerment of young black people and their families. Yoni also sits on the external advisory group for the Government’s Children and Young People’s Unit.

Dave Evans
Child Protection Co-ordinator;
Swindon Council
Dave has over 26 years’ experience of working in social services including a spell in inner London. He has worked extensively with children and families and has managed investigations into children at risk. He is currently employed in Swindon as Child Protection Co-ordinator.

Peter Hampson
Chief Constable;
West Mercia Constabulary
Peter joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1967 as a constable and, after a series of promotions, became Chief Constable in 1999. Since 2001 he has been head of the Association of Chief Police Officers’ Crime Business Area. He was seconded to the Home Office in 1996, where he led research and co-ordinated a number of reports including Beating Crime and Keeping the Peace.

Jane Held
Director of Social Services;
Camden Council
Jane took up her current post in March 2001. Before that, she was Director of Social Services in Southend - for just over three years - where she was responsible for setting up the new Social Services Department. She is the current joint-chair of the Association of Directors of Social Services Children and Families Committee.

Enid Hendry
Head of Child Protection Training and Consultancy;
NSPCC National Training Centre
Having qualified as a social worker in 1972, Enid worked in local authorities and in health settings before moving into training and development work. She chairs Area Child Protection Committees and was a founder member of a partnership organization, which promotes inter-agency training. Enid is a member of the Department of Health Advisory Group on the Integrated Children’s System and was on the advisory group for the Assessment Framework.

Dr David Jones
Consultant Child and Family Psychiatrist;
Park Hospital for Children
Oxford
Dr Jones has led a multidisciplinary child psychiatric team since 1986. As well as general child and family mental health services the team provides a specialist service for severe parenting problems, including child abuse. Dr Jones has written widely on child abuse and is Associate Editor of the journal Child Abuse and Neglect. He represented the Royal College of Psychiatrists on the revision of Working Together and the Assessment Framework.

Richard Jones
Assistant Chief Inspector;
Social Services Inspectorate
Richard Jones has held the position of Assistant Chief Inspector in the North West for 18 months. Prior to that he spent 18 years working in local authority social services departments and has been Director of St Helens’ Social Services for the last five years.

Margaret Lynch
Professor of Community Paediatrics
Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical School
Margaret has worked as a community paediatrician in south east London since 1979 and a child protection designated doctor since 1995. She carried out some of the early UK research into child abuse and continues to participate in multidisciplinary training in this country and abroad. Between 1999 and 2001 she acted as adviser in the Department of Health and now co-chairs the Children in Need module of the Children’s National Service Framework.

Kerry Marlow
Detective Inspector
South Wales Police Child Protection Unit
In charge of the Cardiff Child Protection Unit since 1999, Kerry is also a member of four Area Child Protection Committees and the South Wales Child Protection Forum. He has been part of the team responsible for drafting the All Wales Child Protection Procedures, due to be launched this month. He is also the author of a joint-agency information sharing protocol and a member of the Association of Chief Police Officers Child Protection Training Sub-Group and introduced a training programme for child protection officers in South Wales.

Mike Rundle
Director of Social Services
Wandsworth Council
Having moved to Wandsworth in 1979, Mike held posts of Deputy Director of Administration and Head of Management Services before becoming Director of Social Services. Mike began his career in local government as a management trainee in Devon in 1963.

David Spicer
Honorary Secretary
British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
David has acted as a member and legal adviser to Area Review and Child Protection Committees for over 25 years and has practised in all areas of child welfare for 27 years. He is currently Assistant Head of Legal Services with Nottinghamshire Council and manages a team of solicitors specialising in the care and protection of children. He has also acted as a member of inquiry panels that have examined cases involving the deaths of more than 70 children.

David Thorpe
Professor of Applied Social Science
Lancaster University
David worked as a social worker before becoming a research fellow and then a lecturer in social work. As a director of the Centre for Youth, Crime and Community at Lancaster University he acted as consultant researcher to a number of international bodies involved in the development of new social work practices. He has recently completed research into child protection practices in 15 local authorities.

Jane Tunstill
Professor and Director of Applied Social Services
University of London
Jane is responsible for qualifying and post-qualifying social work education. She has undertaken a wide range of research, particularly in child care policy and practice. She is a member of the research team responsible for the evaluation of the Sure Start programme.

David Webster
Principal Educational Psychologist
Lancashire Council
David has more than 20 years’ experience as an educational psychologist. He is currently the Principal Educational Psychologist and head of special educational needs assessment with Lancashire County Council. He is a qualified and experienced teacher.

Ann Barnet
Child Care Manager;
Middlesborough Council
A qualified social worker and family therapist, Anne has worked in Middlesborough/Cleveland social services since 1977. In her current role, she is responsible for chairing strategy meetings for child protection cases and managing all assessments. Until recently, she was a member of the local Area Child Protection Committee.

Richard Bates
Manager of Policy, Performance and Commissioning (Children);
Bradford Council
After qualifying as a social worker, Richard began his career in 1970 in a Children’s Department. His current responsibilities include implementing a performance management framework for children’s services and developing joined up services for children and their families. His particular interest is the use of information technology to support systems and he is the lead officer for the application of ‘e-government’ to social care for his department.

Sir Louis Blom Cooper QC
Chairman Jasmine Beckford and Kimberley Carlile child death Inquiries
Sir Louis has been a leading silk in the public law field for many years and has written extensively on all areas of law. He chaired the Mental Health Act Commission between 1987 and 1994 and has also chaired over ten inquiries including the Jasmine Beckford and Kimberley Carlile child death Inquires.

Gill Brook
Clinical Nurse Specialist;
Birmingham Children’s Hospital Trust
Gill trained as a paediatric and general nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital where she later worked in paediatrics and neonatal care. Gill is a member of the Children’s Taskforce and a member of an external working group of the National Service Framework.

Andrew Cooper
Professor of Social Work;
Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust
As well as Professor of Social Work, Andrew continues to practice as a clinical social worker in the Adolescent Department at the Tavistock Clinic. Over the last ten years he has taken part in a series of research programmes into European child protection systems and practices. He is currently working on a pamphlet which proposes a range of reforms to the English child protection system.

Hilton Dawson
MP for Lancaster and Wyre
Hilton has served as Member of Parliament for Lancaster and Wyre since 1997. A former social worker, he is involved with a number of parliamentary groups on children’s issues. In particular, he co-chairs the All Party Group for Children and chairs the Associate Parliamentary Group for Children and Young People in Care. He has also introduced a Children’s Rights Commissioner Bill as a private member’s bill on three occasions in the last Parliament.

Chris Hobbs
Consultant Community Paediatrician;
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Chris is a community paediatrician in a department with a special interest in child protection. He is vice-chairman of Leeds’ Area Child Protection Committee, designated doctor for child protection in Leeds and, for ten years, chaired the national Paediatric Child Protection Interest Group of the British Association of Community Child Health and Royal College of Paediatrics. He also trains and supports professionals in child protection services.

Mick Hopwood
Detective Chief Inspector;
West Yorkshire Police
In his 27 years with West Yorkshire Police, Mick has gained experience in a variety of roles. He was appointed Head of the West Yorkshire Police Child Protection Unit in February 2001 and has management responsibility for around 80 staff. Mick also serves on five Area Child Protection Committees.

Rob Hutchinson
Director of Social Services; Portsmouth Council
and Chair of the Association of Directors of Social Services
Rob has worked in Hampshire since 1974, holding various posts including responsibility for children’s services and Deputy Director before being appointed as Director in 1996. Rob chairs the Association of Directors Social Services Children and Families Committee and acts as adviser to the Local Government Association.

Ian Johnston
Director;
British Association of Social Workers
Ian began his career in social work in 1971. His previous experience includes working as a practitioner and team manager with responsibilities for child care and protection and managing social work and occupational therapy services. Ian was appointed UK Director of BASW in 1999.

Andrew Kings
Detective Constable;
Greater Manchester Police Family Support Unit
Andrew joined Greater Manchester Police in 1982. He moved to the Family Support Unit in 1982 and worked in the Divisional CID before rejoining the Child Protection Unit in January 2001.

Glen Mason
Assistant Chief Inspector;
Social Services Inspectorate
Glen Mason is currently Assistant Chief Inspector for the East Midlands Region of the Social Services Inspectorate and shares the SSI lead responsibility for children’s issues with the ACI for the North West. Prior to taking up post with the SSI, Glen was the Assistant Director Children and Families with Manchester Council. He has held a range of posts within social services departments; all of which have been related to Children’s Services.

Penny Peynser
Head of Children’s Services;
Sheffield
Penny has 31 years’ experience in social services and has spent the last 15 years in children’s services. In 1999 she became Head of Children and Families Service. She has experience of local government as a local Councillor in Sheffield and held various chairing roles in relation to the Education and Social Services Committees.

John Ransford
Director of Education and Social Policy;
Local Government Association
John is a qualified social worker who began his career as a probation officer. Between 1974 and 1987 he held a number of posts with Kirklees Council, including Director of Social Services. He was Honorary Secretary of the Association of Directors of Social Services from 1993 to 1996. He was appointed Head of Social Affairs, Health and Housing at the LGA in 1999 and became Director of Education and Social Policy in January 2002.

Julia Ross
Director of Social Services and Chief Executive Primary Care Trust;
Barking and Dagenham Council
Julia has worked as a nurse and social work practitioner. She has also served as Director of Social Services for Hillingdon Council.

Gillian Shephard
MP for South West Norfolk
Gillian’s spent the early part of her career in education and the media. She has, however, had a long involvement with the NHS including Chairman of the Norwich Health Authority from 1985 to 1987. Her political career began when she was elected to Parliament in 1987. Following Ministerial appointments at Social Security and Treasury, she joined the Cabinet in 1992 and held a number of senior posts including Secretary of State for Education and Employment.

Viki Simpson
Chartered Forensic and Counseling Psychologist
Viki has 20 years’ experience working in local authorities and private practice. She has been a child protection adviser for an inner London borough, but now works full time in private practice as a consultant psychologist. Her specialist field is risk assessment.

James Skinner
Senior Social Worker;
Kensington & Chelsea Council
James’ role involves working with children and families in need and those in need of protection, as well as looked-after children. His work includes short and longer term case work, as well as duty work and court work. After qualifying in 1997, James worked for Buckinghamshire as a children and families social worker.

Mark Sturge
General Director;
African and Caribbean Evangelical Alliance
Mark took up his current post in 1996. He is responsible for establishing ACEA’s Children and Youth Commission which brings together those who work with children and young people from black majority churches.

June Thoburn
Professor of Social Work;
University of East Anglia
June is a qualified social worker and has been a university social work educator and researcher since 1980. She has written many books and articles on family support and is frequently asked to give expert evidence in complex court cases.

Colin Tucker
Assistant Director of Children's Families and Schools Directorate;
Brighton and Hove Council
Colin trained as a probation officer 20 years ago and has worked in various public sector roles, including periods as a social worker dealing with children and families. His other experience includes being Head of Youth Offending and On Track Services. Colin has also been a core member of the local Area Child Protection Committee for over four years.

Sir William Utting
Former Chief Inspector;
Social Services Inspectorate
Sir William is a social worker who held senior posts in the probation service, local government and the civil service. He retired from the Department of Health in 1991 as the first Chief Inspector of Social Services and served on the Committee on Standards in Public Life from 1994 to 2001. Currently, Sir William chairs the governing body of Goldsmith’s College, London University and is deputy chair of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Ann York
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist;
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
Ann is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist working in a multi-disciplinary community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in Richmond, Surrey. She is a member of the local Area Child Protection Committee and sits on the Health Liaison Committee of the NSPCC. In her role as Honorary Senior Lecturer at St George’s Hospital Medical School she organises and contributes to training in child protection for medical students.

Frances Young
Named Nurse for Child Protection;
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Frances began nurse training in 1972 and worked as a midwife and in neonatal care until 1979 when she became a health visitor. In her current role, she is responsible for promoting and facilitating multi-agency child protection working across the Trust for nursing and medical staff. She is also responsible for delivering and organising child protection training within the Trust and on a multi-agency basis.

Professor Al Aynsley Green
National Director for Children’s Services
Al is a Nuffield Professor of Child Health at the Institute for Child Health, University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. His previous posts include Clinical and University Lecturer at the University of Oxford and Head of Clinical Medical Sciences at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He was appointed as National Clinical Director for Children in July 2001. He is also chairman of the Children’s Taskforce.

Dr Maurice Conlon
Director of Primary Care;
NHS Clinical Governance Support Team
Maurice has worked as a GP in Birmingham since 1993. He was the lead for Edgbaston Primary Care Group Clinical Governance from 1998 to 2001.

Sir Andrew Foster
Controller;
Audit Commission
Sir Andrew Foster began his career in social services and has held two Director of Social Services posts. He became General Manager of Yorkshire Regional Health Authority in 1987, before being appointed Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Performance Management of the NHS. He was appointed Controller of the Audit Commission in 1992. Sir Andrew sits on a number of Government taskforces.

Michael Frater
Chief Executive;
Telford and Wrekin Council
Michael joined Wrekin Council in 1979 where he held a number of posts including Head of the Policy Unit. In 1986, he joined Kent County Council as Director of Strategic Management. In 1993, he became Chief Executive of London Borough of Redbridge and was appointed to his current post in June 2000.

Marcia Fry
Head of Clinical Quality; Ethics and Genetics Division,
Department of Health
Marcia is currently responsible for co-ordinating policy on NHS quality issues, including the agenda set out in ‘A First Class Service: Quality in the New NHS’.

Chief Constable Terence Grange
Dyfed-Powys Police
After a spell in the Army, Terence joined the Metropolitan Police in 1971. Throughout his career he has had extensive operational experience. After a series of promotions he was appointed Chief Constable to the Dyfed-Powys police in 2000. Terence is the portfolio holder for child protection and sex offender issues.

Kathryn Grindrod
Social Worker;
Manchester
Kathryn qualified as a social worker in 1998 and since then, has worked in children and families services. At the end of 2001 she became a senior practitioner in a family support team, which handles a wide range of issues, from family support to child protection and care proceedings. As a senior practitioner she supports junior social workers in their more complex casework.

Detective Inspector Kate Hallsworth
South Liverpool Family Support Unit
Kate has served as a police officer for 27 years. Over the last seven years she has managed the south Liverpool child protection and domestic violence unit. She was responsible for setting up the original child protection units and is the lead child protection officer for a force consisting of six child protection units. She regularly lectures at police child protection courses.

Bess Herbert
Programme Director;
Office of Children's Rights Commissioner for London
The Office of the Children’s Rights Commissioner for London works to promote children’s human rights and in particular their right to participate in decision-making. Bess has extensive experience in children’s rights issues and working with children and young people.

Tim Hollis
Assistant Inspector;
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary
Tim joined the Metropolitan Police in 1977 and served for 13 years mostly in operational posts in inner London. Since then he has undertaken a wide range of posts, including spells in the Sussex Police and South Yorkshire Police. In January 2002, Tim was seconded to the Home Office as an Assistant Inspector of Constabulary.

Anne James
Team Manager for Children and Families;
Leeds Council
Anne qualified as a social worker in 1979 and has worked in London and Hampshire in child care teams. For the last 13 years she has been responsible for running a child care team in Chapeltown, Leeds. An important part of her job in this multi-ethnic community is to represent social services on various community projects.

Mike Leadbetter
Director of Essex Social Services
Mike’s career began as an unqualified social worker in 1972 in Moss Side, Manchester. Following qualification he undertook a series of posts including Director of Tameside Social Services. Mike is a member of the Association of Directors of Social Services’ (ADSS) Executive Committee and the ADSS Children and Families Committee. For 12 years, he has been a member of the Department of Health Research Liaison Group, which is responsible for commissioning research into child care. From 1998 to 2001 he represented the ADSS on the Training Organisation for Personal Social Services.

Chief Inspector Leroy Logan
Chair, Black Police Association
Leroy has a strong operational background as a constable, sergeant and inspector. He is currently a Chief Inspector working in Westminster on a community programme, which aims to build trust in ethnic minority communities by developing new models of consultation. Leroy has had a varied career including developing policies designed to eradicate institutional racism.

Mike Pinnock
Social Services Performance Manger;
North Lincolnshire Council
Mike became a trainee social worker in 1973. In 1991, he was appointed Principal Assistant for Humberside Social Services, managing the Child Care Policy Unit and the Adoption Team. His current responsibilities involve managing policy, planning, performance review and staff training and development, covering child welfare services. Mike also works part time for the Child and Family Research Centre at Loughborough University.

Denise Platt
Chief Inspector;
Social Services Inspectorate
Denise began her career as a hospital social worker and has held a number of practitioner and senior management posts in social services in London, including Director of Social Services in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. She is a past president of the Association of the Directors of Social Services. Denise became Chief Inspector of the Social Services Inspectorate in 1998 and is now also the Director for Children, Older People and Social Care Services at the Department of Health.

Christine Renouf
Director of Inspection Services;
NSPCC
The majority of Christine’s social work career has been with the Probation Service. As Chief Probation Officer in South Yorkshire she was responsible for the family court welfare service and sat on the local Area Child Protection Committee. In 1996, Christine was seconded to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation and was responsible for policy advice to the Home Office. She moved to the NSPCC in 1997 and manages the internal inspection unit, which is responsible for inspecting all aspects of the NSPCC’s work.

Gill Rigg
Head of Children and Families;
Lancashire County Council
In her current role, Gill is responsible for all areas of children and families work. She also chairs Lancashire’s Area Child Protection Committee. Her social work career has spanned 25 years, mainly in children and families work. She was appointed to her current post in 2000.

Daryl Robertson
Community Lead, Performance Management;
West Kent Health Authority
Having gained qualifications in nursing and health visiting, Daryl held a number of clinical and managerial posts. In his current role he is responsible for the strategic development of services for children. He has been the lead officer for child protection for a year.

Lily Robertson
Regional Development Officer;
TOPSS
Lily is a qualified social worker and has experience of working with children and families and child protection training. Before joining TOPSS in 1999 Lily worked for the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work where she held a variety of quality assurance and development roles. Her current role involves delivering workforce development and qualifications targets in social care in the South East.

Andrew Webster
Acting Director; Public Services, Research Department,
Audit Commission
Andrew and his team are responsible for national studies and reports on health, local authorities, police and fire services and tools for assessing value for money in local services. He led the Audit Commission’s inspection service in London and joint reviews of social services. His previous experience includes working in local government and the NHS.