Local Contacts
AMENDMENT
These details were updated throughout in December 2024.Contact Information
Local Contact | Details |
Knowsley Children's Services |
Executive Director (Children's Services) Jonathan Jones Tel: 0151 443 5690 |
Fostering Friends and Family / SGO Service |
Fostering Friends and Family/SGO Team Manager Rebekah Gresty E-mail: Rebekah.Gresty@knowsley.gov.uk |
Fostering Mainstream Service |
Mainstream Team Vacant from October 2024. Tel: |
Adoption in Merseyside (AIM) |
Interim Adoption Service Manager Kath Drescher E-mail: kath.drescher@adoptioninmerseyside.co.uk Adoption Support Manager Wandzia Cody Tel: 0151 477 8700 Family Finding Manager Craig Brougham Recruitment & Marketing Manager - Roberta Micci Adoption Support Jo James Evans |
Agency Decision Maker - Adoption |
Assistant Executive Director (Early Help & Children Social Care) Jo Parry 1st Floor E-mail: Joanne.Parry@knowsley.gov.uk |
Adoption Panel Appointments |
Assistant Executive Director (Early Help & Children Social Care) Jo Parry 1st Floor E-mail: Joanne.Parry@knowsley.gov.uk |
Agency Decision Maker - Fostering |
Assistant Executive Director (Early Help & Children Social Care) Jo Parry 1st Floor E-mail: Joanne.Parry@knowsley.gov.uk |
Head of Service - Head of Permanence and Sufficiency |
Head of Service for Head of Permanence and Sufficiency Zoe Brennan 1st Floor, E-mail: Zoe.Brennan@knowsley.gov.uk Team managers: CLA Team 1 – CLA Team 2 – YPT Manager – Interim Leaving Care Manager – Fostering Friends and Family / SGO – Fostering Mainstream – Family Support - CLA |
Service Manager - Children Looked After |
Service Manager Children Looked after and Care Leavers Anne-Marie Lucas E-mail: Annemarie.Lucas@knowsley.gov.uk Team Managers: CLA Team 1 – Rebecca Woods: 0151 443 5180 CLA Team 2 – Bec Gale: Bec.Gale@knowsley.gov.uk (Mat Leave) YPT Manager – Joanne Sheridan: 0151 443 3288 / 07966801894 Care Leavers Team – David Lamb: David.Lamb@knowsley.gov.uk Family Support Service - CLAJulie Moore – Family Support Service - CLA Julie.Moore@knowsley.gov.uk |
Service Manager - Regulated Services |
Service Manager Regulated Services Karen Jude 1st Floor, E-mail: Karen.Jude@knowsley.gov.uk Team Managers: Oasis – Tracy Burke: 0151 443 4292tracy.burke@knowsley.gov.uk The Holt – Jane Vowles: jane.vowles@knowsley.gov.uk Bedford Close – Teri Hannon: Teri.Hannon@knowsley.gov.uk Fullerton Grove – Julia Nelson: 0151 443 0887 julia.nelson@knowsley.gov.uk Fostering Friends and Family / SGO – Rebekah Gresty: |
Head of Service - Inclusion |
Head of Service – Inclusion Benjamin Blake 6th Floor E-mail: Benjamin.Blake@knowsley.gov.uk Service Manager – Nicki Forget - Nicki.Forget@knowsley.gov.uk |
Head of Education |
Team Managers: Michelle-Louise Jones – Michelle-Louise.Jones@knowsley.gov.uk Interim Head of Education Penny France – Penny.France@knowsley.gov.uk |
Principal Social Worker |
Head of Service – Safeguarding Quality Assurance Service & Principal Social Worker Celine Gafos 2nd Floor,Nutgrove Villa, Westmorland Road, Huyton, L36 6GA Tel: 0151 443 5561 Email: Celine.Gafos@knowsley.gov.uk |
Head of Child Protection and Early Help |
Team Managers: MASH Assistant Team Manager – Lauren Steele |
Service Manager – Child Protection |
Child Protection Service Manager Selina Kent 2nd Floor, Tel: 0151 443 3452 Team Managers: CP1 – Alice Kasperowicz: 0151 443 3222 MASH Team Manager – Ciara Mitchell - ciara.mitchell@knowsley.gov.uk (0151 443 5323) Temporary Service Manager – Sam Roper (samantha.roper@knowsley.gov.uk / 0151 443 5043) MDT – Team Manager – Ashley Gray Family Support Service – Edge of Care Lisa JonesTel: 0151 443 5859 |
Safeguarding Quality Assurance Service |
Head of Service - Safeguarding Quality Assurance Service & Principal Social Worker Celine Gafos Service Manager Safeguarding & Quality Assurance Lindsey Heaton LADO Diane Kitcher Independent and Child Protection Review Managers: Holly Seeger: Holly.Seeger@knowsley.gov.uk (currently not in work) Independent and Child Protection Review Manager Quality Assurance Team Manager: Practice Improvement Officer Vacancy AYSE Coordinator Advanced Social Worker Vincent Barber-Stones Workforce Development Practitioner / CSC Apprenticeship Coordinator Charlie Phipps Consultant Social Worker Anna Thompson Knowsley Safeguarding Children's Partnership (KSCP) Sharon Kelly - KSCP Business Manager MST CAN Supervisor – Sarah Ritson: MASH Co-ordinator: Debbie Trill |
Children’s Prevention and Transformation Lead |
Children’s Transformation Lead Abigail Hardman |
Head of Service – Prevention and Interventions |
Head of Service – Prevention and Interventions Pamela Foster Ground Floor, Tel: 0151 443 5026 Head of Family Help and Prevention Vacant Team Managers Family First Team 1 – Karen Little: 0151 443 5052 SHIELD: Team Manager – Chloe Vose: 0151 443 5025 |
Service Manager– Youth Justice Service |
Service Manager – Youth Justice Service and STEP Service Catherine Johnson 1st Floor, Tel: 0151 443 3858 Operational Managers - YJS Tricia Keane: 0151 443 5570 Youth Justice Lead Merseyside Violent Reduction Partnership Fleur Hann – Email: Fleur.Hann@knowsley.gov.uk Liz Jackson (Integrated Health and Wellbeing Co-ordinator): 0151 443 5514 STEP Service Team Manager: Mark McCausland - 0151 443 5556 Senior Practitioner – Helen Knibb – Helen.Knibb@knowsley.gov.uk |