Local Contacts
AMENDMENT
These details were updated throughout in June 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 Tel: 07584370975E-mail: Rebekah.Gresty@knowsley.gov.uk |
Fostering Mainstream Service |
Mainstream Team Laverne Depass Tel: 0151 443 3182E-mail: laverne.depass@knowsley.gov.uk |
Adoption in Merseyside (AIM) |
Interim Adoption Service Manager Kath Drescher Mobile: 07385 145709 Team Manager: Wandzia Cody Tel: 0151 477 8700E-mail: Wandzia.cody@adoptioninmerseyside.co.uk |
Agency Decision Maker - Adoption |
Interim Assistant Executive Director (Early Help & Children Social Care) Jo Parry 6th Floor, E-mail: Joanne.Parry@knowsley.gov.uk |
Adoption Panel Appointments |
Interim Assistant Executive Director (Early Help & Children Social Care) Jo Parry 6th Floor, E-mail: Joanne.Parry@knowsley.gov.uk |
Agency Decision Maker - Fostering |
Interim Assistant Executive Director (Early Help & Children Social Care) Jo Parry 6th Floor, E-mail: Joanne.Parry@knowsley.gov.uk |
Head of Service - Children Looked After and Regulated Services |
Head of Service for Children Looked After and Regulated Service (Vacant) 2nd Floor, E-mail: Team managers: CLA Team 1 – Rebecca Woods: 0151 443 5180 CLA Team 2 – Bec Gale: Bec.Gale@knowsley.gov.uk YPT Manager – Joanne Sheridan: 0151 443 3288 / 07966801894 Interim Leaving Care Manager – David Lamb: David.Lamb@knowsley.gov.uk Fostering Friends and Family / SGO – Rebekah Gresty: 07584370975 Fostering Mainstream – Laverne Depass: 0151 443 3182 Julie Moore - Family Support - Edge of Care: Julie.Moore@knowsley.gov.uk |
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 YPT Manager – Joanne Sheridan: 0151 443 3288 / 07966801894 Care Leavers Team – David Lamb: David.Lamb@knowsley.gov.uk Family Support / Edge of CareJulie Moore – Family Support – Edge of Care Julie.Moore@knowsley.gov.uk |
Service Manager - Regulated Services |
Service Manager Regulated Services Karen Jude 1st Floor, Tel: 07500 765214 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: 07584370975 |
Head of Service - Education Improvement and Inclusion |
Head of Service – Education Improvement and Inclusion & SEND (Interim) Nicki Forget 2nd Floor, E-mail: Nicola.Forget@knowsley.gov.uk Interim Service Manager – Michelle Louise Jones - michelle-louise.jones@knowsley.gov.uk Team Managers: Vacant as of February 2024 |
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 |
Head of Service - Child Protection and Early Help (Vacant) Tel: 2nd Floor, Team Managers: CP1 – Alice Kasperowicz: 0151 443 3222 MST CAN Supervisor – Sarah Ritson: 0151 443 3164 MASH: MASH Team Manager - Vicky Vitti – Vicki.Vitti@knowsley.gov.uk MASH Co-ordinator Debbie Trill Social Worker in Schools – Sam Roper: 0151 443 5043 Family Support Service – Edge of Care Lisa Jones Edge of Care and Targeted Services Service Manager - Pamela Foster: 0151 443 5026 SHIELD: Team Manager – Chloe Vose: 0151 443 5025Family Group Conferencing – Hannah Nicholl: 0151 443 2988 |
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 – Vicky Vitti – Vicky.Vitti@knowsley.gov.uk (MASH Team Manager) 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 Independent and Child Protection Review Manager Quality Assurance Team Manager: Practice Improvement Officer Vicki Caplin AYSE Coordinator Advanced Social Worker Vincent Barber-Stones Workforce Development Practitioner / CSC Apprenticeship Coordinator Charlie Phipps Workforce Lead Lisa Barson Knowsley Safeguarding Children's Partnership (KSCP) Sharon Kelly - KSCP Business ManagerTel: 0151 443 4597 |
Head of Service – Early Help and Prevention |
Head of Service – Child Protection and Early Help Vacant Ground Floor, Tel: Stronger Families Coordinator Abigail Hardman Tel: 0151 443 2623 Team Managers: Family First Team 1 – Karen Little: 0151 443 5052 SHIELD: Team Manager – Chloe Vose: 0151 443 5025Family Group Conferencing - Hannah Nicholl: 0151 443 2988 |
Head of Service – Youth Offending Service |
Service Manager – Youth Offending Service and STEP Service Catherine Johnson 1st Floor, Tel: 0151 443 3858 Operational Managers - YOS Fleur Hann: 0151 443 2872 Liz Jackson (Integrated Health and Wellbeing Co-ordinator): 0151 443 5514 STEP Service Team Manager: Mark McCausland - 0151 443 5556 Senior Practioner – Helen Knibb – Helen.Knibb@knowsley.gov.uk |
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