Contact the Team

The staffing in Children's Fund has changed. There are now two teams, one covering service development, commissioning and performance managment, and a Participation Team which focuses on the particpation and involvement of children and young people. For details see below and the news item on our home page.

Address: 1st Floor, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, Stafford, Staffs.
ST16 2DH

Lead Co-ordinator         Margaret Crook
                                       Email: margaret.crook@staffordshire.gov.uk
                                       Telephone: 01785 854227

Margaret is responsible for partnership working and service delivery.

Commissioning Officer   Marie Marshall
                                        Email: marie.marshall@staffordshire.gov.uk
                                        Telephone: 01785 277141

Marie is the Children's Fund Commissioning Officer. She is currently on maternity leave until February 2010.

Co-ordinator                  Richard Hodgens
                                        Email: richard.hodgens@staffordshire.gov.uk
                                        Telephone: 01785 277063

Richard is responsible for service delivery, quality and performance.

Support Officer              Claire Trenfield
                                        Email: claire.trenfield@staffordshire.gov.uk
                                        Telephone: 01785 854226

Claire provides admin support to both the Children's Fund and Martyn Baggaley, the Children and Young People's Joint Commissioning Unit Manager.

Participation Team

Address: Participation Team, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, Stafford, ST16 2DH.

Lead Participation Co-ordinator Sue Bond

Email: sue.bond@staffordshire.gov.uk

Telephone: 01785 854064

Sue is the Lead Participation Co-ordinator and is supported by a Participation Officer, Pauline Davies, who joined the Team in October, 2008. They, along with Carol Goostry, will continue the work on the participation and involvement of children and young people. If you have any queries about the Team, please contact Sue.

Participation Officer Pauline Davies

Email: pauline.davies@staffordshire.gov.uk

Telephone: 01785 854063

Hello, my name is Pauline Davies and I am the Participation Officer for the Children and Young People's Participation Team in Staffordshire.

I worked in education for 28years and then worked at the VAST Children and Families Team in Stoke-on-Trent as the Involvement Officer for 6yrs. My role was to organise Congress events for Primary, Special and Children in Care, offer involvement support and training to partner services for children and young people, and lead on the S-O-T Active Participation Strategy and plan

My job in Staffordshire will be very similar. This means that I will be working alongside Sue and Carol to help children to have a voice in everything which may affect them. Some of the things we will be working on are training for School Council's, Children in Care and other services and also offering support and training on active involvement.

I am really looking forward to my new and exciting role. Pauline

Participation Administrative Assistant Carol Goostry

Carol Goostry Email: carol.goostry@staffordshire.gov.uk

Telephone: 01785 277146

Carol is the Participation Administrative Assistant in the Participation Team.

Participation IT Support Worker Matt Dittmer

Matt Dittmer Email: matt.dittmer@staffordshire.gov.uk

Telephone: 01785 277146

Matt and Joe joined the Team in November, 2008, and will both be working towards achieving an NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care. Matt is based in the Participation Team office and Joe is based at Connexions, Stafford. they will both be supporting Gill Stanford, Children's Commissioner, to deliver a variety of participation services throughout the County.

Participation Support worker: Joe Sullivan

Joe Sullivan Email: joe.sullivan@staffordshire.gov.uk

Telephone: 01785 355648

Last Modified: 22/09/2009 08:03:37
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