Local Contacts

Children's Information Governance Team

Children's Services, Information Governance Team
Katherine Webb, Directorate Governance Co-ordinator

Children’s Services – Service Improvement Lead

Carrie Yeates

Children's Services – Head of Family Wellbeing & Front Door

Dawn Newton

Tel: 01275 882 939 / 07917 228 293
Email: dawn.newton@n-somerset.gov.uk

Members of the Public who are concerned about a child

Tel: 01275 888 808

Out of hours Emergency Duty Team

(Practitioners and Public)
Tel: 01454 615 165

Children's Services – Family Wellbeing & Front Door Managers

Michelle Jennings, Team Manager, Front Door

Tel: 01275 888 924
Email: michelle.jennings@n-somerset.gov.uk

Tracey Lewis, Family Wellbeing Team Leader

Tel: 01934 427 286 / 07769 163 934
Email: tracey.lewis@n-somerset.gov.uk

Tracey Wells, Family Wellbeing Team Leader

Tel: 01934 426 643 / 07766 366 110  
Email: tracey.lewis@n-somerset.gov.uk

Laura Mitchell-Miles, Family Wellbeing Team Leader

Tel: 01275 884 912
Email: laura.mitchell-miles@n-somerset.gov.uk

Children's Services – Head of Corporate Parenting including Children in Care, Care Leavers and Fostering

Liz Brierley

Children's Social Work Service – Corporate Parenting Managers

Carrie Worth, Children in Care Manager

Tel: 01275 882 153
Email: Carrie.worth@n-somerset.gov.uk

Alex Humphries, Children in Care Manager

Email: alex.humphries@n-somerset.gov.uk

Liza Zakheim, Leaving Care Team Manager

Tel: 01275 882 166 / 07825 341 286
Email: liza.zakheim@n-somerset.gov.uk

Karen McNally, Leaving Care Team Manager

Email: karen.mcnally@n-somerset.gov.uk

Natasha Newton, Fostering Team Manager

Tel: 01275 882 176 / 07584 607 199
Email: Natasha.newton@n-somerset.gov.uk

Louisa Loveridge, Fostering Team Manager

Email: louisa.loveridge@n-somerset.gov.uk

Fostering Panel Adviser

Tel: 01275 882 164 / 07385 402 940
Email: harriet.johnstone@n-somerset.gov.uk

Children's Services – Head of Family Support & Safeguarding

Shelley Caldwell

Tel: 01275 888 604 / 07824 085 762
Email: Shelley.Caldwell@n-somerset.gov.uk

Children's Services – Head of Family Support & Safeguarding Managers

Sarah Lewis, Team Manager, North

Tel: 01275 888 259
Email: sarah.lewis@n-somerset.gov.uk

Laura Ketchen, Team Manager, East

Tel: 01275 885 270 / 07795 092 703
Email: laura.ketchen@n-somerset.gov.uk

Dawn Maskew, Team Manager, East

Tel: 01275 888 215
Email: Dawn.maskew@n-somerset.gov.uk

Sima Ndlovu, Team Manager, South

Tel: 01275 882 159 / 07824 085 764
Email: sima.ndlovu@n-somerset.gov.uk

Charley James, Team Manager, South

Tel: 01934 426 223
Email: charley.james@n-somerset.gov.uk

Mollie Brett, Team Manager, South

Tel: 01275 885 196 / 07584 262 063
Email: mollie.brett@n-somerset.gov.uk

Children's Services – Head of Children with Disabilities

Bally Nagra

Hugh Shriane, Team Manager, Children with Disabilities

Tel: 01934 427 579
Email: hugh.shriane@n-somerset.gov.uk

Children's Services – Head of Youth Justice

Mike Rees

Children's Services – Youth Justice Manager

Laura Dixey, Intensive Supervision and Resettlement Manager

Complaints & Compliments Officer

Emma Smith

Tel: 01275 882 171 / 07385 378 490
Email: Emma.Smith@n-somerset.gov.uk

Designated Nurse for Children in Care

Elizabeth Barnes

Tel: 01934 419 339 / 07775 994 521
Email: Elizabeth.barnes4@nhs.net

Education Partnership Assistant Director

Pip Hesketh

Tel: 01934 426496
Email: pip.hesketh@n-somerset.gov.uk

Interim Virtual School Headteacher

Jacqui Scott

Email: Jacqui.scott@n-somerset.gov.uk

Head of Inclusion

Wendy Packer

Tel: 07920082944
Email: wendy.packer@n-somerset.gov.uk

Head of Strategic Planning, Capital Programmes & School Organisation

Sally Varley

Tel: 01275 884 857 / 07917 587 280
Email: sally.varley@n-somerset.gov.uk

Head of SEND

Anthony Webster

Tel: 01275 888 299
Email: Anthony.webster@n-somerset.gov.uk

SEND Manager

Michelle Sercombe

Tel: 01275 888 082
Email: michelle.sercombe@n-somerset.gov.uk

Head of Service Children's Commissioning

Alison Stone

Tel: 01934 426 035 / 07971 497 811
Email: alison.stone@n-somerset.gov.uk

Placement Service

Amy Hamilton, Brokerage Manager

Tel: 01275 888 715 /07824 085 816
Email: amy.hamilton@n-somerset.gov.uk

Adoption and Family Finding

Adoption West

Housing Services

Lynn Trigg, Homeless Prevention Manager

Tel: 01934 426 150
Email: lynn.trigg@n-somerset.gov.uk

Interpreting and Translation Team

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