Directory of Services
Wellbeing and Community Health
October 2015
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Wellbeing and Community Health Services: Management Team
Deputy Chief Executive
Daljit Lally
Head of
Children’s
Social Care
Rachel Farnham
Director of
Education and
Skills
Andy Johnson
Director of
Public Health
Penny Spring
Director of Adult
and Community
Care Services
Vanessa
Bainbridge
Head of
Safeguarding &
Strategic
Commissioning
Jane Bowie
Head of Service
Finance,
Estates and ICT
NHS/NCC
Neil Bradley
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Our Family of Services
Children’s
Social Care
Education
and Skills
Public
Health
To provide
services that
protect children
and young
people from
significant harm
and offending;
including
providing foster
care for those
who cannot live
with their families
and residential
accommodation
for the most
vulnerable;
supporting
families through
early help and
intervention
thereby avoiding
involvement of
statutory services
To enhance
resident’s skills
and
employment
opportunities;
by
providing
services that
support the
quality of early
years, primary
and secondary
education and
youth provision;
and by
delivering
services to
support those
with special
educational
needs (SEN)
and additional
needs.
To improve
the health and
wellbeing of
local residents
and reduce
health
inequalities
across the life
course
through
delivering
nationally
mandated and
locally
determined
public health
priorities and
supporting the
statutory
functions of
the Health &
Wellbeing
Board.
Adult Health
and Social
Care
To provide
integrated
community health
and adult social
care services in
the county, with
the aim of
providing care
closer to home;
maintaining and
supporting
service users;
promoting
independence
and wellbeing;
integrating coordination of care
Northumbria
NHS Foundation
Trust
Adults
Strategic
Commissioning
& Safeguarding
To understand
the demand and
manage the
market to ensure
there is sufficient
provision of an
appropriate
quality to meet
demand, whilst
also providing the
statutory
safeguarding
service
Finance
 Wellbeing Group
and NHS
Community
Services
strategic and
operational
financial
management
 Adult social care
financial
services
 Wellbeing Group
support services
including IT,
estates and
service
transformation
 Community
services IT and
estates strategy
and business
liaison lead with
Northumbria
Healthcare NHS
Foundation
Trust
Support for: ICT; Estates; Performance; Governance; Policy; Client Relations; Service User Involvement
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Our Primary Functions (1)
Children’s Social Care
Education and Skills
Social work
Schools
• Locality-based social work services
• Services for disabled children and young
people
• Police and Court liaison
• Hospital and health liaison
• Multi agency risk assessment
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Looked After Children
• Residential care homes
• Foster carers and Adoption
• Family Support
Northumberland Adolescent Services
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Youth Offending
Participation and advocacy
Leaving Care
14+ Social Work Team
SORTED substance misuse team
Early intervention and prevention
• Children’s Centres
• Supporting Families
• Family recovery
Public Health
Mandatory Public Health Functions
Supporting Strategic Planning and Policy
Partnership and Infrastructure Planning
School Improvement Services
Major Developments and Delivery of
capital projects
• Response to Social Inclusion Policy
• Strategic Transport
Skills
• Business Support and Communications
• Supporting access to External Funding
• Organisational Development and Human
Resources support
• Strategic Support to set direction for post16 education
• Adult Learning
Pupils
• Ensuring all pupils and young people
reach their potential
• Increase the number of good and
outstanding schools
• Promote improvement in exam success
• Receive entitlement to good quality full
time education
Parents
• Ensure parents have choices of good or
outstanding schools across the county
• Encourage parents to get involved and
become governors
• Open access sexual health services
• National Child Measurement and NHS
Health Check Programmes
• Healthy Child programme 0-19 years
• Public health advice service to the
Clinical Commissioning Group
• Information and advice to local health
protection arrangements
Other Public Health commissioning
responsibilities
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Tobacco control,
Healthy eating,
Physical activity
Alcohol harm prevention
Obesity prevention
Population wellbeing
Reducing health inequalities
Prevention and early intervention
programmes
Specialist drug and alcohol services
Avoidable injury prevention
Workplace health
Dental public health
Cancer and long term conditions
prevention
Wider determinants of health
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Our Primary Functions (2)
Adults Community Health
and Social Care
Safeguarding and Strategic
Commissioning
Advice, provision of assessment
and care for vulnerable adults and
older people (incl. Learning
disabilities and Mental Health)
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Care Management
•
Community & District Nursing
•
End of Life & Palliative Care
•
JELS & OT
•
Podiatry
•
Public health services
•
Re-ablement and community
rehab
•
Single Point of Access
•
Hospital to Home
•
Sexual Health
•
Speech and Language
Therapy
•
Specialist Services e.g.
Tissue Viability, Cardiac
Rehab
•
Wheelchair services
• Commissioning and contracting
services for adult social care
• Policy for wellbeing group
• Strategic safeguarding team
• Support for Safeguarding Adults
Board
• Complaints team
• Welfare Rights team
• Equality and Diversity support
• Local Authority Designated
Officer
• Independent Reviewing service
• Support for Local Safeguarding
Children Board
Finance
• Wellbeing Group and NHS
Community Services strategic
and operational financial
management
• Adult social care financial
services
• Wellbeing Group support
services including IT, estates
and service transformation
• Community services IT and
estates strategy and business
liaison lead with Northumbria
Healthcare NHS Foundation
Trust
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Children’s Social Care
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Children’s Social Care: Management Team
Rachel Farnham
Head of Children’s Social Care
Telephone: 01670 624036
Email: Rachel.Farnham@northumberland.gcsx.gov.uk
Patrick Boyle
Senior Manager, Specialist Services
Telephone: 01670 624035
Patrick.Boyle@northumberland.gcsx.gov.uk
Fiona Brown
Children’s Services
Senior Manager, Specialist Services
Telephone: 01670 624033
Fiona.Brown@northumberland.gcsx.gov.uk
Mary Connor
Senior Manager – Early Intervention and Prevention
Telephone: 01670 620349
Mary.Connor@northumberland.gov.uk
Caley Banks
Senior Manager, Specialist Services
Telephone: 01670 620294
Caley.Banks@northumberland.gcsx.gov.uk
Karen MacDonald
Senior Manager – Looked After Children Services
Telephone: 01670 623598
Karen.Macdonald@northumberland.gov.uk
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Education & Skills
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Education & Skills: Management Team
Andy Johnson
Director of Education and Skills
Children's Services Early Years & Schools
Telephone: 01670 622767
Email: andy.johnson@northumberland.gov.uk
Jane Walker
Senior Manager Alternative Education, Virtual
School Headteacher
Telephone: 01670 622734
Email: Jane.Walker@northumberland.gcsx.gov.uk
Lynn Bryden, Senior Manager- Commissioning
Children’s Services
Telephone: 01670 622736
Email: Lynn.Bryden@northumberland.gov.uk
John Clark
Skills, Enterprise & Lifelong Learning
Business Development Manager
Telephone: 01670 624049
Email: John.Clark@northumberland.gov.uk
David Street
Commissioner for Primary & Early Years
Telephone: 01670 622744
Email: David.Street@northumberland.gov.uk
Alan Carrick
Commissioner for Special Educational Needs
and Disabilities
Telephone: 01670 623557
Email: Alan.Carrick@northumberland.gov.uk
Dean Jackson
Commissioner for Curriculum & Learning
Telephone: 01670 622724
Email: Dean.Jackson@northumberland.gov.uk
Sue Aviston
School Capital and Strategy Development Officer
Telephone: 01670 622281
Email: Sue.Aviston@northumberland.gov.uk
Commissioner for Secondary- Vacant
Business Development Manager- Vacant
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Public Health
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Public Health: Management Team
Penny Spring
Director of Public Health
Telephone: 01670 623963
Email: Penny.Spring@northumberland.gcsx.gov.uk
Public Health Consultant - Vacant
Public Health Consultant - Vacant
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Adults Community
Health & Social Care
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Adults Community Health and Social Care: Management Team
Vanessa Bainbridge
Director of Adult and Community Care Services
Telephone: 01670 622680
Email: Vanessa.bainbridge@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Janet Kelly, Community Chief Matron
Telephone: 01670 629075
Email: janet.kelly@nhct.nhs.uk
Stephen Holmes, Senior Manager Community Nursing
and Inhouse Day Services & Residential Care
Telephone: 01670 629113
Email: stephen.holmes@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Helen Mason, Senior Manager Governance, Risk and
Audit
Telephone: 01670 629098
Email: Helen.mason@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Sheila Pearson, Senior Lead Rehabilitation
Telephone: 01670 629084
Email: Sheila.Pearson@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Julie Slorance, Senior Manager Business Development
Telephone: 01670 622666
Email: Julie.slorance@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Barbara Kemp, Clinical Lead Occupational Health
Telephone: 0191 2932773
Email: barbara.kemp@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Patrick Price, Senior Lead Specialist Services
Telephone: 01670 629105
Email: Patrick.Price@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
John Young, Head of Service, Care Management
Telephone: 01670 536502
Email: John.Young@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Alan Hartwell, Senior Manager Education and
Safeguarding Performance
Telephone: 01670 623589
Email: alan.hartwell@northumberland.gov.uk
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Safeguarding & Strategic
Commissioning
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Safeguarding & Strategic Commissioning: Management Team
Jane Bowie
Head of Strategic Commissioning & Safeguarding
Telephone: 01670 622245
Email: Jane.Bowie@northumberland.gov.uk
Anna English
Strategic Safeguarding Manager
Telephone: 01670 622672
Email: anna.english@northumberland.gov.uk
Stephen Corlett
Senior Manager Policy
Telephone: 01670 622637
Email: stephen.corlett@northumberland.gov.uk
Alan Curry
Senior Manager Commissioning
Telephone: 01670 622441
Email: alan.curry@northumberland.gov.uk
Robin Harper-Coulson
Local Safeguarding Children’s Board Manager
Telephone: 01670 624037
Email: robin.harper-coulson@northumberland.gov.uk
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Finance
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Finance: Management Team
Neil Bradley
Head of Finance, IT and Estates for Wellbeing & Community Health
Telephone: 01670 622868
Email: Neil.Bradley@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Judith Bower
Senior Manager – Projects
Telephone: 01670 629083
Email: Judith.bower@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Kevin Newbould
Senior Manager – Estates & Facilities
Telephone: 01670 629071
Email: kevin.newbould@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Steve Hood
Deputy Head of Finance
Telephone: 01670 629116
Email: Steve.hood@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Vicki Watson
Financial Services Manager
Telephone: 01670 622884
Email: Vicki.watson@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
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