Local Contacts
Head of Adoption in Merseyside
Judith Russ
E-mail: Judith.Russ@adoptioninmerseyside.co.uk
Kath Drescher
Email: Kath.Drescher@adoptioninmerseyside.co.uk
Adoption Support Manager
Wandzia Cody
Tel: 0151 477 8700
E-mail: Wandzia.cody@adoptioninmerseyside.co.uk
Family Finding Manager
Craig Brougham
07384 455393
Craig.brougham@adoptioninmerseyside.co.uk
Recruitment & Assessment
Tamsen Stokes
Tamsen.Stokes@adoptioninmerseyside.co.uk
Assistant Executive Director (Early Help & Children Social Care)
Jo Parry
2nd Floor
Nutgrove Villa
Westmorland Road
Huyton
Knowsley
L36 6GA
Tel: 0151 443 2712
E-mail: Joanne.Parry@knowsley.gov.uk
Assistant Executive Director (Early Help & Children Social Care)
Jo Parry
2nd Floor
Nutgrove Villa
Westmorland Road
Huyton
Knowsley
L36 6GA
Tel: 0151 443 2712
E-mail: Joanne.Parry@knowsley.gov.uk
Assistant Executive Director (Early Help & Children Social Care)
Jo Parry
2nd Floor
Nutgrove Villa
Westmorland Road
Huyton
Knowsley
L36 6GA
Tel: 0151 443 2712
E-mail: Joanne.Parry@knowsley.gov.uk
Interim Head of Service for Head of Permanence and Sufficiency
Laura Doyle
1st Floor,
Nutgrove Villa,
Westmorland Road,
Huyton,
L36 6GA
E-mail: Laura.Doyle@knowsley.gov.uk
Team managers:
CLA Team 1 –
Rebecca Woods: 0151 443 5180
CLA Team 2 –
Gary Jeffries (Agency)
Email: Gary.Jeffries@knowsley.gov.uk
Interim YPT Manager –
Lorraine Bishop (Lorraine.Bishop@knowsley.gov.uk)
Care Experienced People's Team Manager
Anji Reynolds
Email: Anji.reynolds@knowsley.gov.uk
Fostering Friends and Family / SGO –
Rebekah Gresty:
Email: Rebekah.Gresty@knowsley.gov.uk
Fostering Mainstream –
Rachel Daintry: 0151 443 2132
Court Team
Kirsty Wolstencroft - Agency Team Manager
Email: Kirsty.Wolstencroft@knowsley.gov.uk
Service Manager Children Looked after and Care Leavers
Anne-Marie Lucas (Currently on Adoption Leave)
E-mail: Annemarie.Lucas@knowsley.gov.uk
Interim Service Manager Children Looked After and Care Leavers
Joanne Sheridan - Joanne.Sheridan@knowsley.gov.uk
Team Managers:
CLA Team 1 – Rebecca Woods: 0151 443 5180
CLA Team 2 – Gary Jeffries (Agency): Gary.Jeffries@knowsley.gov.uk
Interim YPT Manager - Lorraine Bishop (Lorraine.Bishop@knowsley.gov.uk)
Care Leavers Team – Anji Reynolds: Anji.Reynolds@knowsley.gov.uk
Service Manager Regulated Services
Karen Jude
1st Floor,
Nutgrove Villa,
Westmorland Road,
Huyton,
L36 6GA
E-mail: Karen.Jude@knowsley.gov.uk
Team Managers:
Oasis – Tracy Burke: 0151 443 4292
tracy.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
Fostering Mainstream - Rachel Daintry
Tel: 0151 443 2132
E-mail: Rachel.Daintry@knowsley.gov.uk
Head of Service – Inclusion
Benjamin Blake
6th Floor
Huyton Municipal Building
Archway Road
Huyton
Knowsley
L36 9YU
E-mail: Benjamin.Blake@knowsley.gov.uk
Head of Service - Early Help and Protection
Laverne Bell-Jones - Laverne.Bell-Jones@knowsley.gov.uk
Service Manager – Lindsey Heaton – Lindsey.Heaton@knowsley.gov.uk
Children With Disabilities Team Managers:
Karen Dack - Karen.Dack@knowsley.gov.uk
Natalie Williams - Natalie.Williams@knowsley.gov.uk
SEND
Jennifer Burgess - Jennifer.Burgess@knowsley.gov.uk
Interim Head of Education Penny France – Penny.France@knowsley.gov.uk
Jennifer Pybis
2nd Floor,
Nutgrove Villa,
Westmorland Road,
Huyton,
L36 6GA
Email: Jennifer.Pybis@knowsley.gov.uk
Head of Service
Laverne Bell Jones
Email: laverne.belljones@knowsley.gov.uk
Team Managers:
MASH Team Manager – Bridget Gribben-Bartlett
E-mail: Bridget.Gribben-Bartlett@knowsley.gov.uk
MASH Co-ordinator - Debbie Trill
Email: Debbie.Trill@knowsley.gov.uk
SEE BELOW FOR TEAM MANAGERS
Child Protection Service Manager
Selina Kent
2nd Floor,
Nutgrove Villa,
Westmorland Road,
Huyton,
L36 6GA
Tel: 0151 443 3452
E-mail: selina.kent@knowsley.gov.uk
Child Protection and Children with Disabilities Service Manager
Lindsey Heaton
2nd Floor,
Nutgrove Villa,
Westmorland Road,
Huyton,
L36 6GA
Tel: 0151 443 3328
Email: Lindsey.Heaton@knowsley.gov.uk
Team Managers:
CP1 – Natalie Eaglestone (natalie.eaglestone@knowsley.gov.uk)
CP2 – Nikki Hamling - (Nikki.Hamling@knowsley.gov.uk)
CP3 – Tracey Brydson (tracey.brydson@knowsley.gov.uk / 0151 443 3222)
CP4 – Gavin Byrom 0151 443 3168
CP5 – Jenny Critchley: 0151 443 3374
CP6 - Emma Ward (emma.ward@knowsley.gov.uk / 0151 443 4270)
CP7 - Jackie Beck (jackie.beck@knowsley.gov.uk)
CP8 - Jackie Boyle
MASH Team Manager – Bridget Gribben-Bartlett (0151 443 2709)
MASH Co-ordinator - Debbie Trill
Email: Debbie.Trill@knowsley.gov.uk
Assistant Executive Director - Quality, Performance and Sufficiency
Vacancy - In the Interim Joanne Parry will have oversight
Service Manager Safeguarding & Quality Assurance (WEF December 2025)
Carla Middleton
Email: Carla.Middleton@knowsley.gov.uk
LADO
Diane Kitcher
E-mail: Diane.Kitcher@knowsley.gov.uk
Julie Ross
Email: Julie.Ross@knowsley.gov.uk
Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO)
Kate Perry: Katharine.Perry@knowsley.gov.uk
Sinead Attwood: Sinead.Attwood@knowsley.gov.uk
Sarah Pemberton: Sarah.Pemberton@knowsley.gov.uk
Rebecca Birchall - Rebecca.Birchall@knowsley.gov.uk
Wendy Zayne – Wendy.Zayne@knowsley.gov.uk (Agency)
Child Protection Chairs
Helen Larkey – Helen.Larkey@knowsley.gov.uk
Rachael Hill – Rachael.Hill@knowsley.gov.uk
Lindsey Ross-Atherton – Lindsey.Ross-Atherton@knowsley.gov.uk
John Gunning - John.Gunning@knowsley.gov.uk
Ceri Davies (Agency) - Ceri.Davies@knowsley.gov.uk
Fostering IRO
Janet Leatherbarrow - Janet.Leatherbarrow@knowsley.gov.uk
Knowsley Safeguarding Children's Partnership (KSCP)
Sharon Kelly - KSCP Business Manager
Tel: 0151 443 4597
Principal Social Worker
Jennifer Pybis - Jennifer.Pybis@knowsley.gov.uk
Quality Assurance Team Manager:
Samantha Madden: Samantha.Madden@knowsley.gov.uk
AYSE Assessor
Vincent Barber-Stones
Tel: 0151 443 4329
Consultant Social Worker
Anna Thompson
Tel: 0151 443 2709
Practice Improvement Officer
Carly Jones
Apprenticeship Lead
Charlie Phipps
Tel: 0151 443 2539
Practice Improvement Social Workers
Alex Gosling
Katie McTague
Agency Assistant Team Managers
Jasmine Ojofeitimi
Jason Egan
Laura Lasmane
Auditors
Margaret Gribbins
Michael King
Morvette Williams
Children’s Transformation Lead
Abigail Hardman
Tel: 0151 443 2623
Head of Service – Prevention and Interventions
Pamela Foster
Ground Floor,
Nutgrove Villa,
Westmorland Road,
Huyton,
L36 6GA
E-mail: Pamela.Foster@knowsley.gov.uk
Service Manager – Edge of Care and Targeted Services
Sam Roper
Team Managers
Family First Team 1 – Karen Little
Family First Team 2 – Caroline Price
Family First Team 3 – Tracy Paterson
Family First Team 4 – Mathew Morris-Jones
MDT
Lauren Jones - Lauren.Jones@knowsley.gov.uk
SHIELD:
Team Manager – Vacancy
Family Group Conferencing - Hannah Nicholl: 0151 443 2988
Family Support Service – CLA
Senior Family Support Worker – Julie Moore (julie.moore@knowsley.gov.uk / 07810053427)
Jo-Anne Smith (Jo-Anne.Smith@knowsley.gov.uk)
Family Support Service – Edge of Care
Senior Family Support Worker – Lisa Jones (lisajane.jones@knowsley.gov.uk / 0151 443 5859)
MST-CAN
Sarah Ritson (Sarah.Ritson@knowsley.gov.uk)
Head of Service - Prevention and Intervention
Pamela Foster (Pamela.Foster@knowsley.gov.uk)
Service Manager – Youth Justice Service and STEP Service
Catherine Johnson
1st Floor,
Nutgrove Villa,
Westmorland Road,
Huyton,
L36 6GA
Tel: 0151 443 3858
E-mail: Catherine.Johnson@knowsley.gov.uk
Operational Managers - YJS
Tricia Keane: 0151 443 5570
Gemma Rhodes: 0151 443 5574
Jordan Reilly
Pamela Long
Youth Justice Lead Merseyside Violent Reduction Partnership
Fleur Hann – Email: Fleur.Hann@knowsley.gov.uk - Currently on secondment
Liz Jackson (Integrated Health and Wellbeing Co-ordinator): 0151 443 5514
Mandy Jacobson (Business and Information Manager): 0151 443 5563
STEP Service
Team Manager: Mark McCausland - 0151 443 5556
Senior Practitioner – Helen Knibb – Helen.Knibb@knowsley.gov.uk
Last Updated: December 19, 2025
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