Depending on the service you access, staff will have different qualifications, training and experience but all have been recruited for their expertise and skills to deliver wellbeing and therapeutic support and activities.

Where therapy is offered, we adhere to and staff are registered with, BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) or BABCP (British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies) guidelines and staff are professionally qualified.


Senior Leadership

Jo Dare - CEO

Jo Dare

CEO

Kathy Whitewood - Head of Counselling & Wellbeing /MHST Secondary Team Lead

Kathy Whitewood

Head of Counselling & Wellbeing /MHST Lead

Our Clinical Team

Meghann Ayres - Practice Lead

Meghann Ayres

Clinical Lead

Sophia Preston - Service Team Lead

Sophia Preston

Service Team Lead/Counsellor

Amanda Bell

Counsellor

Amanda Earps

Counsellor

Annette Cocker

Counsellor

Bev Clews

Counsellor

Blair Maynard

Children and Young Persons Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Dora Kintli-Downer

CYP – IAPT ASC/LD Practitioner – Youth Trust & MHST

Gill Piloni

Counsellor

Gilly Meadows

Counsellor

Jess Green

Clinical Wellbeing & Triage Practitioner

Lauryn Harris

Children and Young Persons Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Steph Attrill

Counsellor

Tilda Lindsey

Counsellor

Lorraine Jacobson - Administration and Data Team Lead

Lorraine Jacobson

Administration and Data Team Lead

Julia Gwynne

Trainee Counsellor

Jo Williams

Services Administrator

Glenn Bailey

Services Admin Assistant

Wellbeing Team

Paul Savill

Wellbeing Lead

Kea

Youth Housing & Employment Support Worker

Matthew Hall

Youth Employment Coordinator

Shanie Kelly

Wellbeing & IAG Coordinator

Kelly Bonner

Care-leaver Link Worker

Vix Lawton

Youth Engagement Officer

Aaron Francis

Transitions Link Worker

Operations Team

Scott James

Finance Coordinator

Emilie Thomas

Operations & People Lead

 

Kate Whiting

Executive Assistant to SLT

Darran Askew

Marketing & Communications Officer

Molly Rayner

Operations Administrator

Abi Cornford

Fundraising & Events Apprentice

MHST

Leah Reynolds

Senior MHST Practitioner

Aaron Youngson-Haynes

Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)

Harriet Batley

Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) 

Kirsty Bamford

Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) 

MHST Admin

Stephanie Rackett

Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)