Staff
Management Team
Catriona Williams OBE
Chief Executive
Catriona Williams has been the Chief Executive of Children in Wales for over 25 years. She is responsible for the strategic leadership of the organisation and represents the Welsh children’s sector at a variety of Welsh, UK and international forums.
Lynne Hill
Policy Director
Lynne is responsible for work in the fields of family support and parenting, early years, disability and young carers, participation of children and young people, and support for the Family Information Network.
Sean O'Neill
Policy Director
Sean is responsible for work in the fields of child poverty, children’s rights, safeguarding, looked after children, advocacy and issues relating to refugees, asylum-seekers and migrating families. He also oversees Children in Wales’ information and communication services.
Development and Co-ordinator Team
Cath Lewis
Development Officer, Disability
Cath is responsible for the development of Children in Wales’ work in the field of disabled children. She is also responsible for our work around the Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Bill.
Anna Westall
Development Officer, Family Support, Early Years and Childcare
Anna is responsible for the development work in the field of family support, early years and childcare.
Mandy Davies
Development Officer, Participation
Mandy is responsible for developing and implementing Children in Wales’ policy and public education work, including Cymru Ifanc – Young Wales, through direct work with a diverse range of children and young people and the practitioners and the organisations that support them.
Chris Richards
Development Officer, Participation
Chris is responsible for developing and implementing Children in Wales’ policy and public education work, including Cymru Ifanc – Young Wales, through direct work with a diverse range of children and young people and the practitioners and the organisations that support them.
Tegan Waites
Development Officer, Participation
Tegan is responsible for developing and implementing Children in Wales’ policy and public education work, including Cymru Ifanc – Young Wales, through direct work with a diverse range of children and young people and the practitioners and the organisations that support them.
Gareth Hicks
Development Officer, Participation
Gareth is responsible for developing and implementing Children in Wales’ policy and public education work, including Cymru Ifanc – Young Wales, through direct work with a diverse range of children and young people and the practitioners and the organisations that support them.
Deborah Smith
Development Officer, Kinship Care
Deborah is responsible for developing local and regional kinship care groups across Wales and providing support through information and training.
Nigel Oanea-Cram
Development Officer, Care Experienced Children
Nigel is responsible, in conjunction with Voices from Care Cymru, for delivering the Getting Ready project in three local authority areas in Wales – Anglesey, Carmarthenshire and RCT to young people leaving care.
Emma Sullivan
Development Officer, Health and Well-being of Looked After Children
Emma is responsible for developing partnerships with professionals working across health, social care and the third sector to identify and promote effective good practice in supporting looked after children.
Kate Thomas
Development Officer, Price of Pupil Poverty
Kate is responsible for the second phase of our project entitled “Taking a Whole School Approach to Improving the Well-being of children from low income and disadvantaged families.” She is working with schools in consortia areas across Wales to further this work.
Louise O'Neill
Membership & Marketing Co-ordinator
Louise is responsible for supporting Children in Wales’ members to ensure that they receive their range of benefits. She also assists with organising events and conferences .
Karen McFarlane
Development Officer
Karen works with colleagues to formulate Children in Wales’ conferences and events plan, together organising all arrangements and managing budgets.
Training Team
Claire Sharp
Senior Training Officer
Claire oversees the Children in Wales training program and commissioned training, as well as the work of the Training Officers. Claire has particular expertise in training around child protection, safeguarding and children’s rights.
Cheryl Martin
Training Officer & Development Officer, Child Poverty
Cheryl is one of two training officers at Children in Wales, jointly responsible for the development and delivery of Children in Wales’ training programme. This involves delivering commissioned and open training, and developing bespoke courses.
Cheryl also is a Development Officer working in the field of child poverty.
Mike Mainwaring
Training Officer
Mike is our second training officer who is jointly responsible for the development and delivery of Children in Wales’ training programme. This involves delivering commissioned and open training, and developing bespoke courses.
Information
VACANT POST
Policy Information and Communications Officer
This post is currently vacant, however, the post is responsible for Children in Wales’ information and communication services. This includes researching policy, managing the Children in Wales website, producing a range of materials for members and producing the Children in Wales magazine.
VACANT POST
Policy Information Assistant
This post is currently vacant, however, the post is responsible for producing a range of information for Children in Wales, both for the website and through electronic briefings. The Policy Information Assistant is the first point of contact for general enquiries to the organisation.
IRM Cymru
Jenny McMillan
IRM Contract Manager
Jenny is responsible for co-ordinating work relating to IRM Cymru. This includes liaising with applicants, agency staff, panel members and advisors.
Fiona Probert
IRM Administrator
Fiona is responsible for all aspects of the administration of the IRM Cymru. This includes the Review Panels, Development Days and Briefing Sessions.
Finance Team
Cathy Groves
Finance and Facilities Manager
Cathy has overall responsibility for managing Children in Wales’ budget and finances, and is also responsible for ensuring that the organisation’s offices and equipment are maintained.
Adam Howells
Finance Assistant
Adam is responsible for the day to day administration of Children in Wales’ finances. He also provides IT support for the organisation.
Administration Team
Caroline Taylor
Administration Manager
Caroline is responsible for managing the administration for the organisation. This includes human resources, governance and all matters relating to the Trustee Board.
Lian Williams
Administrator
Lian is responsible for managing the administration of the organisation’s conferences and events, networks and forum groups.
Kelly Mason
Administrative Assistant
Kelly is responsible for all administrative tasks linked to our training courses, together with our conferences and events.
Julie Reid
Administrative Assistant
Julie carries out a range of duties including the administration for the commissioned training programme.
Louis Baverstock
Administrative Office Assistant
Louis carries out and assists with a range of duties within the admin and training teams. He also helps out with IT and general office duties.
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