Local Contacts
AMENDMENT
These details were updated in September 2024.Children's Information Governance Team
Children's Services, Information Governance Team
Katherine Webb, Directorate Governance Co-ordinator
Email: foi@n-somerset.gov.uk
Children’s Services – Service Improvement Lead
Carrie Yeates
Tel: 07799 075780Email: carrie.yeates@n-somerset.gov.uk
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
Tel: 01275 882 151Email: liz.brierley@n-somerset.gov.uk
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
Karl Knill, Team Manager, South
Email: karl.knill@n-somerset.gov.uk
Amie Peacock, Team Manager South
Email: amie.peacock@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
Michael O'Connor
Children's Services – Youth Justice Manager
Laura Dixey, Intensive Supervision and Resettlement Manager
Email: laura.dixey@n-somerset.gov.ukComplaints & 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
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 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
Tel: 0330 355 0333Housing Services
Lynn Trigg, Homeless Prevention Manager
Tel: 01934 426 150
Email: lynn.trigg@n-somerset.gov.uk
Interpreting and Translation Team
Language Line
Tel: 0800 169 287