Children’s Social Care Structure
Executive Director 
of Adult Social Care 
& Children’s Services
Cath McEvoy-Carr
Senior Manager, 
Service Director, 
Service Director, 
Senior Manager 
Poverty *
Children’s Social Care
Education & Skills
Performance *
Emma Richardson
Graham Reiter
Dean Jackson
Alan Hartwell
Senior Manager,
Head of Service, 
Head of Service,
Looked After 
LSCB Business Manager
Senior Manager, Family 
Children’s Social Care (Acting)
Early Help, Prevention and 
Children
Robin Harper-Coulson
Placement Service
Adele Wright
Support Services (Acting)
Karen MacDonald
Liz Spaven
Mary Connor
Senior Manager, 
Senior Manager,
Senior Manager,
Senior Manager,
Senior 
Principal Social 
Residential Children’s 
South East 
Central
North & West
Front Door
Manager, 
Worker
Senior Manager,
Supporting Families 
Homes:
Locality Team
Neil O’Toole
Patrick Boyle
Dorothy Chambers
Service Manager,
DCT
Su Kaur
Angela Glenn
Northumberland 
Early Help (Acting)
Coordinator
Thornbrae: Eileen Gray
Simon 
Adolescent Service
Jackie McCormick
Helen Lancaster
Phoenix House: Steph 
Social Work 
Murray
Social Work 
Sharron Pearson
Scott
Team Managers:
Team Managers: 
Coanwood: Sue Harvey
Social Work 
Social Work 
Barndale: Susan 
Vicky McKay ,  
Kelly Holmes 
Team Managers: 
Team Managers: 
Children’s Support Team
Ghulam
Louise Prudhoe & 
(North) and 
Northumberland 
Social Work 
Heather 
Lead: Lynne Maughan
Kyloe House Secure 
Katie Scovell , Sarah 
Lindsay Tanner
Natasha Howitt 
Adolescent Service 
Team 
MacKenzie & 
Unit: Julie Tinkler
Stancer & Susan 
Deputy Team 
(West)
including:
Manager: 
Domestic Abuse 
Leonas
Managers:
Laura Brennan
Deputy Team 
Lisa 
Youth Offending Teams
Coordinator
Deputy Team 
Chris Horne, Mel 
Managers
Deputy Team 
Manager: John Lathaen
Anderson
Senior Practitioner Step 
Managers:
Atkins & Sharon 
Managers:
Joyce Currie (N)
14+ Team
Down
Family Support 
Alison Dodds & 
Hetherington
Alex Ritchie, 
Manager: Cheryl Austin, 
Team
Family 
Hanna Powell
Matt Scovell & 
Deputy Manager: Michelle 
Placements/Fostering:
Manager: Vacant
Sarah Nevin
Clark 
Early Help Locality 
Early Help Locality 
SORTED
Manager
Managers
Fostering Team Manager:
Manager: Darran Hope
Christine Logan
IROs and 
Early Help Locality 
Gill Dorey
Vanessa Easton (North)
Participation & Positive 
Safeguarding Unit 
Manager
Jess Barclay-Lambert 
Activities
Jean Hedley
(West)
Children’s Permanence 
Jan Tilson and 
Manager: Vacant
Team Manager:
Steph Hunt 
Children’s 
Accommodation Team
Centres and Early 
Helen Hartness
Manager: Dave Pringle
Children’s Centres 
Help Locality 
Children’s Centres 
Young People’s Health 
and Early Help 
Teams
and Early Help 
Support Team
Locality Teams
Locality Teams
Manager: Karen Pang
Youth Service
Acting Manager: 
Ash Brown
* Direct Report
EDT is managed by 
Adult Social Care

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