Senior Project Officer at Small Steps Big Changes, an A Better Start site improving outcomes for children 0-4 in Nottingham. My main focus is the perinatal period including infant feeding, infant mental health and maternity support. Breastfeeding Counsellor.
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Having worked in marketing and communication roles in the private and public sectors, Kate qualified as an adult nurse in 2014 and as a Health Visitor in 2017, working in Tower Hamlets as a health visitor and team lead, as well as undertaking a secondment to Public Health England as a Covid Response Practitioner to gain an understanding of the wider public health field.
In 2022, Kate moved to Southend City Council as Professional Lead for the 0-19 service. This involves working across public health including leading health improvement practitioner specialists involved in healthy lifestyles programmes across the age groups.
Amy is a midwife, health visitor and SCPHN Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University. Amy’s research has been focussed upon women’s pelvic floor health, in particular postnatal perineal morbidity and the health visitor’s role in supporting this aspect of healthcare.
Barbara is a Registered Paediatric Nurse and Health Visitor. She has just completed a secondment role as a Clinical Neurodevelopment Nurse – the first of its kind. Her specialist interest is in children with complex health needs and SEND. She currently facilitates ‘Parent Space’ a parent support group in Southwark for families of children with SEND from black and mixed heritage backgrounds.
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Judith Rees is Director of Operations at The For Baby’s Sake Trust. Her role includes operational leadership of the charity’s ground-breaking For Baby’s Sake programme, the teams delivering it and the development of resources and training, based on the programme’s ways of working. Judith worked in the NHS for 33 years, including as Staff Nurse, Midwife, Health Visitor, Practice Teacher, Safeguarding Children’s Nurse and Team Leader for Health Visitors and School Nurses. She set up the Family Nurse Partnership Team in Hertfordshire and was Supervisor for four years. Judith has an MSc in Child Protection and Child Welfare.
Rhona Clover is the Head of Operational Health Visiting Services in East and South Kent and the strategic lead for the Family Partnership Programme at Kent Community NHS Foundation Trust. She also leads on developing their sustainable workforce & delivery model and programmes providing interventions across the six high impact areas. Rhona co-chairs the iHV Corporate Leads Network and has special interests in education, quality and standards.
I currently work for Nottingham CityCare Partnership CIC as a Clinical Service Manager. I qualified as a Health Visitor in Oxford in 2000 and practiced as a HV in Nottingham. I have worked across the city and have a good understanding of the challenges of inner city working. I managed Children’s Public Health 0-19 Nursing Service integrated teams, which are aligned with Children’s Centre Early Help teams for 10 years. I then retired and returned to manage the Targeted Healthy Lifestyle Pilot. I am passionate about early intervention and prevention of poor health outcomes.
