Topic Expert Group

Andrea Morris

Professional Lead for Social Work, Devon County Council

Caroline Cuckston

Lay member

Caroline Fry

Service Manger, Commissioning and Performance, Children and Young People's Directorate, Somerset County Council

Clair Davies

Principal, Appletree Treatment Centre

Cyra Mutesi-Kirenho

Lay member

David Graham

Lay member

Douglas Simkiss

Consultant Community Paediatrician, Birmingham Specialist Community Health NHS Trust

Gary Barnes

Lay member

Helen Chambers

Associate, National Children's Bureau and Associate, Centre for Understanding Social Pedagogy, Institute of Education

Marion Saunders

Independent Consultant

Phil Taverner

Assistant Director, Public Health Research and Health Services Research programmes, National Institute for Health Research/University of Southampton

Robert Tapsfield (Chair)

Chief Executive, The Fostering Network

Sally Holland

Reader in Social Work, Cardiff University

Valerie King

Designated Nurse (Operational) for Looked After Children, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust