Community Partnership

The Head of Community Partnership is Geoff Taylor-Smith

Extended Services - Zoe Cookson

This service is responsible for five areas of work: Children’s Centres; Extended Schools; Healthy Lifestyles; the Worcestershire Youth Music Service; and the arms-length Parent Partnership Service which provides independent advice and support to parents/carers regarding both special educational needs and non-curriculum issues such as bullying.

For further information please see:

• Children's Centres
• Extended Schools

Youth Support - Bridget Cooper

A key role is to achieve better outcomes for young people through the universal provision of youth work activities.  A key responsibility is to work with partners to implement Clause 6 of the Education and Inspections Bill.  Another key responsibility is to continue to promote the participation and active engagement of children and young people in service design and delivery across Children’s Services and other partners, particularly through the implementation of the Hear by Right standards.

Please see The Youth Support website.

Early Years & Childcare - Alison Hitchins

This service is to ensure that we meet the requirements of the Childcare Act 2006.  This includes maintaining early years and childcare places for all those children who wish to use them, delivering information to families and supporting improved outcomes for under fives.

Please see The Early Years & Childcare website

16+ Targeted Service - Simon Rushall

This service is responsible for the provision of care-leavers, as well as strategic leadership on both the Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting Support Strategies.

Community Capacity Development - Peter Sugg

This service is responsible for developing Partnerships to support Children and Young People in Communities.  A broad range of activities will be developed in partnership with parish councils, district councils and the voluntary and community sector.  

The service is also responsible for supporting the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership and the reference and working groups, which support its work programme.

The service also has responsibility for Outdoor Education and the Childrens Fund .

For further information please see:

• Worcestershire Children & Young People's Strategic Partnership
• Outdoor Education
• Play Partnership