National multi-agency safeguarding and child protection working group

The group will help the government to implement an integrated multi-agency approach to safeguarding, child protection and family help.

The national multi-agency safeguarding and child protection working group provides expert advice on changes to the statutory guidance on working together to safeguard children.

Membership

Current members are:

  • Dr Alison Steele, former Child Protection Lead, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (Chair)
  • Annie Hudson, Chair of the Child Practice Safeguarding Review Panel
  • Sue Williams, Director of Family Safeguarding, Hertfordshire County Council
  • Richard Gill, CEO, The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership
  • David Tucker, Delivery Lead - Crime and Criminal Justice, The College of Policing
  • Sally Wilson, Adult Safeguarding Lead, The Royal College of Nursing
  • Matthew Dodd, Head of Policy, National Children’s Bureau
  • Julie Bunn, Chair for National Association for Virtual School Heads
  • Toni Clark-Brown, Service Manager in Early Help, North Tyneside Council
  • Sal Tariq, former Director of Children and Families, Leeds City Council
  • Professor Andrew Rowland, Officer for Child Protection, The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • Frazer Smith, Safeguarding Lead, United Learning
  • Isabelle Trowler, Chief Social Worker for Children and Families
  • Dez Holmes, Director, Research in Practice
  • Cheryl de Freitas, Head of Operations (South), Youth Justice Board
  • Helen Adams, Head of Safeguarding, Northamptonshire ICB
  • Gabriel Amahwe, South Central Regional Probation Officer and Safeguarding Children and Adults Lead, Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
  • Lorraine Parker, National Policing Facilitator
  • Gareth Edwards, Director of the Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme, Police
  • Abigail Gill, Associate Head of Policy & Public Affairs, NSPCC
  • Wendy Tomlinson, Head of Safeguarding, Youth Custody Service, MoJ
  • Becky Canning, Joint Head of National MAPPA Team, MoJ
  • Paul D’Inverno, Specialist Advisor, Ofsted
  • Wendy Ghaffar, Specialist Advisor, Cross Remit Safeguarding, Ofsted
  • Jeremy Gleaden, Policy Lead, Local Authority Children’s Services and Family Justice, Ofsted
  • Lea Pickerill, Operational Team Manager – Children’s Inspection, Care Quality Commission
  • Simon Alexander, Lead Inspector – National Child Protection Inspections, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services
  • Maria Jerram, Inspector, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation
  • Robert Tyrell, Principal Social Worker, Gloucestershire County Council Children’s
  • Clare Poyner, Principal Social Worker, Portsmouth City Council
  • Paul McGee, Head of the Essex Social Care Academy and Principal Child and Family Social Worker, Essex County Council

Contact details

workingtogether2023.consultation@education.gov.uk