Associate Consultants
As well as our
directors, we have a number of assiocate consultants who we bring on to projects to meet the specific needs of our clients. Associates who are working with us currently or who have worked with us recently include:
James Blewett
James works with local authorities on a range of issues from mentoring social care staff to delivering training around practice issues appraisal schemes based on national occupational standards. Having worked in early years for five years he spent thirteen years as a local authority social worker before becoming a local authority training manager for children’s services. He is research director of the
Making Research Count hub at King's College, London.
Daniel Clay
Daniel is a social psychologist who has undertaken research on a number of interventions for children and families including leading projects on the role of the voluntary sector in supporting parents and families for the
Department for Children, Schools, and Families (DCSF) and a study of interventions supporting and meeting the needs of children and young people who have parents or carers who misuse drugs for the
Department of Health. He also undertook and evaluation of the Parenting Fund for the Department of Education and Skills (now part of the DCSF). He previously worked at the
Policy Research Bureau.
Janet Lewis
Janet was formerly Director of Research at the
Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and has worked with a number of voluntary and public sector organisations.
Janet Noble
Janet is a qualified librarian and project manager. She has had extensive experience of working in a variety of projects and roles that have involved widening the participation and involvement of many socially excluded groups of children and young people. In so doing she has used library, archival and museum collections to help marginalised communities reduce their experiences of isolation and exclusion.
June Thoburn
June is Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the
University of East Anglia. She is a qualified and experienced child and family social worker. She served as a member of the
General Social Care Council, and is a member of the
CAFCASS Management Board.
Interested in joining us?
We occasionally have opportunities for freelance consultants to work with us as associates at different levels of responsibility. If you are interested in such opportunities please contact us at the address below.