
Our team
| Mandy Fitchett | Staff Coordinator |
| Lesley Murdoch | Outreach Worker |
| Debbie Warwick | Administrator |
| Henriette Vannai -Lain | Project Leader |
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Nichola Anderson |
Family Support Worker |
| Delivery Board |
Our board includes a number of professional and parental members who oversee the running of the Centre. See below for list of members |
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Parents Forum Volunteers |
Who aim to meet approximately 4 times a year in order to inform the Children’s Centre of parent’s and children’s views and suggestions. New members always welcome. Dorothy George, Gemma Mills, Julie Gerard, Karrie Chadwick, Rachel Mulholland, Sue Thrush, Maria Birch. |
The centre is Coordinated by Mandy Fitchett who has been working in childcare for 13 years. Mandy has two children of her own and has been a childminder, school governor and teaching assistant working with children with a wide range of additional needs. She has also taught ICT and maths intervention programs. Over the last couple of years she has obtained NVQ3 in childcare, as well as a higher level teaching assistant qualification. She has also recently achieved the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership, which included a favourable assessment of the centre, it's staff and services. She also reports to the Delivery Board who in turn are responsible for informing the Advisory Board who over-see the 3 children's centres in this area. Mandy's role includes the health and safety of all users of the centre, staffing, services on offer, provision of reports and budgeting. Mandy is the Spangles child protection officer. All the staff have a First aid certificate and Safeguarding training.
| Centre Coordinator | Mandy Fitchett* | Bentfield School | Aileen Smith | |
| Centre Administrator | Debra Warwick* | PSLA - Childminders Development Officer | Jean Tilsed | |
| Centre Manager PSLA | Margaret Hudson* | Buffy Bus | Rosie Juhl | |
| Centre Outreach Worker | Lesley Murdoch* | Parent Representative | vacant | |
| West Essex PCT | Sally Freeman | |||
| Essex Children's Community Development Officer | Gill Holland | District Councillor | Elizabeth Godwin | |