THE BARNSLEY CHOICES TEAM

Barnsley SureStart Manager
Nina Sleight
Overall management responsibility for Barnsley Choices and Children’s Centre Programme. Managing interaction of services for families and children across Barnsley. Close links with local Sure Start Programmes.

Childcare Services Managers
Anna Firth and Melanie Dopson
Manage the team and resources to deliver and meet targets.

Children's Centre Programme Manager
Claire Gilmore
Responsible for developing the children's centre programme.

Administration Team
Barbara Helliwell - Sector Support Officer
Joanne Rawson - Sector Support Officer
Amy Sefton - Sector Support Officer
Bev Unwin - Sector Support Officer
The admin team focus on customer service and strive to ensure the needs of our customers are met quickly and to a high standard.

Business & Finance Advisor
Rob Stainthorpe
Provide on-going business support to childcare providers.

CHILDMINDING SUPPORT TEAM
Alyson Lawton - Sponsored Childminding Network
Carol Banyard - Early Years Education Network
Rachel Jones - Support Childminding Network
The team gives guidance and support on the majority of childminding issues.

Development Team
Melanie Szoke – Senior Development Officer
Tricia Cooper – Senior Development Officer
Gina Hill - Generic Development Worker
Kathy Fletcher - Generic Development Worker
Jill Duffin - Generic Development Worker
Stephanie Horsfield - Generic Development Worker
Karen Neale - Generic Development Worker
Ann-Marie Whiteley- Generic Development Worker
Kelly Campbell - Generic Development Worker
Provides support for new and existing childcarers. Click here for more details.

foundation stage Team
Carolyn Poulter- Primary Advisor (Foundation Stage)
Jean Robins - Early Years Advisory Teacher
Sue Turner- Early Years Education Consultant
Fiona Cartledge - Early Years Education Consultant
Tracy Pearson - Early Years Education Consultant
Support providers of early education to 3 and 4 year olds in private voluntary and maintained settings. Click here to visit this section of the website.

Recruitment & Marketing
Sarah Desmond - Recruitment & Marketing Officer
Claire Nicol - Recruitment & Marketing Officer
Responsible for recruiting new childcare practitioners, and the marketing and promotion of Barnsley Choices

2 YEAR PILOT PROJECT
Mary Dyer - 2 Year Pilot Project Coordinator
Responsible for implementing the 2 year pilot project for eligible children in Barnsley

workforce development
Jackie Robinson - Early Years and Childcare Workforce Development Manager
Develop and manage a comprehensive training programme which meets the diverse needs of our Early Years and Childcare practitioners.

In addition we have a network of sessional workers who offer additional development support as and when required.

Contact the team:
info@barnsleychoices.co.uk