SERVICE SIX - Key Persons
Alex is the HR Director for Orbis Education Trust and is a Chartered Member of the CIPD. Alex has significant HR experience in the public sector having worked for nine years in various roles within the NHS and subsequently as a HR Consultant across many sectors including charities. Alex has previously volunteered as the Vice Chair of governors for a local primary school and is passionate about supporting children and young people both inside and outside of education.
Job Titles:
- Sessional Youth Specialist
- Youth Specialist
Anna is a Sessional Youth Specialist as Service Six, and has worked with us since 2023
Carole has been a trustee since 2019, and the Chair of the Board of Trustees since October 2022. Carole was part of Northamptonshire Police for 30 years, during which time she specialised in online child exploitation and safeguarding. In 2020 she worked for INTERPOL Crimes Against Children and has also worked in CEOP (National Crime Agency Child Exploitation Online Protection), EMSOU (East Midlands Special Operations Unit), Police ICT and the College of Policing. Carole is passionate about protecting children and preventing harm.
Chris joined our Board of Trustees in October 2022 as our Treasurer. Chris is a qualified Accountant (ACMA) and has undertaken a number of finance and general management roles in a variety of industries such as: Divisional Finance Director Misys PLC; Managing Director Misys Integrated Solutions; Shareholder/director of TIS Software; Finance Director of Watford FC and Fulham FC; Head of Operations and catering at Norwich FC, and many other roles as well. Chris now lives in Holcot where he is a Parish Councillor.
Chris joined as a Trustee in January 2023. He has been the CEO of the Nene Education Trust since 2018, and under his leadership the Trust has grown to eight schools. Chris has led and worked in a range of schools and educational organisations, including senior positions in other multi-academy trusts. Previously, he was a Local Leader of Education and an Expert in Pupil Premium.
Personally, Chris and his wife Steph are proud parents to three children, which means they are kept very bust with their taxi driver hats on! Chris has lived and worked in Northamptonshire for 20 years now, and is invested in what this area has to offer; not just to his own children, but ultimately to make our communities places everyone is proud to be part of.
Christine is a Youth Specialist in Northamptonshire. She has worked at Service Six since April 2023
Christine works on Happier Families, Support Plus, Happy Heads and Youth Court Solutions.
Clare has been our Youth Team Supervisor since June 2023, and likes to make sure everyone has coffee and chocolate! Prior to this, Clare was a Youth Specialist, and has worked at Service Six since 2021.
Clare works across the majority of the projects, and is often on the wellbeing drop-in service and youth clubs.
David joined the Board of Trustees in February 2024. Recently retired, he worked in large-scale change director roles for much of his career, most recently as a Director of a ‘Profit for Purpose' change consultancy developing people to be Change Makers. He is also Chair of his local Parish Council. David is a qualified accountant but contends that he is not boring.
David lives in Northamptonshire with his wife and two young adult children, and Willow the cockapoo.
Emma Campion has been the CEO of Service Six since April 2023. She has worked at Service Six since 2014, starting off as a Youth Specialist, and then becoming Operations Manager in 2016.
Job Titles:
- Certified Play Therapist, Counsellor, Supervisor and Animal Assisted Therapist
Job Titles:
- C & YP Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Family Therapist
Job Titles:
- Digital and Social Media Lead
Freyja has worked at Service Six since 2018, first joining the Counselling Team as a sessional Art Therapist. Her other roles have been as a counsellor on the Youth Team, as a Youth Specialist on the TARGET Team, and then as the TARGET Lead Coordinator. She has been the Digital and Social Media lead since July 2023.
Gemma is a Youth Specialist on the Northamptonshire Team, and has worked at Service Six since 2015 when she joined as a Youth Anti-Social Behaviour Prevention Practitioner.
Since 2018, Gemma has worked on the Opal project, helping young people who engage in self-harm find more positive ways to manage emotions. This includes 1:1 and group work in schools. She also works on the Emerald project in Leicester providing solution focused support to teens in school, and runs drop-ins at the Daventry Teen Clinic, providing a safe place for teens to get advice and sign posting about mental health.
Job Titles:
- C & YP Counsellor and Supervisor
Jemma joined Service Six as a trustee in October 2022. She works as an Improvement Project Manager as the Northamptonshire Children's Trust, and has more than 20 years' experience in leadership roles in the public and charitable sectors. Jemma also volunteers as a primary school governor and a peer reviewer for CPS cases relating to Violence Against Women and Girls. Jemma has worked alongside Service Six on mentoring and therapy interventions for children and young people. Having seen first hand the impact of our community-based mental health support for young people, responded to our search for new trustees. In her leisure time she enjoys the outdoors and live music.
Job Titles:
- Counsellor and Family Systemic Therapist
Karen is our Finance Manager and has worked with us since 2012. She accounts for all the financial transactions of Service Six, and provides accurate and relevant information for management, employees and external agencies. She also produces the statutory accounts for external audit.
Job Titles:
- Milton Keynes Service Manager
Katie is our Milton Keynes Service Manager, Health and Safety Officer and is also a Designated Safeguarding Lead. She initially started at Service Six as a volunteer in 2008, and then began paid employment as a sessional youth support worker in 2009. Katie has been the Milton Keynes Service Manager since 2015, and prior to that worked in a variety of other roles including as an ASB Supervisor.
In addition to overseeing our MK services, networking and identifying funding opportunities, Katie is also responsible for the Health and Safety across the organisation, and is part of the Safeguarding team.
Kerry is a Youth Specialist on the Milton Keynes Team. She has worked at Service Six since 2021. She started on the Stepping Stones project and is now on the Milton Keynes Step-Down project.
Kim has worked at Service Six since 2018, and is a Youth Specialist on the Northamptonshire Youth Team. Kim works mainly on the Support Plus project
Kimmy is a Youth Specialist on the Milton Keynes team. She has worked at Service Six since 2015, initially working on the Youth Starz project.
Kimmy now works on the MK Step Down Project
Job Titles:
- Youth Specialist and Family Support Worker
Kirsty is a Youth Specialist on the Northamptonshire Team, and has worked with us since January 2022. Kirsty started on the Happy Heads Project for under 11s, and now also works on Support Plus and Rapid Response sessions, as well as also working on the wellbeing drop-ins at times. As of January 2024, Kirsty also took on a new role as a Family Support Worker.
Leanne is on our Business Support Team, and has worked with Service Six since October 2021.
Leanne is a Youth Specialist working primarily on the TARGET Team. Though she has also done work on Happy Heads, Opal Project, Sapphire and Rapid Response. Leanne has been at Service Six since 2021.
Job Titles:
- TARGET Youth Specialist
- Youth Specialist
Lyndsay is a Youth Specialist on the TARGET project, based within the Northamptonshire Youth Team. She has worked at Service Six since September 2020. TARGET is her primary focus, but she has also done some work on the Opal Project and Happy Heads.
Job Titles:
- Trustee
- Director of the Local Community Interest Company Spautism ( Sport and Autism ) CIC
Matt joined as a trustee in January 2023. He is the Director of School Improvement at Nene Education Trust in North Northamptonshire. Having worked in several schools since 2008, he has a wealth of first-hand knowledge and experience of the changing state of the school system. Matt has been a successful teacher, deputy headteacher, head teacher and system leader within the sector. Matt's view is that schools are far more than educational establishments and we need to be courageous to face the challenges and opportunities ahead.
Matt is also the director of the local community interest company Spautism (Sport and Autism) CIC, whose mission is to use a passion for sport to raise awareness of autism and create opportunities for autistic individuals. In his various roles, Matt has worked closely with Service Six on many occasions and is a huge advocate of the work that the team do in supporting young people.
Job Titles:
- Counsellor and Neurodiversity Lead Therapist
Nicole is a Children and Young People's Counsellor working on the Youth Team. She has worked with us since 2022.
Job Titles:
- Business Support and Development Manager
Tanya has been our Business Support and Development Manager since January 2023, and prior to this had been a Hub Administrator since she joined Service Six in 2019. Tanya is responsible for managing the Business support team, producing monthly reports, managing commissioned services and developing our business relationships in relation to independent income generation.
Tina is in our Business Support Team, and has worked with Service Six since July 2020
Job Titles:
- Youth Specialist and Designated Safeguarding Lead
Tony has worked with Service Six since 2017, and is both a Youth Specialist working remotely, and our Designated Safeguarding Lead. He has worked on many different projects, and helped set up the LGBTQ+ Out There Youth Group. He is currently the lead on the Stand Out Northamptonshire Care Connections Programme supporting children in care and care leavers. Tony is now a Designated Safeguarding Lead and is also our Lead Social Worker.
Tonya has been a trustee since 2020 and she currently works for Northamptonshire Children's Trust as a Community Connector. She is a Mum to five children. Tonya wanted to become a trustee in order to be able to support a local charity that has not only helped her family, but supports lots of the children and young people she sees in her role. Tonya has also previously been a trustee of her local pre-school and has been the Vice Chair of a local residents' association. In her spare time she loves working on her allotment and in her garden.
Job Titles:
- Therapy Services Manager, C & YP Psychotherapist and Supervisor
Yvette is our Therapy Services Manager. She first joined Service Six in 2003 whilst training as a counsellor. She then continued to work on a sessional basis with us after graduating. Yvette completed her Clinical Supervision training in 2011 and after that began supervising some of the Counselling Team and the Youth Team. In 2018, she graduated with a MSc Counselling C&YP which led to her current position as Therapy Services Manager in 2019
As Therapy Services Manager, Yvette is responsible for the running of the counselling department which covers Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. She also practices as a Paediatric Psychotherapist and as a Clinical Supervisor.