Meet the Team...
The CIP team have a wide and varied range of experience in delivering projects which support young people and their families to enjoy and achieve, stay safe, achieve economic wellbeing and be healthy.
With a vast range of knowledge and experience,between them, the team are well equipped to provide support in the areas of youth, parenting and health..
- Joe Miller
- Operations Manager
- Joe has worked with the CIP for over 3 years and is responsible for the day to day running of the CIP. He liaises with our partners to ensure that the services we deliver meet their needs as well as the needs of our parents and stakeholders. Joe also regularly delivers on our youth, boost and parenting projects so don’t be surprised to see him getting stuck in and having fun!
- Zoe Sampson
- Business Coordinator
- Zoe works part time for the CIP and has done for over 4 years. She supports Joe with the running of the CIP and supports the rest of the team with their admin. Zoe is responsible for compiling all of the marketing, newsletters and evaluation reports and keeps a keen eye on the budget.
- Amanda Groves
- Family `Support Worker
- Mandy is our Family Support Worker and has worked for the CIP for over a year. She works directly with our families and guides them through the referral process, helping them to meet their targets. Working closely with parents means that Mandy is constantly on the look-out for more Parent Information Contacts so don’t be too surprised if she asks you if you want to be one! Mandy is responsible for delivering all of our parenting courses and also delivers Cooking with the Kids, so you if you haven’t met Mandy yet, I’m sure you will at some point!
- James Melvin
- -Boost Administrator
- James has been with the CIP for just under a year and in that time has become responsible for setting up all of the Boost holiday activities as well as coordinating both Friday Night Project and Splash!
- Lindsay Powers
- Referral Administrator
- Lindsay supports Mandy by administering all of the referrals that come to us via our partners and is also responsible for booking all of the courses we run. Office admin is also a major part of Lindsay’s role.
Social Work Placement Students
We have 2 social work placements in the office at any one time. They offer support on all of projects and will work through referrals with families as well as delivering on projects such as Cooking with the Kids, Boost and the youth clubs.
Family Support Worker
Parenting can be the toughest job in the world. We are here to support you by providing advice and guidance on your child’s behaviour, development and education.
We can:
- provide access to group parenting courses which cover a number of areas such as child development, social and emotional development, behaviour concerns, praise and boundaries.
- provide access to community activities such as healthy cookery courses and family learning events
- direct you to local services that will be able to provide relevant or specialist support for you and your family
- provide advice, support and information on managing your child’s behaviour, school attendance and working in partnership with your child’s school
Working with you through our referral system we will;
- Work with your family on a one to one basis to identify your areas of concern and support you to implement strategies for change
- Support you and your family to meet the goals you have identified
- Give you tools for the future to continue working together to build a strong family unit
Do you want to volunteer?
Parent Information Contacts
Each school has the opportunity to have a Parent Information Contact within school. PICs are volunteer parents who talk to other parents informally in and around school and in the playground about the support, advice and information that the CIP can offer.
We offer training and support to any parent who wants to volunteer as a PIC but all you need is to be good at listening and interested in helping other parents in your local community.
We currently have 6 schools with PICs and are always on the look out for more. For further information, please contact Mandy in the office.
Youth Volunteers
After a successful pilot, we have a core group of youth volunteers who help us to run all of our youth projects as well as deliver our Boost holiday provision. Being a youth volunteer is an excellent opportunity for young people to experience working on a variety of projects as well as acting as positive role models for their peers and other young people.
As our current volunteers get ready to leave school and move on to bigger things, we will be on the look out to recruit more youth volunteers. For more information, please contact James in the office
Host a course
We regularly run courses throughout the year and like to run them in venues accessible to all of our families across all of our 22 schools. If you would like to offer us a room to run one of parenting or cookery courses in, free of charge please contact Lindsay in the office.