The Team
Mark Kingston, Chief Executive
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Mark Kingston joined us as Chief Executive in 2018, having spent more than 20 years working in children’s services.
Previously he worked for Action for Children where he specialised in family placements. Mark is a qualified Social Worker and has a Postgraduate Certificate in Social Services Management from Birmingham University. |
Sasha Hart, Manager
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Sasha is in charge of the day-to-day running of Community Family Care. She studied at Cardiff University where she gained her degree in Psychology in 2008.
Since then she has worked with children and young people in children’s centres, schools and in a youth work setting. She also worked at Cafcass as a Family Support Worker where she focused on enabling the voice of the child to be heard in family law proceedings. Sasha is very interested in supporting children and families to stay together and has a special interest in working with groups and with children to support their emotional health. |
Dan Whitson-Jones, Business Development Manager
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Dan joined us in November 2016, having spent six years as a member of our sister charity's Fostering Panel.
Prior to this he was Deputy CEO for a transition charity who offered supported accommodation to homeless young people and those with mental health issues. Dan is a qualified youth and community worker and spent five years working for Young Gloucestershire where he managed their county-wide youth work provision. |
Rae Edwards, Family Support Worker
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Rae has worked with children and families, in different capacities, since qualifying in Early Years in 2002. She spent a number of years working in Gloucester prison, with children and families involved in the criminal justice system, specialising in one-to-one support and youth crime prevention.
She has delivered workshops to young people around the consequences of offending and the impact on their families, as well as addressing the issues of having an imprisoned parent and how this impacts on everyday life. |
Kate Beacham, Family Support Worker
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Kate has been working with children and young people across different settings for several years and has lots of experience in supporting children across the age ranges. Her experience has spanned from supporting children in a nursery setting to more challenging work with teenagers in a residential setting.
Kate has recently gained her degree in Child and Adolescent Mental Health from Worcester University. She has a real passion and enthusiasm for supporting children and families and has an in-depth knowledge of child development which she uses to best support the children and families she works with. |
Gemma Nield, Family Support Worker
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Gemma joins us after spending many years working within early years settings. She has a degree in Early Childhood Studies from Gloucester University which has supported her knowledge in child development and helps to inform her work with children and families.
Gemma has a wealth of experience with both 0-5 and school aged children and is able to work flexibly to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and families. She enjoys being creative and uses these skills to support her work with children. |
Chloe Bates, Sessional Family Support Worker
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Chloe has joined our sessional team after working in a number of different settings with children and young people. She has a range of experience of working with young people in activity based settings as well as in dealing with more challenging behaviours from hard to engage young people.
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Helen O'Niell, Office Manager
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Helen joined Community Family Care in May 2015 and is a huge asset to the Community Family Care team.
She is in the charge of the day-to-day running of the office, ensuring that everything runs smoothly, and it is her voice you will probably hear when you phone in. Helen is always friendly and cheery and nothing is ever too much trouble for her. |
Kathryn Tibbles, Office Administrator
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Kathryn joined Community Family Care in March 2017 and works alongside Helen ensuring the office runs smoothly.
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