Sue is the Subject Director for Education and Professional Studies, Foundation Degrees in Development and Education of Children and Young people and a suite of MA Education programmes at York St John. She joined York St John University in September 2014 as a visiting lecturer while continuing her work in the field of Early Childhood Education, Care, and Safeguarding.
Prior to joining York St John University on a more permanent basis in August 2016, Sue worked full-time in Integrated Services in North Yorkshire. She developed community-based services and project managed Children’s Centres including developing sustainable buildings and recruiting staff from a range of professional backgrounds. The role involved working at a strategic and operational level developing universal and targeted services with partner agencies to support vulnerable children and their families. She facilitated multi-agency teamwork with health, education, social care and private and the voluntary sector agencies and had responsibility for leading ‘Common Assessments’ for children and young people.
During her time as a Children’s centre services manager, she completed the NPQICL leadership qualification. And more recently she has taken on the responsibility of managing a small team of family workers working in the early intervention, prevention, and children in need domains.
