Our Team in Benfleet, Essex
Covering Benfleet, Essex, and surrounding areas, our staff offer the support, information, and resources needed to provide the best opportunities for all children and young persons in care.
Jenni Paterson (Registered Manager)
Responsible for all QFC working Social Workers, Jenni is a former Manager / Senior Practitioner of the Adoption Team for Southend Borough Council. She has been a Qualified Social Worker for 24 Years, 18 of these as a family placement worker. Jenni is also a qualified teacher and trainer for Parentline plus.
Heather Brown
Supervising Social Worker
Heather works for Quality Foster Care, looking after our Foster Carers. She is a qualified Social Worker, with 9 years experience of looking after teenagers with challenging behaviour within a residential setting. Heather also has 5 years experience working in fostering for the Local Authority and alternative Fostering agencies.
Rose Goodrick
Supervising Social Worker
Rose, like Heather also looks after our Foster Carers. Rose is a qualified Social Worker with over 10 years experience working with children & young people within a residential setting. Rose also worked as a Local Authority Placements Officer for over 6 years before joining QFC.
Richard Hill
Supervising Social Worker
Richard, also looks after our Foster Carers. Richard has been a qualified social worker since 1982. He has worked as a Local Authority social worker in Hackney and has managed a number of projects in the voluntary sector.
Richard has worked with multi agency professionals as a trainer on Child Protection and has undertaken international study on perpetrators of abuse.
He has been working in fostering for the past 14 years as a manager and is really enjoying his role as a supervising social worker with QFC.
Karen Stevenson
Administrator
Karen was a registered child minder with Essex County Council for over 10 years. Karen has worked for the agency as administrator since 2010.