Child Matters Ltd

Child Matters, a flourishing company, delivering educational training courses for Parents, Carers, Child Care Providers, Schools and Pupils. In addition, Specialist Nursing Services to social and Child Matters classes are taught exclusively by children’s nurses, paramedics, First Responders and staff with frontline experience in safeguarding and children’s health. Aiming to keep all the classes focussed but fun we ensure you feel confident and relaxed whilst learning often challenging topics. Our aim is that you complete our courses more knowledgeable and more confident. Giving you an understanding of why situations happen and how to manage them, will enable you to respond quickly in an emergency. Claire Street, the founder of Child Matters is a specialist paediatric nurse. Claire qualified as a Registered Children’s Nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital London in 1998. Claire has worked continuously within roles in major London Hospitals and community settings, which included working as a Senior Sister in A&E departments. acquiring the skills to care for injured, sick and vulnerable children. Her love for assessing and educating people have been consolidated working in community based positions, most recently with Looked After Children in London’s third largest borough. This role involved training Foster Carers and Social Workers about Basic Life Support, First Aid, Child Development and Childhood injury and illnesses. Claire’s expertise has been strengthened by the undertaking of her Master’s Degree in Child Protection and Complex Child Care at the Tavistock and Portman Centre in London. This growing body of experience has given Claire and her team the motivation and expertise unique to Child Matters.