Jenny Ness

Background

About Jenny Ness

A personable and child focused senior leader with 20 years’ experience leading on permanency and adoption in both the charity voluntary and statutory children’s social care. Most recently this is for Nugent as Head of Families I am overseeing the Voluntary Adoption Agency and Domestic Abuse Accommodation. Prior to this I was the Head of Service for the Merseyside Regional Adoption Agency for 5 years and have worked both as a children’s social worker then managing services in both LA statutory services and charity settings overseeing Child in Need, Children Protection, Children Looked After and Permanency services for 21 years. I’ve have worked in Adoption for 10 years now and love the work immensely. Adoption is complex yet important permanence option for children and the outcomes are evidence based. I enjoy and thrive working in adoption and with families. There is also something new to learn continuously in the adoption field and sector keeping children at the centre of social work practice. I am also currently developing Domestic Abuse Accommodation services for Nugent so learning about this sector and area. Leadership values fundamentally are honesty and working with integrity. I like to lead by example and be consistent and deliver outcomes where my staff have common goals and values for children and families.