Our staff
The My Choice Management Team
Alex Hyland
Director
Alex has over 25 years experience working with children who display emotional &…
Peter Kazmarski
Director
Peter has over 20 years experience working with older adults with neuro-disabilities and…
Dawn Ives
Director and Responsible Individual
Dawn has over 16 years’ experience working in childcare and is qualified with the Registered…
Lisa Lawrence
Policy & Development Manager
Lisa has a Diploma in Social Work with the Post Qualifying Year & Management…
Debbie Woodgate
Practice Manager
Debbie has over 14 years experience working within residential child care services which…
Ed Glaves
West Team Area Manager
Ed has over 5 years experience working within residential childcare services. Ed has…
Vacant
East Team Manager
Annie Murphy
Head of Education, responsible for all My Choice Schools
Annie has a BSc (hons) in Experimental Psychology and a PGCE from the University of…
Sue Evans
Head Teacher
Susan has over 20 years’ experience of working in the education sector with children and young people…
Georgina Colgate
HR Manager
Georgina is our HR Manager and has worked at My Choice for over 15 years and for the…
Steve Williams
Recruitment Manager
Steve is our Recruitment Manager and has over 15 years experience of working within Human…
Mark Kazmarski
IT Manager
Mark has over 20 years experience working in the IT industry. Mark has worked at My…
Darren Widdows
Maintenance Manager
Darren has over 30 years experience working in the building trade including managing a…
Pat Russell
Accounts Manager
Pat has over 40 years’ experience of working within the finance industry, 20 years at a senior/management…
Vacant
Diploma Assessor
Rachael Howson
Care Manager – Ocean Pearl
Rachael has worked for the last 3 years as a Deputy Care Manager in a children’s home in Sussex. Before this Rachael worked for West Sussex…
Pauline Gunnell
Care Manager at Kingfisher View
Pauline Commenced her role as Registered Care Manager at Kingfisher View on 2nd May 2017…
Michelle Allen
Care Manager at Pebble House
Michelle has worked within the care sector since 2002, roles including Social Care…
Stuart Halsey
Care Manager at Ivy Cottage
Stuart commenced his role as Care Manager at Ivy Cottage on 2nd May 2017…
Theo Barclay
Care Manager at Neptune House
Theo has worked within residential services for young people for over six years. Previous…
Sandra Whyte
Care Manager at Kestrel House
Sandra is an experienced professional children’s home manager. Sandra has worked…
Declan Lola
Care Manager at Oak House
Declan has over 15 years experience working with young people and their families, 8 years…
Kate Kilford
Ocean Care Manager
Kate has worked within residential services for over 14 years. She has gained a wealth of experience…
Jenny Frogley
Care Manager
For the last 2 years Jenny has worked at Action for Children as a Manager. She managed a 16 bedded children’s home…