The CYP South West Community of Practice is led and co-ordinated by staff at the department of Clinical Education, Development and Research (CEDAR), University of Exeter. Find out more about what we do and who we are below.
Catherine Gallop
CEDAR PGT Director
Catherine is a Clinical Psychologist and accredited CBT therapist. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Exeter and has worked in Clinical Practice Education since 2007. She is the Director of Post Graduate Taught Programmes for CEDAR at the University overseeing the delivery of a range of nationally funded grad / post graduate psychological professional training programmes including Adult IAPT, Children and Young Peoples’ (CYP) IAPT and CYP new roles (e.g. CWP and EMHP) as well as other self-funded psychological professional training programmes. She works regionally and nationally in relation to workforce strategy, training and implementation and supporting service effectiveness. Her clinical specialism is within CYP mental health and she works privately with CYP and supervises NHS practitioners.
Alex Boyd
CYP IAPT Director (Joint) & Director for Perinatal Training
Alex is a Clinical Psychologist and accredited CBT therapist who has worked at the University of Exeter since 2012. She is the joint Director of Children and Young People’s Mental Health Training and the Director for Perinatal Training for CEDAR. As part of this role she oversee the delivery of the Children and Young People’s (CYP) IAPT courses and supports the south west community of practice in developing their workforce to support children, young people’s mental health. After 15 years working clinically in the NHS she now works in private practice with children, young people and families as well as providing supervision for colleagues working privately and within the NHS.
Jonathan Parker
CYP IAPT Director (Joint) & CWP/EMHP Lead
Based at the University of Exeter but working across the CYP Mental Health care sector in the South West, Jonathan provides guidance to a range of statutory and voluntary sector services relating to the CWP and EMHP programmes. He works closely with national partners to successfully deliver key government initiatives both within and across organisational boundaries. Jonathan is an accredited CBT practitioner, psychotherapist and clinical supervisor and has undertaken postgraduate leadership training.
Tim Tod
Participation Lead
Tim has been a member of the Collaborative since 2015 and has worked for the University of Exeter as the Participation lead. He works alongside others in the Collaborative to share and build up the evidence base of best participation practice. He has spent the last 30 years working with children and young people; mostly within the charitable youthwork and informal education sector, and is currently working within formal education.
Monica Lee
Project Co-ordinator, CYP IAPT
Monica is responsible for providing support, guidance and co-ordination relating to CEDAR’s Children and Young Peoples (CYP) clinical training and CPD portfolio across partnership services within the CEDAR’s CYP South West Community of Practice (CoP). Outside of work she loves frequenting coffee and cake shops, running, cycling (to burn off the cake) and travelling the world.
Sarah Dobson
Project Manager, CYP IAPT
Sarah is responsible for the day to day co-ordination of the CYP South West Community of Practice (CoP) and the CoP Executive Group. She works with colleagues to support services in the CoP to deliver service transformation related to CYP-IAPT principles through outreach activities, policy development and workforce development. Outside of work Sarah enjoys swimming in open water and walking with her Labrado
Research Evaluation Team
Beth Turnbull, Graduate Research Assistant; Dr Melika Janbakhsh, Postdoctoral Research Associate; Hollie Gay, Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Nick Smith, Graduate Research Assistant; and Nicola Abraham, Graduate Research Assistant.
Our team collaborates with children and young people’s mental health services across South West England, supporting the evaluation of two low-intensity practitioner roles; Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) and Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP). We evidence the impact of mental health support delivered by NHS and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSE) by producing comprehensive and accessible reports. We utilise infographics to communicate key messages and can tailor reports to meet service needs. Our team remain up to date with the latest guidance from NHS England and ensure our reports reflect this. We pride ourselves on innovation. Our core aim is to ensure the valuable data collected is used to maximise service improvement for children and young people.