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Natalie Baker-Napier
Head of the VRP
Natalie has over 12 years experience working in policing including developing strategy, policy and governance at a local, regional and national level.
Natalie was instrumental in designing and implementing the multi agency, public health approach to violence reduction in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire alongside the former Director of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Violence Reduction Partnership. She has lead on the day to day running of the VRP since 2019, until her appointment to Interim Head in July 2021.
Natalie lives in Nottinghamshire with her partner and black Labrador.
Monica Johnson
VRP Youth Work Lead
Monica is the Violence Reduction Partnership Youth Work Project Lead.
As part of this role, she oversees the implementation of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and VRP Youth Work Strategy to achieve a positive impact against OPCC and VRP aims, to reduce youth violence and increase community safety, by increasing the quality, capacity and confidence of practitioners and organisations that work with young people in the youth diversion space.
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Monica’s previous role was with the Nottingham Youth Justice Service as their prevention team Lead in the targeted youth support team, where she managed a team of six workers, each of whom held a caseload of 10 young people. The age range she worked with was 10–17 and Monica specialised in providing assessments, tailored intervention and/or consultation for children and young people who were identified at risk of or were involved in criminal exploitation and or serious youth violence.
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Prior to moving to Nottingham, Monica worked for Kirklees Metropolitan Council for approximately 25 years in various roles from management, to on the ground grassroots youth work. Along with this, Monica set up her youth provision in Huddersfield on Saturday mornings for young people in the local area to have a safe space to try out new opportunities, be heard, be respected and have the opportunity to learn new skills. Monica achieved this while working full time for the local authority and managed bring in sponsorship from local businesses, the local authority and the local counsellor.
Tracy Jordan
VRP 'Another Way' Project Manager
Tracy has 25 years of experience in policing, working in various roles, including response, neighbourhood policing across the city of Nottingham and Custody.
She has collaborated with partners and the community and implemented a problem-solving approach to tackling knife crime, gangs and ASB. She was the lead for children and young people in custody and developed projects and procedures, providing intervention and targeted support for juveniles and the vulnerable.
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Tracy is also a swimming instructor, teaching a life skill to children ranging from three to 16-years-old and coaching complete beginners life-saving CPR and first aid.
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Tracy loves working with children and young people and enjoys partnership work and engagement. She looks forward to using her experience to support the Violence Reduction Partnership to improve communities and better outcomes for families and young people.
Carly McKinney
VRP Education Project Support Officer
Carly has more than 14 years of experience working with children, young people and families within Nottinghamshire including specialising in neurodevelopment and neurodevelopment assessments of children and young people.
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Carly’s role within the VRP includes: coordination and management of VRP education funded interventions, involvement and identification of system change led work linked to education, steering trauma informed practice with partners through subgroups of workforce, readiness assessment with a plan for an education subgroup and being the main point of contact for education within the VRP.