Children and Young People's Alliance: Who we are

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South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw’s Children and Young People’s Alliance

The Children and Young People’s Alliance aims to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities for children and young people aged 0-25 years across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw (SYB). We will bring together providers from across all sectors (acute, primary care, mental health, community services, housing, police, education, voluntary organisations, and faith-based groups) to address areas of local and national priority for CYP.

How will we achieve the vision?

To achieve this vision we will work together in collaboration with all our South Yorkshire partners and neighbouring ICS system partners, under the umbrella of the Children and Young People’s Alliance.

What do we aim to do?

The Children and Young People’s Alliance brings together providers from across all sectors (acute, primary care, mental health, community services, housing, police, education, voluntary organisations, and faith-based leaders) to address areas of local and national priority, with the aim to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities for children and young people aged 0-25 years.

Since the establishment of the CYP Alliance in July 2021, the members have enabled a space where there is system-wide membership, inclusive of all partners, creating a movement for change, and addressing inequalities at source for all South Yorkshire Children and Young People.

How do we support the aim?

• Creating thinking space and opportunities to work together differently to improve outcomes.

• Collaborating as a system to make change sustainable and improving access for the most vulnerable.

• Supporting a complex system to work together, facilitating stronger connections and guiding people to the right spaces to work in partnership to create change.

• Championing co-production.

• Amplifying the voice of CYP.

• Being inclusive of mental, physical and spiritual health in all aspects of a child’s wellbeing.

• Sharing widely research, innovations and outcomes which have made a positive difference.

South Yorkshire CYP Alliance

Find out more about the South Yorkshire CYP Alliance

Meet the CYP Alliance Programme Team

Nicola Ennis

CYP Alliance Programme Lead

Nicola initially qualified as a RGN in Scotland and for the past 30 years has worked in both the voluntary sector and NHS, undertaking further training as a public health nurse and obtaining an MA in Sociology. She completed research on the physical and mental health inequalities of looked-after children and following the research publication established a looked-after children’s health service in West Dunbartonshire. Nicola went on to project-manage the redesign of specialist children's services in Greater Glasgow and Clyde and managed Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Glasgow and Sheffield.

Dr. Nicola Jay

Consultant Paediatrician and CYP Clinical Lead

Nicola is a Consultant Paediatric Allergist at Sheffield Children's Hospital. She has developed research interests in the prevention of food allergy, looking at minority populations to improve health, moving allergy services into the community to improve access and de-labelling of antibiotic allergies. Nicola has a number of leadership roles including Clinical lead for the CYP transformation program across SYB ICS, Royal College Paediatrics Child Health Officer for workforce and health services, Associate Medical Director (secondment) NHSE Midlands and previously vice chair of the clinical senate for Yorkshire & Humber which gives impartial advice to clinicians across the region regarding service delivery. She tries to promote equity in all aspects of her work to minimise health inequalities.

Sami Barker

Hosted Network Manager

Sami trained as a Children’s Nurse and worked in a variety of hospitals across the West Midlands and East Anglia, mainly in acute assessment, before coming to South Yorkshire as part of the NHS Graduate Management Scheme. She originally joined the ICS on placement as part of the Maternity Network, before moving to a substantive role as the Hosted Network Manager for the Children and Young People’s Alliance. Aside from the focus on Acute Care, she is particularly interested in Health Inequalities and LGBTQ+ Representation and is also completing an MSc in Healthcare Leadership through the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Programme.

Jozia Sadiq

Project Manager

As Project Manager for the Children & Young People’s Alliance, Jozia currently manages the different project workstreams to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities for children and young people across the South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw Integrated Care Systems. A Law graduate, Jozia holds rich and varied experiences in finance and banking, civil litigation, the civil service, human resources, NHS complaints, and project/operational management via the NHS Graduate Management Scheme.

Donna Coleman

Assistant Project Manager

Donna has over 20 years of experience working in the NHS in a range of admin and clerical roles and more recently was the Admin Manager for Inpatient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Sheffield. Having completed several qualifications over the years such as the Prince2, she is now in her final year of studying for a Master’s degree in leadership. Donna is excited to be supporting projects to improve the health outcomes of children and young people in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw as part of the Children and Young People’s Alliance.