SAFE Associate – Penny Earney
Over the last 40 years, Penny has experience of working with adults, families and vulnerable children, both clinically and strategically within public health, building a wealth of expertise, competencies, knowledge and skills.
Penny’s experience of working as a NHS Designated Nurse, through Safeguarding Partnerships, Commissioning and Corporate Parenting Boards, has developed a passion and focus to be able to scrutinise quality assurance, within the constant challenging and changing landscape of complex vulnerability for adults, children and families.
She has worked within a wide crossover of specialities and disciplines from early years as a health visitor in public health through to children in care and safeguarding, within the NHS, social care, education and the wider voluntary and private sector. Penny’s previous experience including working with children with SEND and SLCN’s in understanding the need for robust processes to access support through the correct service at the right time.
Following retirement from her substantive NHS role, Penny is now working as an independent specialist health practitioner, continuing her passion for improving and sustaining effective service delivery, by supporting NHS managers and practitioners working with vulnerable adults, children and families.
She is using her experience and knowledge to deliver safeguarding training, independent safeguarding supervision, and coaching. Supporting the Local Government Association, as a Health Peer, and is an active member for the Association of Child Protection Professionals. In her spare time, Penny enjoys cooking for her family, walking and going away in the camper van with her husband.