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My working life ... Head of children's services

Kristina Lastoweckyi tells Jackie Cosh about the responsibilities
and challenges involved in heading up children's services in the charity
sector.

Kristina Lastoweckyi is the head of children's services at YMCA Reigate and Redhill, where she has worked for the past 18 months.

She oversees the managers and supervisors who deliver a range of services including a Sure Start children's centre, mother and baby activities, after-school provision for four- to 11-year-olds and playschemes for mainstream children and those with disabilities, aged four to 11 years.

'My day begins at about 8.30am when I check my emails. I manage three different sites in east Surrey. I go between the sites, talking to managers about how the aims and objectives of the centre are going, what activities are going on, what is working well and what we need to improve on.

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