Bella

Bella Watson

Expert Lead

Bella joined My CWA as a volunteer in 2020 and quickly progressed to the role of Family Practitioner within the Accommodation team, alongside obtaining a 1st class BA (hons) in Integrated Working with Children & Families.  Shortly after this she was promoted to Behaviour Change Team Lead for My CWA’s innovative Custody Suite programme in 2022.   

In her current role, Bella is responsible for leading the launch and implementation of My CWA and Cheshire Constabulary’s innovative intervention programme in custody suites across Cheshire - including overseeing all logistics and partner relationships, managing a team, planning & reporting on the delivery & quality assurance of the programme and identifying any unmet needs among different groups (e.g. young adults, different ethnic backgrounds, and the LGBT community).  

Bella has fostered an impressive breadth of positive partner relationships across local authority, ensuring the highest standards of collaboration and meaningful multi-agency working are maintained with priority stakeholders whilst maintaining impressive outcomes for clients who access support.  

Key areas/specialisms:  

Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding |Refuge | Recovery Work MARAC | Behaviour Change | Housing | Mental Health | Evidence Based Practice | Adverse Childhood Experiences | Training and Programme Development and Delivery | Stakeholder Relationship Management | Leadership | Supervision | Service Delivery 

Training courses they run

  • Understanding Domestic Abuse

    An introductory, comprehensive training covering key elements of domestic abuse.

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  • Strategies for engaging children

    Gain a thorough understanding of the Monkey Bob toolkit.

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  • Engage for professionals

    Training to increase your knowledge and confidence in working with perpetrators of domestic abuse.

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  • Engage Tandem

    Training professionals to use ‘Tandem’ our toolkit to work with chid and adolescent to parent violence

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  • Engage Reset

    Train the Trainer session which equips you to deliver Reset, our 12 week healthy relationships programme within secondary school settings.

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