Margaret Southworth

Margaret Southworth, before retiring in 2005, MS worked as an Education Welfare Officer (EWO) for East Sussex for over 20 years and therefore has a vast knowledge in the areas of school attendance across mainstream and special schools. Previously she worked in the Department of Health and Social Security DHSS for over 11 years as a direct entrant Executive Officer. She supervised and regulated a team of clerical officers making assessments for supplementary benefits. Later she worked as a Fraud Officer, detecting fraudulent claims, liaising with police preparing cases for court, calculating overpayments and pursuing recovery of overpayments being promoted to Higher Executive Officer and managed a Supplementary Benefits Office in London. MS has recently (Jan 2016) been awarded MBE in recognition for her services to education in governance.