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Kate Brooksbank
West Yorkshire Service Delivery Manager
Kate Brooksbank joined Restorative Solutions in 2009 as a RJ trainer and has been the Restorative Justice (RJ) Service Delivery Manager for West Yorkshire since 2018.
Kate has been a Restorative Justice Facilitator since 2008, is an advanced practitioner with the Restorative Justice Council, and has achieved a BTEC Level 3 in Restorative Practice and BTEC Level 4 in Case Supervision. Kate is a trainer and is experienced in supervising both staff and volunteers delivering RJ.
Having a Probation Officer background has allowed Kate to develop restorative approaches in a variety of different settings. Kate has experience of working on sensitive and complex cases, including harmful sexual behaviour, domestic abuse, and cases of murder.
Kate also manages the Appropriate Adult Service for Vulnerable Adults in West Yorkshire, which was commissioned in April 2025.
Caz Worthington-Hollowbread
Lead Practitioner
Caz joined Restorative Solutions in February 2017 and is a Lead Practitioner.
Caz has completed training in sensitive and complex RJ cases including harmful sexual behaviour and domestic abuse. She also has a BTEC level 3 in Restorative Practice and is accredited with the Restorative Justice Council as an RJ Practitioner at Intermediate level. Caz is also trained to facilitate Hate Crime and Violent Crime Awareness Courses.
Prior to joining Restorative Solutions, Caz was a Police Officer where she provided on-the-job training for new recruits and also spent a number of years as the Higher Education Liaison Officer.
Courtney Smith
Lead Practitioner
Courtney began working for Restorative Solutions in 2018 and is a Lead Practitioner.
Courtney trained to be a facilitator in 2012 whilst studying at university. Following gaining a degree in Psychology and Sociology, she worked for the local authority doing mediation cases and neighbourhood disputes, prior to moving into the more criminal cases.
Courtney is an accredited practitioner and an accredited case supervisor, with a BTEC Level 3 in Restorative Practice, and a BTEC Level 4 in case supervision. Courtney has worked on a large variety of cases, including complex and sensitive, harmful sexual behaviour and domestic abuse.
Jonathan Fell
Lead Practitioner
Jonathan joined the Restorative Justice team in West Yorkshire in September 2024 as a Lead Practitioner but has worked within Restorative Solutions since September 2020, as a CARA Facilitator.
Jonathan has an extensive knowledge of working and volunteering within social care, offending and Domestic Abuse. Prior to joining the RJ team, Jonathan was a Service Manager of Respect, an Accredited High Risk Perpetrator Programme.
Previous qualifications awarded are L4 working with complex families which was widely used in his previous role at Kirklees within the Long- and short-term safeguarding teams.
Jonathan has also completed several CPD Training courses centered on Domestic Abuse and Restorative justice practices.
Jonathan is working towards Accreditation as a RJ practitioner.
Karen Keeley
Course Coordinator / Lead Practitioner
Karen joined Restorative Solutions in July 2023 as part of the Immediate Justice Pilot. Since April, 2025, Karen has been the Course Coordinator/Practitioner.
Karen leads on the delivery of the Hate Crime and Violent Crime Awareness Courses to those who have been given Conditional Cautions by West Yorkshire Police.
Karen also works alongside Lead Practitioners within the RJ West Yorkshire team to both prepare for and co-facilitate RJ conferences and indirect restorative processes in a variety of settings.
Prior to taking on these roles, Karen has been a Restorative Justice Volunteer Practitioner since 2016. Karen has facilitated sensitive and complex cases and continues to be involved in facilitating restorative processes.
Ranjaet Gill
Service Delivery Assistant
After joining the team as a volunteer in 2018, Ranjaet started as the Service Delivery Assistant in 2020.
Ranjaet supports the team and volunteers who deliver restorative justice, with day to day admin support and calling victims/offenders for feedback after closing cases. Ranjaet assists in picking up referrals which come into the service from a variety of partners, and self-referrals.
Ranjaet has worked with the team on cases that have progressed to a full conference and has gained experience on working with Lead Practitioners on delivering Hate Crime Awareness Training.
Mick Ambrose
Service Delivery Assistant
Mick is a Service Delivery Assistant and joined the team in July 2021. Since training in restorative approaches in 2016, Mick has also volunteered as Restorative Justice Facilitator working to various levels on restorative cases with the team’s Lead Practitioners, including gaining experience in facilitating hate and violent crime awareness courses.
Mick’s role is to provide ongoing admin support to the Service Delivery Manager, staff team and volunteers delivering restorative justice. This includes receiving and recording referrals from the team’s wide range of partners and self-referrals, recording casework and collecting feedback from victims/offenders who have used the service.
