Helen Waite

Helen has worked as a Civil Servant since leaving University.  She has spent a large portion of her career at DWP working on a range of policies including labour market and employability, support for disabled people,  and the troubled families programme.  She joined DfE in 2018 initially taking a role on Early Years Policy before moving to her current post in November.  Helen works and lives in Sheffield, and is married with two children.