Meet The Team

Joseph Krasinski

Meet Joe, Founder of ThriveConnect

& your SPA Implementation Partner

“Every time someone can't get the support they need, a life stays on pause. That's what gets me out of bed every morning.”

Joe's spent over 25 years in the trenches of education, NHS and local authority services. He's not a consultant who'll hand you a glossy report and disappear - he's the one who'll roll up his sleeves and help you make real change happen.

As a Dad to neurodiverse kids navigating ND pathways, a mainstream/ SEND Teacher, an ICB and Local Authority Officer, he has walked in your shoes, navigating the complex politics of multi-agency partnerships while delivering real services and measurable improvements:

This isn't about ticking boxes—it's about human dignity. It's about the mum who finally gets support for her struggling teenager. The man whose GP knows exactly where to send him. The family who tells their story once and gets help, not rejection.

When someone tells us they've finally found help after years of being passed around the system, that's when we know we're getting it right. That's the whole point of our work.

Single Point of Access, Multi-professional teams, Thrive Framework, Outcomes, MHSDS and SNOMED expert

Designed and created the Leeds school cluster multi-professional teams

Recognised in 2011 by the Department for Education for "services to children, young people and families"

Co created the Leeds MindMate Single Point of Access

Designed and created Leeds' MindMate Champions and Lessons school mental health programme & curriculum

Audited and wrote North Yorkshire's Single Point of Access plan

Designed and wrote Bradford's One Trusted Referral Pathway business case. Developed Thrive Framework

Co designed and led Norfolk and Waveney's Integrated Front Door setup

Designed and led Calderdale Cares Partnership Central Point of Contact development

Worked alongside the national iThrive team & CORC implementing Thrive led systems

Helped develop many national projects in NHSE working groups: MHST, 4 week waitlist, mental health currencies

Kate Bondzie

Meet Kate Meet Kate, Integrated-Care Programme Manager
& your Joined-Up-Care Partner

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." - Mahatma Gandhi

Kate has been working in the heath and care sector for over 14 years. In this time, she has worked with primary care, public health, community and acute trusts, voluntary sector and integrated care systems with the aim to improve essential services by bringing together teams to plan and deliver more joined-up care.

As a second generation British-Ghanaian, Kate understands the difficulties sometimes faced by the under-represented members of our communities and has piloted innovative in-reach models that improve equity of access for under-represented communities.

Kate believes strongly the wider determinants of health drive outcome inequalities. This conviction fuels her commitment to holistic care, easy access, health literacy and preventive approaches.

Passionate about turning complexity into clarity for the people who need it most, Kate brings that ethos to THRIVEConnect.

Programme Management, Integrated Care, Family Hubs & Front-Door Models and Change Expert

Lead author of the Calderdale Family Hubs advice-and-guidance “front door” proposal for Early Help & Public Health

Supporting delivery of the Calderdale Cares Partnership Central Point of Contact

Developing Harrow's Integrated Neighbourhood Teams

Joint coordinator of Sutton’s COVID-19 vaccination programme

Contract-management lead for the national Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme at West London GP Federation

Suzanne Elster

Meet Suzanne, Digital Health Systems Architect
Turning Complex Data into Better Care

With a decade in mental-health delivery, Suzanne designs and implements data-flow solutions that give commissioners, trusts and VCSE partners the insight they need.

As Operations Director for a health-tech start-up, she spearheaded a VCSE electronic record system that now streams compliant data to the MHSDS — establishing her as a recognised MHSDS & SNOMED expert.

Driven by the belief that better data means better care, Suzanne turns complex standards into tools frontline teams actually use.

Data-Quality, Interoperability & MHSDS/SNOMED expert

MHSDS data-quality adviser, NHS England (East of England): helping VCSE providers improve data flow, performance metrics and burden reduction

Data-quality consultant, NHS England (London): boosting interoperability and national performance reporting for ICBs & Trusts

Co-author, Calderdale 0-25 Mental Health Integrated Working report: auditing issues and designing system-integration fixes

Qualified Counsellor

OUR VALUES

Innovation
We embrace a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging creative thinking and the development of new solutions to address challenges effectively.

We embrace digtial solutions to support both families to suppor their needs and also professionals to do their important jobs well with limited resources.

Improvement

We are committed to whole-system development and improvement, fostering collaboration across sectors to enhance the support offered to children, young people, and their families. By breaking down silos and integrating services, we aim to create meaningful, lasting impacts that improve lives and empower communities.

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