Dr. Warren Thompson

Dr. Warren Thompson is currently  the Director of Children and Family Programmes at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency, since January 2022.  Previously, he was Jamaica's Deputy Children's Registrar, where he managed the National Children's Registry - an office established by the Child Care & Protection Act (2004) and currently operating within the Child Protection & Family Services Agency (CPFSA). Dr. Thompson has over ten years’ experience in human services; he has worked as Programmes Director and Project Manager at a number of local non-governmental organisations, as an educator at the secondary and tertiary level, and as a development consultant where he has significant experience in designing projects, writing grants, and conducting research. He has presented papers at international conferences and published in academic journals such as the Caribbean Journal of Social Work and the Caribbean Review of Gender Studies. Warren has a PhD in Gender & Development Studies from The UWI (IGDS-RCO).