Lawrence Jordan | CEO
CEO
Lawrence Jordan leads MCF’s work to improve outcomes for victims and survivors of technology-assisted child sexual abuse (TACSA) and to drive prevention-focused, victim-centred change across systems and services.
Lawrence has extensive experience in the sexual abuse field and is a regular speaker and facilitator on specialist training and practice. In line with MCF’s ethos of keeping victim-survivor voice at the heart of our work, he continues to undertake direct work with victims and survivors of TACSA to ensure MCF’s approach remains grounded in lived experience.
Lawrence has worked in children’s social care since 2003. He began his career as a residential support worker for children with learning disabilities, later progressing to assistant manager in a children’s residential setting. He then worked as a family advice and support worker, undertaking direct work with children and their families.
A qualified social worker, Lawrence has worked in a Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) and as a case-holding social worker within a family support team. He has also worked in an emergency social work service responding to safeguarding concerns outside normal office hours. During this period, Lawrence developed a local response to Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), including overseeing a small team of specialist CSE support workers.
In 2016, Lawrence was promoted to CSE Coordinator, where he was responsible for strengthening the wider multi-agency response to exploitation. He later became the local authority’s Professional Lead for Children Missing, Exploited and Trafficked, and was tasked with creating a multi-agency hub to respond to all forms of child exploitation and to integrate the children missing service - a team that continues to operate today.
Lawrence joined the Marie Collins Foundation in April 2021 as Training and Development Manager. He later became Director of Operations, before being appointed CEO. In 2025, he became a Visiting Senior Fellow in Safeguarding at the University of Suffolk.
Lawrence has received two awards: one recognising his work with children and families, and a police commendation for exceptional work supporting children who are exploited, go missing, or have been trafficked.
You can contact Lawrence here.