Specialism: Children and families, Other
Location: England: East, England: East Midlands, England: London, England: North East, England: North West, England: South East, England: South West, England: West Midlands, England: Yorkshire and the Humber, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey
Profile: 15 years experience of working within the Adult and children services. Registered Manager Adult Social Care. Court work; parenting assessments; specialist Social Worker - using therapeutic approaches and tools; Support for newly qualified and Student Social Workers through the Court Process/paper work/report. Work with head of service and assistant director to explore ways of improving services and attracting and retaining the right work force. Work with agencies to reduce static/high caseloads.
I work with: Advocacy, Coaching/ mentoring of parents (families), Coaching/ mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Government offices, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Placements, Practice teaching, Private/ independent sector, Quality assurance, Research, Review and evaluation, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Qualifications: BA Honours Social Work
Professional registrations: Social Work England
Extra skills: Safeguarding,forced marriage, child witchcraft, FGM.
Service enhancement /progressing and reducing caseloads.
Expert report/courts/Adverse Childhood Experiences/Attachment and Trauma.