Specialism: Adult Services, Children and families, Mental Health
Location: England: Isle of Wight, England: London, England: South East
Profile: Over 25 years experience in practice, practice development, management and consultancy:
- In adult services - mental health, complex needs and old age - supporting genuinely person centred solutions, including the use of individual budgets and user led services.
- Working alongside parents and families with a particular practice focus on relationships - including the grey space between conflict and domestic abuse.
- Specific expertise in the use of digital and technology within social care practice - supporting practitioners and organisations to get closer to children, adults and families through a better understanding of digital realities.
I work with: Advocacy, Coaching/ mentoring of parents (families), Coaching/ mentoring of social workers, Complaints, Compliance, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Government offices, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Private/ independent sector, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Research, Review and evaluation, Strategy, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Qualifications: Diploma in Social work (DipSW); Diploma in Applied Social Studies; MBA
Professional registrations: Social Work England
Extra skills: Consultancy, supervision and mentoring. Service design and development. Adult social care commissioning. Fully insured.