Specialism: Children and families
Location: England: East, England: East Midlands, England: North West, England: South West, England: West Midlands
Profile: Highly experienced Social Worker and Social Work Manager. Experience across statutory, voluntary and NHS. Lots of experience with Ofsted. Previous LADO - can support with management of allegations.
Available for mentoring and training of staff; interim management posts; Safeguarding policy development; emergency direct work with children and families including assessments.
I work with: Coaching/ mentoring of parents (families), Coaching/ mentoring of social workers, Complaints, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Placements, Private/ independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Strategy, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Qualifications: MSc Applied Social Studies; Diploma in Social Work
Professional registrations: Social Work England
Extra skills: Family strength based direct work; Staff trainer; Policy and procedure development; work with small organisations; crisis management; career development and coaching