Specialism: Children and families
Location: England: East, England: East Midlands, England: Isle of Wight, England: London, England: North East, England: North West, England: South East, England: South West, England: West Midlands, England: Yorkshire and the Humber, Isle of Man
Profile: My professional background as a social worker has spanned 36 years. Ten years in front line social work and nineteen years in quality assurance and senior management. In recent years I have worked independently as a trainer, lead reviewer, chair and author undertaking SCRs. In addition, I have led the evaluation of multi-agency safeguarding services and provided consultation to teams/organisations. Recent work has been underpinned by a psycho dynamic and systemic approach - my intention is to understand what may lie beneath the surface of the challenges facing safeguarding professionals and organisations and through appreciative inquiry facilitate desired change.
I work with: Advocacy, Coaching/ mentoring of social workers, Complaints, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Private/ independent sector, Quality assurance, Research, Review and evaluation, Supervision, Training and tutoring
Qualifications: BA ( Hons) CQSW MA
Professional registrations: Social Work England
Extra skills: Audit, Research, Supervision, Report writer/author Interpersonal/team facilitator Complex problem solver Compassionate communicator Family mediation, Parents - organisation mediation