Specialism: Adult Services, Children and families, Mental Health
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, Jersey
Profile: I am a practice improvement specialist for social work and social care. I have extensive experience of adult social care practice and management. I help practitioners, managers and leaders to improve social care practice, particularly social work. I do this by developing resources and delivering direct support. This includes project management, workshops and evaluations. Recent projects include:-Development of a Strengthening Managers course -Development of resources to support practice with people living with dementia -Leading a project to implement evidence-informed supervision-Supporting a University to meet Standards of Education and Training Devon based & work England-wide.
I work with: Coaching/ mentoring of social workers, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Private/ independent sector, Quality assurance, Research, Review and evaluation, Strategy, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Qualifications: DipSW, MA Applied Social Studies
Professional registrations: Health & Care Professions Council (England)
Extra skills: Russian language fluency