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Qualified Social Worker, passionate about the holistic assessment, care and support of older adults. Driven by achieving positive outcomes for and with the service user, and helping people with physical/emotional/psychological issues and disabilities to reach their full potential.
Compassionate qualified Social Worker with experience caring for and developing bespoke support plans for vulnerable adults. I pride myself on strong communication skills and quickly build a good rapport with service users and their families. I have excellent organizational skills and efficiently collaborate with colleagues and other professionals. I am conscientious about my work and am highly adept at multi-tasking. Dedicated to being highly effective in administrative and management tasks. Motivated to achieve outstanding success through prompt communication and a helpful approach.
Provided high quality in-home care for 3 young children from newborn to 3 years old, coordinating and managing conflicting activity schedules. Developed strong bonds with those children through compassionate verbal and physical interaction. Safely transported them to and from school, maintaining reliability and trust. Promoted social skills such as excellent manners and sharing to encourage polite, well-rounded attitudes.
Developed engaging, stimulating activity programmes, following parent guidelines to meet development goals. Taught children safe behaviour during outings, including how to appropriately cross streets, use climbing frames and cycle.
Continuously exceeded parent expectations by accommodating last-minute schedule changes. Sparked creativity and imagination by helping children discover new things through play. Redirected children to encourage safe, positive play, providing praise to reinforce good behavior.
Social Worker | Cumbria County Council - Whitehaven, Cumbria 08/2012 - 08/2015
Responsible for the rigorous compilation of assessments of need for older adults with physical/learning disabilities and dementias under the Care Act, and maintaining and updating accurate records. Maintained confidential case documentation in line with data protection regulations.
user's home, hospital or care home setting to assess if their needs were being met, or if their care needs needed re-assessed. Responsible for the sourcing and implementation of support service packages for needs such as personal care, mental health care and day centre services. Assessments also covered the need for residential/nursing home requirements and/or possible respite for the service user or care providing family members.
Advocated for service user's rights, informing them of available options, Coordinated with external public, social and welfare agencies to make successful case referrals. Worked closely with other professionals from the health and social care sector in providing a duty of care to safeguard vulnerable adults.
Evaluated and addressed individual service user needs through targeted assessments. Co-ordinated and conducted multi-disciplinary team meetings (MDT's) with professionals including nurses, occupational therapists, district nurses and other health and social service providers to develop holistic and personalized care plans. Successfully co-ordinated with external public, social and welfare agencies in signposting service users to other services including housing and medical services.
University of Cumbria , Carlisle , Cumbria Bachelor of Arts: Social Work
Graduated with BA (Hons) Social Work Lakes College, Workington , Cumbria A level : Sociology
Lakes College , Workington , Cumbria A level: Psychology
06/2012
08/2009
08/2009
