Year Manager - Co-op Academy School Tunstall - Stoke on Trent
(2025-09 - 2026-04)
- Building positive relationships with all students within school and modelling appropriate behaviour and interactions
- Supporting the Head of Year 7 with managing the behaviour, attendance, presentation and pastoral needs of pupils
- Maintaining professional, constructive communication with parents and carers of students
- Keeping daily computerised records of students' needs and actions required and sharing this with other stakeholders when required
Teaching Assistant SEND Team - Excel Academy - Sneyd Green, Stoke, Staffordshire
(2024-09 - 2025-07)
- Working as part of a team of teaching assistants for students in a mainstream school who have learning needs
- Supporting learning in the classroom, supporting the teacher in the classroom, working 1:1 with students where required
- Completing annual assessments and updating reports with students including education passports and WRAT testing
Advanced Practitioner - Children with Disabilities Team - Cheshire East Council - Cheshire East
(2024-03 - 2024-07)
- Assessing the needs of children with disabilities and their families
- Applying to court for orders - deprivation of liberty, mental capacity etc
- Representing the local authority in court
- Chairing and organising meetings
- Recording and using computerised data systems
- Working directly with children and young people and gathering their views
Teaching Assistant - Special Educational Needs School - Newcastle-under-Lyme
(2023-10 - 2024-02)
- Supporting the teacher in class
- Supporting the learning of children in classes
- Working 1:1 with children where needed
- Supervising children during break and lunchtime at school
Specialist Social Worker for Children with Disabilities - Stoke City Council - Stoke City
(2023-05 - 2023-09)
- Assessing need and writing assessments for children and families
- Managing the care for children on plans
- Reviewing the finances for services to the family
- Meeting partner agencies to discuss and co-ordinate funding for services
- Linking resources to families and signposting families to agencies in their communities
Court Social Worker - Shropshire County Council - Shropshire
(2022-08 - 2023-04)
- Managing the care of looked after children
- Co-ordinating services and support for children and young people
- Making plans and reviewing actions for the child and their family
- Reporting on the progress of plans
- Compile reports for court
- Representing the local authority and giving evidence in court
Supervising Social Worker - Capstone Foster Care - Independent Fostering Agency
(2021-11 - 2022-08)
- Supervising foster carers and keeping monthly records of this
- Supporting carers to keep on top of their recordings and sending these back to the Local Authority for information
- Completing annual reviews on the progress of foster carers
- Liaising with Local Authority social workers and being part of multi-disciplinary meetings
- Carrying out statutory checks to ensure that the foster home and the people within in it continue to meet the standards
- Visiting children in foster homes and building a relationship with them
Senior Practitioner, Safeguarding Team - Staffordshire County Council - Staffordshire
(2020-03 - 2021-10)
- Managing the more complex cases
- Providing Group Supervision
- Working with Children and Family cases on a Safeguarding Team
- Carrying out Section 47 investigations with Staffordshire Police
- Writing up good quality, professional assessments within timescales
- Reporting back and maintaining good communication with my manager
- Making decisions and recommendations on the outcome of my assessments
- Managing Child in Need cases, writing and updating plans
- Maintaining good working relationships with children and their parents and carers
- Working well with other agencies including gathering information for reports, co-ordinating services as part of a plan and exploring available resources
Duty Social Worker, Safeguarding Team - Staffordshire County Council - Staffordshire
(2019-02 - 2020-03)
- Working with Children and Family cases on a Safeguarding Team as the Duty Worker
- Carrying out Section 47 investigations with Staffordshire Police
- Writing up good quality, professional assessments within timescales
- Reporting back and maintaining good communication with my manager
- Making decisions and recommendations on the outcome of my assessments
- Managing Child in Need cases, writing and updating plans
- Writing reports for Child Protection Conferences
- Maintaining good working relationships with children and their parents and carers
- Working well with other agencies including gathering information for reports, co-ordinating services as part of a plan and exploring available resources
Full-time Social Worker, Safeguarding Team - Derbyshire County Council - Derbyshire
(2018-05 - 2019-01)
- Working with Children and Family cases including domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, mental health and neglect
- Reporting to court with applications for care proceedings and in section 7 cases
- Working with other professionals and chairing meetings to progress plans for children and families
- Working professionally with agencies and families and maintaining good communication through various media
- Working well as a member of a social work team; supporting colleagues and taking part in the duty rota to ensure all cases are worked and covered
Part-time Social Worker, Children in Care Team - Stoke on Trent - Stoke on Trent
(2017-01 - 2017-07)
- Case holding children's care proceedings cases
- Report writing with analysis and research for court
- Chairing meetings to review cases
- Maintaining professional relationships with parents, family members and carers. Decision making about appropriate carers. Placing children in care
- Befriending children and ensuring their wishes and feelings are documented and shared. Support children and young people with their emotional needs
- Keeping up to date with research and training relevant to professional status
- Maintaining professional relationships with professionals from other agencies including police, nurses and teachers
- Liaise with LADO, Supervising Social Workers and Independent Reviewing Officer in respect of the conduct of a foster carer
Social Worker, Long Term Children & Families Community Team - Nottingham City Council - Nottingham City
(2016-02 - 2017-01)
- Case holding children's cases including CP, Looked after Children and legal proceedings
- Producing reports including assessments, conference reports and legal care plans
- Maintaining good working relationships with professionals including other agencies and foster carers
- Attending and chairing meetings; sharing information and presenting cases to panel where necessary
- Ensuring up to date recording, timely statutory visits and procedures are followed
- Exploring resources with families including appropriate agencies and members of the extended family group
- Working with interpreters and different family dynamics and differing cultures and beliefs
Social Worker, Care Management Team - Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council - Dudley
(2015-05 - 2015-09)
- Case holding children's cases including CP and legal proceedings
- Producing reports including assessments, conference reports and legal care plans
- Assessing family members as potential carers and producing reports for court relating to this issue
- Maintaining good working relationships with professionals including other agencies. Attending and chairing meetings; sharing information and presenting cases to panel where necessary
- Ensuring up to date recording, timely statutory visits and procedures are followed
- Exploring resources with families including appropriate agencies and members of the extended family group
Social Worker, Safeguarding Team - Derby City Council, Directorate of Children and Young People - Derby City
(2015-01 - 2015-04)
- Case holding children's cases including CSE, CIN and LAC
- Maintaining good communications with professionals. Sharing information where relevant. Providing support to foster carers where required
- Managing cases in care proceedings including report writing for court
- Logging case recordings
- Working with different cultures and beliefs
- Maintaining statutory visits within time scales and working with foster carers
- Exploring relevant resources for families and referring where appropriate
Part-time Senior Practitioner - Newcastle Care Planning & Court - Newcastle
(2011-09 - 2014-12)
