Leiiyah Mo

Registered Social Worker (Social Work England) with a First Class Honours Degree in Social Work and a practice background spanning children's services, adult social care, and criminal justice. My longest and most formative placement was within a Looked After Children team, and I have worked within a criminal justice setting for over a year, supporting individuals with offending behaviour, risk management, and reintegration — experience I am now looking to bring together within youth justice. Skilled in structured intervention delivery, risk assessment and management, safeguarding, court-related work, and multi-agency partnership working.

Trilingual in English, Swahili, and Somali, enabling culturally sensitive engagement with diverse young people, families, and communities. Committed to trauma-informed, relationship-based practice that supports young people to move away from offending and towards positive outcomes.

Intervention Worker - Hestia — Criminal Justice, Approved Premises (Streatham) - London

(2025-02)

• Delivered one-to-one key working sessions with residents on licence, supporting engagement with licence conditions, goal-setting, and progress towards resettlement
• Facilitated rehabilitative activities and structured group work addressing offending behaviour, emotional regulation, and the development of protective factors
• Acted as a key point of liaison with probation officers, contributing to risk assessments and risk management plans in line with MAPPA and public protection guidance
• Managed a caseload of high-risk offenders on licence, supporting safe reintegration into the community following release from custody
• Worked closely with probation officers, police, and specialist agencies to address safeguarding concerns and manage risk to the public
• Monitored compliance with licence conditions and responded promptly to incidents, breaches, and changes in risk
• Supported residents to access housing, benefits, mental health services, substance misuse support, and employment pathways
• Maintained accurate, professional case records, reports, and support plans to a high standard
• Demonstrated strong skills in de-escalation, crisis intervention, and working effectively with individuals with complex and challenging presentations
• Continue to provide this support on a pool/bank basis, maintaining over a year's continuous involvement with the service

Social Worker - Wandsworth Adult Social Care — Putney & Roehampton Locality Team - London

(2025-12 - 2026-07)

• Undertook statutory needs assessments, care and support planning, and reviews under the Care Act 2014 within a busy community locality team
• Applied strengths-based and person-centred approaches to support adults with complex needs including physical frailty, long-term health conditions, self-neglect, housing instability, and social isolation
• Contributed to adult safeguarding enquiries under Section 42, including participating in strategy discussions and multi-agency planning
• Applied the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) in practice, completing capacity assessments and supporting best interest decisions
• Liaised with GPs, occupational therapists, district nurses, mental health services, and housing to coordinate holistic packages of care
• Maintained accurate, timely case records in the local authority case management system to audit-ready standard
• Managed a caseload under supervision, prioritising competing demands and meeting statutory timescales

Social Work Placement — Looked After Children Service - Brent Council — Children's Services - London

(2020-10 - 2021-07)

• Completed a qualifying social work placement within a Looked After Children team, managing a caseload under supervision
• Delivered trauma-informed direct work and life story interventions with children and young people in care and their families
• Chaired and participated in multi-agency care planning meetings, including Looked After Children reviews, working alongside education, health, and other partner agencies
• Undertook risk assessments and managed safeguarding concerns, including responding to crisis situations
• Contributed to court work, including statements and accurate case documentation for legal proceedings
• Built strong relationship-based practice skills with children and young people, including those presenting with challenging or high-risk behaviour, and worked closely with families to support positive change

BSc (Hons) Social Work - Health and Social Care - BPP University (HEC)