Lucille Sharpe

Area Manager - Olive Branch Fostering

(2023-01 - 2026-05)

Supported the Registered Manager with all aspects of supervising several staff members from ASYE to Experienced Social Workers
Provided supervision managers, social work teams, and children and young people, family support and engagement teams. In addition to staff appraisals and staff development.
Worked collaboratively within the senior leadership team to develop and embed best practise through the improvement of case recordings and recording tools, as well as updating polices and procedures.
Support the creation, development and maintenance of a therapeutic fostering service.

Supervising Social Worker - Olive Branch Fostering

(2021-01 - 2023-01)

Maintaining records and completing regular audit checks.
Completing Initial Visits of prospective Foster Carers, including recommendation reports, outlining potential progression to a Form F Assessment and Skills to Fostering training
Completion of monthly supervisions of both Foster Cares and children in care
Completion of child specific Risk Assessments and Safer Care agreements
Completion of Foster Carers annual reviews and presentation at panel
Completion of reports for Child Looked After Reviews
Attending Placement Planning, Care Planning and PEP meetings alongside allocated Foster Carers; advocating on the behalf of Foster Carers and UK Fostering
Weekly correspondence with Foster Carers; offering continuing advice, support and guidance.
Completing Form F assessments
Providing rotated Out Of Hours emergency services across 4 Regional Foster Family regions, covering 7 day continued support

Supervising Social Worker - Local Authority (Agency)

(2020-09 - 2021-01)

Supervising Social Worker - Regional Foster Families (North West Division)

(2019-11 - 2020-09)

Allocation of a small case load of newly approved and experienced foster carers, with varying levels of support needs.
Upholding all aspects of the role of a Supervising Social Worker as highlighted above

Supervising Social Worker - UK Fostering (North West division)

(2018-09)

Allocated to a large caseload of newly approved and experienced foster carers, with varying levels of support needs.
Collaborating with Local Authority commissioners and placement teams; whilst assisting with successfully matching referrals for children coming in to care with Foster Carers, including bridging and transitioning internal and external placement breakdowns
Completing Initial Visits of prospective Foster Carers, including recommendation reports, outlining potential progression to a Form F Assessment and Skills to Fostering training
Developing and facilitating A Children and Young Person's Council, enabling children in care and birth children to have a voice and share their experiences
Supporting and co-facilitation of Foster Carer training, including one off specialised individual training and face to face group training
Providing rotated Out Of Hours emergency services across all 4 UK Fostering regions, covering 7 day continued support
Upholding all aspects of the role of a Supervising Social Worker as highlighted above

Breaking the Cycle Co-Ordinator - Addaction Sefton

(2012-04 - 2018-09)

Allocated to several very complex and high profile cases within Sefton LA, working with families at risk of becoming LAC
Completion of combined pathways, risk assessments onward referrals
Working with children on Early Help Plans, CP Plans, CIN Plans and LAC plans where children are on full care orders at home.
Lead practitioner of Early Help Plans; liaising and co-ordinating plans from assessment to review and completion; including stepping families up to Social Care where levels of needs have changed.
Complex and varied family work; including direct work with children, young people, parents and where appropriate significant others.
Working together with all agencies and ensuring that the children's needs were the focal point to all the plans
Liaise with professionals in a multi-agency forum; offering advice, support and guidance.
Delivery of training to professionals across statutory and voluntary sectors. With additional facilitation of therapeutic family programmes; working with families using art based physiotherapy approaches.
Ensured visits, plans, assessments and meetings were all completed in a timely manner
Member of Every Child Matters forums

Team Manager of Breaking the Cycle Project - Addaction Sefton

(2015-01 - 2015-09)

Provided regular supervision for staff, whilst holding own complex case load.
Collaborating with commissioners with the completion and compliance of service level agreements.
Effective communication, planning, problem solving, delegation and motivation
Development of training workshops and conversation cafes, providing networking opportunities and collaborative working across social care and children and family services
Development of support groups and art based therapy groups, with the view of engaging families on the poverty line; ensuring they were able to gain access to service.
Implementing team goals and objectives
Managing remote teams

Family Development Worker - Action for Children, Dewsbury

(2011-12 - 2011-03)

Offering support and advice on parenting
Promoting activities and services through home visiting and groups
Offering a listening ear
Recommending groups at Children's Centres and other community provisions.
Promotion of positive parenting and management of children's behaviour, boundary setting and child development

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