Tracy Ryan

Supporting care leavers, ages 18 – 25 years that have faced many challenges throughout their lives that may include different types of abuse, sexual, physical and mental, those involved in the local gang culture, those working as a part of county lines operations and those seeking asylum. Working closely with local services ensuring the correct support is put into place for them to be able to take positive steps to move forward in their lives. Supporting their journeys into independence including housing, education, finances, personal safety, and providing them with the confidence to grow into the adult they wish to be.

Empowering young people to be the best they can be.

Personal advisor leaving care team - Sutton county council - Sutton civic offices, St Nicholas Way, Sutton. SM1 1EA

(2025-11)

Supporting care leavers, ages 18 – 25 years that have faced many challenges throughout their lives that may include different types of abuse, sexual, physical and mental, those involved in the local gang culture, those working as a part of county lines operations and those seeking asylum. Working closely with local services ensuring the correct support is put into place for them to be able to take positive steps to move forward in their lives. Supporting their journeys into independence including housing, education, finances, personal safety, and providing them with the confidence to grow into the adult they wish to be.

Empowering young people to be the best they can be.

• Completing Pathway plans, PEP meetings. LAC reviews, risk assessments, case recording and panel meetings.
• Attending various important meetings including MASH meetings, strategy meetings and placement stability meetings.
• Working with parents, foster carers, social workers, police, health teams, other local authorities and wider network of professionals where needed.
• Ensuring that safeguarding of the young is met throughout.

Home manager - Abiding care - 71 Royal Lane, Uxbridge, UB8 3QT

(2025-06 - 2025-10)

Managing 5 bedroom unit for care leavers and looked after children aged 16+ that may have faced many challenges throughout their lives including different types of abuse, sexual, physical and mental, those that have become involved in the local gang culture and those working as a part of county lines and those seeking asylum. Working closely with local services ensuring the correct support is put into place for them to be able to take positive steps to move forward in their lives. Supporting their journeys into independence including education, careers, benefits, personal safety, housing, managing tenancies, and providing them with the confidence to grow into the people they wish to be.

• Attending various important meetings including MASH meetings, strategy meetings and placement stability meetings.
• Empowering young people to be the best they can be.
• Creating support plans, risk assessments, case recording and panel meetings and attending PEP meetings, LAC reviews
• Ensuring that safeguarding of the young is met throughout and general running of the unit.

Personal Advisor - Surrey county council - Quadrant Court, Woking

(2024-09 - 2025-03)

Supporting Asylum care leavers that have come to the UK to seek asylum, many that have faced abuse including sexual, physical and mental challenges both in their own country and during their journey to the UK. Working closely with local mental health teams and health services ensuring the correct support is put into place to be able to provide the young people with a voice of their own and a way find coping strategies moving forward.

• Working with parents, solicitors, foster carers, social workers, police, health teams, other local authorities and wider network of professionals where needed.
• Attending various important meetings including MASH meetings, strategy meetings and placement stability meetings.
• Empowering young people to be the best they can be.
• Ensuring that they aware of the challenges and dangers they may face as young people including trafficking, grooming and county lines, to help them recognise the signs to be able to have courage and strength to seek help when needed.
• Supporting their journeys into independence including housing, education, finances, personal safety, and providing them with the confidence to grow into the adult they wish to be.
• Completing Pathway plans, PEP meetings. LAC reviews, risk assessments, case recording and panel meetings.
• Ensuring that safeguarding of the young is met throughout.

Personal Advisor Asylum team - Norfolk County council - Norfolk county Hall, Norwich

(2023-09 - 2024-09)

Supporting Asylum care leavers that have come to the UK to seek asylum, many that have faced abuse including sexual, physical and mental challenges both in their own country and during their journey to the UK. Working closely with local mental health teams and health services ensuring the correct support is put into place to be able to provide the young people with a voice of their own and a way find coping strategies moving forward.

• Working with parents, solicitors, foster carers, social workers, police, health teams, other local authorities and wider network of professionals where needed.
• Attending various important meetings including MASH meetings, strategy meetings and placement stability meetings.
• Empowering young people to be the best they can be.
• Ensuring that they aware of the challenges and dangers they may face as young people including trafficking, grooming and county lines, to help them recognise the signs to be able to have courage and strength to seek help when needed.
• Supporting their journeys into independence including housing, education, finances, personal safety, and providing them with the confidence to grow into the adult they wish to be.
• Completing Pathway plans, PEP meetings. LAC reviews, risk assessments, case recording and panel meetings.
• Ensuring that safeguarding of the young is met throughout.

Personal Advisor - Surrey county council - 42-50 Hersham Road, Walton

(2022-10 - 2023-08)

Supporting care leavers, ages 18 – 25 years that have faced many challenges throughout their lives that may include different types of abuse, sexual, physical and mental, those involved in the local gang culture, those working as a part of county lines operations and those seeking asylum. Working closely with local services ensuring the correct support is put into place for them to be able to take positive steps to move forward in their lives.

• Supporting their journeys into independence including housing, education, finances, personal safety, and providing them with the confidence to grow into the adult they wish to be.
• Empowering young people to be the best they can be.
• Ensuring that they aware of the challenges and dangers they may face as young people including trafficking, grooming and county lines, to help them recognise the signs to be able to have courage and strength to seek help when needed.
• Completing Pathway plans, PEP meetings. LAC reviews, risk assessments, case recording and panel meetings.
• Attending various important meetings including MASH meetings, strategy meetings and placement stability meetings.
• Working with parents, foster carers, social workers, police, health teams, other local authorities and wider network of professionals where needed.
• Ensuring that safeguarding of the young is met throughout.

Outreach senior key worker (leaving care and mental health) - Supportive Link - Jantzen House, Brentford

(2020-06 - 2022-07)

Supporting and providing key working sessions to care leavers including, teenage mothers / expectant mothers, asylum seekers, those that have been groomed from a young age, those that have faced physical, sexual and mental abuse, those with addictions and many have faced other complex situations. Working with parents, foster carers, social workers, local authorities local mental health teams to ensure the best outcomes for the young people moving forward.

• Supporting their journeys into independence including education, careers, benefits, personal safety, managing tenancies, and budgeting skills.
• Empowering young people to be the best they can be.
• Completing Pathway plans, PEP meetings. LAC reviews, risk assessments, case recording and panel meetings.
• Attending various important meetings including MASH meetings, strategy meetings and placement stability meetings.
• Working with parents, foster carers, social workers, police, health teams, other local authorities and wider network of professionals where needed.
• Ensuring that safeguarding of the young is met throughout.

Assistant manager part time - TGV Office Cleaning Services - 16, Sparrow Farm Drive, Feltham

(2005-01 - 2021-09)

• Hiring of staff, staff training, Sought out new contracts, liaising with contracts managers, ordering of stock, Payroll, Banking, Invoices, Staff meetings and appraisals, general admin duties.

Reception, Exercise & Well-being Instructor, Youth Worker, MLD holiday scheme Coordinator, Relief Inclusive Lives Facilitator / Project Lead - YMCA - YMCA LSW, St James House, St Jame Road, Surbiton. (Head Office)

(2016-04 - 2020-03)

• Reception (April 2016 –Jan 2020): Undertake all front of house duties.
• Exercise & Well-being Instructor (April 2016 – Jan 2020): Deliver exercise and well-being sessions to local community.
• Youth Worker: (Nov 18 – Jan 2020): Working in a youth centre setting with teens and young adults up to 25 Years old, Setting out and delivering activities, Creating workshops, promoting safety and enhancing general life Skills.
• MLD holiday scheme Coordinator : (April 18 – Nov 18): To coordinate and deliver holiday play schemes for children and young people with mild to moderate learning and physical disabilities.
• Relief Inclusive Lives Facilitator / Project Lead (Jan 18 – April 18): To set up new Inclusive Lives courses, source venues, participants and Instructors. Set up and deliver life skills courses, cooking on a budget courses and well being sessions in various locations throughout the local communities for people in the local community wishing to enhance and improve their lives, networking, Liaising with various organisations including local Authority.

Part time Fitness Instructor / Health & well-being lead - Get Active Hounslow & LiveWell Richmond - St Mary's university, Waldgrave Road, Twickenham

(2013-05 - 2016-06)

Setting up and delivering various well-being courses in the local community with various groups including ladies only, people with addictions, people with weight related health issues, youths, networking in local communities and delivering health talks.