Please give us some details about the role you want to fill and let us know why you think our client might be the perfect candidate for you.
What happens next?
Our Job Search Specialist Mark Beltran will facilitate the next steps:
Mark will let our client know that you have shown an interest in their professional skills.
You will receive a full job application from our client and might want to offer them a formal job interview if you see the right potential in this candidate.
If you decide that you would like to offer the role to our client, we will help to make the next steps as smooth as possible.
You will be supported by our Licensed Immigration Advisers, who will take care of all visa related aspects of the process of offering our client a job.
Offering a job to our client will be straight forward.
Master’s qualified Social Worker with 20 years of experience, with a passion for child protection. Pioneered initiatives in risk assessment and management, resulting in enhanced family support for vulnerable children across diverse scenarios. Seeking to leverage extensive expertise in managing complex caseloads and coordinating multi-agency support to drive effective child protection solutions and mentor emerging social work professionals.
Practice Supervisor (Leaving Care Team)
Bradford Metropolitan District Council. November 2022 - Present
• Supervising a team of social workers, leaving care workers and students
• Improving quality standards throughout the team.
• Supporting and mentoring the social workers to improve social work practice; both in the field and with their record keeping/quality of assessments.
• Auditing cases, assessments and direct work sessions.
• Providing performance data to higher management on a weekly basis.
• Designing and delivering training to the team, with a focus on improving practice.
• Attending manager meetings and chairing risk management meetings.
• Supporting and motivating the team of social workers, leaving care workers and students.
Advanced Practitioner / Team Manager (Children with Disabilities Team)
City of Doncaster Council. June 2017 - October 2020
• Supervising and managing a team of 8 social workers, 1 social work assistant and 1 admin support assistant.
• Responsibility for 150 children in need of support or protection.
• Improving quality standards throughout the team.
• Taking the team from an Ofsted rating of ‘Requires Improvement' (prior to me being in post) to an Ofsted rating of ‘Good’.
• This was within 12 months of taking over the team.
• Supporting and mentoring the social workers to improve social work practice; both in the field and with their record keeping/quality of assessments.
• Auditing cases, assessments and direct work sessions.
• Providing performance data to higher management on a weekly basis.
• Designing and delivering training to the team, with a focus on improving practice.
• Being responsible for the financial budget for the team.
• Attending manager meetings and chairing risk management meetings.
• Supporting and motivating the team of social workers.
Advanced Practitioner (Leaving Care Team)
City of Doncaster Council. May 2016 - April 2017
• Carrying a complex caseload which involved Looked After Children and children subject to Child Protection Plans and Child in Need plans.
• Assessing and managing risk.
• Completing S47 investigations.
• Initiating Care Proceedings and giving evidence in Court.
• Undertaking sensitive direct work with children in care to support them in understanding their early life experiences and current circumstances.
• Advocating for young people and their rights.
• Working with children at risk of criminal and sexual exploitation.
• Completing high quality assessments and reports.
• Attending/chairing multi-agency risk meetings and identifying/providing any agreed support.
• Mentoring and supporting less experienced social workers in the team.
• Providing supervision to the care workers in the team.
• Ensuring that I maintain all records to a very high standard.
Agency Senior Social Worker (Initial Response Team)
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. August 2015 - May 2016
• Carrying a complex caseload which involves Care Proceedings, Looked After Children, Child in Need and children subject to Supervision or Special Guardianship Orders.
• Assessing and managing risk.
• Undertaking joint S47 enquiries with the police, school and health.
• Working with and coordinating support services to assist families in crisis or in need.
• Attending/chairing Child Protection Conferences and Core Group meetings
• Undertaking sensitive direct work with children to support them in understanding their early life experiences and current circumstances.
• Working with children at risk of sexual exploitation.
• Completing high quality assessments and reports.
• Producing written statements and reports for Court and giving evidence on contested matters.
• Attending/chairing multi-agency meetings and identifying/providing any agreed support.
• Mentoring and supporting less experienced social workers in the team.
Agency Social Worker (Child Protection Team)
Leeds City Council. January 2015 - July 2015
• Carrying a complex caseload which involves Care Proceedings, Looked After Children, Child in Need and children subject to Supervision or Special Guardianship Orders.
• Assessing and managing risk.
• Undertaking joint S47 enquiries with the police, school and health.
• Working with and coordinating support services to assist families in crisis or in need.
• Attending/chairing Child Protection Conferences and Core Group meetings
• Undertaking sensitive direct work with children to support them in understanding their early life experiences and current circumstances.
• Working with children at risk of sexual exploitation.
• Completing high quality assessments and reports.
• Producing written statements and reports for Court and giving evidence on contested matters.
• Attending/chairing multi-agency meetings and identifying/providing any agreed support.
• Mentoring and supporting less experienced social workers in the team.
Agency Social Worker (Child Protection Team)
Bradford Metropolitan District Council. July 2014 - December 2014
• Carrying a complex caseload which involves Care Proceedings, Looked After Children, Child in Need and children subject to Supervision or Special Guardianship Orders.
• Assessing and managing risk.
• Undertaking joint S47 enquiries with the police, school and health
• Working with and coordinating support services to assist families in crisis or in need.
• Attending/chairing Child Protection Conferences and Core Group meetings
• Undertaking sensitive direct work with children to support them in understanding their early life experiences and current circumstances.
• Working with children at risk of sexual exploitation.
• Completing high quality assessments and reports.
• Producing written statements and reports for Court and giving evidence on contested matters.
• Attending/chairing multi-agency meetings and identifying/providing any agreed support.
• Mentoring and supporting less experienced social workers in the team.
Senior Social Worker (Looked After Children's Team)
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. August 2012 - July 2014
• Duties include Carrying a complex caseload which involved Care Proceedings, Looked After Children, Child in Need and children subject to Supervision or Special Guardianship Orders.
• Assessing and managing risk.
• Undertaking S47 enquiries.
• Working with and coordinating support services to assist families in crisis or in need.
• Undertaking sensitive direct work with Looked After Children to support them in understanding their early life experiences and current circumstances.
• Working with children at risk of sexual exploitation.
• Completing high quality assessments and reports.
• Supporting and moving children onto adoption.
• Producing written statements and reports for Court and giving evidence on contested matters.
• Attending/chairing multi-agency meetings and identifying/providing any agreed support.
• Mentoring and supporting a student through their final placement as their Practice Educator.
• Assessing and making a recommendation in respect of the professional development of my student.
• Completing necessary reports for the University.
• Providing regular supervision to my student.
• Mentoring and supporting less experienced social workers in the team.
Social Worker (Initial Assessment and Child Protection Team)
Leeds City Council. August 2009 - August 2012
• Duties included: Carrying a complex caseload which involved Child Protection, Child in Need, Looked After Children, Care Proceedings and Private Law.
• Completing initial and core assessments.
• Assessing and managing risk.
• Working closely with the Police as part of S47 enquiries.
• Working with and coordinating support services to assist families in crisis or in need.
• Completing high quality assessments and reports.
• Producing written statements and reports for Court and giving evidence on contested matters.
• Attending/chairing multi-agency meetings and identifying/providing any agreed support.
• Completing direct work/wishes and feelings work with children and young people.
Student Social Worker (Children's Adoption Team)
Lancashire County Council. February 2009 - June 2009
• Duties included: Co-working a complex case load which involved moving and supporting children onto their prospective adoptive families.
• Meeting with potential adoptive parents and preparing/training them for their adoption journey.
• Meeting with birth parents in a sensitive and empathetic manner, to gain information for life story work.
• Completing high quality Child Permanence Reports and statements for Court.
• Attending/chairing multi-agency meetings and identifying/providing any agreed support.
• Facilitating family time between birth parents and their children.
• Gaining the views and wishes of parents, children and young people for life story work and Court reports.
Student Social Worker
The Women's Centre, Accrington. February 2008 - May 2008
• Duties included: Supporting and mentoring women who required practical support, such as accessing housing, employment and benefits.
• Assessing need and signposting to correct support services.
• Designing and implementing a support group for women who suffered from depression.
• Assisting with the facilitation and design of training courses for women in the local area.
• Providing outreach support for women who found it difficult to access the centre.
• Keeping accurate, high quality and up to date records.
• Providing a safe and empathetic space for women in need of support.
Various Home care worker Volunteer for the Youth Offending team Residential Children's Worker Residential worker for an Older People's Home. Young People's Outreach worker.
Various posts September 2006 - July 2009
University of Huddersfield Practice Educator Award - Distinction
University of Huddersfield • September 2014
University of Central Lancashire MA Social Work - Merit
University of Central Lancashire • July 2009
University of Sheffield BA Law - 2:1
University of Sheffield • July 2006
A levels: Psychology - A Sociology - A Business Studies - B
Clitheroe Royal Grammar 6th Form Centre • July 2002
Team Manager of the year award (Finalist)
August 2020
Social Worker of the year award (Finalist)
August 2019
Commendation letter (From Local Authority instructed Barrister)
May 2013
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