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SOCIAL WORKER(ASYE)
Summary
Qualified Social Worker(SW112334) with excellent performance reports (Children Services Court Team, Early Help, Prevention and Intervention and Mental Health Recovery) confirming proven track record of best outcomes for service users. Also child rights campaigner with eighteen years community-based work experience of coordinating child protection programmes. Passionate about direct work with children ensuring their voices are at the Centre of assessments and interventions. Now seeking to join progressive and innovative social work team in Referral and Assessment, Prevention and Intervention and Child Protection. Also knowledge and expertise in domestic violence, child sexual exploitation and Female Genital Mutilation. Extensively trained in many Child Protection and Safeguarding areas to include but not limited to Signs of Safety, Systemic Model, Safeguarding, Risk Assessment, Domestic Violence, Children and Mental Health, Adults Mental Health, Drug and Substance Misuse, Child Sexual Exploitation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Court Report Writing. Holds MSc degree in Social Work from Royal Holloway University. Recently completed professional development courses at Buckinghamshire New University.
Core Competencies
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Education
M.Sc., Social Work2016Royal Holloway University － Egham, Surrey, UK
Human Behaviour in the social Environment, Theories and Knowledge of Social Work, Practice Learning 1 Critical, Social Policy for Social Work, Law for Social Workers, Practice Learning 2, Understanding Organisations, Research Methods & Dissertation, Dissertation topic: What are social workers perspectives on Female Genital Mutilation Type 4?
Bachelor of Arts, Theatre Arts1995University of ZimbabweDissertation topic: The role of theatre for development in society?
Theatre Arts Management, Uses of Theatre, Theatre in Africa, Advanced Production
Bachelor of Arts, English and Linguistics1994University of Zimbabwe － Mount Pleasant, Harare, ZimbabweIntroduction to Criticism, Introduction to Study of Literature, Introduction to Phonology and Phonetics, Introduction to Structure
of Language, Introduction to Shona Literature, Introduction to the Structure of Shona, Critical Theories: Language and
Literature, General Linguistics Theory, Sociolinguistics, Practical Drama 1, Poetry and Drama, African Literature: Regional
Studies, Language and Literature, Shona Dialects and Orthography, Practical Drama 1
Professional Experience
Social Worker(ASYE)Sep 2016 to Current
Slough Children's Services Trust － Slough, Buckinghamshire
Slough Children's Services Trust － Slough, Buckinghamshire
- In the Prevention and Intervention and Early Help Hubs working with children in need and families using systemic model and ensuring good working relationships are established and that the voice of the child is at the centre of assessments and interventions.
- Implementing multi agency plans to address needs and risks and take the lead professional role where appropriate and building effective and creative relationships with key professionals in other agencies to ensure a fully integrated and holistic approach as per Working Together Policy 2015.
- Undertaking and co-coordinating assessments of children in need(Section 17) or at risk and being responsible for the care management of plans that arise from the child and family assessments until the case is closed or transferred to Child Protection.
- Keeping service users accurate records on the Integrated Children's System to the standard and timescales required.
- Preparing and presenting high quality verbal and written reports to meetings, reviews and panels and preparing statements and care plans for legal proceedings, ensuring all court related work meets the requirements of the Public Law Outline.
- Complying with the hub's supervision standards and participating in any training and development required by the department.
- Undertaking duty tasks and other duties as assigned by the manager.
Contact SupervisorJun 2016 to Sep 2016
Contact Supervisor － Basildon, Essex
Contact Supervisor － Basildon, Essex
- Observed contact between children removed from their parents care and their parents or other family members and ensured that the contact was safe, positive and fun for the child.
- Compiled reports on observed sessions at the Contact Centre and homes and communities for social workers as required by the court.
Link worker(Student Placement Final)Sep 2015 to Jun 2016
Omega Community Living (Mental Health Recovery Agency) － Newham, London
Omega Community Living (Mental Health Recovery Agency) － Newham, London
- Carried out risk assessments for clients with dual diagnosis of mental health and drug and substance misuse and produced reports to inform support plans and multi agency working in accordance to Mental Act 1983 section 117 after care services so that clients recover and gain independence.
- Organised and managed person centred packages and making decisions with clients about the best course of action on support plans within statutory guidelines.
- Worked with other agencies to solicit support for clients' integration into communities and families.Built a good multi agency working relationship with legal aid lawyers, Mental Health Early Intervention Team and other agencies for better outcomes for clients.
- Initiated, led and facilitate weekly group therapy sessions applying knowledge in strengths based approach, solution focused, signs of safety approach and other theories thereby achieving competency in safeguarding, assessment, relationship building skills and developing community resilience.
- Gathered evidence and presented oral and written evidence in court for clients.
Student Placement-Court TeamJan 2015 to Jun 2015
Redbridge Children's Services － Redbridge, Londn
Redbridge Children's Services － Redbridge, Londn
- Worked alongside with six practitioners in collecting and collating court evidence to support cases of children facing significant harm.
- Gathered concrete evidence that would be used in Child Protection cases in Court in accordance with Children's Act 1989 Section 47.
- Secured full care orders for children facing significant harm.
- Attended court with Senior Practitioners and succeeded in obtaining full care orders.
- Conducted and critically analysed Viability and Core Assessments of potential foster carers in partnership with various professionals and experts.
- Organised and chaired multi-agency meetings to support children and families.
- Conducted monthly home statutory visits to ensure Care Plans to include Personal Education Plans (PEPs), Health Care Plans, and Behavioural Management Plans for Looked after Children (LAC) are managed within statutory time-frames and guidelines.
- Updated the integrated children's system with reports on home visits, PEPs, health care plans, and ensuring significant events were recorded and brought to the attention of management.
- Recorded updates on behavioural challenges of children looked after and offered emotional support by making referrals to other agencies.
- Organised and coordinated Contact visits between parents and children through a professional agency as per statutory requirements and within time frames.
- Attended LAC reviews with Independent Reviewing Officers and foster carers in line with statutory requirements.
- Attended Core group meetings to review service users' needs and support and ensuring their active participation.
- Coordinated, organised and chaired Personal Educational Plans (PEPS) meetings with the schools, service users, carers and Virtual School.
- Referred clients and carers to other agencies like police, hospital, CAMHS, Caring Dads Program, the Advocacy Project, CAMHS, Futures Group Children's Organisation ensuring service users' needs were properly assessed.
- Responded to emergencies like CP Medical Referrals.
- Supported senior practitioners with duty tasks by taking requests from service users and ensuring their requests for meetings, travel for contacts are attended to on time.
- Carried out tasks to update child sexual exploitation case chronology assigned by the Manager.
Global Coordinator(Child Rights CampaigningJun 2009 to Sep 2014
Girl Child Network Worldwide-UK － Basildon, Essex
Girl Child Network Worldwide-UK － Basildon, Essex
- Raised awareness and created support networks for girls at risk of significant harm in the home, school and community.
- Supported education and empowerment of girls who at risk of significant harm like forced into marriages, female genital mutilation and other harmful cultural practices.
- Coordinated programs to provide safe shelter to 300 girls every month.
- Developed leadership skills in delivering services to girls experiencing sexual violence.
- Carried out risk assessments in areas of conflict and instability and provided homeless girls with shelter, medication and other basic needs.
- Coordinated the management of girls shelters from sexual violence in four countries.
- Supported girls to set up leadership within their networks so as to advocate for provision of services like shelter from sexual violence, medical support and justice.
National Director(Child Protection)Nov 1999 to May 2009
Girl Child Network -Zimbabwe － Chitungwiza, Harare
Girl Child Network -Zimbabwe － Chitungwiza, Harare
- Played a leadership role in creating a dynamic community based organisation that supports and rehabilitates sexually abused girls in Zimbabwe.
- Set up progressive programs like girls' empowerment clubs to implement preventive programs to combat child sexual abuse.
- Coordinated support for girls who got sexually abused, suffered female genital mutilation or at risk of forced marriage through Girls Empowerment Villages supported accommodation.
- Supervised girls' shelters and ensured no child got hurt or harmed during care.
- Advocated for girls during court proceedings and police case reporting.
- Managed a caseload of 124 cases per month of sexually abused girls providing shelter, medical and educational support.
- Conducted intensive intake assessments to see who deserved support as Looked after children or for adoption through social services.
- Encouraged self-empowerment and confidence building of traumatised girls through counselling, training and empowerment programs.
- Compiled reports for police and social workers to have pertinent and accurate information during court proceedings.
- Advocated for girls in court and at police stations ensuring perpetrators of child sexual abuse received deterrent sentences.
- Conducted field visits to assess support needs of girls at risk of significant harm and those needing placement with foster carers or guardians.
- Responded to service users' urgent phone calls and email requests and referred them to senior practitioners and management for support.
Teacher(Head of English and Drama) and Safeguarding CoordinatorJan 1996 to Nov 1999
Zengeza 1 High － Chitungwiza, Harare
Zengeza 1 High － Chitungwiza, Harare
- Supervised 12 teachers to ensure quality teaching and marking of children's work.
- Taught A' level English.Coordinated School Drama Activities.
- Received referrals for children facing significant harm and signposted them to agencies to support them.
Affiliations
As a way to support causes related to child protection and learn from them, member and in leadership roles for the following
respectable organisations; Member of The British Association of Social Workers Registered Human Rights Defender with
Frontline Advisor -International Women Peace Group Women World Summit- Voluntary Ambassador for Preventing Child
Abuse Ashoka Fellow-Social Investment in people
Referrals
As per request.
CV Overview
Companies Worked For:
- Slough Children's Services Trust
- Contact Supervisor
- Omega Community Living (Mental Health Recovery Agency)
- Redbridge Children's Services
- Girl Child Network Worldwide-UK
- Girl Child Network -Zimbabwe
- Zengeza 1 High
School Attended
- Royal Holloway University
University of Zimbabwe
Job Titles Held:
- Social Worker(ASYE)
Contact Supervisor
Link worker(Student Placement Final)
Student Placement-Court Team
Global Coordinator(Child Rights Campaigning
National Director(Child Protection)
Teacher(Head of English and Drama) and Safeguarding Coordinator
Degrees
- M.Sc. , Social Work 2016
Bachelor of Arts , Theatre Arts 1995
Bachelor of Arts , English and Linguistics 1994
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