Experience

Wiltshire Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adoption Support Coordinator/SW

  • 2008 - Present

  Provide training to colleagues, adopters, foster carers, deliver one to one support for adoptive parents and adopted children and young people. Supervise an Adoption Support worker. Develop post adoption support services. Develop Support plans for Adopters and their families and for those undertaking Special Guardianship Provide training to colleagues, adopters, foster carers, deliver one to one support for adoptive parents and adopted children and young people. Supervise an Adoption Support worker. Develop post adoption support services. Develop Support plans for Adopters and their families and for those undertaking Special Guardianship



Wiltshire Council

• Recruitment Social Worker - fostering

  • 2004 - 2008

  Recruiting, training and supporting new foster carers. Matching and supporting first placements. Delivering skills to foster training, safer caring training and life story training Recruiting, training and supporting new foster carers. Matching and supporting first placements. Delivering skills to foster training, safer caring training and life story training



Swindon Borough

• Hospital Social Worker and Child Health Team

  • 1990 - 2004

  Worked initially inthe hosptial setting and then in a child development centre. Working with and providing support to families with children with disability and life limiting conditions. Suporting families through bereavement, running a group for bereaved children. Worked initially inthe hosptial setting and then in a child development centre. Working with and providing support to families with children with disability and life limiting conditions. Suporting families through bereavement, running a group for bereaved children.