Experience

Royal Borough of Greenwich

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Acting Team Leader for Moving to Adulthood Team

  • Sep 2022 - Present

• Transition Senior Social Worker

  • Aug 2021 - Sep 2022

• Transition Social Worker

  • Sep 2019 - Sep 2022

  • Carrying a caseload of complex cases of young people going through transition from Children into Adult Services from the age of 17 to 25;• Planning and coordinating the transition for young people with learning disabilities, mental health, and physical disabilities;• Attending multidisciplinary Transition Panels, LAC, CIN Teams;• Completing Care Act Assessment with a focus on preparing young people for adulthood;• Completing Safeguarding investigation;• Completing Eligibilities Clinic Assessment;• Undertaking annual reviews to ensure current care and education provisions still meet the young person’s assessed needs;• Liaising and negotiating with other professionals including CCG, Education, children, Youth Offending, CAMHS, Advocacy other statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure that the best possible service is provided for young people;• Complying with the statutory obligation of the local authority including the development of the Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plans to ensure that there is a focus on ‘preparing for adulthood’ outcomes;• Presenting case to the funding panel for both Community Learning Disabilities Team and Complex Care Team;• Completing Court of protection applications, MCA assessment and CHC check lists;• Working on a rotational SPA/DUTY system



London Borough of Hackney

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Transition Social Worker

  • Apr 2016 - Sep 2019

  • Carried a caseload of complex cases involving young people going through transition from Children into Adulthood from the age of 17 to 25.• Planed the transition for young people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, or sensory impairment between children’s and adults' services to ensure consistency, and to minimise the anxiety for the young person and their carer(s), by liaising with Children’s Services, Schools, SENT, Connexions, Supported employment service, CAMHS, LAC Team, and Learning Trust, and any other relevant agencies.• Undertook annual reviews to ensure current care and education provisions still meet the assessed need• Coordinated and represented the Integrated Learning Disability Team at Transition Events with parents which took place at schools and CAMHS.• Contribute to the writing of person centred Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plans to ensure that there is a focus on ‘preparing for adulthood’ outcomes.• Contributed to the development of policy about the transition of young people with learning disabilities from Children’s Services to Adult Services, and in the development of a new logo for the team by involving young people.• Advised and supported young people carers and other professionals concerning the transition process as required.• Ensured that a high level of confidentiality was maintained in all aspects of work.• Presented case to the funding panel.• Completed Court of protection applications and attended hearings, MCA assessment and CHC check lists • Provided guidance to transition newly qualified social workers with their caseload.



London Borough of Waltham Forest

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Social Worker - Specialist Reviewing Team

  • Mar 2015 - Apr 2016

  • Assessed clients with complex care needs and learning disabilities in receipt of Independent Living Funding against the Care Act 2014 eligibility criteria. • I was appointed as Continuing Health Care liaison officer• Carried out carers assessments• Carried out reviews to ensure people were receiving the right level of care to meet their needs• Completed Support Plans, detailing 1:1 hours • Took cases to present to QAM (Quality Assurance Meeting) Panel• Ensured assessment had an outcome based approach• Promoted the use of Care Finding Calculator where ever possible to help benchmark and negotiate placement costs• Identified people who were placed out of borough who could move back to borough.• Engaged with negotiations with providers to ensure best value for money and cost effectiveness of placement• Promoted the use of supported living services to people who were in residential where appropriate• Ensured that the high cost placement were delivering good value for money, as well as being outcome based that enables people to live as independently as they are able to for as long as possible as per the Care Act 2014• Completed Continuing Care Checklist for potential clients who were potential nursing care• Completed Housing Needs profile• Completed Disabilities form• Made referral to Finance Team, for Finance Team to legally take responsibility for their money.• Made referrals to the OT Team for Assistive technology –reablement considerations



London Borough of Bromley

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Social Worker - Complex Care Team

  • Mar 2014 - Mar 2015

  • Undertook assessments of Service Users and Carers needs in accordance with Community Care and Fair Access to Care Services eligibility criteria.• Responsible for making appropriate safeguarding alerts, in conjunction with professional staff.• Prepared individual support plans reflecting the assessment of needs of the Service User and their Carers including identifying unmet needs.• Arranged for the provision of standard adaptive equipment ensuring that the Service User and Carers are safe and independent as possible.• Contributed to the development of users and carers choice and independence by effectively promoting Direct Payments/Personal budgets• Worked within the departments’ budgetary constraints to achieve savings by providing creative cost-effective services. • Monitored and review support plans and the effectiveness of services provided for Service Users and carers. • Ensured all relevant parties involved with Service User’s and carers are notified of changes and/or amendments to work plans.• Maintained Service User and Carer records in accordance with the departmental policy and practice.• Followed up any complaint in accordance with departmental policy and practice.



Metropolitan, Care and Support

• Senior support worker for vulnerable adults

  • Dec 2013 - Mar 2014



Allison Lodge

• Supervised child contact worker (CAFCASS referrals)

  • Jan 2013 - Oct 2013

  As a contact supervisor my role required to act in support of family contacts in a safe, welcoming and child friendly environment. I produced clear and objective contact sessions reports, with in agreed time scales, which could form part of the assessment for court proceedings, following each supervised contact session. I was also trained to negotiate with families in difficult situations to achieve a safe and calm environment. Furthermore it was part of my duties to attend supervision and training courses in relation to the role.

• Outreach Family support worker

  • Jun 2012 - Oct 2013

  As a family support worker I provided outreach support to families by encouraging parents towards the accomplishment of a social status as a family. This was done by empowering parents in improving their parenting skills, by mean of prompts and suggestions. This principle was also applied to the empowerment of parents in managing their finances and in rising their children towards their social welfare, good health and power of achieving a solid future. In my role I also supported the reunification of children with their family/other carers in the community and the care of children where their living arrangements were at high risk of breakdown, including local authority placements.I monitored the daily routine of the family in the placement to record their progress and to rectify issues I Attended and participated in Child Protection Conference, Planning and Review meetings. Furthermore, I was required to give oral evidence in FPC.

• Youth worker and Key worker for young people living in care

  • Jun 2012 - Oct 2013

  As key worker for young people looked after by the local authority, I supported young people towards their independence and in budgeting their finances.I planned and implemented an agreed individual support programme, for all young persons taking, into account their educational needs. I provided a flexible framework that would encourage personal development of the young person. I supported young people in their relations with external institutions and to act as a liaison amongst partner agencies.



Allison Lodge

• Key worker - Mother & Baby Residential Family Centre

  • Jun 2012 - Jan 2013

  I worked closely with young mothers to provide support and advice to enable them to develop parenting skills and to move towards independent living. I also ensured the safety of children remained central to the assessment / intervention process and to promote the health, welfare and safety of all residents. My role also consisted in monitoring the daily routine of young mothers in the mother and baby unit in order to record their progress and to rectify issues. As a key worker, I was required to attend LAC review meetings, child protection conferences and to liaise with any other professionals involved in the case work I was assigned.