Experience

West Midlands Social Work Teaching Partnership

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant Social Worker

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Adoption Focus

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Team Manager

  • Apr 2019 - Aug 2022

  Supporting the recruitment and assessment of prospective adopters for children for whom it is harder to find placements and supporting families post placement. Delivering information events, supporting the development of training, managing duty calls and enquiries, supporting applications by Local Authorities to the ASF, sitting on panel and supporting student social workers as a Practice Educator. Supporting the recruitment and assessment of prospective adopters for children for whom it is harder to find placements and supporting families post placement. Delivering information events, supporting the development of training, managing duty calls and enquiries, supporting applications by Local Authorities to the ASF, sitting on panel and supporting student social workers as a Practice Educator.



After Adoption

• Social Worker & Team Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Mar 2019

  Initially providing advice and support for adult adoptees accessing their adoption records. Mediating on behalf of birth relatives, undertaking life story work, facilitating reunions between adult adoptees and birth family members, supporting Local Authorities working with young people seeking contact with birth family members. For the last 6 months I moved to manage the Families that Last team who recruited, assessed and supported prospective adopters. Initially providing advice and support for adult adoptees accessing their adoption records. Mediating on behalf of birth relatives, undertaking life story work, facilitating reunions between adult adoptees and birth family members, supporting Local Authorities working with young people seeking contact with birth family members. For the last 6 months I moved to manage the Families that Last team who recruited, assessed and supported prospective adopters.



Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

• Adoption Social Worker

  • Feb 1998 - Aug 2016

  Initially on a sessional basis and then permanent from 6/08 . Undertaking duty, attending information events, assessing and supporting prospective adopters, family finding for children, linking and matching for children, supporting transitions for children and providing post placement support up to Adoption Order, including some applications to the ASF. I also completed assessments and court reports for non agency adoption application some of whom were grandparents, aunts and uncles and undertook access to records work.



Worcester County Council

• Sessional social worker

  • Mar 1998 - Apr 1999

  Co facilitator of women’s groups for women whose children were subject to Social Services involvement Co facilitator of women’s groups for women whose children were subject to Social Services involvement



Worcester County Council

• Children & Families Social Worker

  • Sep 1992 - Jun 1997

  Caseload included children living in the community, children subject to child protection plans, Looked After children in short and long term foster placements and children with a plan of Adoption. Caseload included children living in the community, children subject to child protection plans, Looked After children in short and long term foster placements and children with a plan of Adoption.