Francisco Menendez

Experience

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  Afata (Government organisation to support adults with Dementia)

  Oct 2008 - May 2009

  Social Worker (Work experience)

  -Interviewing and counselling individuals, families and groups. -Assessing needs and developing management plans. -Project development and coordinating communication between families and the organisation.

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  Caritas

  May 2010 - Jul 2010

  Social Worker (Work experience)

  -Case Management, counselling, human services management-Coordinating responses between civic, religious, governmental, and other organizations -Social support.

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  Fundación Triángulo

  Jan 2012 - Apr 2012

  Volunteer

  Collaborating with the association to support and enhance quality research based on bullying prevention and practices.

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  AuPairWorld

  Apr 2012 - Jun 2013

  Au Pair

  Childcare and living as part of an English family. Providing support to children with languages (Spanish and English) and helping with school events, trips and activities.

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  Akiva School

  Sept 2012 - Dec 2012

  Volunteer

  -Classroom management and supervision.-Provide support to the teacher.

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  Jewish Care

  Sept 2012 - Apr 2013

  Volunteer Social Worker

  -Case Management.-Home visits and project development. -Interviewing and counseling people with Dementia and their relatives.

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  Look Ahead Care and Support

  Jun 2013 - Mar 2016

  Managing and supporting a caseload of customers with supervisory and case work management responsibilities. Working with Team Leaders to handle the service caseload pertaining to complex needs and relevant administrative responsibilities associated with this. Contributing to the monitoring of referrals and proactive development of links with specialist statutory and voluntary organizations to meet the needs of customers and maximise support offered to them. Working to actively support other members of the team to work with complex need cases in the form of joint key-working and multi-agency working. Participate and monitor the service’s newsletter, Costumer forums and Customer away days. Health and Safety Officer and responsible for weekly call point checks and fire drills. Show less Support single vulnerable people providing long-term solutions to their needs to people who have had a history of homelessness or housing problems, have mental health issues, substance misuse issues, are at risk of offending or have learning disabilities in order to maximize their self-sufficiency and develops their life skills so they can live as independently as possible. Conducting key work sessions and supporting key customers to set personalised goals. Supporting customers in accessing training, employment and education and referral and access to specialist support agencies. Show less

  • Senior Support Worker

    Feb 2015 - Mar 2016

  • Support Worker

    Jun 2013 - Feb 2015
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  London Borough of Bexley

  Mar 2016 - now

  -Senior Social Worker within the Bexley Integrated Rapid Response Team which is a multidisciplinary Team that responds urgent health and social care needs of Bexley patients within primary and secondary care by providing a rapid holistic assessment of needs within the patients’ home and at emergency departments and acute medical units at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Darent Valley Hospital. Also, assisting the Team Manager in providing a comprehensive integrated service, safeguarding vulnerable adults and promoting rapid support and care for adults and their carers during a crisis. -Provide specialist social work practice skills, and knowledge of adult social care including safeguarding vulnerable adults and promoting care management. -Undertake highly complex care arrangements for assessment and support planning in situation which involve risk, complexity and safety of the service user and their carers. -Work in partnership with service users and their carers, ensuring the provision of a service, including self-directed support, which meets their assessed needs; work in partnership with other agencies in assessing, planning and implementing person centred care to promote choice and independence. -Assist as part of the multidisciplinary team in improving service users’ quality of life and prevent hospital admissions. -To assist and direct team members in assessing the needs of individuals, developing reablement plans, planning individualized budgets and monitoring their progress. -Responsible for ensuring the workload of the service is prioritized appropriately and is allocated to social workers and social care assistants of the integrated team. -Contribute to the development of adult social care provision and policy and ensure effective use of time and resources. -Promote the team to other departments, statutory and voluntary organizations to ensure that referrals to the service are appropriate. Show less -Social Worker within the Hospital Integrated Discharge Team at both Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the stroke units at University Lewisham Hospital for Bexley patients. Working proactively with the Multidisciplinary Team and Brokerage/Commissioning Team towards the provision of support to adult Bexley residents to facilitate timely discharges from hospital – reablement and conventional packages of care, emergency respite, placement, etc.-Assess patients social, emotional, environmental, financial, and support needs in hospital settings according to the care Act 2014 (holistic assessments). -Complete mental capacity assessments in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in order to empower and protect individuals who may lack capacity to make decisions about their care and treatment.-Follow-up reviews at client’s homes under the Discharge To Assess Pathway in order to ensure that clients’ level of care is adequate and ensure their safety in the community. -Assist, as part of the multi-disciplinary team in improving the quality of life of clients in order to maximize their independence and assist with accessing services and resources to provide practical help.-Responsible for making enquiries when a safeguarding concern is raised in order to promote well-being and prevent abuse and neglect from happening; ensure the safety and wellbeing of clients who have been subject to abuse or neglect; and put measures in place in order to ensure their safety.-Complete 4 week placement reviews in order to ensure that the clients’ care needs are being met adequately in the right environment and with the appropriate support. -Supervise Social Care Assistants in order to provide support with their cases, identify learning and training needs and any difficulties that they might be experiencing and establish an action plan to ensure that their goals and objectives are being achieved. Show less

  • Senior Social Worker

    Mar 2019 - now

  • Social Worker

    Mar 2016 - Mar 2019