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Rowena Koning

Rowena Koning

Social Work Assistant

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  • About me

    Director at Cornwall Befriending Services

  • Education

    • Cornwall College

      2011 -
      SMART Enterprise Business Skills Training Programme Business Skills

      Smart Enterprise Training Programme

    • Cornwall Social School For Entrepreneurs

      2011 -
      Just finished my cohort with completion Business Training Workshops Third Cohort

      Activities and Societies: Cohort student programme Now started my own CIC

    • Outset Cornwall

      2011 -
      Business Start Up Training

      Activities and Societies: Business Support and Advice Programme Business training

    • Haven House Truro College

      2009 -
      Start Up Business Course Business

    • Cornwall Partnership Trust

      2004 -
      Handling, Life Support Training, Care Co-ordination Paperwork Training for Co-ordination Paperwork

    • Haven House College

      2009 - 2010
      OCR Entry Level One Literacy Qualification Literacy Level 1

      Basic studies

    • Truro College

      2006 - 2008
      CPCAB Level 4 In Therapeutic Counselling Counselling level 4

      Activities and Societies: BACP Counselling Diploma

    • Cornwall Partnership Trust

      2004 - 2007
      Carers Assessment and Care Planning NHS Training & Development Manual Care

    • North Worcester College of FE

      1984 - 1986
      Preliminary Cert in Social Care Social Care

      Preliminary Certificate In Social Care

    • South Bromsgrove High School

      1979 - 1984
      4 GCSEs RSA in typing (pass with credit

  • Experience

    • Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust

      Feb 2004 - May 2007
      Social Work Assistant

      Social work assistant, case load management, home visits, risk assessments, welfare benefits advice, filling in benefit forms, attending relevant training, country wide travel, appropriate adult attendance.

    • Cornwall Neighbourhoods for Change

      Aug 2008 - Apr 2009
      General Advisor

      Welfare benefits, housing advice, home visits, recording in files, case load management, money and debt advice, attending community centres for clinics.

    • Ocean Housing

      Apr 2009 - Apr 2010
      Financial Inclusion Officer

      caseload management, home visits, advice on doorstep lenders and dealing directly with lenders, council tax bailiffs, loan sharks, police, focus groups, rent arrears, attending housing surgeries, updating files, meeting with ocean tenants regularily,in put to oceans monthly magazine, attending regular training, daily travel throughout cornwall.

    • Footsteps Counselling

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2014
      Counsellor

      Person Centered Counselling is a therapeutic relationship between counsellor and client. Offering a safe and confidential place for the client to explore life changes and life opportunities at their own pace, enabling them to self heal from traumas they may have experienced in their life.

    • Cornwall Befriending Services CIC

      Aug 2014 - now
      Director/Founder

      We are offering Face to Face Money and Debt Advice, Welfare Benefits Checker On Line, Debt Counselling, Person Centred Counselling, Loan Shark Prevention Training and Money and Debt Presentations.CBS can now offer Job related skills , Templates for Letters for Future Employees , Template and Tips on CV Writing due to funding from Cornwall Development Company through the Community Grants Programme all services are free.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Diploma Level 4 In Therapeutic Counselling and Psychotherapy

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Rowena Koning
      Voluntary Community Or Social Enterprise ( VCSE ) Organisation Of The Year CASHC Oct 2016 As statutory based organisation come under increasing pressure, whether financial or structural , the non for profit VCSE sector is being expected to provide increasingly complex and demanding services. The fact that so many organisations in Cornwall have risen to the challenge and are delivering excellent services should be recognized .The winner of this award will be a VCSE organisation who demonstrates the provision of excellent services to individuals or groups
    • Awarded to Rowena Koning
      Group Credit Licence Financial Conduct Authority Apr 2014 Cornwall Befriending Services CIC has been granted a credit licence through membership with Advice UK so can now offer a face to face money and debt advice and debt counselling and will be regulated and licensed to give this advice under the jurisdiction of Financial Conduct Authority please visit wwwcbscic.co.uk for more information .

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Face to Face Money and Debt Adviser

      Issued by CPR Foodbank Camborne and Beacon of Light Project Newquay
      CPR Foodbank Camborne and Beacon of Light Project NewquayAssociated with Rowena Koning