Experience

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  Reliance social care limited

  Mar 2002 - Mar 2003

  Social worker

  • Worked in a local hospital supporting the elderly with care plans, so that they had a safe discharge.• To assess individuals if they could return home and what package of support would be required• To assess if individuals needed Residential/ Care homes• Worked closely with agencies/families and the individuals to complete a unique package of care for them. • Attended discharge planning meetings

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  Manchester city council

  Mar 2003 - Sept 2009

  Senior social worker

  • Working in a large inner city area, which have had large unemployment, high percentage of lone parents and deprivation and social economic problems• This included having a high caseload and having cases from the initial assessments, Core Assessments to Child protection Plan, Interim Care Orders, Full Care Orders, Adoptions which included completing all necessary paperwork and assisting children with permanence plans• Supervising contacts, attending and chairing meetings including Team Around a Child, Core Groups, Looked After Reviews and Child in Need meetings. Show less

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  The manchester metropolitan university

  Jul 2006 - now

  Part time lecturer

  Practice Educator for social work students in different disciplines including mental health, drug services, adult services and YOT.

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  Warrington borough council

  Sept 2009 - Oct 2010

  Team manager

  • Chair Team meetings/Briefings• Case management• Supervise 7 staff monthly including NQSW, Social workers • Staff development including presenting new legalisation• Attending strategy meetings with health, education and Police• Moved from duty team to CIN team due to the needs of the service.

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  Salford city council

  Oct 2010 - May 2012

  Team manager

  • Duty and Assessment Team in the Salford area, that has on average 300 referrals per week and all contact/referrals have to be dealt within 24 hours and allocated to a social worker• This included allocating to specialised social workers from Missing from Home Team, Children with Disabilities Team, locality for Early Intervention Project or to family support services or relevant parenting courses.• While reviewing each case, I would consider the level of need and what threshold it meets; Level 1 would be referred back to Universal services. Level 2-3 would be held with the TAC, CAF arena, I would complete a referral to these services. Level 4's would be completed by myself by allocating it to a social worker, this was usually 27% of the cases we receivedpeople who were at risk from family breakdown. Also a social worker who specialised in young While working at Salford Children Services I would receive a spread sheets weekly regarding dates, timescales for assessments and when they are due, and would speak to each social worker on an individual basis to ensure that all assessments are within the government’s timescales• This involves ensuring that the social worker has a manageable timescale and that this is monitored within supervision and on a regular basis• It is important that the quality of the assessment is not compounded by keeping to the timescales; this can be difficult at times, due to constraints of caseloads and prioritising other work• This is about ensuring there is clear communication between the manager and the social worker• All assessments had to be authorised within the same day, with a management decision imputed on them. I had a hard working team and I feel that they recognised that I was willing to support them and worked hard to ensure that their assessments remained in timescales• My team was the best performing within the directorate Show less

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  Halton borough council

  May 2012 - Sept 2013

  Principal manager

  • Attend operational managers’ meetings• Analyse data and performance indicators• Chair Team meetings/Briefings• Case management• Supervise 10 staff monthly including Ayse, Social workers and Practice managers.• Staff development including presenting new legalisation• Attending strategy meetings with health, education, Police and other agencies• Agreed to children coming into the LAC system if it was in their best interest.• To have effective oversight over the duty system and the CIN team and make necessary changes.• Looking at budgets and how there can be a cost-effective changes. Looking at recruitment and retention.• Look at improvement strategies including attending LSB. Show less

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  Bury council

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2014

  Team manager

  Manager of Safeguarding Team until January 2014 when I was moved to Advice and Assessment to assist with the journey of the department after being asked by the Head of Service as he recognised my organisational skills and my transferable skills.• Staff development including presenting new legalisation and training, workshops.• Chairing and attending, strategy meetings with all agencies and professionals.• Have effective oversight over the duty system and the Safeguarding team.• Allocate cases to workers dependant on their experience• Auditing cases to step cases up and down.• Mash manager on a regular basis and supporting the CSE team• Dealing with complaints • Work closely with other teams, agencies and professionals.• Supported staff through the adoption process including Fostering to adopt placements. Show less

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  Knowsley council

  Dec 2014 - Aug 2015

  Team manager

  • Attend operational managers’ meetings• Analyse data and performance indicators• Chair Team meetings/Briefings • Chairing SEAM and looking at links to a group of victims and perpetrators. • Case management of over 350 cases• Staff development including presenting new legalisation and training, workshops.• Chairing and attending, strategy meetings with all agencies and professionals.• Have effective oversight over the duty system and the Safeguarding team. Being on duty every other week which later changed to every 4 weeks.• Allocate cases to workers’ dependant on their experience and knowledge.• Auditing cases including a multi-agency case once every month • Being Mash manager on a regular basis.• Dealing with complaints including visiting family homes to de-escalate the situation.• Work closely with other teams, agencies and professionals. Inviting professionals to shadow the team for them get an understanding of the role of a social worker and looking at the amount of inappropriate referrals. • Supported staff through the adoption process including Fostering to adopt placements.• Supporting social workers to complete a support plan for SGO, Private fostering.• Assisting the local authority with changes within the organisation including looking at SMART working.• Shadowed by Ofsted for two days whose feedback was extremely positive regarding my practice and my skills. Show less

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  Lisajayne consultant

  Aug 2015 - Mar 2016

  Business improvement manager

  Working with several staff to achieve the goals that had been set out by the Local Authority. We have received positive feedback from many professionals including senior management, judges and families for the clear plans that have been drawn up on every case.Chairing Legal Gateway Planning Meeting,this involved challenging practice and preparation of cases to halt drift or anti-oppressive practice. Chairing P.L.O meetings and pre-proceedings meetings

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  Kirklees council

  Mar 2016 - Jun 2017

  Improvement manager of front of house/mash

  Changing the front of house from two teams to one team. This included looking a staff that had been in the Local Authority for all their career and challenging their practice. Changing documents so paperwork was concise in line with Munro recommendations.Project lead on the Introduction Daily Risk Assessment Management Meetings to Kirklees District. This is looking at all high risk domestic abuse cases while the perpetrators are detained to ensure there is more effective chance of change.• Attending Channel Meetings and made decisions if they make the criteria of an assessment. Assisting with ensuring that all professionals had a link to be able to discuss their concerns with and giving appropriate advice.Devised a contact, referral form, MARF and Prevent form.Attended threshold meetings.Completing Appraisals and looking at social worker’s development, devising plans for their future. Show less

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  Newcastle children services

  Jun 2017 - Mar 2018

  Front door co-ordinator

  Completing a Threshold document and the Continuum Need, with all levels clearly explained. Including the step up and step-down process.Making decisions on what cases required Strategy and Chairing complex strategy meeting including prevent cases, trafficking and CSE.

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  Wolverhampton children services

  Mar 2018 - Mar 2019

  Social worker unit manager
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  Bradford children services

  Mar 2019 - May 2019

  Improvement manager
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  Southampton children services

  May 2019 - Sept 2019

  Service manager
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  Bury council

  Nov 2019 - Feb 2021

  Service manager

  Amazing place to work!

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  Ez hampers

  Mar 2020 - now

  After working in the caring profession for more than three decades while also being a qualified nurse, we can walk the walk and not just talk it. We take the time to get to know you and the recipient to ensure that people get what they want.

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  Birmingham children's trust (england)

  Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

  Head of service

  Great Place to work.

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  Altrincham & sale chamber of commerce

  Jul 2021 - now

  Active member
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  Federation of small businesses (fsb)

  May 2023 - now

  Active member

  EZ Hampers is proud to be members of the FSB.