Ruby Brewer

Experience

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  Thurrock Council

  Jul 1991 - Aug 1995

  Volunteer

  Volunteer on a summer playscheme for children aged 4-19 with learning disabilities/autism.

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  NHS / New Essex / Family Mosaic Housing Association

  Apr 1996 - Sept 1999

  Bank worker-adults with learning disabilities (residential)

  Bank worker in a number of different residential homes across Essex for adults with learning disabilities.

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  Thurrock Council

  Jul 1996 - Sept 2000

  Playleader

  Employed every summer holiday to run a group within a summer playscheme for children aged 3-19 with learning disabilities / autism. Responsible for a group of children and volunteers, developing and delivering activities, coordinating care, training volunteers.

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  Thurrock Council

  Jun 2001 - Sept 2001

  Playscheme co-ordinator (manager)

  Managing a summer playscheme for children aged 3-19 with learning disabilities / autism. Planning and delivery of activities, recruitment and training of volunteers and staff.

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  Hampshire County Council

  Sept 2001 - May 2010

  School-based social worker, working with schools identified as having significant levels of persistent absenteeism and delivering early intervention for children at risk of exclusion or who wouldn't quite meet the threshold for statutory children's services. Responsible for supporting school clusters with high levels of persistent absenteeism. Supporting schools with their attendance systems and processes, and working with families to improve their children's school attendance. Preparing and presenting court applications to promote school attendance. Representing the service at multi agency child protection forums, at children protection conferences and multi agency meetings. Deputising in absence of team manager. Responsible for supporting school clusters to improve school attendance. Supporting schools with their attendance systems and processes, and working with families to improve their children's school attendance. Preparing and presenting court applications to promote school attendance.

  • Inclusion social worker

    Sept 2005 - May 2010

  • Senior education welfare officer

    Sept 2003 - Sept 2005

  • Education welfare officer

    Sept 2001 - Sept 2003
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  Southampton City Council

  May 2010 - Dec 2013

  Senior practitioner in a unitary authority children looked after/care leavers team. Responsible for supervising a team of social workers and personal advisors, quality assurance and deputising in the absence of the team manager. Holding a complex caseload of children looked after and care leavers.

  • Senior practitioner

    Feb 2011 - Dec 2013

  • Social Worker

    May 2010 - Feb 2011
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  Self employed

  Dec 2013 - Sept 2016

  Independent Social Worker

  Undertaking:-Fostering assessments (form F)-Independent visitor service (reg.44/25)-ASYE assessment and support-Practice educator for student social workers

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  Fair Ways

  Apr 2016 - Mar 2023

  Leading a team of quality assurance, safeguarding, policy and information governance professionals. Strategic planning to deliver a continuous cycle of quality assurance and improvement. Providing non-operational oversight of safeguarding practice, policy and procedures across the organisation. Leading a team of quality assurance, information governance, policy and strategic planning/project management professionals. Providing non-operational oversight of safeguarding practice across the organisation. Delivering high quality assurance visits and reports to children's homes (reg.44) and residential family centre (reg.25)

  • Independent Form F Assessor

    Apr 2022 - Mar 2023

  • Head of Quality, Safety and Governance

    Oct 2018 - Apr 2022

  • Safeguarding Lead and Quality Assurance Team Leader

    Sept 2016 - Oct 2018

  • Quality Assurance and Inspections Lead

    Apr 2016 - Apr 2017
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  RB Social Care Consultancy

  Jan 2022 - now

  Founder & Director of RB Social Care Consultancy Ltd

  Independent social work services, including:-Independent persons visits (reg.44/25) -Fostering assessment and reviews -Preparation for inspection-Readiness for regulation for post 16 supported accommodation for care leavers-Auditing and quality assurance.-Accredited safer recruitment training

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  Aidhour Ltd

  Mar 2022 - now

  • Managing day-to-day client enquiries.• Maintaining standards of service across the portfolio via robust quality assurance.• Leading resource planning for reg.44 services.• Assisting in recruiting new associates, and support to existing associates• Providing monthly/quarterly reports to clients as necessary. Providing monthly visits and robust, evidence based reports to local authority and independent children's homes under regulation 44 of the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015, providing assurance as to whether children's homes are effectively safeguarding children and promoting their well-being.

  • Lead Associate - Residential/Regulation 44 Independent Person Services

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Aidhour associate

    Mar 2022 - now
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  NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service)

  Apr 2022 - Oct 2022

  Independent regulation 44 visitor

  Providing monthly visits and robust, evidence based reports under regulation 44 of the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015, providing assurance as to whether children's homes are effectively safeguarding children and promoting their well-being.

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  Blue Sky Fostering

  May 2022 - now

  Independent Reviewing Officer

  Undertaking annual reviews of foster carers, identifying what's gone well and what support carers might need to have an even better year ahead. Also chairing standards of care reviews to make sure that high standards of safe quality care are upheld, and learning identified.