Su Ball

Experience

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  Various

  Jul 1988 - Jun 1996

  Voluntary work: National Alcohol Helpline, Live-in Carer, Support worker for specialist fostering service.Agency work: Home help, Care attendant, Support Worker at day-centre for adults with physical and learning difficulties. Personnel officer in NHS; various Administrator posts including for University College London

  • Pre-qualifying experience

    Jan 1994 - Jun 1996

  • Personnel Officer and Administrator

    Jul 1988 - Feb 1994
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  NACRO Youth Actions Project

  Feb 1997 - Jul 1997

  Student Social Worker

  Lead and co-lead group activities and drop-ins for 8-16 year-olds on two inner-city estates, providing advice and support to young people.

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  London Borough of Southwark

  Nov 1997 - Jun 1998

  Student Social Worker

  Split placement. Emergency Duty Team: initial referral and risk assessments, appropriate adult, mental health admissions, emergency children’s placement.District Office (children and families): family support, direct work, assessment and care planning - children in need, disability, private fostering.

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  London Borough of Southwark

  Sept 1998 - Apr 2001

  Social Worker

  Looked After Children Team. Assessments, direct work, care planning, care proceedings, permanency, contact supervision, asylum seekers.

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  Jamma Umoja

  May 2001 - May 2002

  Practice Manager

  Managing family assessments; supervising support workers; reporting and court hearings.

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  London Borough of Newham

  Jun 2002 - Dec 2002

  Locum Social Worker

  Adoption Team. Assessment of prospective adopters; post-placement support and life story work.

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  London Borough of Hackney

  Jan 2003 - Apr 2004

  Locum Social Worker

  Duty & Assessment (S47) Team. Specialising in child protection, from initial assessment to care planning, child protection conferences and court proceedings.

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  Peterborough City Council

  May 2004 - Feb 2008

  Senior Practitioner

  Intake and Assessment Team (six months), Children in Need Team (three years). Managing complex and volatile cases through to care proceedings and permanency. Supervising Family Support Workers. Advising and supporting colleagues in practice and procedures. Deputising in meetings and court hearings.

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  Rutland County Council

  Feb 2008 - Aug 2009

  Principal Social Worker

  I co-managed the duty system, supervised social workers and was a member of the team setting up a cross-county Child Death Overview Panel. I then had responsibility for developing the Early Intervention (Common Assessment Framework service), managing multi-agency forums, developing procedures, presenting at conferences and developing and co-leading multi-agency services.

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  SbSocialWork

  Sept 2009 - Sept 2016

  Independent Social Worker

  Don't be swayed by the job title. I offered a solution-focussed practice aimed at identifying and improving outcomes for children and families. Practice founded in evidence- and research-based knowledge and experience. Parent/carer and risk assessments, contact service and case reviews – offer to families, family law solicitors and local authorities. Consultancy and Project Management – related experience developing an Early Intervention (CAF) service, managing multi-agency working and developing and delivering training. Show less

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  TheFamilyCoach.Co.Uk

  Nov 2015 - now

  Mindfulness Now Coach

  The benefits of Mindfulness practice are supported by decades of research and some 2,500 years of cultural and religious history. Mindfulness Now brings the practice right up-to-date. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps overcome challenges by focussing on action rather than problems. Su uses both in her life and her family coaching practice.

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  The Family Coach.Co.Uk

  Sept 2016 - now

  The Family Coach

  Su Ball is founder of the Finer Families Formula @ thefamilycoach.co.ukThe programme is designed for families where:- children/young people are experiencing emotional and behavioural challenges;- parents are fresh out of parenting strategies and ideas;- family life is too stress-full;- family history is too present in your life.“I coach children and families to overcome their challenges and live their most fulfilling lives. All of my experience shows how many families ‘fall through the gap’ and find themselves desperate to effect change and unable to find the support to do so. I have the knowledge base and toolkit of strategies to help.”Su Ball has brought all her experience together with evidence-based practice into her Finer Families Formula, giving families practical tools to get out of overwhelm and into true clarity, action and transformation. Show less