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Tshireletso for Domestic Abuse and Child Protection Training and Consultancy ServiceSocial Work in Clinical Practice
Jan. 2020South Africa, WelkomWork is done in Psychiatric Ward for Support Groups and Psychosocial Support.
Part of the Stroke Team Multidisciplinary Team at Mediclinic Private Hospital.
Offer counselling/Therapy in private room.
Provide Employment Assistant Program for various cooperative businesses for their Employees.
Tshireletso for Domestic Abuse and Child Protection Training and Consultancy ServiceTrainer and Consultant
Jan. 2020Welkom Area, South AfricaThe aim is to empower professionals with the knowledge and skills to deliver high standard quality services that will allow professionals to be competent and confident experts in the area of their work. This can be achieved by providing training to professionals about how best to undertake risk assessments in cases of all types of domestic abuse and child abuse cases and provide evidence based and analytical assessments that is most likely to yield positive outcomes for victims of violence.
London Borough of SuttonSenior Social Worker
Aug. 2019 - Dec. 2019London, UKCourt Team-This is a specialist team that works with cases in cases in care proceedings. I completed Initial and Final Court Statements. Worked with Children already Looked After or about to be Looked After. Completed Child Permanency Reports for Children subject to Adoptions or Long Term Placements. Attended Court regularly to give instructions or/and Oral Evidence. Worked under highly pressured environment, that requires good organisational skills, consultation with other professionals, safeguarding of children to be at the fore front of your work and making recommendations/plans that would provide children with long term and safe outcomes.
Children and Families Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass)Family Court Advisor and Children's Guardian of the Cour
Nov. 2016 - Aug. 2019London, UKThis is a specialist social work role that required one to work independently and remotely. The purpose of this role was to advice the Courts/Judges on what is in the best interests of children in line with the Children's Act 1989. I advocated for the voices of children by promoting their wishes and feelings in private and public proceedings if this was considered to be in their best interest. The case loads included working within private proceedings where parents are separating/divorcing and a child's Child Arrangements (previously called custody or contact) is contested. I would carry out Court duty which meant I held Triage meetings with Judges in their chambers, advised the parents lawyers and mediated between the parents where there are no safeguarding issues. I worked on cases of foreign enquiries by completing analytical reports for those countries Courts and made recommendations. I worked on International and Internal Removal cases (i.e if a parent wanted to relocate with a child outside of the Jurisdiction of the UK). I worked with various cases of allegations and counter-allegations of domestic abuse. I embarked on various trainings of domestic abuse which included the new format of Child Impact Framework using Cafcass well-researched tools to assess parental conflict, parental alienation and types of domestic abuse. I was often praised by my organisational skills, planning, use of research and risk assessment/analysis as Court Reports were required within a specific time scales. I gave evidence in Court at least twice every week over the years. I read Court bundles regularly and communicated with parents lawyers. To do this successfully, I needed to understand the legal system/processes.
Ealing Council (London Borough of Ealing)Deputy Team Manager
Oct. 2014 - Nov. 2016London, UKI was promoted to a deputy team manager deputising for the Team Manager in a team of about 16 social workers. I supervised social workers, supported them emotionally and in their work and quality assured their reports/ assessments. Made decisions on their case loads in consultation with the social workers. Made financial decisions for the team. Interviewed prospective social workers in the team. I was in charge of managing child protection visits performances- which is to monitor that social workers are complying with the statutory time scales required to visit children on child protection plans. This required statistical and excel skills. Took a lead on safeguarding enquiries to ensure the safety of children whilst balancing risk by holding strategy meetings with the police and other professionals to safeguard children. I attended management meetings within the Localities and contributed in recommendations for the service re-structuring. I led the team during teams meetings by giving a presentation of teams performances and suggested changes required to improve the service. I took a lead in transferring of cases to other teams. I gave instructions to solicitors for cases in Court proceedings.
Ealing Council (London Borough of Ealing)Senior Social Worker
Jan. 2013 - Oct. 2014London, UKActon Locality Team-working with children who were considered to be at risk of harm. Undertaking Child and Family Assessment within the statutory time scale. I was recommended for my time-keeping, completion of Emergency Court Reports and analytical writing skills for the purpose of Child Protection Conferences. I worked with high profile cases of Child Sexual Exploitation which placed young people in the community at high risk of harm. I Advocated for children with disabilities and at risk of neglect, sexual and physical abuse and implemented protective measures to keep them safe. I worked under pressure in undertaking Child Protection Enquiries-which is a fast paced pressured and requires quick analysis of risk. As I was one of the two members in the Team trained for Specialised Achieving Best Evidence (ABE) interview- a memorandum provided for an elite and experienced social workers to interview children who discloses any form of abuse- I was often working closely with the police to video interview these children even those outside of my case-loads. I worked with families who were vulnerable. I held cases that varies from serious domestic abuse, substance misuse, mental health, poverty, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect. I worked in a few cases of child trafficking which included working with undertaking International enquiries/police checks or co-working with the Immigration department.
London Borough of HounslowSenior Social Worker
Sep. 2009 - Jan. 2013London, UKChildren In Care Team- Working with looked after children, adoption, high profile caseloads such as murdered children and serious injured children, completing court reports and giving evidence in court under cross examination. This role required good planning ability, high organisational skills due to the time-scales given to complete Court Reports. It also required a person who has good communication skills, ability to provide clear answers under pressure. Working with multidisciplinary teams such as fostering teams, adoption teams, doctors, independent experts, lawyers and schools. In this post, I was mostly praised by judges and lawyers for my good writing and oral evidence.
Hounslow Intake TeamLondon Borough of Hounslow
Apr. 2005 - Sep. 2009London, United KingdomChild Protection Team- carrying out child protection enquiries, completing risk and Child and Family assessments. Working with domestic abuse and other risk factors environments/parenting. Undertaking Child and Family Assessments with the view of completing concise analysis of harm and protective factors. Initiating Care Proceedings where children were considered to be at risk of harm and presenting them to Court by way of oral evidence. Working with families who had no recourse to public funds such as asylum seekers, refugees etc. Working with multiple risk factors that raises risks of harm to children such as parental mental health, domestic abuse and substance/alcohol abuse. Assessing risks of Female Genital Mutilation and Spiritual Abuse.
London Borough of HarrowSocial Worker
Mar. 2004 - Apr. 2005London, Children in Need Team-Working with vulnerable children and families on a long term basis. Attending Child Protection Conferences for those children at risk of harm. Providing additional support to children and families in need by identifying resources in the community and in partnership with other local services. Undertaking Child in Need Plans to ensure that children are kept safe in the care of their parents/carers.
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