ANNALEE JARVENTAUS
Nottingham,Nottinghamshire
Summary
Professional with extensive expertise in child protection and special needs care, utilizing a holistic approach to provide effective psychosocial support and therapeutic interventions. Skilled in domestic violence training, case assessment, and family dynamics, with a solid understanding of welfare legislation and social policy. Focused on improving outreach programs and administrative processes to create safe environments for vulnerable populations.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
18
18
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Social Worker
Adopt Thames Valley
Woodley, Berkshire
2023.10 - 2025.08
- Understanding the impact of Early Childhood trauma has on children who are adopted
- Assessing the needs of families to help commission appropriate services
- Implementing and reviewing support plans
- Working closely with therapeutic services, ATV and LA staff and other agencies
- Understanding the legislation regarding Adoption and SGO
- Offering support and advice to people affected by adoption and special guardianship and consultations to professionals
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- Supporting young people in understanding their life story
- Promoting a trauma informed approach to families and professionals
- Delivering Therapeutic Life Story training to Special Guardians
Senior Practitioner and Practice Educator
Family Safeguarding Team
Bracknell Forest
2019.04 - 2024.10
- Enhanced family safety by reducing child protection cases strategic interventions and support services.
- Practice Educator to ASYE's and social work students
- Member of steering groups on developing services
- Highly complex case load including families in pre-proceedings and proceedings
- Writing reports for court, Child Protection Reviews, Looked After children Reviews
- Chairing meetings
- Attending Permanent Planning Meetings
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- Working closely with other agencies such as health, school, ATV, local charities, adult services
- Undertaking social worker intervention, this includes advocating for children and families
- Duties as below
- Championed best practice through regular case reviews and supervision sessions.
- Provided expert advice to junior practitioners for skill development.
Social Worker
Buckinghamshire County Council
2017.05 - 2019.04
- Managed a large case load, including keeping files up to date
- Undertaking Assessments for Child Protection Reviews S47 and Family and Children Assessment)
- Chaired CIN and Core Group Meetings
- Regularly liaising with Legal Services
- Working as part of a duty system
- Working closely with other professions such as education, mental health, probation, health and other private / charity organisations such as drug recovery and Women's Aid
- Undertaking Legal Planning and Public Law Outline letters
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- Building close links with support services such as Women's Aid and Children's Centres
- Promoting the welfare of children and teenagers in accordance with the Children's Act 1989
- Direct with parents/carers using eco maps and genograms
Early Help Social Worker – ASYE completed
The Royal Borough of Windsor
Maidenhead
2014.09 - 2017.05
- Supporting the initial development of the Early Help Advisory Services – this included making links to allocated to school to promote the service
- Working in the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub to safeguard screen Early Help referrals
- Supporting schools with Early Help Plans with child/family and partner agencies
- Setting up safeguarding surgeries in local schools
- Regular school consultations with local schools
- Chairing CIN Cases
- Using the safeguarding threshold document and Signs of Safety to help identify risks
- Completing Single Assessments and Section 47
- Weekly presenting cases at the Early Help Hub
- Direct work with families using a solution focus approach
Assistant Social Worker
Bracknell Forest County
2005.11 - 2012.09
- Managed a case load of up to 20 children.
- Completed and chaired care plans.
- Multi professional planning with health and education.
- Managed transition plans for adult services.
- Completed Core and Initial Assessments.
- LAC reviews.
- Advocating for families to receive appropriate services.
Family Worker
Agency Work
London
2000.12 - 2005.09
- Supporting families
- Planning activities for children attending centres
- Outreach reach work
- Worked in Sure Start and Family Centres
Education
BSC - Social Work – Higher Honours
New Bucks University
2011.01 - 2014.01
Diploma of Higher Education - Practice Education
Great Holloway University
London 2018.09 - 2022.09
Diploma of Higher Education - Social Care
Open University
2002.09 - 2008.09
BTEC - Nursery Nursing and Social Care
Clarendon College
Nottingham 1995.09 - 1997.06
GCSEs - 5 GCSEs
Becket School
Nottingham 1981.09 - 1984.06
Skills
- Domestic violence training
- Therapeutic intervention techniques
- Case assessment
- Holistic approach
- Knowledge of social policy
- Child protection expertise
- Psychosocial support
- Family dynamics understanding
- Outreach programmes participation
- Administrative proficiency
- Welfare legislation knowledge
- Special needs care
Certification
SW101483
Accomplishments
Family Support Innovation: Developed trauma-informed approach, improving family outcomes by 40%.
Custom
- Systemic and Genogram Social Work Training
- Life Story work
- Brief Solution Focus Training
- Systemic Social Work Training
- Attachment Ambassador Training
- The Incredible Years: Webster Stratton
- Motivational Interviewing
- Child Development and Trauma Informed care
- Attachment Based practise with families
Timeline
Social Worker
Adopt Thames Valley
2023.10 - 2025.08
Senior Practitioner and Practice Educator
Family Safeguarding Team
2019.04 - 2024.10
Diploma of Higher Education - Practice Education
Great Holloway University
2018.09 - 2022.09
Social Worker
Buckinghamshire County Council
2017.05 - 2019.04
Early Help Social Worker – ASYE completed
The Royal Borough of Windsor
2014.09 - 2017.05
BSC - Social Work – Higher Honours
New Bucks University
2011.01 - 2014.01
Assistant Social Worker
Bracknell Forest County
2005.11 - 2012.09
Diploma of Higher Education - Social Care
Open University
2002.09 - 2008.09
Family Worker
Agency Work
2000.12 - 2005.09
BTEC - Nursery Nursing and Social Care
Clarendon College
1995.09 - 1997.06
GCSEs - 5 GCSEs
Becket School
1981.09 - 1984.06