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Caimen Blackwood

Summary

I am an early-career professional with experiences of supportive, people-facing and relationship-focused roles. My educational background and work history have laid a strong foundation of analytical and critical thinking that support my ability to generate, package and communicate ideas between teams, systems, and on behalf of the people I work with. Over the years, I have been recognised as being a calm, curious, reflective and dependable person.

Overview

13
13
years of post-secondary education
9
9
years of professional experience

Work history

Social Worker

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
, Staffordshire
2025.08 - Current

Key functions and responsibilities:

  • Carrying out holistic, person-centred social care assessments, reviews and safeguarding enquiries with adults who are, have, or are believed to have mental health-related care and support needs under the Care Act (2014) and Mental Health Act (1983).
  • Sourcing or supporting the provision of care packages in line with the assessed care and support needs of the individual.
  • Working collaboratively with individuals, their support networks, and relevant professionals and agencies to promote and protect their independence, wellbeing and right to choose.
  • Supporting individuals to access and transition between internal and external services relevant to their assessed care and support needs.
  • Maintaining accurate and contemporaneous case records as part of independently managing a caseload and facilitating multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working in both inpatient and community settings.
  • Building positive professional relationships with all people who use or are connected to the service and organisation.

Guest English Teacher

Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education
Jinju-si, Gyeongsangnam-do
2023.04 - 2024.04

Key functions and responsibilities:

  • Planning and delivering 21 curriculum-based conversational English classes per week to middle school pupils aged 13-15.
  • Planning and delivering a one-week English camp during summer and winter.
  • Supporting Korean English teachers with lesson planning, delivery and assessment grading.
  • Building relationships with students outside of lessons to support the development of positive relationships with English and their confidence to engage with opportunities to speak it.

Customer Assistant

Tesco
West Bromwich/Falmouth, West Midlands/Cornwall
2019.06 - 2022.06

Key functions and responsibilities:

  • Providing high-quality and friendly customer service.
  • Operating till systems and handling cash transactions to ensure smooth check-out experiences.
  • Managing high-pressure situations during peak seasons and hours without compromising service standards.
  • Collaborating with colleagues to ensure store operations and health and safety-related procedures are adhered to and completed.
  • Proactively ensuring the store face is presentable, stocked and customer ready.

Kitchen Assistant

Bella Italia
Dudley, West Midlands
2017.10 - 2018.08

Key functions and responsibilities:

  • Maintained cleanliness throughout the kitchen for improved hygiene standards.
  • Adhered to health and safety regulations with careful handling of workspaces, food and equipment.
  • Assisted chefs with the completion of tickets involving the pizza and dessert station for smoother service during peak hours.
  • Independently managed the cleaning and distribution of all kitchen utensils, cookware and serving dishes throughout service.

Education

Master of Arts - Social Work Practice (Think Ahead Programme)

Middlesex University
London
2024.08 - 2026.08

Bachelor of Arts - Creative Advertising

Falmouth University
Falmouth
2018.01 - 2022.01

A-Levels - Biology, PE, Geology

Dudley Sixth
Dudley
2016.01 - 2018.01

GCSEs inc English and Maths -

St Michael's CofE High School
Sandwell
2011.01 - 2016.01

Skills

  • Holistic and person-centred practice
  • Analytical and critical thinking
  • Effective written and verbal communication
  • Caseload and time management
  • Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
  • Safeguarding and risk management
  • Advocacy and proposal writing
  • Awareness and curiosity for theories, policies and legislation

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Social Worker

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
2025.08 - Current

Master of Arts - Social Work Practice (Think Ahead Programme)

Middlesex University
2024.08 - 2026.08

Guest English Teacher

Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education
2023.04 - 2024.04

Customer Assistant

Tesco
2019.06 - 2022.06

Bachelor of Arts - Creative Advertising

Falmouth University
2018.01 - 2022.01

Kitchen Assistant

Bella Italia
2017.10 - 2018.08

A-Levels - Biology, PE, Geology

Dudley Sixth
2016.01 - 2018.01

GCSEs inc English and Maths -

St Michael's CofE High School
2011.01 - 2016.01
Caimen Blackwood