Ciara Givens

- Manage referrals and initial enquiries for non-kin foster placements, this includes receiving and screening referrals, gathering key information about the children to create their profile and prioritising the cases based on urgency and risk.

- Matching and placement coordination which would include identifying suitable foster carers for children, checking availability kills and risk factors, coordinating placement logistics (timings, paperwork, emergency placements), communicating with carers and supervising social workers during matching.

- Being the first point of contact for he duty system which would include handling incoming calls/emails for professionals and carers, responding to urgent safeguarding or placement stability concerns, offering immediate advice or escalating to senior management when required, ensuring out of hours or crisis procedures are followed.

- Safeguarding and risk management which will include triaging safeguarding alerts or allegations, ensuring all incidents are logged and reported appropriately, making sure policies and statutory requirements are followed then liaise with safeguarding leads and external agencies as required.

- Team coordination and communication which will include updating internal systems and placement trackers, sharing information with relevant professionals, creating the duty rota each monthly, supporting daily handovers within the duty team and monitoring capacity, projected availability and placement pressures.

- Administrative and compliance tasks - maintaining accurate records and case notes, ensuring documentation is complete for placements both in-house and with external agencies, producing reports or duty summaries wen needed for governance.

_ I also complete Form F assessments, viability assessments for kinship placements and regular annual reviews of the carers I supervise.

- I hold my own caseload of carers whom I visit and support, ensuring they continue to meet their training compliance, keep their medicals and ACCESS NI up to date and review registration to assess if this needs to be altered at all.

- I have also been utilised to completed sexual/ physical risk assessments and CASP-R assessments where there has been possible concern noted within a kinship placement.

• Evaluated and addressed individual client needs and concerns through targeted assessments.
• Signposted specialised support to offer services to people experiencing a multitude of problems.
• Contributed to work of multidisciplinary teams, using in-depth understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Established and maintained professional relationships to offer objective guidance and support.
• Completed multiples Court reports including adoption.
• Completed many Form F assessments for private fostering assessments.
• Completed both risk of sexual and/or physical harm assessments including the CASP-R model for assessing ability to protect and supervise.
• Attended court and given both written and verbal evidence on complex cases many times.
• Supervised upwards of 14 social work staff.
• Applied the Signs of Safety model approach t child protection working.
• Trained in SARA assessment model for completion of assessment where domestic abuse has been/is present in a relationship.
• Competent in completing direct work with children.
• Currently manager of a family support team however previously managed the family centres and therefore competent in completing family centre assessments such as comprehensive parenting assessments, protective parenting assessments, capacity to change assessments and educative work.

• Evaluated and addressed individual client needs and concerns through targeted assessments.
• Contributed to work of multidisciplinary teams, using in-depth understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Adhered to safeguarding principles to protect service users from risk.
• Established and maintained professional relationships to offer objective guidance and support.
• Completed multiple Court reports, case conference reports, LAC reports including in-person attendance at meetings providing verbal presentation.
• As senior practitioner I would have held the majority of the most complex cases including adoption and presenting cases to Best Interests Panel.
• Acting up as manager in her absence.
• Completed home visits with children and families.
• Completed direct work with children.

• Evaluated and addressed individual client needs and concerns through targeted assessments.
• Assessed needs and situations by conducting individual and group interviews.
• Responded calmly to manage crises and emergency situations.
• Prioritised workload to offer first-class support to caseload of service users.
• Adhered to safeguarding principles to protect service users from risk.
• Adapted communication styles to build two-way communication with clients.
• Attended multi-disciplinary meetings to achieve the best outcomes for children and families.
• Written and presented multiple Court, Case Conference and LAC reports.
• Completed direct work with children.

• Compiled information from law enforcement and conducted interviews with offenders.
• I worked within the assessment unit so my role was o meet with offenders twice and complete their pre-sentence report for the Court.
• Trained in multiple assessment tools.
• Completed social histories with people and analysed the information with relevance to likelihood of re-offending.
• Treating all people with respect no matter what they have been accused of doing.
• Understanding the importance of balancing risk with safety.
• Understanding the importance of engaging clients on the process in order to achieve the best outcomes.
• Competing multiple Court reports at a time to a high standard and within timescales.