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Debbie Rowell

Debbie Rowell

Ipswich,Suffolk

Summary

A compassionate social work professional with years of experience devising and implementing successful support programmes. Dedicated and driven to deliver positive outcomes for a diverse trauma affected client base.

Meticulous in all from assessments and monitoring to the delivery of necessary resources to meet individualised needs.

A collaborative leader with a dedication to partner with coworkers and fellow professionals to promote, engage and empower a healthy, positive, effective work culture.

Encourage and support professional development to individuals to aid in cultivating inclusive, safe spaces for all

Overview

41
41
years of professional experience

Work History

Care coordinator

Kingsley Healthcare
Woodbridge, Suffolk
03.2023 - Current
  • Handled emergency situations calmly, ensuring the safety of all involved.
  • Managed staff rotas for optimal coverage during peak periods.
  • Coordinated care plans for improved resuident outcomes.
  • Ensured compliance with health and safety regulations, maintaining safe working environment.
  • Collaborated with healthcare professionals for comprehensive rersident treatment plans.
  • Implemented protocols to enhance team efficiency.
  • Advocated on behalf of residents, protecting their rights and dignity.
  • Maintained detailed records, ensuring accurate documentation.
  • Provided emotional support for increased resident comfort.
  • Cultivated positive relationships with multidisciplinary teams to improve residents care.
  • Liaised with family members by providing regular updates on residents progress.
  • Organised appointments with specialists to facilitate timely medical intervention.
  • Handled sensitive information confidentially, respecting privacy laws and regulations.
  • Responded efficiently to day-to-day changes in care and support packages.
  • Promoted individual wellbeing, verifying service users were safeguarded against abuse and neglect.
  • Responded proactively to changing circumstances for optimised service user care.

Health advisor

IC24
Ipswich, Suffolk
12.2022 - 03.2023

As a Health Advisors I dealt with a variety of calls that ranged from minor illnesses to life threatening situations every day.

When patients dialed 111 I was a first point of contact and the voice at the end of the line. I delivered advice, triaging a wide range of calls and providing safe, effective assessments and non-clinical advice using the NHS Pathways System.

Foster Carer

Suffolk County Council
Ipswich, Suffolk
01.2005 - Current
  • Provide safe, stable, healthy, nurturing and therapeutic home for over 15 traumatised, abused, vulnerable young people
  • Attune to young peoples needs and help young people develop safe, honest, secure attachment..Housed and moved on over ten young people
  • Advocate for social, emotional and educational stability of children with complex emotional and behavioural needs.
  • Encourage children to express views and opinions.
  • Collaborate with supervising social worker and reviewing officers for optimal care. Supervisions carried out every six to eights weeks, PEP four times per year, CINC reviews every six months.
  • Facilitate further skill development by providing effective mentoring in life skills.
  • Log significant events throughout placement and contributed to reviews, case conferences and court hearings.
  • Establish close relationships with community resources, teachers and health professionals to meet children's development needs.
  • Respond to behavioural crisis situations, applying least restrictive intervention methods.
  • Supervise contact arrangements as appropriate.
  • Set fair boundaries with appropriate levels and methods of discipline.
  • Foster accepting, respectful and warm environment whilst teaching children how to keep themselves safe.
  • Teach socially acceptable ways to behave and communicate, reinforcing appropriate behaviours through trauma-informed care.
  • Remember children's life history by saving mementos, keepsakes and photographs.
  • Attend community events and activities to encourage regular interaction for more stability
  • Meet ongoing medical needs of children by coordinating with specialists.
  • Collaborated with supervising social worker and reviewing officers for optimal care.
  • Carried out child care plans whilst maintaining awareness of children's changing needs.
  • Attend therapy appointments and implemented advised strategies to enhance care. ( PECs, Mood Boards, Now & Next)

Enabler Mencap Manager

Mencap
Ipswich
01.2006 - 01.2007
  • Mencap and Consensus support Services Ltd responsibilities and duties mirrored each other.

Enabler, Administrator

Consensus Support Services Ltd
Ipswich, Suffolk
01.2007 - 01.2015
  • Learning Support for Disability Home and Direct Support to Manager, Staff and Service Users
  • Broke down all managerial tasks to enable homes manager to achieve in his/ her role
  • Evaluated service user and managers needs to aid and fulfil all tasks appropriately.
  • Provided tools and aids, so those with LD could successfully achieve their goals and retain their employment
  • Completed all reports within their timeframe,
  • Worked to companies policies, regulations, statement of purpose for consistent company compliance.
  • Assessed service users information so all needs could be met and help determine benefit entitlement.
  • Effectively managed incoming and outgoing mail to maximise office efficiency.
  • Facilitated team building, supervisions and mentoring so to promote excellent customer service, quality and performance
  • Implemented PCP and client focus tools to enhance and improve outcomes for clients and management
  • Processed invoices and receipting, order queries, account payable, suppliers and end users accounts.
  • Kept detailed, accurate records for well-maintained care continuity and in line with CQC
  • Generated daily operations reports, presenting to management and advising required corrective actions and improvements.
  • Coordinated with trained and licensed service providers to facilitate life skills workshops for vulnerable adults.
  • Coordinated meetings, supervisions,
  • Liaised with families and caregivers to develop balanced, transparent delivery of care
  • Created targeted individual support programmes based on client / assigned staff member,through interviews, assessments and relationships
  • Proactively to change in order to optimised service user care.
  • Managed office supply inventory, stocktaking duties, ordered additional supplies to meet staff and clients needs.
  • Coordinated meetings and arranged conferences, clearly communicating relevant information to all attendees.

Administrative Assistant & Sales

Sound4 Pro Audio
Ipswich, Suffolk
01.2000 - 01.2006
  • Assisted with VAT Returns, Invoicing, setting up of Audio and AV Equipment, Trade Stands, Selling, Purchasing and some Website Building.

Assistant Manageress and Joint Licensee

Tolly Cobbold's Brewer Tap
Ipswich, Suffolk
01.1998 - 01.1999
  • Managed staff and daily operations
  • Quickly learned and applied new skills to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.

Manageress

Spooks Restaurant
Ipswich, Suffolk
01.1997 - 01.1998
  • Planned restaurant staffing levels based on evolving service demands. rotas, payroll, administration
  • Organised special events and functions, including receptions, parties and corporate lunches.

Sales Representative

Alex Stamatelos, Jeweller) Lindos
Rhodes
01.1993 - 01.1997
  • Carried out active selling from initial customer greeting.

Relief Manageress

GB's Restaurant” A La Carte Menu
London
01.1995 - 01.1996
  • Staff Supervisions, stock control, stock rotation, purchasing, cash handling and banking, food safety, front of House, Customer Service.

Account Manager and Consultant

Pearl Employment, Beauty Counters in Liberty's, Fenwick's, Debenhams, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols, Debbie Rowell
London
01.1995 - 01.1996
  • Sales

Bar and Banqueting Attendant

Copthorne Hotel
Newcastle
01.1993 - 01.1994
  • Customer Service, stock replenishment, housekeeping enquiries, bookings, function co- coordinator

Sales Trainee and subsequent Trainee Manager

John Lewis Bainbridge
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
01.1986 - 01.1993
  • Sales



Sales Assistant

Gregg's Bakery
Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
01.1984 - 01.1986
  • Sales
  • Assisted customers with product selection and sales, recommending items to increase transaction value.

Education

Some College (No Degree) - O Level & CSE

Sheriffs Rise School
Gateshead
1986

GCSEs - Sociology

Gateshead Technical College
Gateshead
1991

Diploma of Higher Education - Retail Management & Computer Literacy

Monkwearmouth College
Sunderland
1988

- Suffolk Social Services Fostering Team - Health & Social Care NVQ 3

West Suffolk College
Ipswich
03.2010

High School Diploma - Child welfare Course

CWDC
Ipswich
03.2010

Inn Keeping Certificate - Licensee

Institute of Inn Keeping
Ipswich
1998

- TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Behaviour that Challenges in Children RQF - Behaviour in Children

Skills Network
Ipswich
2020

- TSN: Safeguarding, Prevent and E-safety - Safeguarding

Skills Network
Ipswich
2021

- TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Awareness of Mental Health Problems (OA - Mental Health

Skills Network
Ipswich
2021

Skills

  • Problem Solving
  • Decision Making
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Behavioural challenges
  • Independence
  • Protective services
  • Diplomatic
  • De-escalation techniques
  • Advocacy
  • Conscientious
  • Data confidentiality
  • Reporting and documentation

Accomplishments

  • Other qualifications include: -
  • Webster Stratton, Adolescence Connexions, DUST( Substance abuse, drugs),Safe Caring - children / Safer Caring New Approach, Unisafe - Safe breakaway technique, Attachment Theory, Deprivation of Liberty, Mental capacity , Lone Working, DMM / Dynamic Maturational Model ( This explored the 4 theories around attachment, secure, disorganised, anxious, and avoidant It also explored how family connections, life can form how we develop), Mentalisation, Muddle Training (Training develop to help adults / children understand how information goes in, can sometimes get stuck, messages can cause the wrong response and as a result strategies to help the cortex wake up and respond appropriately), PACE Training (Play, acceptance, curiosity, empathy is a way of thinking, feeling, communicating, and behaving that aims to make the child feel safe), Direct work with STF (Suffolk Therapeutic Fostering Service One to one support with strategies, learning and understanding the effects of development trauma on children to enable stability of family, social and academic placements)
  • Many other courses through Social Services
  • Core Module One Release 35 NHS Pathways
  • Core Module Pre Module Learning NHS Pathways
  • DL24 Learning - Stoke Awareness, Health & Wellbeing Positive Thinking, Health & Wellbeing E learning, NHS CPCS, Accessing Symptoms, Think Pink, Child Protection Information Sharing IC24 NHS, Conflict Management, Freedom to Speak up ( whistleblowing), Fire safety, CPR training

Timeline

Care coordinator

Kingsley Healthcare
03.2023 - Current

Health advisor

IC24
12.2022 - 03.2023

Enabler, Administrator

Consensus Support Services Ltd
01.2007 - 01.2015

Enabler Mencap Manager

Mencap
01.2006 - 01.2007

Foster Carer

Suffolk County Council
01.2005 - Current

Administrative Assistant & Sales

Sound4 Pro Audio
01.2000 - 01.2006

Assistant Manageress and Joint Licensee

Tolly Cobbold's Brewer Tap
01.1998 - 01.1999

Manageress

Spooks Restaurant
01.1997 - 01.1998

Relief Manageress

GB's Restaurant” A La Carte Menu
01.1995 - 01.1996

Account Manager and Consultant

Pearl Employment, Beauty Counters in Liberty's, Fenwick's, Debenhams, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols, Debbie Rowell
01.1995 - 01.1996

Sales Representative

Alex Stamatelos, Jeweller) Lindos
01.1993 - 01.1997

Bar and Banqueting Attendant

Copthorne Hotel
01.1993 - 01.1994

Sales Trainee and subsequent Trainee Manager

John Lewis Bainbridge
01.1986 - 01.1993

Sales Assistant

Gregg's Bakery
01.1984 - 01.1986

Some College (No Degree) - O Level & CSE

Sheriffs Rise School

GCSEs - Sociology

Gateshead Technical College

Diploma of Higher Education - Retail Management & Computer Literacy

Monkwearmouth College

- Suffolk Social Services Fostering Team - Health & Social Care NVQ 3

West Suffolk College

High School Diploma - Child welfare Course

CWDC

Inn Keeping Certificate - Licensee

Institute of Inn Keeping

- TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Behaviour that Challenges in Children RQF - Behaviour in Children

Skills Network

- TSN: Safeguarding, Prevent and E-safety - Safeguarding

Skills Network

- TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Awareness of Mental Health Problems (OA - Mental Health

Skills Network
Debbie Rowell