Dr. Stacey Pellow

Ofsted- Social Care Regulatory Inspector, duties to include:

• Carry out inspection and registration visits across a range of children’s social care settings and services under the Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF) and Inspecting local authorities children’s service framework (ILACS)
• Pre- inspection planning taking into account previous reports, notifications, safeguarding, statement of purpose and registration status
• Gathering evidence during inspections; interviewing managers and staff, speaking to professionals, case tracking, reviewing records and ensuring compliance with regulations
• Feedback to managers and providers
• Speaking to children and ensuring that their views are heard and responded to
• Writing inspection reports following Ofsted’s ‘house style’
• Writing letters to children which take into account their age and communication needs
• Manage and respond to notifications, ensuring safeguarding is prioritised and risk assessments updated accordingly
• Work with providers to support improvement plans when concerns have been identified

Team manager with responsibility for children with a plan of permanence, duties include:

• Responsibility for children in care and care leavers to ensure statutory duties were completed
• Attendance at Family Court and High Court
• Applications for secure orders and DOLs
• High quality supervision including performance management and capability
• Chairing multi-agency meetings and s.47s
• Training sessions and team meeting to reflect on practice

Social worker- Child Protection Team (temporary post whilst awaiting start date with Ofsted).

Caseload included cases involving child protection, children in care and court processes.

* Support and live supervision to OOH social workers and family workers * Ensuring a proportionate response to risk and safeguarding OOH, taking into account the limitations of the service * Taking a balanced approach to managing risk OOH and the appropriateness of direct social work intervention * Accommodating children under s.20 with agreement of HoS when no safe alternative can be identified * Liaising with other agencies, ie police, health, housing to share decision making and any associated risks * Undertaking strategy discussions when appropriate * Decision making regarding thresholds for referrals to MARU

* Supervision of PSW and SWs and management of caseloads * Mosaic work to include signing off stat visits, annual reviews, ESMs etc * Daily liaison with Placement Hub to explore placement options, including family finding events * Chairing ESMs, Disruption meetings and Standards of Care Investigations * Direct support to foster carers for complex placements, disruptions etc * Management of complaints * Panel advisor for Fostering and Reg. 24&25 including subsequent ADM * Regular liaison with team managers from children's teams to consider placement stability * Development of bespoke packages of support for difficult to place children and young people to enable them to remain in Cornwall * Supervision of Form F assessments * Completion of Form F assessments and ASI interviews * Leading on the placement of UASC (under 16yrs) in foster care * Lead on Cornwall's response to the suspension of FCA

Carefree-fostering Independence Cornwall - Cornwall, England Manager of statutory leaving care team (contract commissioned through Cornwall Council).

Duties include:

• Responsibility for 160 care leavers
• Management of 9 personal advisors and students on placement
• Supervision, group supervision and appraisals for all staff
• Ensuring statutory/legislative requirements and key performance indicators are met
• Work in close partnership with local authority (heads of service and team managers)
• Co-produced participation strategy, enabling young people to influence service delivery
• Key contributor to peer reviews of leaving care practice across the country (LA's deemed inadequate by Ofsted)
• Deliver team training and learning sets
• Work directly with care leavers in groups and 1:1
• Key contributor to national forums on leaving care practice
• Present to conferences and learning events across the country

Principal Social Worker for Functional Family Therapy (FFT). This post was part of a new team (Gweres Tus Yownyk) set up by Cornwall Council to target adolescents on the edge of care. Part of my job was to initially set up the team, manage all staff (social workers, youth workers and therapists) develop referral processes, policies and establish it's presence and core aims.

Duties of the FFT role included:

• Manager for FFT in Cornwall, including the supervision of 4 therapists
• Directly undertaking FFT with adolescents and their families to prevent breakdown and admission into care
• Management of referrals and appropriate pieces of work
• Team training, group supervision and learning sets
• Build relationships with key stakeholders and other local authorities

Manager/Deputy Manager for Cornwall's 16+ Team.

Duties included:

• Management of social workers and personal advisors
• Supervision, group supervision and appraisals for all staff
• Responsibility for approx. 350 care leavers
• Ensuring statutory/legislative requirements and key performance indicators were met
• Management of supported lodgings scheme
• Involvement in contracted services
• Policy development and writing

• 16+ Team
• Duties included:
• Managing caseload of complex care leavers
• Ensuring statutory duties undertaken, ie assessment, planning, visits
• Supervision and mentoring of staff

Social worker in the leaving care team which entailed working with a caseload of care leavers and ensuring that statutory duties were undertaken.

• Social worker for children, based in child protection team. Caseload included cases involving child protection, children in care and court processes.