Ivona Skrkankova

• Facilitating communication between parties who speak two different languages (face to face, telephone, video)
• Interpreting from Czech and Slovak languages into English and vice versa
• Interpreting in a wide variety of situations and settings, such as: GP and dental surgeries, hospitals, mental health settings and therapy sessions (CBT), NHS Social Prescribing Team, adult and children's social care, schools, housing services, benefits etc.
• Working at different locations (i.e. Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford, Sheffield, Leeds, Greater Manchester)
• Providing parties with clear and accurate interpretations of verbal communication
• Rendering sight translations of documents and other written materials
• Imparting thought, purpose, spirit, emotions, and tone of speakers from source language into target language
• Interpreting with no additions or omissions
• Completion of daily activity logs and other documentation
• Complying with applicable ethics and standards
• Planning, booking and organising own workload

Same responsibilities as above

Same responsibilities as above.

Caring for a child and carrying out all associated tasks.

Managerial Responsibilities:

• Managing diverse pool of Family Support and Family Link Workers, providing guidance, performance management and professional development
• Prioritising welfare of children, promoting their rights, safety and wellbeing; protecting them from harm
• Managing crisis situations and support to families
• Carrying out monthly casework supervisions
• Participating in hiring and staffing
• Responsibility for case allocations
• Managing staff performance and initiating actions to strengthen results
• Monitoring staff travel expenses, absence, time sheets etc.
• Leading EU Frontline Workers' Meeting
• Chairing meetings, coordinating actions
• Multi-agency working and relationship building with other statutory, voluntary and community organisations (i.e health visiting teams, midwives, smoking cessation team and other healthcare providers, Children's Social Care, Family Intervention Team, schools, supportive housing, early years etc.)
• Organising, planning and delivering community events such as International Children's Day, International Women's Day, St. Nicholas Day etc.
• Managing, organising, planning and evaluating delivery of parenting courses i.e. Incredible Years and Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities
• Writing reports and minutes
• Managing family support referral log

Family support responsibilities

• Direct and personalised 1:1 work with families
• Providing practical and emotional support to hard to reach families from variety of ethnic minority, religious and social class backgrounds with complex needs, mainly at CAF, child in need and child protection level.
• Clients are affected by wide variety of issues, such as health and mental health problems, teenage pregnancy, nutritional deficiencies, substance misuse, domestic violence, isolation, language barrier, benefit problems, social stigmatisation and racism, lack of knowledge of British system, inability to access services, insecurity, anti-social behaviour, disability, truancy, exclusion, child abuse, sub standard / overcrowded accommodation, threat of homelessness etc.
• Completing initial assessments, EISA's (Early Intervention Single Assessment) and evaluation interviews
• Recognising and reporting child protection concerns
• Adhering to professional practice standards and legislation related to child protection, confidentiality and safeguarding
• Carrying out home visits and supporting parents and their children to access needs appropriate services
• Providing language support for families
• Interpreting and translating information from Czech/ Slovak to English and vice versa
• Accompanying and supporting families in variety of settings such as health and mental health, education, early years, housing, benefits, legal, immigration, law enforcement etc.
• Advocacy, signposting, providing information, accompanying clients to various appointments, action planning and regular record keeping.
• Making and receiving referrals
• Multi-agency working
• Organising, planning and delivering meetings and providing training for other professionals

• 1:1 therapeutic work with clients aged 16+ with mild to moderate, complex and enduring mental health problems
• Creating safe space where clients feel comfortable expressing themselves and exploring their feelings
• Establishing trusting and respectful relationship
• Helping clients explore underlying causes of their problems and developing self awareness
• Helping clients make decisions, set goals and develop coping strategies
• Offering practical tools and strategies to help clients navigate challenges
• Maintaining confidentiality
• Referring clients to other professionals and support services
• Providing information to help clients better understand their problems
• Adhering to ethical guidelines related to counselling practice
• Record keeping
• Attending monthly clinical supervision

Project Coordinator (job share position May 2008 - June 2009)

Responsibilities:

• Managing and supervising staff
• Having regular case review meetings
• Staff annual appraisals
• Organising and chairing meetings
• Delivering presentations
• Fundraising
• Collecting, monitoring and evaluating data
• Managing budgets, invoices, referrals and case allocations
• Designing and developing assessment and evaluation forms
• Working with internal and external partners
• Writing quarterly and annual reports

Project Worker

Responsibilities:

• Participating in development of Routes Project
• Providing practical and emotional support to newly arrived asylum seeking, refugee and migrant families
• Recognising and reporting child protection concerns
• Making referrals to other
• Advocacy, signposting, providing information
• Completing initial assessments with each family
• Carrying out evaluation interviews
• Action planning
• Maintaining clear and accurate records
• Liaising with external services
• Making and receiving referrals
• Attending meetings and training

Secondment to work with then newly set up multi-agency East District New Arrivals Team (EDNAST) as part of extended schools project in East Manchester.

Responsibilities:

• Participation in setting up project
• Providing emotional and practical support to newly arrived families
• Supporting transition and induction of of asylum seeking, refugee and migrant families from variety of ethnic, religious and social class backgrounds, helping them to access needs appropriate services such as health, education, benefit, legal, housing, social and community services
• Providing customised information packs for families
• Carrying out assessments
• Working with interpreters and interpreting myself when required
• Writing reports, record keeping, delivering presentations
• Managing own workload
• Working with internal and external partners
• Planning, organising and delivering twelve week "The Incredible Years" parenting training to multi ethnic groups of parents.