Jaime Taylor

• This role was implemented in spring 2024 as a pilot initiative with CWP and NWAS - North West Ambulance Service. The core purpose was to specific practitioners to respond to patients in mental health distress where the need is no acute medical, to reduce ambulance attendances where not necessary and to ensure the right care assessment and pathways are accessed for patients without delay.
• Maintained meticulous records of patients' progress for professional analysis and review.
• Conducted risk assessments to safeguard individuals from self-harm or harm towards others.
• Observed strict confidentiality protocols whilst dealing with sensitive client information.
• Participated in regular case reviews, ensuring updated treatment strategies were implemented.
• Advocated on behalf of patients' rights, promoting equal access to necessary resources and services.

• The Urgent Support Team offers outreach and assessment to children and young people up to the age of 16. Duties to include the following:
  • Assessing children and young people who attend emergency departments or are admitted to a paediatric ward as part of the self harm pathway
  • Provide robust risk assessments, post risk follow ups/ review assessments and safety planning
  • Doing above the line with NICE guidelines
  • Liaison and assessments with partner agencies, home treatment and Tier 4 inpatient
  • Covering CYP Crisis Line when needed
  • Working closely with CAMHS and other partner agencies to ensure timely, responsive referrals when needed to include ADHD/ ASC/ LD Teams etc
  • Attending/ facilitating discharge planning meetings, multi agency Meetings to include Child In Need, Child Protection, Strategy Meetings, CETR etc
  • Brief and Crisis Intervention via home, base or school
• Implemented cognitive behavioural therapy sessions for improved patient outcomes.
• Analysed patients' behavioural patterns, leading to more personalised therapeutic interventions.
• Managed caseloads effectively, ensuring all clients received timely attention and care.
• Participated in regular case reviews, ensuring updated treatment strategies were implemented.

• My role in CAMHS was to complete assessments for children and young people to include risk and appropriate intervention.
• This role involved case management and therapeutic interventions both 1-1 and in groups. I completed CBT, DBT and a range of other person centred training in order to support and facilitate this.
• Collaborated with patients to develop tailored healthcare plans, enhancing their quality of life.
• Communicated professionally and diplomatically across all healthcare levels, building strong rapport with multi-disciplinary healthcare teams.
• Safeguarded patient privacy, handling sensitive medical data with discretion and adherence to established confidentiality requirements.
• Worked collaboratively with multidisciplinary team members leading to improved patient care.
• Developed individualised treatment plans, improving patient outcomes.
• Advocated for patients' rights, promoting dignity and respect within the healthcare setting.
• Demonstrated excellent clinical skills in a variety of settings enhancing professional competence and versatility.
• Built positive rapport with patients and healthcare teams, supporting continuum of care.
• Facilitated referral process to ensure patients receive specialised quality care.
• Fostered effective communication among team members enabling smoother operations within the department.
• Established therapeutic relationships with patients and families, fostering a supportive environment.
• Liaised with office staff to facilitate efficient and timely patient flow, reducing wait times and increasing patient care quality.
• Educated patients and families on diagnosis, prognosis and treatment options to support informed medical decisions.
• Assessed symptoms and gathered new data with comprehensive physical examinations.
• Developed treatment plans in alignment with patient diagnosis, consistently promoting patient wellness.
• Facilitated group therapy sessions which led to improved mental well-being of participants.
• Conducted comprehensive patient assessments, ensuring accurate diagnosis and treatment.
• Managed complex caseloads efficiently whilst maintaining high-quality care standards.
• Prioritised tasks effectively during high-stress situations to ensure optimal patient care delivery.

• As a child protection social worker my main role and duties included:
  
  
• Assessment of families needs based on self or other professional referral
• Create and implement plans for support following assessment for S17 Child In Need or S47 Child Protection.
  Secure and refer services both in house and commissioned services
• Act as case manager in liaising with other agencies to ensure care and support is co ordinated in line with the Signs Of Safety plan of assessment and review
• Evaluate and monitor improvement via regular reviews of Child In Need/ Child Protection plans to include step up/ step down process to legal escalation or Early Help services
• Serve as advocate for children in all areas in line with the Children act 1989/ 2004 in accordance with BASW code of Ethics and Principles of Social Work England
• Maintain professional registration
• Keeping detailed records/ report writing
• Attending/ chairing and contributing to parent and multi agency meetings
• Visiting clients at home, school, etc to ensure that contact is maintained to effectively monitor an safeguard vulnerable children.
• Court reports/ court attendance where required
• Liaised with multi-disciplinary professionals and caregivers to foster access to medical care.
• Increased client independence with the development of personalised coping strategies.
• Exercised professional judgement to implement interventions and make tough decisions.
• Managed assigned caseload documentation in alignment with regulatory requirements and standards.

Working in partnership across children's services and in other agencies to deliver a range of targeted and coordinated suited programmes. To support enabling families to receive timely interventions across the 0- 5 & 0-19 range to include planning reviewing interventions where appropriate I co facilitated a range of evidence based parenting and children programmes parents to support early education school readiness and targeted support.
I worked with families in the children centre 1-1 as well as outreach with vulnerable families within the community. I initiated and lead on CAF assessments, Early Help assessments contributed to child need plans attending multi agency meetings and conferences. My team was multi agency to include school health midwife, Perinatal teams schools and CAMHS to ensure a holistic approach to assessment and delivery a specific timely interventions .

I was also responsible for the recruitment, development and supervision of new staff, volunteers and community partners.

In this role I worked with young people and their parents to support them on various orders imposed by the court this included the assessment and delivery of parenting orders imposed by the youth court. Young people involved in the service often were assessed as having complex needs to include difficult systemic relationships, parental breakdown, edge of care along with peer and substance misuse related concerns. I also worked across prevention side of the team with a caseload of parents and young people who were at risk of offending. This role required me to complete parenting assessment and court reports and delivery of 1 to 1 and group parenting interventions. I was also responsible for the planning and coordination of group interventions across Cheshire East with a focus to support both parents and young people with the challenges they had with the aim to prevent and reduce criminal/ reoffending behaviour. This role required multi agency working to include Police, Social Care, Substance Misuse services and schools to ensure coordination and support of multi agency meetings and mental health to offer robust risk management and safety planning in working towards positive outcomes for young people.

• Working in partnership across children's services and in other agencies to deliver a range of targeted and coordinated suited programmes promoting the welfare of and safeguarding children in Cheshire East.
• To support in enabling families to receive timely interventions across the 0-5 Sure Start initiative.
• The role included planning and reviewing of interventions where appropriate, I co facilitated the Webster Stratton Parenting Programme in the locality to support early education school readiness and targeted support.
• I worked with families in the children centre 1-1 as well as outreach with vulnerable families within the community. I initiated and lead on CAF assessments, Early Help assessments contributed to child need plans attending multi agency meetings and conferences. My team was multi agency to include school health midwife, schools to ensure a holistic approach to assessment and delivery a specific timely interventions
• I facilitated a range of Parenting groups to include Webster Stratton and adult education support
• Maintained accurate chronological records of work with families using software.
• Developed personalised care plans with client input.
• Promoted healthy relationships amongst family members through mediation.
• Promoted community integration by providing extensive physical, emotional and social support.