Karen Grant

Managing Child and Family Team with caseloads of Family Support / Child Protection and Looked After Children

Providing guidance, support and direction / supporting staff through change / mentoring staff

Providing Formal and Informal Supervision

Providing corporate parenting statistics

Supporting Principal Social Worker / Chairing meetings

Liaising with legal representatives / Supporting staff in Court arena

Engaging with other professionals / responding to complaints

Quality assuring reports/assessments

Working cases due to lack of resources

Supporting staff in their development/training

Advocating on behalf of families and staff

Ensuring staff work in line with policies, procedures and governance requirements / managing competency issues

Facilitating Group Supervisions / training sessions where required

Using an array of IT systems

Facilitated Team Meetings

Supported Designated Adult Protection Officers in carrying out Adult Protection investigations

Managed daily duty workload

Providing comprehensive reports/assessments

Communicating with families/professionals/ agencies

Ensuring records were kept up to date

Attended and participated in staff meetings

Attending training to enhance investigative skills

Signs of Safety Implementation Officer

Supporting staff of all levels through the implementation of Signs of Safety - mentoring staff

Provided support, guidance and training to Social Work teams/individual Social Workers across the Trust

Provided training to all disciplines of all levels - Service Users /GP's/Health Visiting/ Legal representatives / Midwifery / Schools/ Universities/ Students / Foster carers / medical professionals

Facilitated Group Supervisions

Provided statistics

Supported staff through change

Engaged in extensive training to enhance knowledge and skills

Worked on individual cases with Social Workers / provided assessments/reports / chaired and attended meetings

Carried out Mapping with families, Social Workers and Senior Management

Social Worker / Senior Practitioner - Child and Family Team

Working with children and families on an individual basis

Provided Support and Guidance to staff

Provided assessments / reports /Court reports/attendance/evidence

Communicated with families/professionals/legal representatives

Worked complex caseload

Advocated for families

Used own initiative / engaged in training to develop skills and knowledge

Used solution focused approaches to promote best outcomes for families

Individual work with children and parents

Managed conflict

Mentored new staff/AYE staff

Facilitated group supervisions / Chaired Core Groups

Support staff through change

Administrator

Answering phone calls/queries

Supporting Senior Administrator

Processing Grants

Promoting training

Provided clerical support in various settings

Providing statistics

Arranging for the tax and mot for a fleet of over 100 vehicles

Ensuring compliance with servicing for over 500 vehicles

Engaging in meetings

raising and updating of excel spreadsheets

Writing letters

responding to complaints

liaising with clients and service providers over the UK

Managing junior staff members