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Kimberley Harris

Kimberley Harris

Birmingham,West Midlands

Summary

A position in an experienced, diverse, energetic, fast paced, rewarding team which is compliant in practice, in health and social policy, values integrated working, and promotes quality within the social and health setting. Compassionate worker, offering 14 years of case management expertise. Proven ability to quickly build trust and rapport with clients from diverse cultures through exceptional assessments. Highly adept at providing clinical supervision for social workers, including case planning, reviewing and recommendations. Committed to achieving high-quality, cost-effective care for patients and families.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Locum Social worker

Young Adult's Team/ Transitions Sandwell ASC
Oldbury, Sandwell
12.2024 - Current
  • Coordinated with multi-disciplinary teams to create comprehensive care plans.
  • Challenging professionals and delegating tasks and prioritisation.
  • MDT Meetings
  • Continuing Health Care Checklists
  • CHC Meetings
  • Decision Support Tools
  • Integrated Care funding
  • DST Reviews.
  • Ensured child safety by conducting regular home visits and risk assessments.
  • Maintained up-to-date case records for accurate documentation of progress or concerns.
  • Advised families on available resources and services, enabling informed decision-making regarding care options.
  • Reviewing and assessing high cost packages
  • Safeguarding Coordination
  • Duty
  • Signposting
  • Safeguarding
  • Best Interest Meetings
  • Liaising with Advocacy
  • Appointeeship Referrals.
  • Budget requests
  • s9 care act outcome focused assessments
  • Support planning.
  • Educational and Health Care Plan Reviews
  • Liaising with commissioners of Children Services, Personal Advisors, Leaving Care and Front line managers, and Children and Families Duty and Assessment officers.

Locum social worker

Sandwell Council Waiting List and Reviewing Team,
Sandwell, West Midlands
05.2024 - 12.2024
  • Responded calmly to manage crises and emergency situations.
  • Safeguarded client information with strict adherence to privacy and data security policies.
  • Built positive, productive client relationships for enhanced social support.
  • Assessed need in line with s9 of the Care Act.
  • Mental Capacity Assessments.
  • Best Interest's Meetings
  • Commissioning, Quality Assurance
  • Supporting new starters, peer support.
  • Supervision
  • Care reviews in line with s27 Care Act.
  • Support Planning
  • 3 Conversations Model (signposting and sending referrals where necessary).
  • Continuing Health Care and Decision Support Tools.

Qualified Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

NHS Birmingham and Solihull Foundation Trust
Birmingham, West Midlands
11.2023 - Current
  • Observed patients for behavioural changes.
  • Identified patients in need of more personalised treatment and recommended to psychiatrists.
  • Provided physical and psychological patient care in line with care plan.
  • Triaged patients with safeguarding concerns and liaised with relevant stakeholders and services like West Midlands Police, Psychotherapists, Safegaurding Team, and community mental health teams.
  • Completed initial assessments in and reviews in line with Care Act (2014).

Safeguarding Triage Social Worker

HAYS, Worker Birmingham City Council Adult Social Care
11.2022 - 11.2023
  • Coordinated with external public, social and welfare agencies to make successful case referrals. Processing up to 25 referrals a week to assist with performance and targets within the safeguarding service.
  • Conducted rigorous needs assessments to signpost relevant services and create personalized care and support plans.
  • Interviewed clients individually and with families, determining services best suited to needs.
  • Assessed cases regarding allegations of abuse, neglect and acts of omission in line with Care Act (2014) ((s)9, s)42 and (s)16 in relation to transitions cases.
  • Liaised with partners and service providers to establish risk and proposed plans for best form of practice to ensure customer service is safe and promotes the wellbeing of the citizen.
  • In line with CQC Guidance. 16(1) Investigated complaints along side stakeholders, residential homes, and the client and respond in a timely manner.
  • Completed initial investigations with Residential Homes, Care Agencies, housing and Care Quality Commission.
  • Screened policy and recommendations from health and social care
  • Supported service users and families with end-of-life counselling, crisis intervention and advocacy.
  • Advocated for client rights and informed service users of options available to them.
  • Helped service users to access entitlement to welfare support or specialised services.

Social Worker

Sandwell Council - Tipton Locality
Sandwell, West Midlands
03.2022 - 11.2022
  • Reason for leaving best interests for career and working wellbeing.
  • Duty work of approx. 50 contacts per week from external and internal queries and complaints.
  • Coordinated with external public, social and welfare agencies to make successful case referrals.
  • Supported service users and families with end-of-life counselling, crisis intervention and advocacy.
  • Advocated for client rights and informed service users of options available to them.
  • Interviewed clients individually and with families, determining services best suited to needs.
  • Reviewed and discussed case history material with multidisciplinary teams, developing best courses of action for new and returning service users.

Senior Social Worker - North Locality

Walsall Council
Walsall, West Midlands
12.2021 - 03.2022
  • Supported service users and families with end-of-life counselling, crisis intervention and advocacy.
  • S9 needs assessments
  • Mental capacity assessments
  • Care Placements (short term / long term)
  • Care packages
  • Care reviews
  • Advocated for client rights and informed service users of options available to them.
  • Coordinated with external public, social and welfare agencies to make successful case referrals.

Social Worker

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Adult Social Services Community and Safeguarding
Sandwell, West Midlands
09.2020 - 12.2021
  • Care Act Assessments
  • Administration
  • Telephone calls
  • Outgoing letters to agencies like health, external referrrals
  • Support Planning
  • Safeguarding Adults, including hoarders and self neglect cases
  • Instructing external agencies to conduct section 42 enquiries
  • MARAC Referrals
  • Digital Capability Assessments
  • Mental Capacity Assessments
  • Hospital Discharge Planning
  • Seeking support from local agencies and local networks
  • Carers Assessments
  • Make contact to families
  • Offer therapeutic advice and support
  • Carers Grants
  • Providing support planning and empowering client groups from Learning Disability, Older Adults and
  • Transitions
  • Continuing Health Care Assessments
  • Decision Support Tools

Agency Social Worker-Intermediate Care Services

Walsall Council Adult Social Care
01.2020 - 09.2020

Social Worker for Intermediate Care Services (Walsall Council) hospital discharge, duty, long term and short term placements, respites,

Budget panel, funding meetings, Continuing Health Care assessments, care planning, reviews, safeguarding investigations.

Social Worker

Walsall Council - West Locality
09.2018 - 01.2020
  • Adult's Social Care, Three Conversations Model, Signposting to community resources, completed social care assessments in line with Care Act (2014)
  • Completed S9 Safeguarding's in line with Care Act (2014)
  • Negotiated with providers and budget holders
  • Requested funding for support
  • Applied strength-based outcome focused assessments, support planning, respite placements, permanent residential placements, nursing placements, Residential EMI, Extra Care,
  • Day Centre's, and Shared Lives, Continuing Health Care Checklists, - Multi Disciplinary working
  • Experience in working with Mosaic System, Human Trafficking referrals.

Permanent Social Worker

Birmingham City Council / Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
10.2016 - 08.2018
  • Hospital, Yardley Complex Team, and Hospital Post Discharge Team, Experience in Carefirst 6, Budget Applications, Care Planning, Safeguarding, referrals to Child
  • Protection, Section 117 reviews, Letter writing, Report Writing, Carers Assessments in line with Care
  • Act (2014), Social Care Assessment in line with Care Act (2014), Reviews, Long term placements, short stays, respite, day centres, extra care, intermediate care, re-enablement referrals, signposting to external agencies, and voluntary agencies, experience with working Alongside Fire Service with
  • Hoarding Cases, Quick Discharge Planning, Enhanced Assessment Bed referrals and assessment
  • Integrated Working, Fast Track Continuing Health Care Packages, Full Continuing Health Care
  • Assessments.

Maternity leave

BSMHFT
09.2014 - 10.2015

Key Worker - Band 3

Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Tru
Birmingham, West Midlands
06.2013 - 10.2015

  • Level 1-3 observations
    Support planning with CPA Care Coordinator.
    1:1 support
    Support to and from educational resource.
    Activities indoor and outdoor
    s136 patients and s3 patients personal care and support.
    AVERTS/MAPA Restraints
    Support Planning
    Daily observations
    Diet/Fluid management
    Supervised visits

Relief Support Worker, Student Social Worker

Birmingham Mental Health Outreach
10.2011 - 04.2012
  • Birmingham Mind Floating Support Worker - Supporting People
  • 16 Case load, weekly key support with budgeting, mental health management, support plans, home visits, appointments and housing.

Student Social Worker/Support Worker

OSCAR Birmingham
01.2011 - 03.2011
  • Drove continuous improvement of service by maintaining up-to-date knowledge of referral sources throughout Birmingham.
  • Conducted face-to-face interviews to determine best services to address clients who had formal diagnosis of Sickle Cell Anaemia and Thalassemia diagnosis needs.
  • Optimised client outcomes by engaging clients and caregivers in active care planning. Case load of up to 16 clients.
  • Ensured client satisfaction, maintaining inventory of local community resources and linking with appropriate support services.
  • Maximised client life chances by contributing to design of high-quality care plans.
  • Coordinated and executed community activities that helped clients to significantly improve self-esteem and life skills.
  • Collaborated with care professionals to develop unique treatment plans tailored to individual client concerns.

Sales Advisor/Concessions Assistant

01.2007 - 01.2011
  • Merchandised stock
  • Deliveries
  • Tills
  • Stock count

Sales Advisor

River Island Clothing & Co
01.2007
  • Deliveries, merchandise
  • Changing rooms
  • Stock count
  • Christmas deliveries
  • Floor Staff Advisor.

Education

Post Qualifying - Best Interests Assessor

Birmingham City University
Birmingham

Bachelor of Science - Social Work

Birmingham City University
Birmingham
09.2009 - 08.2012

A-Levels -

City of Wolverhampton College
Wolverhampton
07.2009

Some College (No Degree) - Health And Social Care

Wolverhampton
05.2008

Some College (No Degree) - GCSE

Shireland Language College
Birmingham
06.2007

Skills

  • Emotional resilience
  • Staff development
  • Strong communicator
  • Natural leader
  • Detail-orientated
  • Attentive listener
  • Community outreach expert
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Confidential documentation and record-keeping

Languages

English
Native
French
Elementary

Timeline

Locum Social worker

Young Adult's Team/ Transitions Sandwell ASC
12.2024 - Current

Locum social worker

Sandwell Council Waiting List and Reviewing Team,
05.2024 - 12.2024

Qualified Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner

NHS Birmingham and Solihull Foundation Trust
11.2023 - Current

Safeguarding Triage Social Worker

HAYS, Worker Birmingham City Council Adult Social Care
11.2022 - 11.2023

Social Worker

Sandwell Council - Tipton Locality
03.2022 - 11.2022

Senior Social Worker - North Locality

Walsall Council
12.2021 - 03.2022

Social Worker

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Adult Social Services Community and Safeguarding
09.2020 - 12.2021

Agency Social Worker-Intermediate Care Services

Walsall Council Adult Social Care
01.2020 - 09.2020

Social Worker

Walsall Council - West Locality
09.2018 - 01.2020

Permanent Social Worker

Birmingham City Council / Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
10.2016 - 08.2018

Maternity leave

BSMHFT
09.2014 - 10.2015

Key Worker - Band 3

Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Tru
06.2013 - 10.2015

Relief Support Worker, Student Social Worker

Birmingham Mental Health Outreach
10.2011 - 04.2012

Student Social Worker/Support Worker

OSCAR Birmingham
01.2011 - 03.2011

Bachelor of Science - Social Work

Birmingham City University
09.2009 - 08.2012

Sales Advisor/Concessions Assistant

01.2007 - 01.2011

Sales Advisor

River Island Clothing & Co
01.2007

Post Qualifying - Best Interests Assessor

Birmingham City University

A-Levels -

City of Wolverhampton College

Some College (No Degree) - Health And Social Care

Some College (No Degree) - GCSE

Shireland Language College
Kimberley Harris