Nosihle Wendy Gumbo

Children in Care Team (August 2025 – Present) Child in Need Team (ASYE) (July 2024 – July 2025)

• Manage a complex caseload of children in care, ensuring statutory responsibilities are met within timescales
• Undertake statutory visits, care planning, and permanence planning
• Complete risk assessments and respond to safeguarding concerns
• Support young people in developing independence and life skills
• Work collaboratively with multi-agency professionals to deliver coordinated care
• Completed Child and Family Assessments and developed Child in Need plans
• Undertook direct work with children and families to promote positive outcomes
• Applied safeguarding knowledge to assess and manage risk
• Built effective relationships with families to support engagement and change
• Successfully completed the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE), demonstrating competence in statutory social work practice

• Supported young people in preparing for adulthood and independent living
• Provided emotional support, guidance, and advocacy
• Assisted with life skills including budgeting, cooking, and maintaining routines
• Promoted confidence, independence, and positive decision-making
• Worked with external agencies to ensure coordinated support
• Maintained a safe and supportive environment for young people

• Supporting adults with mental health and physical disabilities.
• Supporting service users with personal care, cleaning, cooking and administration of medication.

• As a Student Social Worker I was responsible for supporting young people around the four identified areas of well-being, but specifically their emotional well-being.
• Aiming to preserve life where a young person’s may be a danger to themselves or others, to help prevent the mental health problems developing into a more serious state, to promote the recovery of good mental health and to provide comfort to a person experiencing a mental health problem.

• My main responsibility was to host parties for children.
• This involved entertaining children in different ways such as games, dancing and singing.
• I also interacted with adults during the booking process and ensuring that everything was organised.

• Supervise and Monitor Children.
• Organize Daily Activities.
• Keep and Update Records.
• Prepare Snacks and Meals.
• Resolve Conflicts Between Children.
• Maintain a Sanitary Environment.