Rebecca Costello

Dedicated passionate professional with expertise in working with children who have SEND and/or experienced trauma through child sexual, criminal, or financial exploitation both in person and online. Recovery-focused practice, demonstrating proficiency in effective report writing and case management. Skilled in trauma-informed care, safeguarding policies, and conflict resolution, ensuring comprehensive support for diverse client needs. Adept at team leadership and project management, fostering resilience under pressure while maintaining a client-centred approach. Committed to advocacy techniques and compassionate communication to enhance family dynamics and promote respect for diversity.

Compassionate Family Support Worker committed to achieving positive outcomes for diverse service users. Experienced in assessments, care planning and case recording for well-rounded support. Organised and flexible to meet changing job and service user requirements.

Delivers evidence-based interventions and develops programmes tailored to individual requirements. Builds rapport and relationships quickly to maximise service-user engagement and growth.

Offering strong background in communication, empathy, and organisational skills. Knowledgeable about supporting families with diverse needs and creating safe, nurturing environment. Ready to use and develop listening, problem-solving, and teamwork skills in a new role.

Hard-working with strong organisational skills. Achieves company goals through exceptional planning and prioritisation.

• Self care - I am creative with a large amount of different interests from pottery to sewing, and sketching/painting to crochet. I have a potters wheel and have taken it to work for service users to be able to have a go. I put a large emphasis of my work on parents practising self care. I am currently doing NVQ level 2 in Pottery as part of my self care and did NVQ level 1 last year.
• I have a dog and love walking with him in the countryside
• I love to adventure be it in the UK or abroad.

Reward received by Walsall Council for the impact we made to the homeless and marginalised in Walsall.

I write all of the education packages at Street Teams for the families and siblings. This helps to raise awareness in each subject area; child criminal exploitation, child sexual exploitation, child financial exploitation, internet safety, knives, healthy and unhealthy relationships.

For the siblings I have created games that act as assessments and to educate them in age appropriate information. I also do craft, drama, and music activities to boost mental health and to gain more insite into what they have been exposed to.

I have experience of being an appropriate adult when a child has been arrested, I have also gone through the court process numerous times for both victims and children that have exploited into criminal activity.  I have a passion for encouraging the child to not only find their voice but also to use it. This is done at the child's pace and I am there through the process. I am fierce with challenging professionals when I hear them victim blaming.