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Winstone Hlekisana

Maldon,Essex

Summary

Highly motivated and compassionate final year social work student due to qualify in July 2026. Have accumulated significant statutory social work experience during placement across Children services and adult teams with Essex County Council. Previously worked in Education abroad over 10-year period (Zimbabwe Civil service as a teacher), in Retail sector for 5 years (John Lewis partnership/Waitrose as sales assistant) and Adult Social Care in Essex) as a Visiting Carer, completing over 10k home visits. Across these career experiences in education, retail and statutory placement learning opportunities, developed strong capability to practice in a person centred, strength based and outcome focused approaches, collaborating with service users, families, multi-disciplinary teams, community service providers and other professionals in promoting service users’ autonomy, independence, holistic wellbeing and safeguarding service users who face vulnerability in multi-agency environment. Committed to ethical practice, advocacy for social justice and human rights, practising in an anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive manner. Always making sure interventions are necessary, proportionate and in best interest for service users and adhere to laws and policies.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

100-Day Adult social care Statutory Experience

Essex County Council
Chelmsford, Essex
2025.10 - Current
  • Primary focus on supporting in completing Care Act 2014, MCA-2005-person centred compliant assessments and reviews, focusing on eligibility, wellbeing and strength-based outcomes, while at same time advocating for autonomy and independence to limit service user’s overreliance on services.
  • Collaborating with service users in developing and reviewing person-centred support plans. Multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working, collaborating with housing, health, community providers to empower service users with skills for life and holistic wellbeing.
  • Attended and led team meetings, SID/Peer reflective supervision and forums, advocating for service users funding to access community services. Maintained accurate documentation through Mosaic case management system.

Community Care Assistant

Community Care Assistant
Chelmsford, Maldon, Burnham-on-Crouch, Basildon, Brentwood, Harlow, Braintree, Colchester and surrounding villages
2023.07 - 2026.04
  • Delivered reablement focused support which are person centred, suing strength-based approaches advocating for independence and autonomy to service users with disabilities, mental health issues including dementia, collaboratively with multi-agency teams which include health, GPs, Pharmacies, community nursing teams and families of service users.
  • Developed adult safeguarding awareness and application of key legislative frameworks such as Care Act 2014 and Mental capacity Act (MCA) 2005 on service users’ capacity, best interests and least restrictive practice to protect their rights to self-determination.
  • Throughout 10k visit case notes, developed strong statutory documentation skills and reporting risks and safeguarding concerns which contribute to evidence informed interventions and reflective supervision.

70-Day Children and families statutory experience

Essex County council;Family Support and protection Team
Colchester, Essex
2025.03 - 2025.07
  • Using mainly child centred approach, trauma informed practice, systems and attachment theoretical framework, supported Children’s Act 1989 complaint statutory Child in Need (CIN) Section 17, Child protection (CP) Section 47 safeguards doing assessments that fed into determination of meeting thresholds for safety planning. Also, Section 117 aftercare service.
  • Actively contributed during strategy meetings, core groups and family conferences in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approach, working with health, education. Actively build empathetic relationship with children and families, while at same time maintained high quality Mosaic case management records that meet statutory guidelines. This has developed skills in risk assessment, safety planning and threshold decision making processes in Children and family’s practice.

Retail Sales Experience

John Lewis partnership, including Waitrose and Partners
City of London, City of London
2018.12 - 2023.07
  • Developed excellent communication skills with service users of diverse characteristics, behaviours and abilities, attending to each in person-centred manner with empathy and compassion.
  • Developed ability to navigate high-pressure work environment, demonstrating resiliency and ability to adapt.
  • Provided leadership and development by mentoring and coaching new joiners on probation.

Primary, Secondary Teacher and subject coordinator

Civil Service Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
2008.01 - 2018.03
  • Supported primary and secondary schools’ children with diverse educational needs in line with Department of Education Government Policy, working collaboratively with multi-agency teams from health, social services, charitable organisation and voluntary sector to improve children’s holistic wellbeing
  • Improved school pass rates from below 30 percent, scoring 70 percent pass rates.
  • Developed strong child safeguarding skills in child centred manner, using key theoretical frameworks such as development, social and attachment theories to map key developmental milestones and who are key person in specific child’s network.
  • Developed strong documentation skills through lesson planning and relevant documentation for each child.

Education

Master of Arts - Social Work

University of Essex
Essex
2024.10 - 2026.07

BASW Overseas qualified social Worker (OQSW) - Social Work Certification

British association of social workers (BASW)
City of London
2024.08 - 2025.01

Health and social care Certifications - Adult Social care

Social care TV
London
2023.01 - 2023.05

Bachelor of Arts - Humanities and social sciences

University of Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
2009.08 - 2012.06

Certificate of Higher Education - CPD-Data Protection and GDPR Awareness

HSQE Ltd
London
2025.09 - 2025.09

Certificate of Higher Education - CPD-Designated Safeguarding Lead (Children).

HSQE Ltd
London
2025.09 - 2025.09

Certificate of Higher Education - CPD-Designated Safeguarding Lead (Adults)

HSQE Ltd
London
2025.09 - 2025.09

Certificate of Higher Education - CPD-Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Awareness.

HSQE Ltd
London
2025.09 - 2025.09

Certificate of Higher Education - CPD-PREVENT Duty training at Gov.UK. Course 1-Awareness course. Course 2-Referrals.

UK Home office training
London.
2025.09 - 2025.09

Certificate of Higher Education - CPD-Oliver McGowan code of practice. Training on learning disability and autism for Care Quality.

H.M Government: Department of Health & Social Care.
City of London
2025.09 - 2025.09

Skills

  • Application of key Legislation and theoretical frameworks
  • Multi-disciplinary Teams (MDT) and multi-agency collaborative working
  • Person centred Risk assessment, strength-based risk management and care planning
  • Strong case documentation skills and time management
  • Anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice with diverse populations aligning with Social work values and ethics

Values

Committed to upholding values of social justice, human rights, promoting dignity of service users, independence, empowerment, autonomy, co-production of person-centred support plans in an anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory manner.

Other key information.

  • Eligible for Social work England Registration (upon graduation and Registration July 2026)
  • Full driving License and personal Car on Business licence.
  • Enhanced DBS certified.

Timeline

100-Day Adult social care Statutory Experience

Essex County Council
2025.10 - Current

Certificate of Higher Education - CPD-Data Protection and GDPR Awareness

HSQE Ltd
2025.09 - 2025.09

Certificate of Higher Education - CPD-Designated Safeguarding Lead (Children).

HSQE Ltd
2025.09 - 2025.09

Certificate of Higher Education - CPD-Designated Safeguarding Lead (Adults)

HSQE Ltd
2025.09 - 2025.09

Certificate of Higher Education - CPD-Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Awareness.

HSQE Ltd
2025.09 - 2025.09

Certificate of Higher Education - CPD-PREVENT Duty training at Gov.UK. Course 1-Awareness course. Course 2-Referrals.

UK Home office training
2025.09 - 2025.09

Certificate of Higher Education - CPD-Oliver McGowan code of practice. Training on learning disability and autism for Care Quality.

H.M Government: Department of Health & Social Care.
2025.09 - 2025.09

70-Day Children and families statutory experience

Essex County council;Family Support and protection Team
2025.03 - 2025.07

Master of Arts - Social Work

University of Essex
2024.10 - 2026.07

BASW Overseas qualified social Worker (OQSW) - Social Work Certification

British association of social workers (BASW)
2024.08 - 2025.01

Community Care Assistant

Community Care Assistant
2023.07 - 2026.04

Health and social care Certifications - Adult Social care

Social care TV
2023.01 - 2023.05

Retail Sales Experience

John Lewis partnership, including Waitrose and Partners
2018.12 - 2023.07

Bachelor of Arts - Humanities and social sciences

University of Zimbabwe
2009.08 - 2012.06

Primary, Secondary Teacher and subject coordinator

Civil Service Zimbabwe
2008.01 - 2018.03

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