Alison Baker Email & Phone Number

Out of home care - foster care and kinship care |Experienced and qualified Assessment and Training professionalCertificate IV Training and Assessment |Foster carer accreditation assessments ‘Step by Step Victoria’ |Foster carer annual reviews |Formal care reviews |Investigating allegations against foster carers |Foster Carer training ‘Shared Lives’ Victoria Package |Membership to AASW |Summary:I am an experienced practitioner in child protection and out of home care, managing teams of caseworkers, programs and service delivery to clients, providing training and practice support, student education, assessing risk to children and assessing families to be accredited foster carers.My key attributes are:Experienced manager in statutory child protection and out of home care Motivator of staff to achieve the goals of the organisation through reflective practice and professional supervisionCommitment to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people through the leadership of staff to undertake assessments and provide support to vulnerable familiesCommitment to leading staff through organisational and cultural changeHighly skilled in applying organisational policy and procedural knowledge to overseeing case managementHighly developed risk assessment and analytical skillsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsDemonstrated cultural competence working with diverse client groups, in particular with indigenous clientsDemonstrated initiative, adaptability and flexibility in decision-makingExperience with Keep Them Safe initiatives and relationship building with external agenciesEfficient in maintaining and interpreting data and statistics to support practice