Anneka Wright Email & Phone Number

Northwest

• Support clients in managing their own tenancies • Build and maintained good relationships with a wide range of service users• Person-centred approach, encouraging service users to participate in creating and reviewing individualised support plans.• Support people in developing their independence skills, managing their debts, budgeting, re-housing, anti social behaviour, organisation• Ensure the clients are maximising their income through welfare benefits and actively encourage individuals to access training, voluntary work and employment. • Responsible for prioritising and managing my own workload. I work in a paperless office and so there need to be very organised. • Worked closely with a range of agencies including drug and alcohol services, mental health services, social services, health trainers and counselling services.

Bury

• Worked with young people aged 16-20 years who lived in supporting lodgings.• Conducted assessments, developed support plans and reviewed these on a regular basis.• Built and maintained good relationships with all of the young people I supported. • Promoted young people's independence skills in preparation for maintaining their own tenancy. • Established effective working relationships with a number of professionals from a range of organisations including training providers, health professionals and welfare benefit advisor's. • Set up the Supported Lodging’s newsletters and encouraged young people and house holders to contribute.

Blackburn, United Kingdom

• Took minutes at various meetings including steering groups and Child in Need meetings. • Measured outcomes, produced reports and presented data at steering groups and funding meetings. • Designated IT Buddy which involved supporting colleagues with computer based queries. • Carried out a range of admin and financial tasks including; typing letters, developing presentations, creating spreadsheets, processing invoices, purchasing items and equipment

Rawtenstall

• Worked with young people aged 10 - 16 years. • Effective team working• Forthcoming with ideas and initiatives to encourage the young people to voice their opinions and participate in a wide range of activities. The main project I organised was a fundraising event, to raise awareness of the good work young people were doing in the community. • Managed and supported volunteers and exchange students.

Bury

• Offered support to children under 5 years and their parents or carers, at various groups run by the Centre. • Promoted positive interaction between children and their parents and enhanced children’s learning.• Co-worked with colleague in setting up a new group for children ages 1 - 2 years. • Recorded any safeguarding concerns and discussed these with the safeguarding officer. • Planned and delivered children centre sessions according to the foundation stage curriculum and linking it to Every Child Matters. • Facilitated a ‘Cooking on a Budget’ course with parents and joint-led an allotments group with the support from an organisation called Groundwork. • Led promotion of the Children Centre’s services across a range of venues • Joint-lead on health within the Children's Centre team. • Produced feedback reports from Stay and Play sessions on a quarterly basis, carrying out surveys and pulling the data from an excel spreadsheet to form a report.

Rochdale

• Took minutes at a range of meetings including team meetings and executive meetings• Assisted and carried out a range of project work• Analysed feedback and produced reports• Produced articles for the newsletter and created displays• Organised various meetings and workshops