Claire Sharp Email & Phone Number

Wales

Requiring a sound understanding of the Welsh policy context and training needs of the ‘Children’s workforce’. Developing and facilitating training on children’s rights, child protection, child and family policy and related topics. Developing and maintaining relationships with national, regional and local organisations to secure training contracts. Ensuring effective evaluation and quality assurance of all events. Managing all aspects of our accredited training centre including fair assessment and internal verification. Creating, designing and delivering new courses in response to changing needs of the workforce, with related resources and practical materials for use in practice. Running interactive training as open courses and as bespoke in house events. Managing relationships with associate trainers and internal staff .

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Maintained a strategic overview of domestic abuse services supporting children and young people in Wales. I secured funding for the Children Matter team, recruited and line managed staff based across Wales. Promoted good practice in service delivery, partnership working, play, healthy child development, child protection, children’s rights and participation, informing and training a range of practitioners on the effects of domestic abuse and gender based violence on children, maintaining links with key national agencies working in the fields of Health, Education and Social Care to influence policy

Newport South Wales

Planning lessons, teaching and assessment of pupils. Designing and creating a stimulating and attractive learning environment. Supporting pupils with additional needs.

South Wales

Responsibilities included; supervision and assessment of social work students on practice placement including writing end of placement reports for the universities, also assessment of qualified social workers undertaking the ‘Practice Teaching Award’. Clients included; Rhondda Cynon Taff Social Services Training Unit, Vale of Glamorgan Social Services, Bridgend Social Services and various small charities.

Pontypridd, Wales, United Kingdom

Working with children of all ages affected by domestic violence Responsibilities included; direct support to children, assessment and planning, play work, counselling, working with mothers re child protection, behaviour, play, liaison with Health Visitors, Education and Social Services. Other activities; supervision of social work students and volunteers, managing and setting budgets, fundraising, report writing and recruiting interviewing and selecting staff.

Education record

Ba Hons Humanities, Sociology

Ba Hons Humanities, Sociology