Erika Merchant Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Managing Director for a top UK Function Band. To find out more please go to www.justgroovelive.co.uk

Children In Care Team

• Social Worker in the Looked After Childrens Team
• Held a caseload of children in care aged 0 – 18.
• Completed professional assessment of need and risk in respect of service users and carers
• Taken the lead role and responsibility of coordinating the multi-agency approach to prevent and address child protection issues and children in need
• Undertook statutory duties under the Children Act 1989 and other legislation and guidance relating to service users and carers. These… Show more Social Worker in the Looked After Childrens Team
• Undertook statutory duties under the Children Act 1989 and other legislation and guidance relating to service users and carers. These include care proceedings, arrangements for adoption/permanency, risk assessments and.

Leaving Care Team

• Held a caseload of young people in care aged 21 – 25
• Assisted in the transition from Care to leaving the service
• Writing Reports including Pathways Plans and Needs Assessments
• Motivating and engaging young people in developing and implementing pathway plans, ensuring that young people made use of the services provided.
• Worked in co-operation with a range of statutory and voluntary sector agencies and professionals to ensure the effective co-ordination and provision of… Show more
• Worked in co-operation with a range of statutory and voluntary sector agencies and professionals to ensure the effective co-ordination and provision of services to young people

Fostering Assessment Team

• Fostering Assessment Team
• Complete Form F assessments
• Assess prospective foster carers in line with national minimum standards and timescales.
• Participate in the design and delivery of preparation programmes to support the assessment of people wanting to foster.
• Developed assessment templates for present and future assessors to use as a guide
• Dealt with enquiries from prospective carers ensuring that they were dealt with in a polite, helpful and efficient… Show more Fostering Assessment Team

Whipps Cross Children's Hospital Team

• Held a caseload of children aged 0 – 18 years old who came to Social Services attention via the hospital. I held Child Protection Cases and Child in Need Cases.
• Complete professional assessments of need and risk (including highly complex and challenging cases) in respect of service users
• Plan professional intervention using the appropriate available resources ensuring needs are met through negotiation and consultation with professional colleague’s service users and their carers
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• Present cases at Child Protection Conferences
• Undertake statutory duties under the 1989 and 2004 Children’s Act and other legislation and guidance relating to service users and carers. To be familiar with and keep abreast of changes relating to legislation and.

Children In Care Team

• Direct one-to-one work with children & young people.
• Carried out supervised contact, attended court and carried out home visits to Children in Care and also their families
• Supported the Social Workers within my team
• Assisting in completing tasks on young peoples care plans and 6 monthly reviews
• Worked alongside multiple agencies & organized & attended education and health meetings and presented information when required
• Supported a social worker in carrying out… Show more

Msc Social Work, Social Work

Ba, Business Management (Hons)

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