Helmi Stephenson Email & Phone Number

Australia

Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

As an Intensive Therapeutic Care (ITC) Caseworker I am responsible for providing high quality and effective case work services for young people in Intensive Therapeutic Care. I plan for and achieve permanency and identified case plan outcomes for children, young people, their families, authorised carers, prospective guardians and adoptive parents. This is achieved through an interactive and dynamic case management approach, with an emphasis on ongoing analysis, decision-making and record keeping, ensuring the child or young person’s needs are identified and being met.I work closely with Therapeutic Specialists, House Managers and other ITC staff to provide high quality therapeutic care and assist young people to heal from trauma and achieve their full potential.• Provide effective assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring and review of case plans to achieve permanency and identified outcomes for young people and their families;• Work in collaboration with the ITC Team to ensure service delivery is integrated, coordinated andtailored to meet an individual’s needs;• Establish collaborative relationships with a wide range of specialist and mainstream services to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families; and• Develop and maintain strong collaborative partnerships with Aboriginal and CALD agencies.

Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

As the allocated social worker for families engaged in court proceedings, I worked with children and their parents/carers whilst authoring court reports containing advice and guidance to the courts regarding long-term plans for the child(ren's) long-term stability.My role and responsibilities included:- Directly attending court hearings on a weekly basis and reporting to the Judge.- Day-to-day case management of children in care, children under protection plans and/or pre-birth plans; (all statutory visits across the country, IRO correspondence; chairing meetings; regularly attending various panels; updating plans; organising parent/child contact & observing; frequent court hearings; etc).- Writing court directed reports including parent risk assessments and child risk assessments.- Fostering relationships with parents and multi-layered safeguarding teams around the child(ren) so as to direct the case work towards identified outcomes for the safety and well-being of the children.- On duty tasks such as emergency visits, welfare checks and statutory visits.- Supervising contact, when needed, between children and their parents.

Children's services underwent restructuring to adopt a contextual safeguarding approach which is key to addressing many of the risks young people face including child sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation, serious youth violence, gangs, missing and online/social media abuse. I work with parents and their children to assess and prevent extra-familial harm. Youth homelessness is another area of specialism.I was given training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) by a systemic adolescent psychotherapist and was allocated a chosen client in order to practice the techniques utilising council funding from the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), London.I supervised a student through their 100 day placement and will 'Passed' them as a social worker at the end of their placement alongside their Middlesex University academic supervisor.I qualified as an Achieving Best Evidence interviewer in July 2022 and I am now able to interview child victims of serious abuse in a video-recorded police environment.

London, England, United Kingdom

Putting to use my relationship-based practice knowledge, preventing vulnerable young people (11-17) from coming into the care system. This role involves intensive systemic psychotherapeutic work with young people's whole families to increase existing stability and reinforce community-based strengths in their networks under the weekly supervision of a licensed psychotherapist alongside our experienced Team Manager.

Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Essex County Council is an Ofsted rated 'Outstanding' local authority.Alongside completing my MSc in 'Advanced relationship-based social work practice' and achieving a Distinction, I also worked full time as a child protection team social worker. My experience of working with families in need of support and children at risk of significant harm extends to court work and complex cases under the public law outline.

Clacton-On-Sea

Frontline Changing LivesThis is a fast-track route into children's social work. I achieved a systemic practice based social work diploma over the course of 14 months.On placement:Essex Social Care Tier 4 Children and Families Family Support and Protection Team North, Clacton-On-SeaChild Protection and Child In Need casesSystemic practice through the Unit ModelAcademic studies:Systemic TheoryChild DevelopmentAttachment and trauma related psychopathologyMentalizingMotivational Interviewing

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Working as the 14-25 Looked After Children's Services Team 3 Coordinator, we are tackling some of the most demanding problems within our society.My job is to support Social Workers and CSWs to provide the best possible daily service for looked after young people and care leavers.

Dar Es Salaam

Supporting the cultivation of sustainable living in the Morogoro district and promoting the rights of those living with disabilities in Tanzania.TEG is a grassroots NGO founded in 2014 .This October, TEG received a grant from the French Embassy for a 10 month long environmental project aimed at raising standards of conservation awareness among rural youth-lead organisations. A number of workshops will be delivered via TEG to engage relevant environmental groups, reaching 225 individuals by the project end-date. Below I have listed my role and responsibilities:• Continuous re-evaluation of goals, strategy and innovative problem-solving• Supporting events; • Social Media Marketing;• Writing Workshop content;• Interviewing new volunteer staff;• Initiating operational tools;• External and Internal Marketing; • Working closely with NGO founder to maximise success of the project.

London, Waterloo

The Delivery Assistant Programme Manager is responsible for multiple programmes running consecutively throughout the summer; managing existing relationships with local community partners, overseeing logistics and ensuring high-quality delivery of the NCS programme.Main Responsibilities:Staff managementProgramme DeliveryLogistics and administrationPastoral care

London, Islington

● Manage the full-capacity Maths and English tuition centre, in central London, alongside the two other directors.● Recruit, train and motivate up to 25 part-time tutors with a central role in the education of students at Explore Learning Islington.● Ensure that national curriculum standards are being met daily and that student members can learn in a positive, encouraging environment.● Regularly meet with parents and local school representatives to lend a helping hand within schools across the borough. ● Work closely with schools, parents and members to ensure national curriculum targets/behavioural are addressed on an individual level; tuition is tailored to each student member.● Attend marketing events to create a brand awareness and advertise the benefits of Explore Learning tuition to parents/carers in the area. ● Take part in regular professional development training days.

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

● Act as the face of the programme to all staff and participants.● Manage up to 15 staff throughout the programme to ensure the highest quality facilitation andpastoral care for all participants (including support and development).● Manage timings and processes to ensure the programme runs to schedule.● Work closely with core staff to ensure effective delivery of the programme including itscurriculum of activities.● Work residentially during the NCS Personal Challenge and NCS Team Challenge andNon­-Residentially during NCS Real Challenge.● Participate alongside young people on a variety of outdoor activities, for example campingoutdoors, rock climbing or kayaking during the NCS Personal Challenge.

Manchester, United Kingdom

In this role I have taken on added responsibilities (continuation of previous role) relating to recruitment of new volunteers due to organisational restructuring:- Research of Greater Manchester area re. 18-25 age group.- Careers Fairs.- Presentations.- Building networks.- Following-up leads.- School visits (current and new).

Greater Manchester

- Planning and delivering a strategic training programme to volunteers for their professional leadership development.- Launching a new site office with 2 colleagues.- Leading on introduction to organisational culture for new staff members.- Cultivating relationships with cross-sector external stakeholders.- Maintaining relationships with corporate partners in Greater Manchester.- Logistics for cross-site training events.- Fulfilling a pastoral role on training days.- Occasional recruitment events.

Surrey Square Primary School Elephant & Castle

• Motivating, coaching and managing a team of full-time volunteers (between 18-22 years) at a school with 57% EAL (English as additional language) student status and within the ‘medium’ national band for student FSM (free school meals) eligibility.• Producing accurate and meaningful statistics demonstrating the impact of the City Year team on students.• Representing the charity at corporate events and advancing City Year London through personally cultivating relationships with several West London charities.• Maintaining strong relationships with, negotiating and liaising with the school, office-based City Year staff and other stakeholders/funders.• Hosting school visits on behalf of City Year UK - one of which helped secure a year-long sponsorship from an investment bank.• Project managing a political action event called ‘Get Your Voice Heard,’ which was independently organised by my team and hosted for the benefit of the Southwark constituency.• Public speaking: at the launch of City Year Manchester to members of Manchester City Council; various local business representatives; City Year UK partners (Credit Suisse and the Queens trust) and other local potential funders.

London, Feltham

o Resolved conflicts between pupils.o Tutored in English year 7 classes 7.30am - 5.30pm days as a volunteer.o Built the relationship between City Year and the Hanworth Youth Centre.o Delivered debate club and youth work sessions.o Work-shadowing with west London youth NEET sector organisations including ‘Action Acton’ and ‘Spark!'.

London, England, United Kingdom

Serving food and drinks; making cocktails; barista and waitress.

Saffron Walden

Part-timeManaging customer accounts; responding to calls and emails; employee care; basic accounts handling.

Cambridge And Newmarket

Part-time

Saffron Walden

Foundation Certificate In Project Management, Advanced, Agile And Scrum Master, Project Management

Practice Education Level 1 And 2, Practice Educator For Student Social Workers

Practice Educators work alongside students to provide a teaching and learning experience to the student. During this time, Practice.

Msc Advanced Relationship-Based Practice In Social Work, Social Work, Distinction

'How can I explore stories and values of motherhood, with mothers, for them to believe I see them as agents for change?'

Diploma, Social Work, Merit

Activities and Societies: Frontline Programme Systemic and relationship-based practice.

International History And International Politics, International Relations And Affairs, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Choir, Dance SocietiesOptional course modules chosen: • New Politics of South America (yr. 2) o A so-called.

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