Simon Keeling Phf Email & Phone Number

Derby City, England, United Kingdom

Apprentice Social Worker

United Kingdom

The Rotary Club of Derby has been serving the local community since 1918 and offers opportunities for people to use their skills for the benefit of the community and projects worldwide and fundraise for local charities.

London Road Community Hospital

I am the Service Manager for CamTAD, which stands for Campaign for Tackling Acquired Deafness. We are a local charity supporting people with acquired hearing loss in Derby, South Derbyshire, Erewash and the Southern Derbyshire Dales. My role includes the day-to-day management of the charity, it's staff and 40+ volunteers, fundraising, monitoring and engaging with statutory and voluntary sector groups. Since joining CamTAD I have gained my C&G Level 3 Award in Education and Training.Services offered by CamTADHearing Aid ClinicsCamTAD holds 17 outreach clinics in the community each month and two weekly clinics in the hospital to assist with the basic maintenance of NHS hearing aids including cleaning, re-tubing and basic fault diagnosis. The clinics are held at local health centres and community venues to make them easily accessible. We also give advice and guidance related to hearing loss and hearing aids. The Resource CentreBased at the London Road Community Hospital (the former DRI) we have a room dedicated to the demonstration of assistive technology such as amplified phones and mobile phones, television loop systems, flashing doorbells, vibrating alarm clocks and personal listeners. We do not currently sell equipment but work alongside Action on Hearing Loss, BT, Sarabec and Hearing Products International. Training and PresentationsWe deliver small training packages (45 minutes) around communicating with the Hearing Impaired including information about loop systems. We also have a Hearing Loss Awareness training package (2 hours) which goes into more detail and is perfect for care staff. We also offer a guest speaker for groups such as Rotary, W.I., church groups, Soroptomists, Probus and U3A. These presentations are fun and interactive and all we ask is for a donation.We also offerAdvice and guidance about loop systems. Support for patients in hospital.Signposting to other services.

Derby, United Kingdom

My job was to support 32 schools to meet a core offer of services including developing clubs, childcare, community access, support for parents and liaising with partner agencies to ensure swift and easy referralI was responsible for managing two large funding streams and supported schools to apply for this funding including monitoring and evaluation.Lead regular multi agency meetings to determine local priorities which informed funding decisions. This includes working with representatives from the voluntary and community sector, health, social care, job centre plus, schools and children’s centres.Developed consultations, development plans and action plansSupported schools and agencies to develop their marketing materials to best promote activities.Support schools to identify further funding to continue serviceCompleted contracts and service level agreements to aid partnership workingAlthough part of a team I was expected to be able to work alone both in the office and at different venues around the communities that I supported.As each school or agency that I worked with was different to those that my colleagues may work with it was essential that I was able to use my own initiative to develop services tailored to the needs of the school or partner agency.Participated in Neighbourhood Board meetings to gain a better knowledge of the local community and to represent schools, children and families in board matters.Supported the development of community programmes including work with the Roma community, a secret garden project to encourage healthy eating and parenting workshops.

Derby, United Kingdom

I Managed the Y-Play holiday play scheme, an inclusive provision for children from both mainstream and special schools, an after school club and delivered activities within schools to promote positive behaviours.I Developed a family project called Y-Play Family Fun Days, monthly sessions supporting families with disabled children which ran for four years. Up to 17 families regularly attended the sessions.Managed a team of 20 staff and volunteers including recruitment, supervision, induction and arranging appropriate training.Developed and kept up to date a range of policies and procedures.Ensured that all information was kept up to date to ensure that clients, partner agencies, funding agencies and senior management were kept informedEnsured that all equipment/toys were checked to be in a clean and safe condition regularlyManaged funding from Big Lottery, Children In Need, Derby City Council, YMCA England and Derby Hospitals Trust including all monitoring and evaluations.Liaised with schools and partner agencies to best support the familiesPromoted the work of YMCA Derbyshire locally, regionally and nationally at different eventsCreated resources for YMCA England to support the development of similar successful programmes nationwide.Produced a guide to working with families with disabled children as part of the YMCA Parents and Dad’s Kit which also had guides for working with Asian fathers and young fathersCompleted funding applications to extend our projects.Created regular newsletters and marketing materials to best promote the serviceWorked flexibly and adapted our service as funding requirements changedAttended workshops/training on Disability Discrimination Act, Communication Skills and Business Success for Childcare

Staffordshire

I had key worker responsibilities and supported children and young people with disabilities and challenging behaviours in both the residential and education environments.Attended a wide range of workshops including Risk Assessments and Health and SafetyWorked as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure that the young person’s needs were identified and met.

Ba Social Work Apprenticeship, Social Work

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