JAMESON MUNSAKA
14 Griffiths Road
Purfleet
Essex. RM19 1AR
Tel: - 01708252161 /07824332906
EDUCATION
Name of schools, colleges, universities etc.:
University of Zimbabwe
Name of course:
Diploma in Social Work
From: March 1993: To: December 1995
Qualifications and grades obtained:
Diploma in Social Work.
University of Zimbabwe
Name of course:
Bachelor of Social Work Degree
From: January 1996: To: December 1997
Qualifications and grades obtained:
Bachelor of Social Work Degree 2.1
The University of Manchester
Name of course:
Master's Degree in Development Administration and Management
From: September 2000: to September 2001
Qualifications and grades obtained:
Master's Degree in development Administration and Management
Other Qualifications
Post Qualification Award in Social Work (PQ) Part 1 2004
Certificate in managing Care (The Open University) 2005.
Practice Assessor's Certificate (University of East London- 2008)
Current Employment
Specialist Practitioner/Consultant
Nottinghamshire County Council Children & Young Persons Department:
From 6th April to Present
Duties:
1. Crisis management in the Assessment Team.
2. Inducting the EssexCounty Council on CP Procedures
3. Setting up systems for Social Care
4. Undertaking assessments in the Assessment Team
5. Troubleshooting
Previous Employment
Specialist Practitioner/Consultant
EssexCounty Council Children’s Social Care- Clacton:
November 2009- 31/03/2010
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Crisis management in the Assessment Team.
2. Inducting the EssexCounty Council on CP Procedures
3. Setting up systems for Social Care
4. Undertaking assessments in the Assessment Team
5. Troubleshooting
Title: Deputy Team Manager: London Borough of Enfield
Children and Families: Children and Families Support Team
August 2009 to November 2009
Address:
Charles Babbage House, 1 Orton Grove, Enfield, EN1 4TU
Purpose of the Job
- Manage individual Team members as directed by the Team Manager
- Provide advice and consultation to other Team members.
- Deputise for the Team Manager.
- Participate in the management of the duty service
- Work with most complex cases
- Contribute to the management of the Team processes and procedures.
Previous Employment:
Deputy Group Manager
London Borough of Bromley
Division:Children & Families
June 2009-July 2009
Address
Yeoman House 57-63 Croydon Road PengeSE20
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
To discharge the authority’s responsibilities under the Children Act 1989 and other relevant legislation with respect to children in need, particularly those in need of protection and those looked after by the authority.
SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONAL DUTIES
- With appropriate supervision, assess for and provide services to children in need within the framework of the appropriate legislation, regulations, departmental procedures and child care policy.
- To follow and apply relevant internal policies and procedures in working with complex family situations and vulnerable children including children on the child protection register, children subject to legal proceedings and Looked After children.
- To ensure that services are efficiently and effectively provided, liaising as necessary with other divisions, Council Departments, N.H.S. trusts, schools, carers, voluntary and independent sector providers.
- To supervise a number of professional staff within the team in line with relevant internal procedures on supervision, training and personal developments
- To deputize for the group manager where required, this will include responsibility for managing duty in his / her absence, allocating priority work and providing support and guidance to other team members in their absence.
- To chair as appropriate a range of professional, statutory and interagency meetings including Children in need meetings, child care reviews and permanency meetings.
- To support the Group Manager to ensure that departmental objectives and targets are met.
POST TITLE:Assistant Team Manager
DIVISION/SECTION: Children Social Care - Children Looked After.
Location: House, London Borough of Merton.Responsible to: Team Manager
Responsible for: Social Workers and Administrative Staff
December 2008-May 2009
MAIN PURPOSE
To manage service delivery to Looked after children by a group of Social Workers.
The Assistant Team Manager will provide day to day management of the service to ensure that:
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1.To contribute to the development of policy, procedure and practice, in line with departmental guidance, including annual service plans and work to the objectives therein.
2.To supervise the performance of a team of staff through the effective use of procedures to ensure they are able to provide high quality integrated responses to the needs of service users.
3. To cover for the Team Manager in her/his absence as appropriate.
4.To ensure timely and accurate management information is produced.
5.To participate in the recruitment and selection of appropriate staff to deliver the service.
6.To ensure that all records are kept up-to-date and stored in line with Departmental Policy.
7.To chair formal meetings and in certain circumstances reviews, attend case discussions and support less experienced staff in court appearances and preparation.
8.To ensure that staff are fully aware of the implications, requirements and guidance of the Children Act 1989 and all other relevant matters in relation to child protection and childcare.
London Borough of Hackney
Job Title: Senior Practitioner (Locum): Access & Assessment
Date Commenced: June 2008 to November 2008
Directorate:Children and Young People’s Services
Service:Children’s Social Care
Location: Hospital Social Work Team
Responsible to:Group Manager
Responsible for:Social Work Unit 10
(3 – 5 staff)
Broad Purpose
To ensure a high quality and effective social work service to respond to the needs of children and their families in a timely manner and within statutory guidelines. To assess need, plan and deliver focused intervention to safeguard children and promote positive outcomes.
Key Accountabilities
1.Assessment
To provide a clear and accurate assessment of a child and his/her family’s needs in line with statutory guidance
2.Planning and service delivery
To provide focused and purposeful social work interventions with explicit aims and objectives about desired outcomes within the context of managing risk to children.
3. Direct work with children and their families
To build a professional relationship with children and their families and to use that relationship to safeguard children and promote positive outcomes
4.Accountability and performance management
To be fully accountable for all work undertaken for children allocated to the social work unit
5.Management Responsibilities
6.Partnership with other agencies
To ensure that staff within the social work unit work purposefully with other agencies to promote positive outcomes for children and their families
Previous Employment
Employer: LondonBoroughTower Hamlets.
Job title: Senior Practitioner
Address:
Children Looked After North Team
The Town Hall, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BG
Date commenced: June 2005 toJune 2008
MAJOR TASKS
- To uphold and comply with the statutory provision of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and any other relevant legislation or Council Policies and Procedures relating to Health and Safety at Work.
- To provide social work consultation to a group of staff responsible for providing social work and other related services within the family support services in areas such as looked after children.
- To carry out a limited number of management tasks by the Team Manager. It is expected that these tasks will be of routine nature with all complex, difficulty issues being retained by the Team manager.
- To contribute to service development and policy forums.
- To supervise the work of qualified and unqualified members of the staff as determined by the Team manager, and with accountability to the Team manager.
- To carry a limited caseload of more complex cases.
Name of employer and type of business:
London Borough of Bexley
Position held, duties and responsibilities:
Social Worker (Jul 2003-June 2005)
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB.
1.Provision of social services
2.Working with individual service users, providing advice, assistance, assessment, counselling, with the aim of enhancing or protecting individual welfare.
3.Complying with the statutory requirements of the relevant childcare legislation, in line with the requirements of the Council’s policies and procedures.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
1.Respond to requests for assistance, taking sufficient basic information about the needs in question to be able to determine the level and type of assessment required.
2.Maintain case records and fulfil procedures and statutory duties in line with national and local policies, practices and procedures.
3.Work within budgetary limits laid down by Council policy and operate within the Financial Regulations and Standing Orders of the Council.
4.Carry out assessments of needs, and subcontract parts of such assessments where they are of a specialist nature.
5.Ensure that assessments pay particular attention to individual strengths and wishes.
6.Ensure that assessments take into account all user categories.
7.Liaise with other specialists agencies as necessary, and enable them to be involved and contribute to the assessment process.
8.Manage a case load
Name of employer and nature of business
Birmingham Social Services
Position held, duties and responsibilities
Social Worker- Children and Families (Nov 2001-June 2003)
Duties and Responsibilities
[As for Bexley]
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
I am a qualified social worker, having qualified with a Diploma in Social Work obtained from the University of Zimbabwe in 1995. I am also a holder of a Bachelor of Social Work (Hons) Degree from the same university obtained in 1997. I also hold an MA (Econ) Development Administration and Management Degree obtained in December 2001 from The University of Manchester.
I completed my Post Qualifying Award in Social Work (PQ1) in June 2004. I have also completed my Certificate in Managing Care with The Open University. I am a holder of current General Social Care Council registration. I am committed to further training to enhance my professional progress.
EXPERIENCE
I have more than five years proven social work experience in a Children and Families setting. I have worked for Birmingham Social Services, Bexley Social Services and the Tower Hamlets. Since I have been Locum, I have worked as a Senior Practitioner for Hackney; Deputy Team Manager for Merton, Bromley, Enfield and now Essex.
PERSSONAL MANAGEMENT
I am able to manage my work effectively with substantial autonomy. I am capable of prioritising my work and meeting my work schedules’ deadlines such as court reports etc.
I have also done independent social work, carrying out independent assessment for Local Authorities. I
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