Social Services Mental Health

CURRICULUM VITAE

Angela McCarthy- B A (Hons)

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EDUCATION 97 - 2000 University of Lincolnshire and Humberside

B.A. (Hons) Humanities inc 1 year Applied Social

Sciences

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

June 2024 - Sept 2024. Sheffield City Council. Adults MASH First Contact Safeguarding Team. (Temp contract)

•Screening 18+ Adults safeguarding referrals from various sources eg: Childrens/family services, South Yorkshire Police, Ambulance service, Housing organisations, NHS agencies, Mental Health.

•Triage referrals to determine if appropriate for safeguarding. Identify and signpost if not.

•Assessing concerns - determine the seriousness of a safeguarding concern, liaise with other agencies.

•Taking action - ensure immediate action and identify the team or organization that will carry out the enquiry

•Sharing information - collate and share relevant information with the team or organization who will conduct the enquiry

•Providing support - offer advice and support to care teams on safeguarding issues by communication and information sharing between agencies.

•Remote working, short term case management, multi agency working.

May 2023 - Adult -Sheffield Social Services - Future Options Team. Oct. 2023 -

Social Care Practitioner - returning post.

Jan 2023 - May 2023 Time in Australia

June 2018 – Jan 2023 Sheffield City Council. Adult Social Services. Future Options Team. Social Care Practioner:

Assess and review the needs of service users – Personal Budgets

•Capacity Testing, Best Interest Meetings

•Support Planning and commissioning packages of care

•Nursing/Residential – Long term/short term placement care assessing

•CHC and DST involvement

•Safeguarding referrals

•Case/diary management

•Recording and updating using Carefirst and liquid logic computer system

Sept 2016 – end April 2018 York City Council - Adult Social Services/ Assessments. CAAT and Long Term Teams.

•Assess and review needs of service users

•Support planning, commissioning packages of care

•Duty cover

•Nursing and Residential/Long term/short term placement assessing/reassessing

•Safeguarding referrals

•Case Management

•Recording and updating case notes: Framework /Mosaic

January 2016 – July 2016: Sheffield City Council Adult Social Services. Review & Re-assement team

Care Manager

•Assess and review the needs of service users in community –

•Capacity Testing, Best Interest Meetings

•Support Planning and commissioning packages of care

•Nursing/Residential – Long term/short term placement care assessing

•CHC and DST involvement

•Safeguarding referrals

•Case/diary management

•Recording and updating using Carefirst computer system

March – January 2016 - Career Break - time spent in Australia

Dec 2014 – March 2015 -Nottinghamshire County Council Adult Social Services. Older person team.

Community Care Officer

•Visit, assess and review Service users for packages of care

•Short Term and Long Term Residential Care assessing

•Capacity Testing and Best Interest meetings

•Managed and Direct Payments Personal Budgets

•Safeguarding referrals

•Support planning and commissioning packages of care.

•Updating case notes on framework system

•Case/diary management

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April 2014 – Nov 2014. Career Break - Australia and time spent with family

June 2011 – April 2014 Nottinghamshire County Council- Community Care Officer. Adult Social Services Reviewing Team.

•To visit, assess and review packages of care to adults on personal budgets

•Managed and Direct payments

•Safeguarding ( regular training undertaken)

•Support planning and commissioning packages of care.

•Updating case notes on framework system

•Diary management and organisation

•Efficiencies reviewing wherever possible

•Lone working, home based with regular team and manager contact.

March 2011 – May 2011 Hospital Social Work Dept. Lincoln Hospital

Community Care Officer

•To assess needs of patients in hospital

•To agree care plan for discharge.

•To commission care package/short term placement for discharge

•Attending and participating in DST and Best Interest meetings, liaising with other specialist professionals to encourage best practice for Service User

•Updating case note on AIS System

•Multi agency/specialist liaison

Jan 2011 – March 11: Nottinghamshire County Council. Community Care Officer: Adult Social Services Reviewing Team

•Support planning and commissioning packages of care.

•Visit, assess and review care plans of adults on personal budgets, Direct Payments, Managed care plans.

TRAINING

•Safeguarding

•Support Planning

•LTC Residential Care Home reviewing, training for assessing

•Young Carer’s/carers- Training for assessing

•Child Protection

•Equality & Diversity

•Personal Safety

•Initial Youth Offending Training Induction

•Substance Misuse awareness,

•Group work (Schools/Training Providers) & presentation skills

•Motivating the Client

•Counselling

•ESOL

•Refugee/Asylum issues awareness

•Participated in multi-agency meetings

•Framework Computer Package training (Notts’ Social Services)

• AIS computer package training (Lincs’ Social Services)

•Carefirst /Framework/Mosaic/Liquid logic computer training

Past employment:

November 2010 - Jan 2011 - Doorstep Supported Housing, Grimsby.

Floating Support Worker. Young Persons Team

•To support young people living in social housing.

•Creating/working to Support plans.

•Support with benefits, health, education, employment, social services liaison and other specialist agencies, drug agencies, connexions etc

July 2010- Oct 2010 Time off in Australia with Family

June 2009 - July 2010 N E Lincolnshire Council Homeless Prevention Officer Homeless Prevention Team/Home Options Team

•To interview and assess clients housing needs to establish whether considered priority case.

•To refer to Homeless team if eligible.

•Advise clients on housing information to include: private sector, registered social landlords and local authority housing.

•Advice on national and local authority initiates eg: Mortgage Rescue Scheme, Rent Assist Scheme, Prevention Funds applications etc.

•Refer to specialist agencies eg: Debt Management, Benefits Agency, CAB,

Children’s Services, Social Services, Substance misuse organisations etc. Liaise/mediate with landlords, specialist services etc.

•Assist in all areas of housing issues to prevent homelessness.

•Ensuring all records are completed and up to date

Nov 2008 - May 2009 Hull City Refugee Council Community Development and Housing Officer:

•Recruitment/training/development of volunteers with in the Refugee Council on Gateway programme.

•Refugee re-settlement initiative - integration/development of refugees.

Jan 2008 – Nov 2008 York Housing Association BME Support Worker

•Support to clients in the BME community.

•Offering advice/floating support on: benefits, housing, social, education, general transitional issues to refugees/clients settling into the community

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Aug 2008- Oct 2008 Connexions, Bolton Young Persons Housing Key Worker

•To young vulnerable people 13-19.

•Raising aspirations, support with welfare issues eg: housing, benefits, employment/education, specialist services, counselling.

Nov 2007 - Aug 2008 Hull College Employment Advice Officer

•Responsible for assisting New Deal Clients into employment.

•Securing work placements through liaison with commercial and business concerns.

•Inductions and creating individual learning plans.

•Assisting with job search activities and general welfare issues.

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Nov 2005 – 2006 Fern Training & Development. Employment Advisor.

•Recruitment and development of ESOL participants on Working English Programme.

•Development and cultivating existing/new business. Securing work placements for learners. Promotion of the Welfare to Work Initiative (Job Centre Plus contract) Liaison with specialist agencies eg: Refugee Societies, Housing agencies, Benefits Agency and general welfare issues.

•Attending multi agency meetings/workshops/conferences etc.

Nov 2003 – 2005 Employment Break

Nov 2000 - 2003 The Humberside Partnership -Connexions. Personal Advisor.

•Advising, mentoring, counselling young people 14-19 yrs seeking employment/work based training/education.

•Support network to overcoming barriers: e.g: substance misuse, YOT, NEETS, liaising with specialist agencies: Housing, Social Services, Benefits Agency etc. Group work/presentations in schools.

•Assisting Careers Advisors with careers sessions, years 10/11, attending open days/industry days/parents evenings etc.

University of Lincs and Humberside - 1997 – 2000. BA ( Hons) Humanities. with 1 year Applied Social Sciences.

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