Tanaka Nyakurai
About Candidate
I am a registered Social Worker with over five years’ post-qualified experience in statutory child protection and looked after children services. I currently work as an Advanced Social Work Practitioner at the London Borough of Enfield, managing complex cases involving safeguarding, court proceedings, permanency planning, and multi-agency working. I recently completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Best Interests Assessment (DoLS) with Teesside University and have strong skills in assessment, analytical report writing, and decision-making that promote the rights and wellbeing of vulnerable individuals. I am now seeking an opportunity to work as a Best Interests Assessor on a part-time basisI am a registered Social Worker with over five years’ post-qualified experience in statutory child protection and looked after children services. I currently work as an Advanced Social Work Practitioner at the London Borough of Enfield, managing complex cases involving safeguarding, court proceedings, permanency planning, and multi-agency working. I recently completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Best Interests Assessment (DoLS) with Teesside University and have strong skills in assessment, analytical report writing, and decision-making that promote the rights and wellbeing of vulnerable individuals. I am now seeking an opportunity to work as a Best Interests Assessor on a part-time basis
Experiences
• Provide a casework service to the most vulnerable looked-after children, which will include a significant level of complex court work. • Develop and deliver projects which further the knowledge of the service and/or improve outcomes for individual children and young people. • Work with the team managers on performance improvement strategies, improving compliance with national legislative requirements and local policies. • Mentor and support less experienced members of the social care workforce to build the skills and knowledge of the whole service. • Provide permanency planning input into complex cases. • Assist in managing the daily duty team on behalf of the service. • Representing the service in external multi-agency partnerships. • Any other duties as reasonably requested by management. • Provide statutory social work for Looked After Children, offering support, assessing their evolving needs, and implementing interventions to safeguard their welfare. • Working in partnership with children, young people and families/carers and, through building relationships, to elicit their needs and views and promote participation in decision making to develop independent living skills. • Planning, implementing Care Plans, and reviewing a range of interventions for children, young people and families/carers in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy and procedures for the service. • managing a workload independently, seeking support and managers' oversight for workload difficulties. • Pro-active use of supervision to support effective practice, reflection and career development to meet the objectives of Performance Development reviews. • Maintaining accuracy, up-to-date case notes, visits, documents, chronology, and case summary records safely and confidentially in accordance with the Council’s policies and procedures. • Produce succinct, well-structured records and reports, clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgments. • Proactively engage with colleagues and a range of organisations to identify, assess, plan for and support the needs of children, young people and families/ carers to promote positive change and independence, whilst demonstrating confident and effective judgement about risk to children and young people. • Execute adoption cases and produce thorough child permanence reports, engage in life story work with children and compose life letters. • Attend relevant Court hearings, providing necessary evidence when required and meet timelines for Court reports and panel papers when necessary. • Advocate for placement stability and permanence for Looked After Children. • Carry out all accountabilities in compliance with the Council's Policies and Procedures.
• Provide statutory social work for Looked After children, offering support, assessing their evolving needs, and implementing interventions to safeguard their welfare. • Working in partnership with children, young people and families/carers and, through building relationships, to elicit their needs and views and promote participation in decision making to develop independent living skills. • Planning, implementing Care Plans, and reviewing a range of interventions for children, young people and families/carers in accordance with statutory/regulatory and operational standards, policy and procedures for the service. • Managing a workload independently, seeking support and managers' oversight for workload difficulties. • Pro-active use of supervision to support effective practice, reflection and career development to meet the objectives of Performance Development reviews. • Maintaining accuracy, up-to-date case notes, visits, documents, chronology, and case summary records safely and confidentially in accordance with the Council’s policies and procedures. • Produce succinct, well-structured records and reports, clearly recording and reporting analysis and judgments. • Pro-actively engage with colleagues and a range of organisations to identify, assess, plan for and support the needs of children, young people and family/ carers to promote positive change and independence, whilst demonstrating confident and effective judgement about risk to children and young people. • Carrying out all duties in accordance with the Council's Equal Opportunities Policy and other policies designed to protect employees and service users from harassment. • Execute adoption cases and produce thorough child permanence reports, engage in life story work with children and compose life letters. • Attend relevant Court hearings, providing necessary evidence when required and meet timelines for Court reports and panel papers when necessary. • Advocate for placement stability and permanence for Looked After children.
• Delivering statutory child welfare and child protection services in accordance with the Children’s Act [Chapter 5:06] and national child protection frameworks • Conducting intake, screening, and comprehensive risk and needs assessments for children in need of care and protection • Developing, implementing, monitoring, and reviewing care plans to safeguard children’s welfare and promote family-based care • Undertook emergency child protection interventions, including removal and placement of children at immediate risk into places of safety • Arranging, monitoring, and reviewing alternative care placements, including foster care and approved residential care institutions • Led family tracing, assessment, and reunification processes, with ongoing follow-up and monitoring • Preparing statutory documentation, including Probation Officer’s reports, court reports, juvenile tracing reports, and care recommendations • Working collaboratively with Juvenile Courts, Zimbabwe Republic Police, health services, schools, and community structures to safeguard children
