Theraplay Training degree part time with the Open University. After qualifying Ki spent a year working with adults with learning disabilities before moving to a local authority fostering team. Ki has also been a volunteer with East Sussex Foster Care Association and raised over £3,000 in a charity trek of the Great Wall of China for Heart FM’s charity, Have a Heart. Ki has completed a training course on Theraplay and will use these skills to children’s train carers in the future. Supervising Social Worker Amanda Cornwall – Qualifications Experience DipSW 2000 Amanda joined Fosterplus in November 2014. She has worked in a range of social work and clinical settings Certificate- Advanced Clinical Training within her career, including Child Protection, Occupational Health, Primary Care Trusts and Fostering and 2005 Adoption. Amanda is a trained Psychotherapist in Transaction Analysis and is also an accredited mediator with the Open College Network. Amanda describes herself as a who enjoys a team ‘people person’ environment. She has a good sense of humour and loves to read. Social Work Assistant (P/T) Jude Mead – Qualifications Experience NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care Jude joined the team in 2006, initially as a Sessional Worker and then as a part-time Social Work Assistant. Jude has 22 years of experience of looking after children and during this time has raised her own family. – Children and Young People Initially, for 5 years she worked as a nanny and then as a registered child minder for 7 years. She has children’s also worked as a Home Care Assistant caring for the elderly. Jude has also enjoyed working as a volunteer for a Christian youth project as a mentor supporting teenagers. Team Administrator Lisa Coombes – Qualifications Experience NVQ Level 2 in Business & Lisa joined Fosterplus in April 2013. She worked in Travel & Tourism from 1988 until having her son in Administration 1997. After having a break Lisa started working within the NHS as a Clerical Officer in a busy Health Clinic CLAIT Computer Course for 8 years and then as a Bookings Co-ordinator at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital for 3 years. Travel & Tourism 2 Year Course -
Theraplay Training degree part time with the Open University. After qualifying Ki spent a year working with adults with learning disabilities before moving to a local authority fostering team. Ki has also been a volunteer with East Sussex Foster Care Association and raised over £3,000 in a charity trek of the Great Wall of China for Heart FM’s children’s charity, Have a Heart. Ki has completed a training course on Theraplay and will use these skills to train carers in the future. Supervising Social Worker – Amanda Cornwall Qualifications Experience DipSW 2000 Certificate- Advanced Clinical Training 2005 Amanda joined Fosterplus in November 2014. She has worked in a range of social work and clinical settings within her career, including Child Protection, Occupational Health, Primary Care Trusts and Fostering and Adoption. Amanda is a trained Psychotherapist in Transaction Analysis and is also an accredited mediator with the Open College Network. Amanda describes herself as a ‘people person’ who enjoys a team environment. She has a good sense of humour and loves to read. Social Work Assistant (P/T) – Jude Mead Qualifications Experience NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care – Children and Young People Jude joined the team in 2006, initially as a Sessional Worker and then as a part-time Social Work Assistant. Jude has 22 years of experience of looking after children and during this time has raised her own family. Initially, for 5 years she worked as a children’s nanny and then as a registered child minder for 7 years. She has also worked as a Home Care Assistant caring for the elderly. Jude has also enjoyed working as a volunteer for a Christian youth project as a mentor supporting teenagers. Team Administrator – Lisa Coombes Qualifications Experience NVQ Level 2 in Business & Administration CLAIT Computer Course Travel & Tourism 2 Year Course - Lisa joined Fosterplus in April 2013. She worked in Travel & Tourism from 1988 until having her son in 1997. After having a break Lisa started working within the NHS as a Clerical Officer in a busy Health Clinic for 8 years and then as a Bookings Co-ordinator at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital for 3 years.
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