Kristina Powney

Self-motivated, disciplined, excellent organisational skills with considerable experience of working with vulnerable adults who have wide ranging complex needs, extensive experience of assessment, commissioning and reviewing complex packages of care, including working with older persons, young people leaving care, adult mental health and learning disability and those with an offending background. Completed with merit the well received MSc in Mental Health Social Work with children and adults at the prestigious Kings College London Institute of Psychiatry at the Maudsley. In-depth knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983) amended, Mental Capacity Act (2005), Care Programme Approach, Single Assessment Process, safeguarding, FACE documentation as well as risk assessment and management and multi disciplinary working. Experience as a Practitioner Manager/Senior Practitioner providing day-to-day management of duty delivering supervision and appraisal and having an instrumental contribution to the learning and development and mentoring of others. Excellent communicator with impeccable written and spoken skills, able to work well under pressure and in changing environments ability to provide a high quality service to service users and teams. Trusted assessor training completed to assess need for equipment, minor adaptations and alterations and arrange the provision of daily living equipment, assess and prescribe specifications for alterations and minor adaptation and recommend non complex major adaptations. Developed and facilitated training in health and social care across NVQ’s level 2, 3 & 4 in child and adult health and social care as well as provision of training to foster carers. Member of the Care Funding Calculator Champions Group, a dynamic forum attended by representatives of the 32 London Boroughs. Approved and registered Foster Parent/Carer. Specialties: Professional Social Worker Trainer assessor in health and social care up to NVQ level 4 Training programme development and delivery.