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Meet the team
Mandy
Hello,
my name is Mandy and I am the Team Manager for Shared
Lives.
I worked in a range of residential homes for six years before
attending college as a mature student and qualifying with a diploma
in social work. Since qualifying in 1997 I have worked with adults
with learning disabilities, first at the Royal School for the Blind
and then for five years as a Care Manager before joining the Medway
Council Shared Lives (Adult Placement) in October 2003.
As the Registered Manager, my main responsibilities are to
establish and develop the service in line with Shared Lives
standards and legislation, to meet the requirements of the Care
Quality Commission, to manage the team and to provide overall
responsibility for maintaining high standards of care and
support.
You can contact me on 01634 337100.
Elena
Hi, my name is Elena and I am the Senior Practitioner in
the Shared Lives Team.
I have worked in the field of Social Care for most of my working
life. I joined Medway Social Services in 2001 when I qualified as a
Social Worker. I started my career with Medway Social Services by
working in a Children and Families team.
Following this I worked as the transitional Social Worker in the
Disabled Children’s Team supporting young people with special needs
moving over to Adult Services. This experience led me to seek a
change in direction by joining the Shared Lives (Adult Placement)
team in 2005.
I assess individual carers and provide continuing support and
monitoring, provide training opportunities, develop the Support
Group meetings for carers, and the social network for both carers
and users.
You can contact me on 01634 337100.
Manolita
Hi, my name is Manolita and I am a Social Worker
in the Shared Lives Team.
I was working as a Consultant Anaesthetist and a Medical
Examiner for the US and Australian Embassy before coming to UK. I
gained a Diploma in Social Work in 1997. After finishing my last
placement in 1997, I worked as a hospital care manager, a care
manager for older people and adults with physical and learning
disabilities. I joined Medway Shared Lives in December 2008. I
assess individual carers, provide continuing support and
monitoring, training specific to the carers' role and
supervise social work students.
You can contact me on 01634 337100.
Jacki
Hello, my name is Jacki and I am a Social Worker in the
Shared Lives Team.
I have worked in social care for most of my
working life, from early beginnings supporting young people with
special needs in a classroom setting; to working for a
rehabilitation team assessing all ages with disabilities for
equipment and adaptations; and as a day centre
supervisor.
For the last 20 years I worked as a care
manager for Medway Council with people with physical and/or
learning disabilities until 2001 when integrated teams saw the
split between disciplines and I chose to remain with learning
disability services.
For the last six of those years I was
responsible for young people in transition from children’s to adult
services working closely with all children’s services, before
joining the Shared Lives team in 2010.
I assess individual carers, provide
ongoing support and monitoring and to provide training specific to
the role of carers.
You can contact me on 01634 337100.
Steph
Hi, my name is Steph and I am a Social Worker in
the Shared Lives Team.
My career with Adults with Learning Disabilities
began when I joined the day centre at Wharf Road as
a casual part time support worker, this progressed into a full time
permanent position as a Day Centre Officer and continued
for a further 12 years working in the Canterbury Street Centre
and finally at Greatfield Lodge Day Centre.
I qualified as a Social Worker in 2005 and joined the Care
Management Team for Adults with a Learning Disability, working
with service users moving through transition from young
people to adults. I joined the Shared Lives Team in July
2011
I assess individual carers, provide
ongoing support and monitoring and provide training specific to the
role of carers.
You can contact me on 01634
337100.
Steve
Hi, my name is Steve and I am a Family Support
Worker/Activities Coordinator in the Shared Lives
Team.
I began working with vulnerable young adults in the community,
and children and adults with learning and/or physical disabilities
in respite and residential care, in 1990.
Before moving to Medway, I worked for ILS Scotland in
Perth and Kinross, where I coordinated a project supporting
homeless vulnerable young adults in finding and maintaining their
own tenancies. I joined the Medway Shared Lives team in October
2008.
My main responsibilities are to facilitate and support service
users and carers through the development and organisation of day
activities, as an alternative to the Council's Community Activity
Service. I also provide individual support to service users and
carers. In addition, I produce Easy Read material, the Shared
Lives Newsletter and keep the Shared Lives web pages
up-to-date.
You can contact me on 01634 337100.
Sandra
Hi, my name is Sandra and I am a Family Support
Worker in the Shared Lives Team.
Since 1992 I have worked in various social care teams within
Medway Council. I joined the Shared Lives team in 2005 and moved to
my present position in March 2012.
My main responsibilities are to provide individual support to
service users and carers.
You can contact me on 01634 337100.
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