Helen is the Deputy Manager. Helen is a qualified Social Worker and worked in the field of Children and Families for 21 years, 7 years as a social worker and 14 years as a team manager. She has also been a social worker in a Children with Disabilities Team.

As Team Manager, Helen was responsible for the oversight and management of social work teams, working in a multi-disciplinary environment, ensuring the implementation and adhering to legislation, polices and procedures, and in ensuring quality assessments and reports.  She has experience in care planning and the managerial oversight of children and young people in Local Authority Care, and in communicating with their families to ensure their inclusion. Helen has experience in setting up new teams following restructures, and in the recruitment and retention of staff teams.

She has been responsible for monthly supervisions of her team and also in performance management and development. Helen has represented Local Authority’s in multi-agency projects and locality planning, as well as taking the lead.  Helen has experience of being a Registered Manager in a Family Assessment Residential setting, responsible for the overall running of the setting and staff performance, quality service to families and other stakeholders, and the lead for safeguarding. 

Helen has a passion for working with vulnerable children and young people, and in facilitating the best opportunities for them to grow and develop and achieve their individual goals and aspirations.  

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

Professional Qualification Dip SW 2003

Working towards Level 5 in Leadership and Management

21 years previous experience with transferable skills in the field of children and families.

Dominique is an experienced Registered Manager of five years working with young people, young adults and children. However, Dominique’s experience was Built up from being rewarded a Support Worker role in 2007 right through to an Operations Manager, but also being in other roles in between such as Senior Support worker and Team Leader.

Dominique was one of the lead managers of the implementation of the winterbourne scandal in the planning and transitioning of young people back to their placing authority in 2016, leading multi-disciplinary teams to ensure safe and well-planned transitions for young people to live in their forever homes.

Dominique won the Laing Buisson award in 2012 for best supported living in the UK after also winning the regional awards too. Dominique has won numerous regional awards for the support and care received friends’ young people, which children had nominated Dominique for.

Dominique's passion to enable young people to thrive and live a healthy and independent life lives on in all of her attributes in working with young people in which she is proud to have been a part of.

QUALIFICATIONS

NVQ level 5 in leadership and management.

NVQ level 3 in children's residential care

PBS coach and instructor

Train the Trainer in administration of medication

Train the Trainer in DoL and DoLS

Train the Trainer in moving and handling.

Jen is qualified to bachelors’ level in social work. She started her career working for the domestic abuse service as an Independent Domestic Violence Advisor supporting vulnerable adults and progressed her role within this service to working with children experiencing domestic abuse within the home undertaking 1:1 direct work and facilitating groups. 

She joined Lancashire County Council Children’s Social Care in 2015 initially as a family support worker and stepped into a social work role within a month of employment. She worked as a social worker for 4 years carrying out generic work such as initial assessment, child in need, child protection and looked after children however throughout various restructures, primarily worked in the safeguarding team mainly working in child protection, court proceedings and adoption.

In 2019, she became a senior social practitioner and enhanced her skills in becoming a practice educator and being allocated students to learn and develop as part of their final placement. In 2021, she became a consultant social worker in the family safeguarding team continuing to develop newly qualified social workers, students, managing a complex caseload including high level proceedings with the addition of deputising the team manager, overseeing compliance and data, chairing strategy discussions and overseeing court work. Jen has had experience in frontline practice and overseeing and guiding practice ensuring good quality assessments, care plans and reports.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Advisor) Qualification – August 2014

BA (hons) Social Work – September 2013

BTEC Extended Diploma Health & Social Care Level 3 – July 2010

9 years of transferable skills

Febian is a medical doctor who graduated from Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia.  He has 3 years of work experience in the field of medicine. He has worked as a GP in several clinics in his hometown back in India. He has also worked as a Health Care Assistant in Adult Care homes and also as a Senior Health Care Assistant in nursing homes across Lancashire. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Public Health at the University of Central Lancashire.  He chose to work as a residential support worker because he is very passionate about providing care and assistance to children who are in need. He firmly believes that providing support can make a significant change in their lives.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

Medical Doctor Degree (June 2020)

Masters in Applied Public Health (September 2023)

2 years prior experience with transferrable skills

Daniyal is a dynamic and motivated first-year Biomedical Science student at the University of Central Lancashire, with a strong foundation in Biology, Chemistry, and Computer Science. His academic background is complemented by hands-on experience in clinical and laboratory settings, as well as a range of volunteer roles. He has developed a robust skill set that includes analytical thinking, effective communication, and proficiency in laboratory techniques and data analysis.

Through shadowing medical professionals and participating in specialised training such as an ultrasound course for doctors, he has gained valuable insights into patient care and diagnostic procedures. His volunteer work in diverse environments has honed his ability to work effectively both independently and within teams, manage time efficiently, and provide exceptional customer service. Fluent in English and Urdu, he is eager to leverage his skills and experiences to make meaningful contributions to the healthcare field while continuing to learn and grow professionally.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science (Expected Graduation: 2026)

A-Levels-Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science (2020-2023)

9 years prior experience with transferrable skills

Vaishnavi is an enthusiastic and dedicated individual who obtained a Master’s degree in Applied Public Health from University of Central Lancashire and has another Masters in Social Work from India. She has volunteered in various health settings, social activities and completed internships in different organisations, gained extensive experience and exposure in hospitals, communities and non-governmental organisations. She is an individual who is interested to help the individuals those who are in need, also who is detail oriented with a positive attitude who is ready to make immediate impact.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

Masters in Applied Public Health (2023-2024)

Masters in Social Work (2020-2022)

Bachelors in Psychology (2017-2020)

1-year prior experience with transferrable skills

Certificate Course in Child and Adolescent Mental Health from National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience, India

Nneameka is a dedicated, compassionate and hardworking individual who loves being around children, providing top quality care to those in need in the health care field. She has been working with children for the last 9 years of her life. She is a team player who loves working in a team and supporting other members of the team. This is because everybody has a personal best, “working together makes us achieve something great.”

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

6 years previous experience with transferable skills

Pathway to care Programme: Module A Adult care.

Pathway to care programme Module B THE 6C’S OF CARE

Level 2 Diploma in Health and social care

Aliya is caring and dedicated individual who has worked for Cambian since March 2024 supporting the children in out care. Aliya obtained Level 2 Health and Social Care and had ambitions to study paramedic science. This was interrupted due to family illness and so Aliya chose to pursue work in care. She worked as part of a crisis team with the elderly who were experiencing mental health issues and physical needs. She has been registered with an agency and has worked in women’s refuges.  Aliya intends to continue working with vulnerable people and in particular enjoys working with children with additional needs.

EDUCATION /QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

Level 2 Health and Social Care

All mandatory training within Cambian

2 years previous experience with transferable skills

Syed graduated in commerce in Pakistan. He was a carer for his parents in Pakistan 2018 to 2023. He had various employment role in Pakistan then moved to the UK and join the complete food group as a warehouse operator through the agency and finished in last year. After that he worked with star Tissue as a production operator in a night shift from 11/2023 till 3/2024. He currently works with Cambion Brook View as a Residential Support Worker, which he started in March 2024. He has completed mandatory training and courses for personal development in this role. He works directly with children with additional and complex needs both in the residential setting and within the school. 

EDUCATION /QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

Support in meeting care needs, including personal care

5 years previous experience with transferable skills

All mandatory training within the Cambian Group

Level 3 award emergency first aid

Yazmin is enthusiastic and willing to develop more skills. She is hardworking, caring and will try her best in every task given. She finished high school with a pass in health and social care then went to study Level 2 childcare in college.

She then went into working in domiciliary care which she worked in for just over a year. She worked with a wide range of people with various needs from basic care needs to more complex. After this Yazmin worked for an agency which was working with more elderly people with Autism and LD.

This gave her more understanding of working in this sector of work. She then went on to working with a young person in semi-independent living. Yazmin has experience in safeguarding, basic and complex care and in promoting dignity and choice whilst adhering to care plans. 

EDUCATION /QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

Level 2 Health and Social Care

2 years previous experience with transferable skills

Direct 1:1 work supporting a young person

Mariam is a reliable, dedicated, confident and a goal driven individual who has worked in the sector of children and adult over 6 years. She graduated from University of Benin, Edo State Nigeria where she gained my BS.C in Accounting. She has done other online courses that has given her insight to develop her work as a care/ support worker such as CPI Training, Safeguarding Adult and Children, Fire safety,

EDUCATION /QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

BSc in Accounting (University of Benin, Edo State Nigeria) 2013

6 years previous experience with transferable skills

Dhanuja was a nurse in India and completed my graduate at Holy cross college of nursing in 2016. Before that she used to do volunteer work along with people experiencing disasters like flood and landslides. In her nursing career she had experience of 6 years in different hospitals and with different ages. She used to work at paediatric, child neurology and cardiology as well as mental health wards. She loves working as a team and now works as a waking night staff supporting our children.

She has completed CPI training, first aid training, medication training, ADHD training and also safeguarding for children. She is completing level 3 training as well.

EDUCATION /QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

BSc Degree in Nursing

6 years previous experience with transferable skills

Midwifery and Nurse

Ndidiamaka is a goal-oriented professional who has dedicated major part of my life working in the healthcare sector. As a student, she participated in different medical outreaches in the rural areas of Nigeria to bring free healthcare to the less privileged.

As a house officer, she advocated for her patients who could not afford medical treatments through the hospital’s social welfare unit and also was able to raise money through charity donations from friends and family.  As someone who has a quest for broad knowledge, she became a resident in Family Medicine which gave her the opportunity to work with individuals of all age group which she found fulfilling.

EDUCATION /QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

2023/2024 Masters in Applied Public Health, University of Central Lancashire (currently enrolled).

2019-2023 Registrar in Family Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Nigeria.

2014-2019 Medical Officer, Leo Clinic & Maternity.

2013-2014 Medical Officer, General Hospital Ezzamgbo, Ebonyi State.

2012-2013 House Officer, Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.

2003-2011 MBBS, Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

1996-2002 West African Certificate Examination. Federal Government College Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria.

14 years previous experience with transferable skills

Isaac currently works as agency staff in the care sector and is working with Cambian. He has worked in the care sector for 7 years with children and adults all with complex needs. He loves working as part of a team and is keen to develop his skills and knowledge. Isaac has a Master’s Degree in Project Management. He goals are advance in his career in care, particularly with children and young people. 

EDUCATION /QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

Masters degree in Project Management

7 years previous experience with transferable skills