Meet The Team

Qualifications

• BA HONS Bachelor of arts, Degree in Social work.
• NVQ level 3 Children's and young People Residential 
• Level 4 Classroom training
• QCF 4 health and social care

Special interests

Maria has been dedicated to the safeguarding of children in care for over 25 years. She has worked assisting managers in some of the most challenging front lines. 

 She also has a vast amount of experience and knowledge dealing with PDA, Autism and ADHD. Maria has over 25 years experience working with children that represent behaviours that challenge. 

Maria has become very dedicated and strives to bring about positive ways to improve CLA paperwork.

Maria quoted 

"Working in management you quickly learn that there is a lot of "red tape"

It raps around everything and can make it very difficult to treat a child like a child.

         Qualifications 

Mental Health QCF level 7

QCF Level 5 Residential Child care Management

Level 4 Children's Emotional Freedom

Level 4 Classroom Training

NVQ 3 Children and Young People

Level 2 Steps to Childhood trauma 

 Special Interests

Being care experience himself, Charles can give great insights on "both sides of the fence". When he left the care system, He then worked with Children looked after for over 20 years. 

Charles quoted

"You have to be brave to want change" to be outstanding you need to stand out. You have to do things differently from everyone elese.

You have to be prepared to take risks. 

That will always be a great quality.

Qualifications

Risk asseser for London city council, protection reduction in Hightened behaviour specialist 

• Foundation degree Children's Mental health level 6.
• QCF level 5 Children and young people residential management
• NVQ 3 children and young people
• Level 3 Children's emotional freedom.
• Level 2 Children's and young people challenging Behaviours.

Special Interests

Welcome Michelle.

Michelle is a new member of the team with a great insight into helping young people in care become independent, to improve self awareness including identity and confidence. Michelle has worked with mixed London councils for 17 years. And is just what our company needs to improve the help we give to children looked after. 

She is very exited to be a part in a new and fresh look at Children's Mental wellbeing. And has already started some new slides and practical work to add to our courses.

Michelle quoted

It's so simple

"When it comes to children looked after, to gain respect you have to earn it. And to earn it you have to give it"

It's really simple.

Qualifications.

• Level 3 Exercise and GP Referral:Enables 
• Level 4 Strength and Conditioning 
• Level 4 PT children with weight management plans
• Foundation degree nutritional studies.

Specialties in health and fitness  The girls run their own gym which is dedicated to the health and fitness of children as young as 6.

They also take part in the charlty and donations. Together with inmymind training the ladies are giving  classes to some of our referrals of children with weight management plans. 

We are very lucky to have found such a service. Totally dedicated. We are hoping that our partnership will bring about plans being placed into residential care packages.

Jenny quoted 

"Being fit can  reduce stress and anxiety, and improve your overall well-being. It can give children a positive self image. Which is vital to children's mental health. 

Society is rife with negitive influences about body image. 

Why are the food options for children so appalling"

Hospitals, children's care homes, and schools host some of the most unnutritional foods I've ever seen. Mental health and food go hand in hand.

I'm so passionate about that."