What are your main responsibilities? Primarily, safeguardingchildren.
I also manage more than 100 staff, and have to ensure services arewithin budget and of excellent quality.
What did you do before? I worked in children's services at the LondonBorough of Brent and, before that, I qualified as a generic socialworker in Hammersmith.
What was your best career decision? Doing voluntary work. In Kenya Iworked as a teacher, surrounded by both poverty and affluence. I camehere to do accountancy but, after working in a hospital's social workdepartment, I realised that I wanted to work in the community.
What made you decide to get into children's services? The work isvaried, challenging and demanding. I still keep in touch with some ofthe children I worked with when I was a social worker, and it's amazingto see the impact you've made years later.
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