Kim Smith has extensive experience in social work, primarily within child services, having served as Assistant Head of Service at Birmingham Children's Trust since July 2015. Kim held multiple roles at Birmingham City Council from October 2015 to November 2022, including Assistant Head of Service and Project and Development Lead for Connected Persons and Special Guardianship Orders. Additionally, Kim worked as an Independent Social Worker with Solutions Unlimited and served as a Panel Adviser for Shropshire Council during the same period. Previous experience includes roles at Telford & Wrekin Council, notably as Interim Principal Social Worker and Team Manager for the Fostering Team, where responsibilities encompassed managing placements and quality assurance. Kim's early career involved serving as an Advanced Social Work Practitioner and Senior Social Worker, focusing on complex child protection cases. Kim holds a degree from the University of Birmingham.
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Birmingham Children's Trust (England)
Please visit our LinkedIn recruitment page to view our latest vacancies -> https://www.linkedin.com/company/joinbhamtrust/ Birmingham Children’s Trust exists to make a positive difference for children, young people and families in the city. We used to be called Children’s Services and be run by Birmingham City Council. For a long time our services were inadequate, and we needed to do much more to support disadvantaged children and young people in the city and make sure they were safe. We started making some important improvements – listening to and learning from others, improving our social work practice and supporting our staff to do their jobs well. We became a Children’s Trust in April 2018 to help us accelerate these changes. Our Trust is owned by, but independent from, Birmingham City Council. This means it can do things differently, and make changes so that disadvantaged young people in the city are better looked after. We’re known as a Community Interest Company. The Council is still responsible for making sure young people in the city are safe and happy, and will monitor the Trust’s work closely to make sure it is doing its job well.