Sharon is the Principal Child & Family Social Worker (PCFSW) and Service Manager for Surrey Children Services Academy. She is also the new Co-Chair of the national Principal Child & Family Social work network with Farrah Khan
Sharon is an enthusiastic, dedicated and experienced manager with over 28 years of direct experience and specialist knowledge of social work/social care practice in relation to children, young people, vulnerable adults and families. She has a track record of delivering and leading complex diverse staff, teams and services within the public sector and the voluntary sector.
Sharon has a passion for learning and development and for ensuring the workforce have excellent experiences through the design of modern impactful and innovative learning solutions which ultimately impact on improved safe practice/services for children, young people and their families. Sharon prides herself on managing with compassion, honesty and integrity.
Within her role as PCFSW Sharon works hard to support, and appropriately challenge practitioners and managers at all levels, thus helping to create an environment where high quality practice can flourish. Within her role as Service Manager Sharon is responsible for Surrey’s ASYE and Student placement programmes. She also has overall responsibility for the design, creation, coordination, delivery and evaluation of all learning and development activities which meets the CPD needs of the workforce within the Children’s, Families and Learning Directorate. Whilst also supporting the shared learning opportunities for practitioners and mangers working with Children and families across the wider multi agency partnership in Surrey.