Organisation Structure

ORGANISATION STRUCTURE

Greater Reliability And A More Effective Service

Verbena Children’s Home has a flat organisational structure, so as to promote the free flow of information to senior management. This enables Verbena Children’s Home to build an adaptive, innovative, friendly organisation. Verbena Children’s Home short chain of command facilitates a greater level of communication between employees and management.

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Uwaila Efiannayi

She has held multiple managerial positions within the realm of social care, both independently and collaboratively, involving communication with other professionals and external entities such as local authorities, family members, and law enforcement. She possesses the necessary qualifications and skills to provide comprehensive consultation. Additionally, she offers support, assistance, input, or guidance to Registered Managers of Homes and Responsible Individuals in order to ensure that the care plans and needs of children are adequately addressed.
Uwa possesses a foundation degree in Therapeutic Community and Therapeutic Organisations, a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry, a National Vocational Qualification Level 5 in Care Leadership and Management, and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Psychodynamic Counselling. Uwa exhibits a sincere ardour for providing care to individuals and derives pleasure from the multifaceted nature of the position, which includes training and mentoring staff, as well as overseeing the diverse responsibilities and challenges inherent in managing a residential children’s home.
Uwaila possesses extensive external experience in health and social care settings, having served in various leadership capacities for a considerable duration, an expertise in the creation and execution of personalised support plans that prioritise the welfare, requirements, wishes, and preferences of the child concerned. Uwa possesses a significant amount of knowledge and specialised skills in effectively serving individuals who are susceptible to harm and disadvantage across various age groups. She has experience in leading teams that work with vulnerable populations, specifically children and young people who exhibit emotional and behavioural challenges, self-harm, and are at risk of sexual or criminal exploitation, etc. Uwa has garnered a positive reputation in this field. Her reputation within multiple local councils is attributed to her ability to establish a secure and welcoming environment for even the most difficult or hard to engage children, resulting in improved results and the optimisation of their capabilities. Uwa has collaborated with various organisations to enhance capacity and elevate the standard of care and outcomes. She has effectively maintained positive relationships with the council, social workers, and other pertinent stakeholders.

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Hypolitus Ogoli-Egbune

Brings a mixture of over 20 years Criminal Justice, Children’s Social Care and voluntary sector experience to the service. His knowledge and skill of working with hard to engage children, young people and families through targeted interventions will promote the homes aim to engage the children in key outcomes such as education, training and employment. Hyp has deep interest in the wellbeing of children and improving outcomes for them. Hyp has completed NVQ Level 1 in Health and Social Care
(Working with Young People in 2008 and is currently an MA Social Work (Fast Track) student of the Middlesex University. He brings the knowledge of new thinking in social work based on research and evidence to the benefit of our children. The expectation is that he completes the Level 5 Diploma/NVQ in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England).

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Rachael Olufowobi

is a Registered Nurse. She has worked within the NHS for over 17years, with a vast experience in delivery of holistic care; which. Involves not only the clinical needs of her service users, but also, the, personal, psychological and mental needs, with emphasis on helping and educating her service users in understanding their conditions and involving them in the planning and delivering of their care, resulting in an optimal positive outcome. Rachael is very passionate in her work and takes pride in the delivering of a seamless service, one that is second to none. Her clients and many other service users who have heard of her impacts, usually insist on a consultation with her as they are guaranteed to feel positive in their -selves and empowered to tackle their challenges. She is a natural in bringing the best out of people. She is passionate in her work and since 2010 have been a link nurse for child protection within her clinical area. In these years, she has played a major role in identifying cases of child abuse and child sexual exploitations, raised the alarm and bringing this to an immediate halt. She works closely with the child protection team within her organisation and the local authorities.

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George Akomas (PhD)

A lecturer (on leadership), leadership and life coach, George brings his passion for personal development to the organization. While working with young people across various homes in Essex. George emphasizes on education and skill development while teaching young people life skills. George uses his coaching experience engage with the young people, helping create an atmosphere where the young people feel comfortable expressing themselves. He also trains staff on leadership, mentoring and in ensuring that the Keywork sessions are enriching experiences for both the young people and staff.