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Regulation 44 Independent Visits

Cherry Lane Therapeutic Services offers child focused, thoughtful, constructive and supportive Regulation 44 independent visits.

 

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Elena Balzer-Harwood Regulation 44 independent visitor

Elena Balzer-Harwood

•    NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

•    OCR Level 4 Award in the IQA of Assessment Processes and Practice

•    OCR Level 3 Assessing Competence in the Work environment

•    City & Guilds Level 4 NVQ Health and Social Care - Children & Young People 

•    City & Guilds Level 3 NVQ  Caring for Children and Young People 
 

About Elena

Elena is a highly skilled and experienced professional with over 20 years experience in residential childcare and qualified to assess and quality assure at all levels. Starting her career in 2003, Elena worked through varying roles within the residential childcare setting, to include Registered Manager under Ofsted. Since then, she has become a centre manager  for NCFE registered assessment centre and has developed a high level of expertise in auditing, analysis. Elena has undertaken Regulation 44 visits since 2009 to ensure competency in all the homes she visits. 

 

Elena’s inspections are rigorous and her reports are comprehensive, the standard of care and well-being of children and young people being at the heart of her work. As a ‘critical friend’ Elena acts with integrity when she challenges and questions practice, ensuring her feedback is fair and constructive.

 

Elena is supervised by Kerry Shoesmith, who has assisted homes in achieving outstanding and consistently achieved this with her team as a Registered Manager for many years.

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