The registered social worker has over 18 years of post-qualification experience in work with children and families. This ranges from family support and safeguarding services to adoption and fostering. Natalie has extensive rounded experience through Local Authority work, and with charities and private organisations. The last 11 years of Natalie's career have been focused on family placement services, at a managerial/ consultancy level and in improvement work.
Natalie says: "I find honesty, creativity and dedication to be the most valuable qualities for success in leading any service. My greatest passion is securing the best outcomes for the children and young people that we work with. This means well informed, well trained, insightful staff, foster carers and adopters who receive high-quality support and are able to share their learning with others."
In addition to her professional background Natalie, mother to two teenagers, has personal experience of welcoming in a sibling from foster care who was adopted by her family when she was a young adult.
To connect with Natalie visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/attachadoption/
https://www.instagram.com/attachconsultancy/
https://twitter.com/attachconsult
Diagrama Adoption is an independent, voluntary adoption agency rated GOOD (https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/7/SC484605) by Ofsted (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted) . Our friendly and professional team members are dedicated to finding loving and nurturing families for vulnerable children waiting to be adopted (https://www.diagramaadoption.org.uk/children-awaiting-adoption) .
For more about Diagrama Adoption visit
https://www.diagramaadoption.org.uk/
https://twitter.com/diagramaukkids
https://www.youtube.com/user/DiagramaFoundation
https://www.facebook.com/Diagramafosteringadoption/
Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.
Related Videos
Primordial Peace With Elmarie Arnold
Would you like more peace? Does trauma drown out peace for you? Listen in as we dive deep and deeper still to find peace. Perhaps one of the most profound and powerful conversations in 542 episodes. Enjoy. Here's a bit about Elmarie: I WRITE TO BREAK THE SILENCE. I was adopted through the closed ado...
Shifting With Ryan Craig
So much of our lives has been based on protecting ourselves. And understandably so when we've felt so vulnerable and insecure. How would shifting our focus move us forward? Listen in as Ryan takes me - and you - on a profound learning journey. A truly mind shifting and belief busting episode. Ryan ...
Emotional Freedom With Danielle Gaudette
What we resist persists. How about more freedom instead? Listen in as Danielle dives into emotional freedom, what it means and how we enjoy it. Profound and practical. Here are two of Danielle's previous interviews on Thriving Adoptees: https://thriving-adoptees.simplecast.com/episodes/upping-our-em...