The Social Work and Social Care Faculty Members
Jenny McAteer
Service Director - Quality, Standards and Performance at Buckinghamshire Council; Principle Social Worker
SW&SC Faculty Lead Sponsor
Jenny's recent work has focused on safeguarding and system resilience, developing integrated approaches to meet the growing complexity of care needs.
Jenny is currently working with partners to shape a county-wide framework for a truly integrated workforce, supporting the attraction, development , and retention of professionals across health and social care.
Sara Franchetti
SW&SC Faculty Lead
Strategic Lead in Practice and Quality Standards at Buckinghamshire Council
Sara is a registered Social Worker and has been for the last 23 years. She started her career working for Bedfordshire County Council as a social worker in the Older Persons team.
During her time in Bedfordshire she worked in Community Assessment and Rehabilitation teams. She later progressed to a Senior Practitioner in Bedford Hospital where she managed a small team of social workers.
Germaine Kent
Social Work and Regular Professions faculty lead, SW&SC faculty, BHSCA
Workforce Development and Training Manager - Adults Social Care at Buckinghamshire Council
Germaine leads initiatives that support workforce development, professional excellence and career progression across social work, occupational therapy and other regulated professions.
Working collaboratively with partners across health and social care, Germaine is passionate about strengthening learning, innovation and practice to help build a confident, skilled and future-ready workforce.
Nula O'Keefe
Workforce Development and Training Manager - Adult Social Care at Buckinghamshire Council
Our team collaborates closely with the private and voluntary sectors to develop a skilled and capable workforce. We strive to ensure that social care staff possess the right skills, attitudes, and opportunities to help residents lead fulfilling and independent lives.
In partnership with Skills for Care, we also provide a safe environment for our Registered Managers Network meetings to support our RM’s.
Rachel Reid
Skills for Care Locality Manager for Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire
As a member of the faculty group Rachel brings national and local guidance, resources, projects, insights and reform to help the faculty consider how its activities align with these.
In particular is the national adult social care workforce strategy which sets out the key priorities for the development of the workforce in adult social care and the faculty plan has been mapped to this.
