Sylvester Mensah-King provides his curriculum vitae, which details his extensive experience in social work, counseling, community development, and business management across three continents over three decades. He has qualifications in social work, counseling, public administration, logistics, and business. His experience includes managing residential homes, projects focused on at-risk youth and offenders, and voluntary work. He highlights leadership skills developed through military service and operating private businesses and non-profits.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Sylvester Mensah-King
30 Turners Court, 2 Drapers Road, London E15 2AQ
Tel:0741 7573537 Email: mensahking@hotmail.com
Qualified as:
SOCIAL WORKER (Senior Practitioner , Project Manager –
Residential and Operational) , PSYCHODYNAMIC CONSELLOR &
COMMUNITY DEVEOPMENT OFFICER
*Proven record of extensive leadership exposure in cross-
cultural and international settings.
*Equipped functionally to use latest information technology to
achieve work and management goals.
*Intimately familiar with fundraising as well as intricate
negotiations at all levels of society.
*A masterly of communication skills, orally and written and inter-
agency liaison at various levels.
*Accomplished Business Executive of proven international
standing, Innovator and Inventor.
*Ex-Commissioned Military Officer and Gentleman trained to
provide effective leadership always under any circumstance.
*No dependent children, single, ready and willing to re-locate at
short notice. Maturity and Reliability assured at all times.
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29/07/2009 to-date : Whilst working with ECC Adult Services at Chelmsford, the Isle of Wight

2. (Glynis Marsh) brought some allegations and wild claims against me at the GSCC for my brief
placement with the Isle of Wight, Children Services. I am a Black man and the White female
manager’s word was taken as the word of God. I was presumed guilty till it would be proven
otherwise. The GSCC placed an Interim Suspension Order (ISO) on my operational licence and
proceeded to investigate the allegations made against me. Finally, on the 05/05/2011 the GSCC
concluded their investigations and I was totally and completely exonerated and re-instated to the
GSCC register of social workers. Compensation claims for loss of earnings concluded in the High
Court in December 2014 after which I took time off to re-charge my batteries to return to work. I
am now fully rested and ready to work. The experience has added to the quality of my future
work and made me stronger as a person and a better professional.
27/10/2008 to 29/07/2009 : Social Worker ( Locum ) Mid Review Team, Essex County
Council, Chelmsford (Adult Services).
Adult assessment and self directed support.
29/09/2008 to 24/10/2008 : Social Worker ( Locum ), Children and Young Persons Team,
Harrow Council.
Assessments, and Duty, Family support, Court work.
25/07/08 to 12/08/08 : Senior Practitioner, (Locum) 0-16 LAC team, Ryde, Children Services,
Isle of Wight Council.
Lead Social Worker roles
Court Reports, LAC Reviews, Supporting Foster Carers and Young Parents
Assessments reporting / recording etc.
14/04/2008 to 30/06/08: Team Member ( Locum ) -- Child Protection and assessment
Children's Trust, London Borough of Redbridge - Family Support.
10/12/07 to 22/02/08 : Team Member ( Locum )– Permanency Team West, Essex
County Council, Social Services, Harlow.
Supervising Leaving Care, Child Protection Processes, Managing
the affairs of Looked After Children, Providing School and Family
liaison, Core Assessments, Risk Assessments, Supervising and
managing foster carers and foster placement of Looked After
Children, Preparing relevant documentations for LAC Reviews,
County Panels, Supporting families etc,
16/04/07 – 30/09/07 Deputy Manager, The Meadows and U.K. wide
I regularly deputised for the registered manager and acted in his
absence for the overall professional supervision of the managing
of the resources of the children’s home by ensuring that the
resident children enjoyed positive therapeutic living and education
experiences. Leadership roles in inter-agency and family
liaison, care and cases management, assessments, reviews, report
writing, court representation, staff supervision, training etc. Similar
to the Bournemouth post but more therapeutic, families and other
external agencies involved
2/10/06 – 10/12/06 Senior Practitioner/Acting Manager in a Residential Home Children &
Family Support, Bournemouth Borough Council
I managed the Children’s home, {Milton House}, just less than one month after I started working

3. there, while the incumbent Manager took his annual leave overseas for four weeks. Other focal
work done on this locum job included:-
Deputising for and supporting the Manager in delivering in residential service that safeguards and
promotes the well being and development potential of young people who cannot live in their
family homes or family environments. This is achieved through working within the National
Minimum Care Standard for Children’s Homes Act.
Supporting and planning the development of the skills and experience of team members through
supervision and training etc.
Ensuring that staffing levels in the home meet CSI requirements and the needs of the young
people.
Development of calming strategies when child/young person displays challenging behaviour that
could upset or harm others, to ensure a positive outcome.
Investigating systems to improve efficiency in the home to meet the needs of the young people.
Due to working with young people who have very complex needs and are constantly challenging
the status quo, there is a need to be creative and innovative almost every day in many different
ways.
Use of procedures to ensure consistency, communication and best practise amongst the staff
team. Systems ensure that young people and staff feel safe and secure in their environment.
Contact with Parents, Staff Team, Reviewing Officers, Teacher/Schools, and Employment
Agencies, Clinical Psychologists, Council Officers, Doctors/Nurses, the Finance Department and
Staff Development Unit.
Liaison with other agencies to assist young people to achieve and move into independent living in
all respects.
Keeping to budget guidelines.
Oct 04 – Oct 06 Naval Start Project, London – Volunteer Project Coordinator
Responsible for the overall Managing of the project, budget and fundraising
Referrals, Treatment and Care Plans
Counselling and Guidance Programs
Inter-agency Liaison to place young people in their choices of trades, training/apprenticeships etc.
Dec 00 – Aug 04 Head of Service, International Friend of Offenders and Prisoners,
Zimbabwe
In Charge of In-Country Welfare Services for Prisoners and Offenders
Working with Clients and their Families
Training and Accreditation of Staff
Mentoring and Supporting Staff
Breaking the cycle of offending by helping offenders/ex-inmates secure jobs and training
placements to facilitate effective independent living in all its facets.
Concurrent with this demanding position, I also set up ran a local company - the Firepack
Products Private Ltd., dedicated to the production and distribution green/organic domestic fuel
based on stabilised ethanol. Having led the initial research of both the production and distribution
processes and a successful market penetration, I also invented a simple stove to match.
Sept 99 – Sept 00 Project Manager, Catholic Institute for International
Relations [CIIR], London. (Location: Zimbabwe)
Work with Zimbabwean Parents and Children – Capacity Building
Development Worker for Disabled Children
Helping the Parents to engage in income- generating enterprises.
July 98 – Feb 99 Various Voluntary Posts

4. SSAFA Forces Help
Oxfam UK
Hackney Hospital – Mental Health Trainee
Aug 96 – May 98 Head of Service
International Friends of Offenders and Prisoners, Ghana
In Charge of In-Country Welfare Services in a pioneering project with the need to convince
statutory recognition and acceptance.
Liaison at Ministerial levels to achieve national accreditation
Work with Clients and their Families to achieve job market value and placements for same
Working with children with Learning Disabilities
Training and Accreditation of Staff
Mentoring and Supporting Staff and Service Receivers.
Mar 95 – Jul 96 Residential Child Care Officer – Cotswold Community, Wiltshire County
Council – Social Services
Intensive therapeutic work with severely disturbed children in a residential setting whilst providing
supervision to trainee staff and managing case loads, reviews, care planning etc.
Jan 95 – Mar 95 Locum Children and Families Social Worker
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Diverse statutory social work with families and children presenting various social challenges.
Aug 94 – Dec 94 RSW / Hostel Manager, Stepping Stones Community in London
Residential care and management of looked after children, staff and resources.
Provision of intensive therapeutic care for young people in the care of the local authority.
Leaving care preparation for independent living.
Sept 93 – Jul 94 Student Counsellor
City University, London
Member of the team providing counselling, guidance and support to students facing diverse
challenges and difficulties ranging from the physical to psychological e.g. accommodation and
financial situations as well as psycho-sexual and other relationship problems whilst studying.
Mainstay of my Diploma in Psychodynamic counselling training – placement work under the
supervision of Philip Hewitt – the Team Manager.
1989 – 1991 Officer in Charge ( Manager ) of the Homeless Youth Hostel Project -
London Borough of Waltham Forest
Working with young people with learning disabilities and emotional challenges,
Motivating disaffected youth back to school/college and other positive engagement,
Encouraging apprenticeships, training and smooth transitional movement into independence
Court work e.g. Report Writing etc.
Inter-agency liaison with various external agencies
Organising family meetings to seek the involvement of parents and other family members in the
young person’s life, training and education, and turning young lives around for the better. My
tenure of office marked an unprecedented period of stability of staff and management turnover. I

5. was awarded Best Worker for my efforts. I earned a Home Office scholarship and proceeded to
the Durham University to join the post-graduate Probation Officers Training there.
Relevant Educational / Training History:
Feb. 2009 Essex County Council
Telecare Approved Assessors Course
Dec. 2008 Essex County Council
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Investigation Skills
Nov. 2008 Essex County Council
Introduction to Swift Recording and SDS Word Forms.
Sept. 2008 Isle of Wight Council
Introduction to ICS Recording - Full Access
Aug. 2008 Isle of Wight Council
1. SWIFT Training. - Front Desk, Profile Notes Refresher, & Case Management
2. Principles and Skills of Recording
April 2008 London Borough of Redbridge
Protocol/Integrated Children's System (IT)
Jan. 2008 Essex county council
Introduction to Swift Recording
June 2007 University of Salford
Practice Teachers Certificate
Feb 1999 College of Health Sciences – London
Certificate in Mental Health Induction
July 1998 SSAFA Forces Help – London
Caseworkers Certificate for Voluntary work with UK ex-service personnel.
1994 Croydon College - London
CQSW and Diploma in Applied Social Studies (Psychodynamic Counselling)
1993 New Directions, Lewisham, EDU.
Diploma in Social Work with Ethnic Minorities
1992 Durham University MA/Dip.SW (Probation Training)
(1 of 2 years completed)
1989 Lancaster University
BA (Hons) in Social Ethics and Community & Youth Studies
In addition to the above, I also hold a Diploma in Public Administration from Glasgow
College of Technology (1981) and a Certificate in Logistics (Accounting and
Administration) as well as a Diploma in Purchasing from my time as a serving officer-in-
training with the Indian Air Force, Air Force Academy, Hyderabad, India, at the end of the
1970s and a Graduate Certificate of Commission as Flying Officer in the Ghana Air Force

6. (1973-80). I also completed a business programme – The New Venture Programme – at the
Durham University Business School (1983-84) and Completed the Barclays Business
Manager Training Course on Sage 50 in January, 2008. Other higher educational accolades
have been attained and several publications placed on record on national professional
debates and discussions.
Furthermore, I have attended several relevant in-service training and courses culminating
in my acquisition of a huge bank of essential transferable skills, applied knowledge and
experiences beneficial to most positions at the coal face social work or the managing of
same and elsewhere.
Notes:
I am a positive and committed Leadership Professional. I have an extensive work
background spanning three continents and three decades. I have considerable experience
in managing residential and outreach services and projects in diverse settings. I have
statutory locality social work experience and held a GSCC Registration Number:1117486.
Furthermore, I have a strong background in private business management as well as the
voluntary sector in the UK and overseas. My community and social work with families and
young people won me the Award of Community Champion by the Scarman’s Trust, London
in 2006. My most recent CRB – Enhanced – reference number: 001206470458 dated 14
August 2008. My options are wide and varied. My military background as Commissioned
Officer provides me with that rare insight and ability and preparedness to engage with and
help serving and ex-service personnel facing challenges. I shall consider any reasonable
placement / engagement offer that comes with job satisfaction. All consultancies, long or
short term, permanent or temporary work - involving the provision of leadership
considered. Meanwhile I have applied my experience and available time to the formation
of the Social Assistance Agency – an international NGO for the promotion of community
welfare and positive action with which I have no working connection now, and also
commenced trading MENSAH KING VENTURES in the United Kingdom.
References
*To be supplied on request.

7. (1973-80). I also completed a business programme – The New Venture Programme – at the
Durham University Business School (1983-84) and Completed the Barclays Business
Manager Training Course on Sage 50 in January, 2008. Other higher educational accolades
have been attained and several publications placed on record on national professional
debates and discussions.
Furthermore, I have attended several relevant in-service training and courses culminating
in my acquisition of a huge bank of essential transferable skills, applied knowledge and
experiences beneficial to most positions at the coal face social work or the managing of
same and elsewhere.
Notes:
I am a positive and committed Leadership Professional. I have an extensive work
background spanning three continents and three decades. I have considerable experience
in managing residential and outreach services and projects in diverse settings. I have
statutory locality social work experience and held a GSCC Registration Number:1117486.
Furthermore, I have a strong background in private business management as well as the
voluntary sector in the UK and overseas. My community and social work with families and
young people won me the Award of Community Champion by the Scarman’s Trust, London
in 2006. My most recent CRB – Enhanced – reference number: 001206470458 dated 14
August 2008. My options are wide and varied. My military background as Commissioned
Officer provides me with that rare insight and ability and preparedness to engage with and
help serving and ex-service personnel facing challenges. I shall consider any reasonable
placement / engagement offer that comes with job satisfaction. All consultancies, long or
short term, permanent or temporary work - involving the provision of leadership
considered. Meanwhile I have applied my experience and available time to the formation
of the Social Assistance Agency – an international NGO for the promotion of community
welfare and positive action with which I have no working connection now, and also
commenced trading MENSAH KING VENTURES in the United Kingdom.
References
*To be supplied on request.