Sophie Baker

Sophie is a qualified social worker and has spent over 20 years working within child protection and safeguarding.  She began her career working within residential settings supporting adults with learning disabilities and qualified in 2001.  Sophie initially worked with children in need, children in need of protection and children who were looked after by the local authority and was awarded a Kent Police Commendation in 2006 for her work with victims of child sexual abuse.  Sophie moved into team management in 2007, offering reflective and mindful supervision to front line social workers and students.

After some time managing a network of children’s centres and focussing on improving outcomes for children under 5, Sophie returned to statutory social work within a quality assurance and practice development management role. For ten years she provided support and critical challenge to Senior Leaders to further develop systems and processes to ensure the rights and voice of the child continued to inform integrated practice.

She successfully completed a Masters Degree in Advanced Child Protection in 2019, which further developed her knowledge of contemporary research theory, and policy in this area.