My Background

MY EXPERIENCE IN A ‘NUTSHELL’

• Health: Supporting and working with children and adults with physical and mental health issues, e.g. Trauma; conversion disorder; Tourette’s; abuse:- domestic, sexual/rape; emotional, psychological; neglect; attachment disorder; self-harm and risk of suicide; drug or alcohol misuse and addiction; bi-polar; emotionally unstable personality disorder; depression; anxiety; Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD); eating disorders; sleep issues; phobias; stress; bereavement liaising closely with Child and Adolescent Mental health (CAMHS) and Adult Mental Health; completing referrals to CAMHS and other counselling and support services; supporting children and parents in appointments; attending and chairing meetings; Physical issues e.g. Pain; heart conditions; Pre-eclampsia; M.E/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome;
• Behavioural: Working with children who are violent towards their peers and parents; parents who are violent or aggressive towards their children, or each other, via domestic abuse relationship issues; teaching children and parents what is appropriate; teaching assertiveness and self-acceptance; providing support plans and interventions with individuals and their families to change patterns and negative programming; providing positive reinforcement for acceptable behaviour; anger management and working to raise self-esteem;
• Parenting Support: Providing ‘Triple P Parenting’ programmes individually, or as a group.
• Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND): I have been able to work with those with spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, tunnel vision, dyspraxia, dyslexia, dyscalculia, epilepsy, children who had suffered brain damage due to birth trauma or an accident, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (A.D.H.D.), autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), pathological demand avoidance (PDA), Down’s Syndrome, global delay, specific language disorder; provided individual education/lesson plans regarding Literacy, Numeracy, and Speech and Language; worked with those with behaviours arising from purely emotional and psychological needs, such as abuse; disability issues; supporting parents with behaviour, teaching strategies and understanding of their child’s SEND; providing supports and ideas for activities for SEND children and families; organising meetings; compiling and writing Statutory Assessment Requests (EHP’s), undertaking specialist assessments; helping parents write letters of appeal; bringing in Parent Partnership to support the ‘Statementing,’ Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) process and helping parents with understanding of assessments, SEND Code of Practice etc.;
• Working with Children in Care and those with attachment issues/disorder
• Working with those with English as a second language;
• Education and Attendance: Aiding young people in to school and supporting parents with school issues and relationship; working alongside Education Welfare.

I am fully aware of Safeguarding protocols and am Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service checked.