School Based Neurodiverse Practitioner
Details
- Reference: SCC/TP/287916/1510
- Positions: 2
- Salary: £20,906.67 to £22,773.33 (£28,000 to £30,500 FTE)
- Category: Care - Children and Young People
- Contract type: Fixed term
- Working hours: 28 hours per week
- Posted on: 19 July 2024
- Closing date: 15 August 2024
- Directorate: Partnership
- Location: New Haw, Surrey
Description
Please note that this vacancy is not part of Surrey County Council, we are advertising this on behalf of a partnership organisation.
The salary range for this role is £20,906.67 to £22,773.33 per annum pro-rated based on a 28-hour work week.
Rewards and Benefits
•5 weeks holiday a year plus Bank Holidays, expectation that holiday will be taken in school holidays
•Sick pay
•Safeguarding training
•Flexible working where role allows
•Pension scheme
•Employee Assistance programme
•Clinical supervision
About the Organisation
The Eikon Charity is one of Surrey's leading charities supporting children and young people. We listen, we talk, and we help young people with the skills they need to live their best life. And we work with families and professionals to make sure everyone gets the support they need.
We are looking for people with passion and expertise to join us in continuing to be a leading provider of early intervention in Surrey.
Our vision
For all Surrey young people to thrive.
Our mission
To empower and support young people in Surrey to have the wellbeing they need to be healthy and happy.
Our values
We elevate and amplify the voices of children & young people.
The needs of young people guide everything we do, shaping every decision and action we take.
We act with compassion.
We empathise with the pressures of modern life and feel compelled to help without judgement.
We work together.
Partnering with parents, carers, schools, policymakers, and young people themselves helps us all to succeed.
We take responsibility.
We recognise our part to play in the future of children & young people, and we hold ourselves accountable for their success.
Our culture
We recognise our collective strength and champion the power of individuals. Our teams are amazing and inspire people every day. We work hard to create an environment where all of our staff and volunteers feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work.
Diversity enriches us and improves the support we give children and young people.
The work we do creates change to be celebrated, rewarding moments, and outcomes to be proud of every day. It can also bring professional and personal challenges to each of us.
We support each other to share our moments of success, do the best we can for young people, ensure everyone enjoys their work, and support our colleagues when they need it.
About the Role
This role is to deliver a co designed menu of support, in collaboration with The National Autistic Society, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust, and Barnardo's. The practitioner will provide impactful, school-based support to parents and carers of children and young people, and offer consultancy, professional training and advice to school staff, school-based needs teams and system wide partners. The aim is to improve the knowledge and confidence of those supporting children, young people and their families with additional and potentially neurodivergent needs, at an early stage.
The role will predominantly involve working within the organisations focus areas within Surrey (Waverley, Surrey Heath and Runnymede), but at times will require travel across Surrey, so access to a car is essential.
Responsibilities
- To actively encourage and facilitate collaborative ways of working with all stakeholders.
- To be proactive in terms of outreach to enable all parents to access the service, especially those families who may be deemed as hard to reach.
- To be able to manage own diary and ensure effective use of time across the variety of tasks within the role.
- To be responsible for contacting and arranging all consultations and training sessions, carrying out corresponding administrative tasks with all stakeholders
- To work collaboratively with schools and to support them in identifying training needs.
- Providing case-based consultations to schools and professionals within Cluster teams.
- To attend fortnightly cluster meetings.
- Where possible, to involve children, young people and their parents/carers in the co-production of programmes, activities and services.
- To deliver a place-based programme of support to parents and carers in schools, within the clusters in which you are based.
- To achieve contractual targets and use agreed systems for outcomes and reporting.
- Adhere to school and organisation safeguarding processes.
- To deliver online and in person training to partnership colleagues.
- To contribute to the creation and maintenance of a database system within the cluster teams in which you are based.
- To record and collect data with various tools and use this to evaluate the effectiveness of services.
- To keep accurate records of individual engagement, evidence of change and celebrate progress with children and young people.
- To provide, record and report the appropriate data to ensure support programmes can be accurately monitored and evaluated.
- To provide written case studies as evidence of the effectiveness of individual interventions.
- To work as part of a team and attend team meetings, training events and participate fully in one to one, peer and group supervision.
- To work co-operatively and under the management of The Eikon Charity staff to ensure the highest quality of delivery and support.
- To work within Eikon's internal policies, safeguarding and data protection regulations
- To assist with the development and progression of the service by adhering to all communication requests and assisting with peer progression development when requested through case supervision.
- To be responsible for equipment/resources linked to service delivery.
- To promote, monitor and maintain health safety and security in the working environment
This advert has a close date of 15.08.2024 with interviews to follow.
As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, we do not accept CVs.
If you have any questions, please contact recruitment@eikon.org.uk
To apply for this role, please click HERE where you will find all the information and the application form.
