Maristelle Preece
Mindworks User Voice Lead at Surrey Wellbeing Partnership- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
Trinity College LondonJun, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Social Worker
Social Work EnglandSep, 2015- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Surrey Wellbeing Partnership
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United Kingdom
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Mental Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Mindworks User Voice Lead
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Jan 2023 - Present
A new role, created to lead the development of Mindworks Surrey’s approach to user voice and engagement across the alliance. It is also to ensure that user voice is captured, amplified and understood, so it can influence key decisions and improve outcomes for children, young people and their families in Surrey. A new role, created to lead the development of Mindworks Surrey’s approach to user voice and engagement across the alliance. It is also to ensure that user voice is captured, amplified and understood, so it can influence key decisions and improve outcomes for children, young people and their families in Surrey.
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The Eikon Charity
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Youth Worker
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Apr 2021 - Present
Co-creation and delivery of a project for year 6 students transitioning to secondary school, aiming to develop resilience and reduce anxiety around the transition. I was involved in initial 1-1s with young people, group workshops over the summer and 1-1 follow ups in their new schools. I supported this project for two consecutive years (2021 &2022)I remain involved with a youth led youth voice group, the Surrey Heath Youth Council. They are an inspiring group of young people who try to capture the voice of young people in their area and engage in social action projects each year to improve their community. I have supported them to hold a TEDx event, campaigns around youth mental health and equality, cycling safety and this year (2022-2023) tackling the cost of living crisis.
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Early Intervention Coordinator
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Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
This was a new role as part of Mindworks Surrey. It involved working across a number of secondary schools in Waverley, Surrey alongside colleagues in the NHS. The role was to provide direct interventions (1-1s, groups & workshops) to support the wellbeing and mental health of young people, as well as working closely with schools and parents to coordinate other support and interventions where needed. It involved considerable coordination and planning, creativity and collaborative working and relationship building with colleagues across Mindworks, in schools and other parts of the system.
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Digital Youth & Participation Worker
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Oct 2020 - Sep 2021
The role was initially funded by the big lottery fund and involved the creation, development and delivery of Eikon's virtual youth service during the peak of lockdown. This included virtual youth sessions and workshops covering various youth focused topics, and creation and maintenance of our youth instagram page.
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The Cosy Club
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United Kingdom
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Hospitality
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Manager
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Jun 2018 - Jul 2021
Assistant manager at Cosy Club Guildford restaurant and cocktail bar. Assistant manager at Cosy Club Guildford restaurant and cocktail bar.
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NCS - National Citizen Service Trust
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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200 - 300 Employee
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Team Leader
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Jul 2020 - Jul 2020
A shorter programme (due to covid) supporting a group of young people to complete a community action project to decorate and landscape a local care home garden. A shorter programme (due to covid) supporting a group of young people to complete a community action project to decorate and landscape a local care home garden.
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East Sussex County Council
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United Kingdom
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Social Worker
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Sep 2015 - Jan 2018
Through Care Service - I provided support and advice to young people, aged 14 – 21 who were looked after and transitioning through care into adulthood. Responsibilities included supprting young people moving into independent living, creating our young people's information website, involvement in our weekly drop in support programme, assisting young people to access further education, completing assessments of need, holding and attending multi-agency meetings, managing and responding to safeguarding concerns & risk, completing interventions with young people (therapeutic life story work, & relationship and emotional work), managing young peoples ongoing relationships with birth families and more.
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Integrated Children and Family Services
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West Sussex, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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Sessional worker
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Jul 2014 - Sep 2014
Employed temporarily as a sessional worker after completing my first unpaid placement for my degree. It consisted of acting as a lead professional for families & children to co-ordinate and deliver services, working collaboratively with them and other agencies to work towards agreed outcomes and reviewing progress within the council’s new framework. I carried out assessments, convened and led meetings with professionals and families & completed referrals. I worked and communicated with children and adults with different needs and delivered interventions after undertaking assessments whilst managing risk and was applying social work theory, research and law that I was learning during my degree.
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Kumon UK
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United Kingdom
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Education Administration Programs
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400 - 500 Employee
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Children's Tutor
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Jan 2011 - Sep 2011
This was an after-school centre, which tutors Maths and English programmes for children. My role was to tutor children between 5-15 years with their English work. I used to mark their homework and class work, and record their progress whilst supporting a range of abilities & ages. This was an after-school centre, which tutors Maths and English programmes for children. My role was to tutor children between 5-15 years with their English work. I used to mark their homework and class work, and record their progress whilst supporting a range of abilities & ages.
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Education
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2012 - 2015
University of Sussex
Social work, Social Work
Community
