Experience

The Carers Federation

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trainer/Assessor

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  Delivering and creating training and assessments in line with legislative requirements. Running workshops and discussion sessions to support candidates learning. Conducted marketing and sales of training provision and building effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Collating and interpreting key data from analysis of reports.  Independently managed large candidate caseload with extreme organization to enable provision of specialist assessment feedback and support  In-depth knowledge of mental health legislation, protocol, and advocacy requirements  Qualified as a certified Assessor within 12 months whilst continuing in the full time role Show less



Advent Advocacy

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent Mental Health Advocate

  • Dec 2020 - Feb 2022

  -Liaising with clinical professionals -Visiting and interviewing any person professionally involved with a service user's treatment -Requesting the production (and carry out inspection of) any health and social care records which relate to the service user Supporting patients detained under the mental health act: -At Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Managers Hearings -To raise concerns about experience of care and treatment -To be represented at ward rounds and Care Programme Approach reviews Providing information to patients regarding: -Their rights under the Mental Health Act, and the relevant sections that apply to them -The medical treatment they are receiving or might receive in future - and the reasons for that treatment -The rights that other people have in relation to them under the Mental Health Act Show less



The Disabilities Trust

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Rehabilitation Support Worker

  • Apr 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Management of two service users, undertaking the role of Key Worker. • Creating, writing, and chairing reviews and rehabilitation support plans for each of the service users, working closely with the CCG, Mental Health Social Workers, and other public bodies. • Responsibility for all risk assessments for the new and developing needs of service users, particularly to accommodate a new brain injury service user. • Devised End of Life care plans, account for service users under DoLS and those who lack capacity, supervising best interest meetings. • Strategizing money-management plans to ensure fully independent, post clinic living. • Administering medication to service users. • Conducting support and care for individuals with a range of mental and physical health disorders, such as brain injury, stroke, anxiety, cerebral palsy, and learning difficulties. • Collaboration with my team to organise, prioritise, and deliver care, even in difficult and demanding situations. Show less



Barchester Healthcare

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mental Health Support Worker

  • Aug 2018 - Feb 2019

  • Delivering respectable and supportive care to adults who were detained under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act. • Extensive experience working with adults diagnosed with a wide range of mental health disorders, including; Schizophrenia, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Korsakoff Syndrome. • Administering medication to patients. • Collaborating with a team of Clinical Psychologists, RMNs, and Occupational Therapists, to provide state-of-the-art psychological care. • Understanding and adhering to the regulations of a low-security hospital, such as the practice of mental health legislature, including Section 17 leave, using physical interventions as a last resort, psychological debriefs and covert administration of medication. Show less



Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Mental Health Assistant

  • Apr 2018 - Jul 2018

  • Attending meetings with Family therapists, social workers and clinical psychologists to study and discuss new interventions, such as the Domain-based approach, and how to apply these to service users and their families. • Processing the different route of admission for a new service user into the centre i.e. from, the crisis team, GP admission or from those being assessed after being detained under section 5 of the mental health act. • Attending meetings with Family therapists, social workers and clinical psychologists to study and discuss new interventions, such as the Domain-based approach, and how to apply these to service users and their families. • Processing the different route of admission for a new service user into the centre i.e. from, the crisis team, GP admission or from those being assessed after being detained under section 5 of the mental health act.



British Association of Play Therapists (BAPT)

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Brain Imaging intern

  • Apr 2015 - Apr 2015

  • Operating Electroencephalogram (EEG) to obtain data. • Monitoring and recording brain activity. • Directing patients through the training, including guiding clients through the procedures and tasks, such as mathematical problems and storytelling of their session. • Analysing the connections between neocortical activity and personality characteristics to provide specific results for each client. • Operating Electroencephalogram (EEG) to obtain data. • Monitoring and recording brain activity. • Directing patients through the training, including guiding clients through the procedures and tasks, such as mathematical problems and storytelling of their session. • Analysing the connections between neocortical activity and personality characteristics to provide specific results for each client.