Experience

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  Co-op Childcare

  • SEND Lead

    • May 2023 - Present

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  Ealing Council (London Borough of Ealing)

  • United Kingdom
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Early Start SEND Inclusion Interim Team Lead

    • Mar 2022 - Apr 2023

    My Current Duties Include:- Referral Screening.- Attending and contributing to discussions in allocation meetings and SENIF (Special Education Needs Inclusion Funding) panel and allocating to my colleagues based on their capacity and skillset. I am also currently involved in reviewing the referral criteria and referral forms. - I am a key point of contact to maintain relationships with other services and professionals. - I attend and contribute to strategy meetings regarding the structure and workforce of the team and working groups to provide a team perspective on services and processes within the borough and partner NHS trusts and feedback to my colleagues.- I provide colleague support and facilitate supervision.

  • Early Start SEND Inclusion Worker

    • Sep 2018 - Apr 2023

    My duties include: - Providing targeted, specialist support and advice to a caseload of families with children aged 0-5 with diagnosed or emerging SEND needs. - Modelling interventions and advising parents during home visits and parent training workshops. - Signposting families to children’s centres, support groups, relevant charities and organisations. - Providing inclusion support to Private, Voluntary and Independent (PVI) Nursery Settings and primary schools including guidance in relation to SEND, children’s individual needs and processes such as Education Health Care Plans/requests, the graduated approach, phased transitions, reasonable adjustments and other inclusive practice through staff training and setting support visits. - Developing and reviewing the training provided to parents and professionals, and confidently delivering ongoing training programmes. - Supporting/planning children's transitions into nursery & school, and where needed supporting families to find placements. - Facilitating & attending Team Around the Family meetings, to encourage collaboration between families and professionals. - Completing relevant referrals to ensure children are receiving support from appropriate services.- Completing requests for statutory assessments when best placed to do so.

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  London Borough of Hillingdon

  • Early Support Key Worker

    • Jun 2016 - Sep 2018

    Within this role: - I provided practical, emotional and financial support to the families of children/young people aged 0 – 25 with disabilities and/or complex medical health needs. - Encouraged and empowered parents/carers to enable them to make informed choices. - Signposted families to children’s centres, support groups, relevant charities and organisations. - Completed necessary referrals to services and supporting the family in the coordination of accessing them. - Supported families to obtain nursery or school placements. - Coordinated and chaired Team Around the Child/ Young Person (TAC/TAYP) meetings.- I was trained in and licensed to deliver 'National Autistic Society - EarlyBird Plus Programme'.

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  London North West Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Ealing Hospital

  • Paediatric Play Leader

    • Oct 2015 - May 2016
    • Ealing Hospital

    This role included:- Working with children and young people, as well as mothers and their babies. - Providing a stimulating and safe environment in which to encourage the children's learning, understanding and development through play and other activities, either at their bedside or the play room which was situated on the ward. - Observing for any signs of illness which I would need to report to the nurses. - Organising entertainment and gifts through charities and other organisations. - Providing emotional support to the families of children with complex and life limiting medical needs. - Assisting doctors and nurses with encouragement and distraction methods for children who were undergoing procedures and surgery using the child's interests, sensory toys, visual resources, social stories and role play. - I would attend the nurses’ handover meetings to obtain information about the children and young people. This enabled me to create specifics plans for the day, tailored to the individual needs of the child or young person as well as to ensure I was following infection control and safeguarding protocol. - I provided emotional support to young people who were admitted into hospital under the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). This also enabled me to promote cooperation and engagement with other professionals. - I liaised with CAMHS professionals, mental health nurses and social workers to provide updates and obtain information.

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  Busy Bees Nurseries

  • Stockley Park, England, United Kingdom

  • Early Years Educator

    • Apr 2011 - Aug 2015
    • Stockley Park, England, United Kingdom

    This role included: - I worker with children from the age of three months to five years, being based within different age ranges over the four year period. - I built relationships with the children in my care and as a key worker I learnt each child's individual characteristics and personal routines, through discussion with their parents during handover or parent evenings which promoted and maintained good parent and staff relationships, as well as my own observations.- I assisted with and ensured the children's basic needs were met, and provided learning opportunities which were adapted to the age and abilities of the children in a safe and stimulating environment. - I adhered to the guidelines of Early Years Foundation Stage and Early Years Outcomes. I planned weekly activities specific to each child, and completed development summaries every six months, which consisted of the observations and recordings throughout that time.