The postholder will provide advice, guidance and coaching to parents and carers of children aged 8-18 years to help them to develop new awareness and skills to enhance their support to their children through a combination of group-work and one-to-one sessions. As part of the Surrey Wellbeing Partnership, The Eikon Charity provides a wide range of emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children & young people. Through this work we have seen how challenging parents and carers can find supporting their children's emotional wellbeing difficulties, particularly where they have Neurodivergent needs. Supported by new funding streams, we are delighted to be recruiting to this new role of Family Wellbeing Practitioner with Neurodevelopmental Specialism, to be a key practitioner within our Family Wellbeing Service. As a practitioner, you will hold a caseload, working as part of a team to undertake assessments and deliver a range of evidence-based interventions, including EBSNA support, with a focus on support for families with children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions.
Responsibilities
* To assess the needs and strengths of the parents/carers referred into the service and help them identify and implement strategies that will support them, help them identify individual goals to achieve desired change
* Deliver bespoke programmes of support, to parents/carers of children and young people diagnosed with or being assessed for neurodevelopmental conditions such as Autistic Spectrum Condition and/or ADHD. This could take the form of time limited 1:1 or group sessions or a blended approach depending on the needs presenting themselves
* To support the creation and development of and deliver workshops and presentations for small parent/carer groups covering a range of emotional wellbeing and mental health topics relevant to children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions
* Record and review parent/carer goals using the Goal-Based Outcomes tool and use this to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions
* To involve parents/carers in the co-design of group work and ensure that the service responds to user voice and meets the needs identified
* To take responsibility for own caseload of parents/carers, some with complex and multiple needs
* To keep accurate records of individual engagement, evidence of change and celebrate progress with parents/carers to ensure support programmes can be accurately monitored and evaluated
* To provide written case studies as evidence of the effectiveness of individual interventions
* To identify a range of specialist services and agencies who can offer further support for parents and families
* To work collaboratively with other Eikon delivery teams in delivering interventions for children, young people and families
* To promote the service within The Eikon Charity and with statutory and voluntary sector partners across the region - this might include presentations at networking events and production of promotional material
* To assist with the development and progression of the Family Wellbeing Service by adhering to all communication requests and assisting with peer progression development when requested through case supervision
Organisational Requirements
* Understand and act when safeguarding issues need to be escalated
* Work within Eikon's internal policies, safeguarding and data protection regulations
* Work as part of a team and attend team meetings, training events and participate fully in 1:1
* Work co-operatively and under the management of The Eikon Charity staff to ensure the highest quality of delivery and support
* Be responsible for equipment/resources
* To promote, monitor and maintain health safety and security in the working environment
* Attend and actively participate in regular clinical supervision
* Work some planned evenings or weekends
* Other work as requested by your line manager as needed to support our aims
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