School Based Neurodevelopmental Practitioner

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