ADHD Practitioner

ADHD PractitionerHomeWork with usJobsCategoriesJob search Apply Now • Do you enjoy working with children and young people? • Do you have a passion to support children who are showing typical ADHD behaviours and/or other neurodevelopmental conditions? • Do you have experience planning and leading sessions/clubs for children and young people? • Do you have experience in communication between professionals, both written and verbal? Celebrating and Inspiring Children Who Do It Differently is a service funded by Surrey and Borders NHS Trust and offers support to 6-16 year olds living in Surrey, attending a Surrey State School. The Celebrating Service offer their support under the Mindworks Alliance (formerly CAMHS). The groups run for 5/6 weeks and coincide with Surrey school half terms. This post is for 39 weeks per year. The team run groups on Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursday across the county of Surrey, therefore a full UK driving licence and access to your own car is a must for this role. Our mileage expenses policy is that you can claim miles that are an extension of your miles to and from the office hub which is based in Leatherhead Surrey. To be able to claim for mileage expenses colleagues must have business car insurance which covers travel between multiple places of work. This can be discussed and administrative support given to the successful candidate. The Celebrating and Inspiring Team has a dedicated admin colleague who liaises with the schools in Surrey to book in groups. There are always two Barnardo's colleagues running the groups, one colleague leads and one colleague supports. The colleague leading the session is responsible for the admin linked to that group. The leading and supporting roles are shared fairly across the team throughout the 5/6 week rotations. Full training is provided to ensure you are confident with the admin and leading our sessions. Our sessions are planned following our programme and scope of work, however the team work together to create meaningful developments as required following team meetings and ensuring the voice of the child is factored in to developments of our sessions and aims. Essential for the role: Full UK Driving Licence upon application and access to a car. Once appointed organise business car insurance to be able to claim mileage expenses. Ability to work independently and part of a team. Good written and verbal use of the English Language. Good understanding of Neurodevelopmental conditions predominantly ADHD this can be through a career or personal understanding. Strong understanding of safeguarding of staff and children. Keen eye for detail to accurately record paperwork. Organised individual to manage a busy working diary with groups across the week in different parts of the county. Full training is provided for this role. This role is 21 hours per week, to be worked over Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays. Each half term the team are in new schools, so there is a lot of variation over the academic year which provides a fast pace and interesting role. This role is worked term time only - 39 weeks per annum. The days are non-negotiable as these are the days the service run groups. Sessions can start at schools from 8:30am, travel across the whole of Surrey is required and arrival 15 minutes before session start time is a requirement of the role. Laptop and Phone provided. Any questions about the role please contact Michaela Hussey at There are currently 2 vacancies for this post. Ideally candidates will start in September, before October half term. Our recruitment process can take up to 8 weeks, a DBS is required, if you are on the update system this may reduce the recruitment process. When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described. Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible Pay & Reward Framework We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo'svalues. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.* For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of ourPeople & CultureStrategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. Benefits Workplace Offer: What it means for you Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role. Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland) • Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements. • Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata • The ability to buy up to another 5...