Wayne Samuel Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

- Nurture a therapeutic and safe learning environment for all children aged 7 to 16 years with social, emotional, learning and mental health difficulties, including autism and an EHC plan • Work in accordance to safeguarding policies, in order to maintain the child’s wellbeing • Active participant in Child protection, Team around the child and Children in need meetings by writing reports highlighting the child’s emotional wellbeing and history • Create individual behavioural plans and complete risk assessments, with careful consideration on specific learning needs and possible triggers of the child • Carry out 1-1 sessions with students, offering a safe space for the child to talk • Use communicational skills and team teach restraint to de-escalate and contain distressed students • Work in partnership with families, external services and colleagues to develop strategies on how to appropriately support and engage with the student’s wellbeing and learning • Facilitate gang and drug awareness workshops, with focus on providing children with key skills and knowledge about the dangers and risks

London, England, United Kingdom

• Supported children who have been permanently excluded from mainstream education, in an alternative educational setting • Supported children who experience social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, by acting as a Key worker to manage highly complex needs and challenging behaviour • Point of call for behavioural management across the school setting, including supporting teaching staff to facilitate lessons • Nurtured a therapeutic and safe environment for pupils and their families experiencing social and emotional distress, by supporting and signposting to mediation, therapy, paperwork and mentoring • Recorded and updated database of contact with family as well as incident reports • Provided advocacy in professionals meetings such as Child protection, Court appearances and Youth Offending Team appointments

London, England, United Kingdom

• Therapeutically supported young people aged 16 to 23 years old, from diverse histories including young offenders, gang members, substance misusers, trafficked children, mental health and learning difficulties, housing difficulties, refugees, social, emotional and behavioural difficulties • Managed 50 members of staff and 70 young people per day, ensuring it was a safe environment to be in • Carried out frequent risk assessments for both students and the overall setting to ensure that concerns are identified early and handled effectively • Developed care plans with careful consideration of their risk assessments, to address the holistic needs of the young person • Responsible for sharing information amongst services such as Social and health services and other Educational centres, by preparing reports based and making referrals on care plans and risk assessments • Worked closely and in partnership with young people in order to help them to re-engage with society in a meaningful way and to access the appropriate services to support them • Supported young people with practical challenges by acting as an ‘consistent pseudo-parental figure’ that offers emotional support • Lead drug and gangs’ workshops • Ensured all key workers were able to consistently deliver practical and emotional support to all young people

Apprenticeship Sector For Occupations In Social Care And The Care Of Children And Young People

Apprenticeship In The Adult Social Care Pathway Of The Joint Health And Social Care Framework, Mental And Social Health Services And Allied Professions