Primary Early Intervention Practitioner

• Category: Community Development
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Working hours: 37.5 hrs per week, 39 weeks per year
• Posted on: 17 April 2025
• Directorate: Partnership
• Location: Various locations across Surrey and the Eikon Offices, New Haw

Description

Please note that this vacancy is not part of Surrey County Council; we are advertising this on behalf of a partnership organisation.

The salary range for this role is £26,217.95 to £27,965.81 per annum based on 37.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year. (£30,000 to £32,000 FTE)

Rewards and Benefits

• Sick pay
• Safeguarding training
• Flexible working where role allows
• Employee Assistance programme
• Clinical supervision

About the Organisation

The Eikon Charity is one of Surrey's leading charities supporting children and young people. We listen, we talk, and we help young people with the skills they need to live their best life. We work with families and professionals to ensure everyone gets the support they need.

We are looking for passionate individuals with expertise to join us in continuing to be a leading provider of early intervention in Surrey.

About the Role

The Early Intervention Practitioners will provide preventative, early intervention support to children, young people, and their families in primary schools in Runnymede, Waverley, and Surrey Heath, through delivering a range of evidence-based interventions to enable each young person to realize their potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and fruitfully within their school, and make a positive contribution within their community.

Responsibilities:

• Design, deliver, and review evidence-based interventions for children and young people which aim to improve mental health and well-being and build on existing strengths.
• Assess the needs and strengths of the referred young person and help them to identify individual goals to achieve desired change (Goals Based Outcome Assessments).
• Provide support to young people facing a wide range of issues, in both one-to-one and group settings, to address emerging needs and help build resilience, develop coping strategies, and improve their mental health & wellbeing.
• Provide advice, guidance, and signposting through a range of activities to young people and their families, connecting them to resources that will support young people's wellbeing.
• Gain input from and provide input to parents and carers regarding the support offered to their children and young people, recognizing the valuable role they play in their child's wellbeing.
• Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, recognizing and respecting diversity, ensuring all work is sensitive to a range of ethnic, cultural, and religious groups, is gender-sensitive, and anti-discriminatory.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key school staff in primary schools and Schools Based Needs Team.
• Work collaboratively with pastoral staff in school, Surrey Wellbeing Partners, Surrey and Borders NHS Partnership, Surrey Children's Services, local Mental Health Support Teams, and other community-based services to provide the most effective service for children, young people, and families.
• Ensure that children and young people with more intensive support needs are put in touch with relevant Intensive Intervention services (while continuing to provide support until the intensive support is in place).

Impact, Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting:

• Record accurately individual engagement and evidence of change using appropriate outcomes data to ensure support programmes can be monitored and evaluated.
• Record all activities and administration associated with support provided to a child/young person.
• Collect and share case studies that demonstrate good practice and the impact of interventions on outcomes for children and young people.
• Work with colleagues and line manager to ensure that your work is aligned to organisational strategy, key objectives, and annual plans and budgets.

Organisational requirements:

• Work within Eikon's equal opportunities, health & safety, and safeguarding policies at all times.
• Understand and act when safeguarding issues need to be escalated.
• Work as part of a team and attend team meetings, training events, and participate fully in 1:1s.
• Work cooperatively and under the management of The Eikon Charity staff to ensure the highest quality of delivery and support.
• Work within Eikon's internal policies, safeguarding, and data protection regulations.
• Be responsible for equipment/resources.
• Work some planned evenings or weekends.
• Promote, monitor, and maintain health safety and security in the working environment.
• Attend and actively participate in regular clinical supervision.

Additional information:

As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, we do not accept CVs.

The close date for this advert is 15.05.2025 with interviews planned for 29.05.2025.

To apply for this role, please click HERE where you will find all the information and the application form.