ADHD Practitioner – Barnardo's, Surrey Wellbeing Hub

• 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. 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 is a term-time only role (39 weeks per year) for 21 hours per week, worked on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. These days are fixed as they are when groups are delivered. A full UK driving licence and access to a car are essential, as county-wide travel is required. Sessions can start from 8:30am, and staff are expected to arrive 15 minutes before the start time.

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.

Mileage can be claimed for business travel beyond your normal commute to the team's hub in Leatherhead. To claim mileage, you must have business car insurance covering travel between multiple work locations. Support can be provided to arrange this. A laptop and mobile phone will be provided.

Any questions about the role please contact Michaela Hussey at michaela.hussey@barnardos.org.uk

Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to31 July 2027 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 31 July 2027.

There is 1 vacancy for this post. Ideally candidates will start as soon as possible. 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 time.

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