Catherine Beresford

• Holding a case load of families with vulnerable/complex needs and helping to support them with issues such as- mental health/emotional health, domestic abuse, drug and alcohol, parenting, housing, home conditions, SEN
• Being the lead professional on the MAP assessment plan to form a plan of support and working with muti-agencies to support the families- schools, health, housing, drug and alcohol team, police and other specialist services- CAMHS.
• Running and delivering specialist groups to parents- Nurture parenting programme, gateway (domestic abuse group for women) in a group and on a one to one.
• Direct work with children and young people to gather views and feelings to contribute towards the plan and support for the family. Work completed around anxiety, emotional resilience, mental health, support around education and school, family breakdown/conflict.
• Supporting families with children with specialist educational needs (SEN). Liaising with Woodview and other health and specialist services- Addvanced solutions.
• Contributing towards children's educational health care plan.
• Safeguarding- following Halton Safeguarding model and levels of need framework- step up process and making referral to children's social care through the Icart front door referral process.
• Supporting young people and families post 16 to support with alternative education/training working with providers such as Power in partnership, princes trust, colleges and 14-19 team.

• To support vulnerable and disadvantaged young people who have complex or multiple problems and experience barriers to progression.
• To act as a lead worker and be responsible for a defined caseload.
• To provide individualised support to young people which are appropriate to their individual needs and level of maturity.
• Working within a multidisciplinary team to help reduce the negative impact of substance, reducing the rate of teenage pregnancy, improving the sexual health awareness of young people, preventing first time offending and re offening, increasing the number of people in learning post 16.

Within my role I supported clients face to face and over the phone and by email dealing with a number of enquires from general job searches, supporting with CV writing, enrolling on the further learning and education courses and more in depth work with clients supporting in group workshops to help them get work ready.