Herlawn Etienne
Langdon Hills,Essex
Summary
Experienced professional with extensive counselling experience and expertise in behavioural interventions. Proficient in both written and verbal communication, with strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Adept at report and referral writing, project innovation, and caseload management. Up to date with youth culture trends and skilled in working in partnership with various stakeholders. Holds multiple training certificates including Child Protection Level 2, Trauma Training Awareness, Emotional Abuse, and Safe Guarding Level 3. Committed to supporting children and adolescents with anxiety, worries, fears, and stress while ensuring their safety through comprehensive knowledge of harmful sexual behaviours and online safety.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Senior Mental Health Pastoral and Wel/being Lead
Westcliff High School for Girls
Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea
01.2024 - Current
- Established and implemented tiered intervention programs across Key Stages 3 to 5, aligning with school's pastoral care student support framework.
- Supervise/ Line manage school counsellors and oversee assessments of all internal and external referrals concerning mental health needs.
- Prepare and submit referrals to Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), while also providing guidance on community resources and local charities.
- Collaborate closely with the Deputy Head, Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo), year heads, and pastoral managers to serve as the central point for inclusion and support strategies.
- Contribute to the development of school policies and practices related to student wellbeing, reinforcing the institution's commitment to holistic development.
Foster Carer
Children's First Fostering agency- NFA
Basildon , Essex
08.2016 - Current
- Fostering an accepting, respectful and warm environment with a trauma informed therapeutic approach to establish safety and security for children.
- Advocated for social, emotional and educational stability of children with complex emotional and behavioural needs.
- Logging significant events throughout placement and contributed to reviews, case conferences and court hearings.
- Attending CLA, PEP and EHCP reviews, proving relevant reports.
- Responding to and managing behavioural crisis situations.
- Setting fair boundaries with appropriate levels and methods of discipline.
- Established close relationships and collaborating with Supervising Social Workers, CLA social worker, Independent Reviewing Officers, IRO's, Teachers and health professionals to meet children's development needs.
- Keeping up to date with training and Government legislation's.
C.A.R.E Practitioner
Barnardo's
South Region, Essex
08.2022 - 12.2024
- Providing 1-1 emotional in person, phone and online support to parents whose children are/or at risk of or being exploited.
- Facilitating and delivering training to parents with knowledge of Child Exploitation, Sexual exploitation, County lines & Social media.
- Attending TAF, CIN, CP, Core Group and Child protection conferences.
- Liaising with Social workers, Teachers, YOT, Health Care, Police and Family Support workers.
- Delivering workshops and assemblies on mental health, social media, drugs and exploitation awareness, Self harm etc
- Making referrals to relevant statuary and non statutory services.
- Working with young people who engage in HSB.
- Extensive report writing, including case study write ups, safeguarding reports and bid writing.
Young peoples Life coach and Mentor
Life Steps
Basildon, Essex
01.2020 - 08.2022
- Working 1-1 with teenage girls in Alternative Education Provision (PRU) who display behavioural, mental, emotional and social difficulties.
- Providing counselling support to young girls who are affect by or who engage in HSB, self harm, suffer with suicide ideations, have suffered sexual assault/rape, CSE and who are at risk in the community.
- Delivering 1-1 training/teaching of personal, social and vocational (self developed) programme interventions.
- Documented behaviour patterns and safeguarding concerns.
- Working with schools engagement and inclusion team's and parents, to provide incentives and career coaching to address aspirations and improve education access.
- Identified key areas for personal improvement to increase positive mental and physical wellbeing, addressed limiting self-beliefs to support young people in achieving their full and true potential.
Education
Certificate of Higher Education - Counselling
Heart And Mind Integrative Counselling
London 09.2022 - 05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Psychology with Personal Development
Brunel University London
Uxbridge 09.2008 - 05.2012
A-Levels - Psychology, English Lit and History
The Palmer Catholic Academy
Ilford 09.2006 - 07.2008
GCSEs - Maths, English, Science, History, Geography, Child Development, R.E, French
The Palmer Catholic Academy
Ilford 09.2001 - 07.2006
Skills
- Counselling experience
- Project and Behavioural interventions innovator
- Communication (written and Verbal)
- Analytical and critical thinking
- Report and referral writing
- Up to date with "Youth culture trends"
- Caseload management
- Working in Partnership
Training Certificates
- Self-Harm (10/24)
- Level 3 Safeguarding- DDSL (09/24)
- Prevent (06/24)
- Senior Mental Health Lead (05/24)
- Supporting Children and Adolescent with Anxiety, Worries, Fears and Stress (10/23)
- Child Protection Level 2 (09/23)
- Trauma Training Awareness (09/23)
- Emotional Abuse (09/23)
- Harmful Sexual Behaviours Training (07/23)
- Safe Guarding Level 2 (03/23)
- First Aid (03/23)
- Child protection Level 1(01/23)
- AIM3 Assessment of Adolescents and
Harmful Sexual Behaviour Training (03/23) - CSE (02/22)
- Online safety and Cyberbully (02/22)
- Therapeutic Parenting (01/22)
- Equality and Diversity (02/21)
- De-Escalation (02/21)
- Data Protection and GDPR (02/21)
Timeline
Senior Mental Health Pastoral and Wel/being Lead
Westcliff High School for Girls
01.2024 - Current
Certificate of Higher Education - Counselling
Heart And Mind Integrative Counselling
09.2022 - 05.2023
C.A.R.E Practitioner
Barnardo's
08.2022 - 12.2024
Young peoples Life coach and Mentor
Life Steps
01.2020 - 08.2022
Foster Carer
Children's First Fostering agency- NFA
08.2016 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Psychology with Personal Development
Brunel University London
09.2008 - 05.2012
A-Levels - Psychology, English Lit and History
The Palmer Catholic Academy
09.2006 - 07.2008
GCSEs - Maths, English, Science, History, Geography, Child Development, R.E, French
The Palmer Catholic Academy
09.2001 - 07.2006
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