Hannah

My Summary

My Experience

February 2019 - current Specialist Learning Assistant & Trainee Play Therapist - Alfred Salter Primary School, Southwark
Meeting Parents/Carers for initial consultations before children start Play Therapy or Speech and Language programmes. Discussing; outcomes, strategies, and co-producing a plan of care.
Assist the Speech and Language Therapist to deliver Speech and Language Therapy to a small group of children, in alliance with UCL.
Provide training to Teaching Assistants in Speech and Language intervention with Autistic children, through staff presentations.
Work with children with emotional regulation difficulties, helping them access the learning and to feel safe in the classroom.
Liaising with the SENCO to refer them onto specialist services when necessary. One example is helping in the transition of a child to a specialist ASD school.
Lunchtime Lego Therapy and Therapeutic Drawing club which creates a safe space at lunchtime with those presenting with mild mental health problems.
Run Wellbeing & Social skills workshops for ASD and children with emotional difficulties.
Working closely with the SENCO to assess, review and implement EHCP in the classroom. I achieve this through my placement in the school as a Play Therapist & Specialist Therapist role.
Through Play Therapy, I help record evidence of mental health difficulties in the children I support using Strength and Difficulties Questionnaires.
Within my role, I take safeguarding very seriously, constantly risk assessing children and signposting and referring to other mental health teams.
5 hours per week of 1:1 Play Therapy sessions to help children overcome difficulties in and out of school.
Regular supervision from the Speech and Language Therapist onsite and Play Therapy supervisor offsite.

May 2018 - February 2019 Teaching Assistant- St.Paul's Way Trust Foundation School, Tower Hamlets

-Led Lego Therapy sessions for children in KS1 & 2 under guidance of SENCO
-Ran a Craft club for children after school
-Carried out first aid when appropriate
- Produced accurate and up-to-date records and 2 Simple observations.
-Assisted in implementing Individual Education Programmes for students.
-Organising and maintaining books, learning materials and resources.
-Facilitated 1:1 Maths and Phonics interventions with ASD children.
-Taught Phonics and Maths to a lower ability group children.
-Attended effective marking training
-Created interactive and interesting classroom displays


February 2018 - May 2018 Educational Mentor, Twickenham Academy Pupil Referral Unit, London

Supported a group of year 11’s prepare for their GCSEs, helped with coursework and exam practice.
Befriended and mentored young people to help improve their attendance, behaviour and attendance.
Learnt through observing strategies in managing difficult behaviour and emotional outbursts from pupils.
Supported students in class and during their examinations.
Helped with pastoral activities such as cooking, gardening and PSHE lessons.

My Qualifications

April 2019 - January 2020 Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills, Leeds Beckett University & PTUK (Distinction)

September 2018 - May 2019 Lewisham College, London - L2 Counselling Skills (Merit)

September 2010 - June 2013 Queen Marys University, London - BA HONS Comparative Literature, Film Studies and Linguistics (2:1)


September 2020 Pediatric First Aid & Epilepsy Training Southwark Council

June - July 2020 Sounds Write Course- Step Academy Trust

April- July 2020 Certificate in AutPlay Therapy - Yorkshire Children Services

November 2019- January 2020 Understanding Autism - Kent University

October 2019- Working with Non-Verbal Children with Autism - Sarah Buckley Speech Therapies

April 2019- September 2019 Mentoring Training - Sense

October 2018 - November 2018 Certificate in Lego Therapy - Tower Hamlets Council

My Availability

My Fees

• Tutoring from £40.00 per hour