Jade Toovey

2 years experience 

SEN Special Educational Needs support

Social Care 

SEMH 

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare 

1:1 support 

passion for creativity 

Aspiring to be a creative therapist 

Degree Graduate 

Psychology Masters student 

I am very focused and driven to improve all that I do. Currently working in a residential social care setting, my priority is to deliver appropriate care and support to the young people. 

All those I support have complex Autism. I like to take the time to be prepared with visual support and individual supportive strategies to enhance each young person’s independence. I always take the time to ensure all housekeeping tasks are complete to ensure the young people have a comfortable living environment. I am very detail oriented making sure that all the tasks are complete properly and don’t get signed off until they are – helping on the side of quality assurance.  

Within my residential role there can be times where challenging behaviours arise. This is where I could take one of three approaches in supportive strategies - proactive, active, reactive. These are Positive Behaviour Support strategies that I help to liaise back to the PBS lead as to effectiveness and consistency of use as well as communicating any changes made by said lead to the residential team. 

My current role requires me to be keyed into the entirety of each young persons’ care plan: SALT (Speech and Language Therapy), PBS (Positive Behaviour Support), OT (Occupational Therapy), Education and Nursing. This ensures the young people receive comprehensive and complete care. It is part of my role to link in with each of these departments as needed when there are developments for a young person whether it is progression or regression. Every change can affect the delivery of the support in place and so it is vital that my colleagues and I work with each department. 

I am also part of the Positive Behaviour Support team for one day each week, this is where I am able to advocate for the young people and celebrate their progress (7 young people in Giles House) where the PBS Lead doesn't get chances to get such exposure to the day-to-day working and that's where I come in, to bridge the gap. I take part in 3-weekly seminars based around Positive Behaviour Support including formulation, analysis of challenging behaviour and writing a functional analysis. As well as this, I have supervision sessions with the PBS Lead as well as the Clinical Psychologist to communicate what is going well/not so well, progress being made within my work area and possible adjustments that can be made to current support plans. This all brings up research points that I go away and look up to gain further understanding. Part of my role is to also promote and model changes that have been made to promote best practice and consistency. I also conduct observations of the young people and the support they are given; specifically looking at the antecedents, behaviours and consequences of the behaviours. Looking at this helps to gain and understanding of the progression of an incident and identify what worked and potentially what didn't.

I also do overtime delivering training for the Prior Approach. This is the structural system Priors Court uses to deliver the waking day curriculum not only in school but also in residential areas. This training is not just a presentation it also involves coaching. There is time set aside to address real life application and helping the trainees identify how they can implement it most effectively. It is key that they understand it before implementing it for the young people.

English GCSE - B

Math GCSE - A

Science GCSE (double) - AB 

Art BTEC Extended Diploma in Art and Design - DDM (Distinction, Distinction, Merit)

BA Hons Interior Architecture and Design - Lower Second Class Honours Degree

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare - Pass 

Current study: 

Masters in Psychology (conversion course)