Simran Batra

An honest, hardworking, and self-motivated individual with over two years of experience working with adults and children with a range of needs. This includes supporting those with mental health issues, SEN/ behaviour support needs, substance misuse issues and those with an offending history. Has the ability to manage a challenging caseload, whilst ensuring all individuals receive a high standard of care and support. A quick learner who enjoys undertaking challenges and seeks to achieve a high standard in whatever work is carried out. Passionate about promoting good mental health and helping others in any way possible, in both my professional and personal life. Keen to find a challenging role with a caring and supportive organisation that can help me to develop my skills and experience.

Young Person’s Recovery Practitioner (Feb 2023- Present)

Fusion, WDP- Redbridge

• Contract role.
• Manage a caseload of children and young people aged 12-18 who have alcohol and substance misuse issues and supporting them with their recovery or reduction goals.
• Proficient in using the system Nebula to log client information, assessments, session notes, care plans, risk assessments and YPOR’s.
• Regularly deliver drug and alcohol and sexual health workshops to schools.
• In charge of creating and posting content on the social media pages for the drug and alcohol service Fusion.

Young Person Substance Misuse/Hidden Harm Worker (Nov 2022- Feb 2023)

Insight, Humankind- London, England

• Contract role.
• Managed a caseload of children and young people aged 10-25 who have alcohol and substance misuse issues and supporting them with their recovery or reduction goals.
• Also working with those who are assessed to receive support with hidden harm, as a result of parental substance misuse.
• This involved helping to improve their emotional wellbeing, support understanding of their parent’s substance misuse and minimise the risk of intergenerational drug/alcohol use.
• Proficient in carrying out comprehensive assessments, creating risk management plans as well as recovery plans.
• Experienced in carrying out sessions using motivational interviewing, CBT, and other psychosocial interventions.
• Trained in administering Naloxone for opiate clients.

Family Support/Wellbeing Practitioner (July 2021- Nov 2022)

Catch 22- London, England

• Managed a caseload of ex-offenders in the community and their capacity and motivation to rehabilitate.
• This was facilitated by delivering and accessing 1-1 and group work interventions.
• Worked in partnership with a range of local providers including probation, charities, and other organisations.
• A focus on supporting the service user’s emotional wellbeing, family and significant other’s needs, as well as helping to reintegrate them into the community and engage them in pro-social leisure interests and purposeful activities.

Curriculum Support Tutor (Nov 2020- July 2021)

St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College- London, England

• Provided support to small groups of students within lessons to help them catch up with learning missed due to COVID.
• Role was focused on supporting students with specific learning and educational needs.
• Covered lessons for absent teachers as and when required, ensuring students remained focused.
• Provided 1-to-1 support for students who required further support outside of the classroom.
• Involved in leading wellbeing sessions to help provide mental health support for young people.

Learning Support Assistant (Sept-Nov 2020)

Kingsbury High School- London, England

Youth Mentor/Team Leader (June-Aug 2019)

National Citizen Service- London, England

Psychology & Mental Health Volunteer (July-Aug 2018)

Plan My Gap Year- Sri Lanka

Master of Science: Forensic Psychology (2020)

Coventry University

• Achieved a Merit 
• Modules covered a variety of aspects of Forensic Psychology including; Offending Behaviour and the Criminal Justice System, Risk Assessment and Management, Ethical and Research Methods, The Legal Process, Professional Practice 
• Independent research project on sexual harassment as well as child sex offenders and paedophiles internet behaviour

Bachelor of Science: Psychology (2019)
University of Nottingham

• Achieved an Upper Second-Class Honours
• Modules covered a variety of aspects of Psychology including; Statistics & Research Methods, Forensic and Mental Health, Educational Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Biological Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour and Addiction in the Brain
• Independent research on the effects of rapid temporal recalibration in relative timing tasks
• Developed skills in SPSS statistics, excel, report and essay writing, group projects and presentations

A Level (2016)

Valentines Sixth Form

History (A*), Psychology (A), English Literature (C)

GCSE (2014)

Valentines High School

 11 GCSEs at A*- B including Mathematics (B), English Literature (A) and English Language (A)