Jonathan Estwick

Experience

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  Department for Work and Pensions

  Nov 2008 - Jan 2012

  Assistant Adviser
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  Look Ahead Care and Support

  Jan 2012 - Apr 2014

  Support Worker
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  Place2Be

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

  Play Therapist
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  The BRIT school

  Sept 2013 - Jan 2015

  School Counsellor
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  Lewisham Counselling and Counsellor Training Associates (LC and CTA)

  Jan 2014 - Jul 2014

  Person Centred counsellor
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  Young Futures

  Apr 2014 - Sept 2016

  Young Person Key Worker for Care Leavers
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  Quaggy Development Trust

  Sept 2014 - Sept 2015

  Community based counsellor
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  The Deborah Ubee Trust

  Jun 2015 - Jun 2017

  Person Centred Counsellor
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  Jonathan Estwick Coaching

  Jul 2015 - now

  Founder

  As I began working through the effects of emotional abuse, physical abuse, grief & abandonment from my own childhood I began to uncover so much about myself along with the relationships I have with others as an adult.Some may call this journey healing through this discovery but it did much more for me.I discovered my purpose. I learned more about the mental, emotional & physiological effects of trauma both in childhood & adulthood. I was fueled with a mission to teach more about & help those understand the effect of trauma and its ongoing issues. But most of all through this process, I began to redefine myself & my professional practice. When it came to sessions I expanded the times working with clients & also explored flexible ways of working. I moved away from being a counsellor to solely working with trauma survivors. I am now married & live in New Jersey, USA. I am no longer a counsellor but remain as passionate as ever to support the interpersonal effects of trauma. My services are online so that I can reach a large number of people in the place they consider safe whether it’s their home, a room, or any other location that supports them. My work & my support is delivered from my personal & professional experience as a survivor, counsellor & now educator & coach for trauma survivors. Weniger anzeigen

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  A Space

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2018

  School Counsellor

  A freelance school counsellor working across two different secondary schools in East London. I provided short and long term individual counselling support to students. Worked as a person centred therapist but also developed integrative counselling skills in offering short term (up to six sessions) support. I supported up to six students daily for up to a full academic yearI worked among a team of counsellors and it was my responsibility to assess the students suitability for counselling. This meant meeting with students individually and matching them to appropriate counsellors using my knowledge of the different counselling approaches matching them to the need of the client. I designed the electronic based client tracking system to manage referrals and assessments within the school counselling service. I liaised with the school to identify further clients for support, to provide step up/step down referrals to other services inside and outside of the school. I attended inclusion meetings on behalf of the counselling service. I met with parents to obtain consent for support as well as to discuss the nature of the support we offer. Weniger anzeigen

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  Place2Be

  Sept 2017 - Sept 2021

  Promoted to School Project Manager in 2018 managing the counselling services in two primary schools in South East London. I am the mental health practitioner for both schools. I manage a team of counsellors and liaise with the Senior Lead Team within the schools to provide systemic support to families attending the school. I manage a team of counsellors ranging in skill and experience. My support is to facilitate and develop them as professionals utilising personal strengths to extract a greater performance from them in their role. I lead on safeguarding concerns and also provide the clerical and diary management of the service. I provide weekly clinical supervision to the counsellors identifying key strengths and areas for development in their therapeutic relationship with their clients. The supervision ranges from individual to group depending on the need of the counsellor. I provide a thinking space for staff in the school to explore the support for well-being in the school. I provide support to parents offering advice and guidance on child mental health as well as parenting concerns. I refer parents to parenting counselling services offered internally and externally within South LondonI support the schools to assess and refer clients suitable for parent and child counselling. I advertise and promote the counselling service within the school to stakeholders. I assess children suitable for counselling and match them appropriately to counsellors. I then oversee the level of support and review outcomes and concerns with both the children and counsellors Weniger anzeigen Assisting the school project manager in the day to day management of a full time counselling service in an all through Primary and Secondary school. This included liaising with students and parents to manage referrals into the service. I developed the clerical management of students accessing the counselling service I inducted new counsellors into the school, maintained management of the counselling room and resources. Managed the staff diary and ran the matching of counsellors to clients Provided individual and group counselling to students on numerous emotional and mental health issues. Provided integrative and person centred therapy to students in group and individual counselling. I ran the lunchtime drop in support service for students in both the primary and secondary school Following the progress of my role, I took full responsibility of the primary school counselling serviceI advertised and promoted the service across the schools to parents and external stakeholders. In addition to other roles, I managed the referrals of students to statutory services in South East London including CAMHs and liaised with social services. Worked with external providers across South East London to develop care to students including local sports groups, education programs, police, cadets and after-school programs. Weniger anzeigen

  • School Project Manager

    Aug 2018 - Sept 2021

  • Assistant School Project Manager

    Sept 2017 - Sept 2018