We offer specialist interventions to support children, young people, and those who care for them, with a learning disability.
Work experience: I have worked in the Children’s Learning Disability Team for 27 years. For the past 2.5 years I have been the Team Lead and before this I was one of the specialist nurses working with the most amazing children and young people. My area of special interest is Autism.
I am a mum of two adult children.
Likes: music, reading, dancing, holidays
Dislikes: eggs, wrinkles, bullies
Favourite TV programme or film: anything Harry Potter, Friends,
Taskmaster
Work experience: I have worked as a nurse with children and adults with Learning Disability for 7 years.
Likes: GYM, Superheroes, extreme sports, console gaming, Hull FC and pizza
Dislikes: corned beef hash, waiting in queues, Hull KR and scary movies
Favourite TV programme or film: Fallout TV series and the Avengers films
Work experience: I have worked as a nurse in the Children’s Learning Disability team for a year and a half. Before I became a nurse, I looked after adults with learning disabilities and autism.
Likes: Disney, Reading, and Baking.
Dislikes: Heights, Spiders, and Broccoli.
Favourite TV programme or film: Beauty and the Beast, Harry Potter, Great British Bake off, and MasterChef.
Work experience: I have been a qualified Learning Disability nurse for 6 years. I have worked in a medium secure forensic hospital, an Autism specialist school and the ASD/ADHD diagnostic team before joining the Children’s LD team.
Likes: Dog walks, holidays, reading, rugby league, crochet, musicals
Dislikes: Football, peanuts, moths Favourite TV programme or films: Jurassic Park, Shrek, True crime dramas, Disney, Marvel, Bob’s burgers
Work experience: I have worked as a learning disability nurse for the last 8years. I have experience of working with adults with learning disability and mental health conditions in the prison setting and in forensic medium secure units. I then came across to work in the Childrens learning disability team and have been doing this role for the last 2 years.
Likes: Going on holidays, spending time with my two young children, music, and comedy.
Dislikes: Cold weather, liars and discrimination
Favourite TV programme or film: Silent witness, coronation street, any comedy or horror films
Work experience: I have worked as a nurse with children and young people with Learning Disability for 3.5 years. I have also worked as a PA for adults with Learning Disability. I have a special interest in Autism.
Likes: Music, gaming, theme parks, Halloween, arts and crafts. Dislikes: Discrimination, loud noises, broccoli.
Favourite TV programme or film: Harry Potter, Bob’s Burgers, horror films, anything Disney!
Work experience: I have worked in the Children’s learning Disability Team for 2.5 years. I have also nursed older adults in a mental health setting, worked in schools, and delivered early intervention/communication groups. I have a special interest in Down Syndrome. I am a mum of two young people, one of whom has a learning disability.
Likes: Swimming (especially outside), music and musicals, reading, bright colours, sunshine!
Dislikes: Traffic, discrimination, Eggs!
Favourite TV programme or film: Race Across the world, House of Games, Paddington.
Our teams provide services to adults, children and young people across Hull and East Riding with neurodiverse needs.
We work with young people and families who are based within the Hull and East Yorkshire region.
The Humber Sensory Processing Service is a specialist service providing support to children who have sensory processing differences.
We support children and young people aged 5-18 in many schools and colleges across Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire.
Contact our team to find out more about the young people and families we work with.
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