Susan Somerville

Personal Development Facilitator

Mentor and Coach

Founder of ICE4Life.CO.UK

Professional

Susan began her work with adolescents and children with challenging behaviour and emotional and social difficulties in 1996. Since this time Susan has participated in various continued personal and professional development training to enhance her skills repertoire, which include Behaviour Management, Stress Management, Delivering Workshops, Special Needs Care, and many more (please see Training, Workshops and Certification section below).

Susan later worked closely with an Educational Psychologist and a Behavioural Specialist over a 2 year period whilst taking over the role of offering Anger Management sessions, progressing to create a series of courses designed to meet the needs of children and adolescents. Courses include Anger Management, Confidence building, Self-awareness and Self-esteem, Communication Skills and Promoting Healthy Friendships and Relationships to name a few. Susan is trained as a Learning Mentor, is a Master Trainer in Emotional Literacy and a Personal Development Facilitator. She has an up-to-date CRB police check to work with children and young people and is an ongoing student of Humanistic Psychology. She also offers respite for children with challenging behaviour in care.

Personal Development support is offered through small group work and 1/1 sessions for persons in need of emotional literacy and personal development skills. Susan works with students who may suffer with emotional, behavioural or learning difficulties, students who have issues, or who find social interaction with others difficult. The work is often challenging and calls for skill and sensitivity. The overall aim is to enable students to effect change and personal growth. Students follow specially designed, tailor-made and highly structured courses which are offered and presented in a therapeutic environment. The work focuses on raising the student’s esteem, confidence and positive-thinking to empower them to make the desired changes on a personal level.

Personal

Susan has a keen interest in reading, outdoor activities including rock climbing, abseiling and ghyll scrambling. She also loves speaking French and Sign Language, playing musical instruments such as keyboard, guitar and drums as well as painting and drawing. Susan has a keen interest in positive, humanistic psychology and helping others. She enjoys swimming and badminton, photography and video and snake keeping.

Training, CPD Workshops and Certification

Management of challenging behaviours… John Mortlock training Co.
Home-start family liaison worker training… Homestart, Shepway
Foster carer’s safer caring skills & awareness… Integrated Services Programme
Personal safety – working with others in their homes or on a 1/1 basis… Homestart, ShepwayChild protection … (x3 separate training co’s) Integrated Services Programme, Ben Brown Training, BPPAC
Sex and Relationships training workshop… Integrated Services Programme
Equality and Diversity training… Integrated Services Programme
Special Needs Care – NVQ2
Autism training… Kent County Council, Tricia Eastham
Learning Mentor training… LM National Training Liverpool.
Grief, Loss and Bereavement training… Ben Hayes, Educational Psychologist
Health and Safety training… Shepway Council.
Anger Management workshop – helping young people… Integrated Services Programme
Stress Management workshop… East Kent Services NHS
HIV/Aids awareness training…East Kent Services NHS
Using Relaxation and visualisation techniques… Adult Education centre
Facilitating, & presenting courses… Ben Hayes, Ed Psch & Andy Young, Behavioural Support services
BSL –Sign Language – Adult Education Centre, Folkestone
Link carer training – Link, Kent County Council… caring for disabled children and supporting families
Basic Drugs awareness… East Kent Services NHS
Emotional Literacy Master Training … Emotional Literacy workshops, Clare Lloyd
Psychology undergraduate - The Open University
Philosophy (evening classes) – School of Philosophy
Restorative Justice Training – Kent Safe Schools