Rachel Walker

Rachel Walker

Family Support Worker

I have been working as a Family Support Worker at CAAS since 2007 when we were based at Pinner Green. I have 2 sons. My elder son, aged 24, has ASD, ADHD and Learning Difficulties. When my son was young we struggled to find support to help him, so I took a “Leave of Absence” from my work with an international corporation and subsequently never went back.

My favourite part of my job is meeting parents and families and supporting them with the CAAS team through the years of diagnosis, through nursery, primary and high school, onto college or university and beyond. Every week I remember the difficulties we had in the early years and at each subsequent stage of education, into adulthood. Now I want to welcome families and help them understand and support their children. Apart from being a mother, this is the most rewarding job I have ever had with the best team and I wouldn’t want to work anywhere else.