Alison Afanou
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Experience
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Wizard Staff Solutions
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United Kingdom
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Staffing and Recruiting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Nursery Assistant
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Jul 2022 - Present
- Role involves: interacting with children from a few months to four years old, facilitating indoor and outdoor play activities, encouraging learning through play and other activities, helping with daily routines, such as mealtimes and naptimes, and creating a safe, secure and fun environment for healthy growth and development - Enables me to strengthen my communication skills, as the flexibility of my role means I am constantly meeting new adults and children - Role involves: interacting with children from a few months to four years old, facilitating indoor and outdoor play activities, encouraging learning through play and other activities, helping with daily routines, such as mealtimes and naptimes, and creating a safe, secure and fun environment for healthy growth and development - Enables me to strengthen my communication skills, as the flexibility of my role means I am constantly meeting new adults and children
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Cats Protection
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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500 - 600 Employee
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Volunteer
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Jul 2021 - Present
- Tasks include: working at the till, sorting through and organising donations, tidying the shop, assisting customers, uploading stock into the online system and restocking the shop - Enables me to develop sales initiatives, money handling and customer service skills, as well as strengthening my communication, empathy, time management and organisation skills - Tasks include: working at the till, sorting through and organising donations, tidying the shop, assisting customers, uploading stock into the online system and restocking the shop - Enables me to develop sales initiatives, money handling and customer service skills, as well as strengthening my communication, empathy, time management and organisation skills
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Whitgift School
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United Kingdom
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Education Administration Programs
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100 - 200 Employee
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Student Volunteer
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Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
- Role involved: being a teaching assistant to 9 and 10 year olds by assisting them in the classroom, supervising them during break and lunch times, and registering and dismissing them - Highlights my ability to work with children, as I had to address their emotional concerns, make the environment more accommodating to varying learning abilities and act in an approachable, amicable way - Communication and teamwork were also vital for this volunteering role, working with the children, the teachers, the pastoral team and other team members Show less
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FOOD RELIEF
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United Kingdom
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1 - 100 Employee
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Volunteer
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Oct 2019 - Jun 2020
- Volunteering in a food bank was gratifying because it allowed me to help my local community and get a sense of reality - Tasks included: shelving new stock, dealing with deliveries, sorting the items into donation bags and directly communicating with those in need - Required a great deal of patience because I often had to communicate with people who had limited English speaking proficiency and strengthen my emotional intelligence during tense situations - Volunteering in a food bank was gratifying because it allowed me to help my local community and get a sense of reality - Tasks included: shelving new stock, dealing with deliveries, sorting the items into donation bags and directly communicating with those in need - Required a great deal of patience because I often had to communicate with people who had limited English speaking proficiency and strengthen my emotional intelligence during tense situations
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Education
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University of Warwick
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Ancient History and Classical Archaeology -
Old Palace of John Whitgift School
Maths History and English Literature