Experience

Hope Valley College

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Special Needs Coordinator

  • Sep 2018 - Present

• Assistant Special Needs Coordinator

  • Apr 2014 - Sep 2018

  Duties: preparing annual reviews; timetabling and deploying teaching assistants (14 staff); staff appraisal; exam access arrangement testing; record keeping; liaising with external agencies; preparing support plans; designing curriculum activities; advising teaching staff; provision mapping; teaching English; teaching support lessons.Skills developed: organisation; flexibility; tact; assertiveness; knowledge of how to offer direct support for a range of learning needs.



Sheffield City Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teacher

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2014

  Duties: Teaching classes of various skill levels; analysis of data; differentiation for key learning groups; feedback; school trips; budget management; record maintenance; liaising and advising other curriculum areas on literacy skills; creating VLE resources; developing engagement strategies for students; managing and liaising with Learning Support to aid with better outcomes; communicating progress with parents. Skills developed: Sharing best practice; behaviour management; liaising with outside agencies; managing other staff; develop resources/evaluate their effectiveness; 1:1 work; planning and delivering information dissemination; producing resources and documentation for students, staff, outside agencies; internal communication; external communication.



Lincolnshire County Council

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teacher

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2012

  Duties (in addition to those above): working interdepartmentally; teaching and developing the functional skills programme; assisting with Teacher Training Programme; contributing to improvement plan; developing evidence portfolio for Customer Service Excellence awards and OFSTED; developing Schemes of Work and differentiated resources; school trips; running INSET workshops; Union Representative; School Governor. Skills developed: teamwork; differentiating work for different learners; writing proposals; supporting colleagues; report writing skills; health and safety awareness; motivating and influencing people and behaviour.



University of Exeter

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trainee Teacher

  • Sep 2009 - Jul 2010

  Duties: Assignments in educational research; action research on SEN; planning; teaching classes aged 11-18; giving talks; close work with SEN Department to aid students’ needs. Skills developed: Reflective practice; ICT skills; using drama to engage students; knowledge of different curriculum areas and abilities; pedagogical skills. Duties: Assignments in educational research; action research on SEN; planning; teaching classes aged 11-18; giving talks; close work with SEN Department to aid students’ needs. Skills developed: Reflective practice; ICT skills; using drama to engage students; knowledge of different curriculum areas and abilities; pedagogical skills.



Derbyshire County Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• SEN Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2009

  Duties: assisting the class teacher; differentiating work; taking literacy, numeracy and social skills extraction groups; teaching on the Reading Recovery and Lifeboat scheme; assisting on the ASDAN course; running school trips; liaising with parents; writing reports; home and school visits; intervention work on GCSE Coursework for small groups. Skills developed: child care; care for vulnerable students; links and knowledge of the History; Science, Maths and ICT curriculum at Secondary Level; safeguarding.



Lancaster University Volunteering Unit

• Classroom Volunteer

  • Oct 2006 - Jun 2008

  Duties: Working with extraction groups aged 4-11 in Numeracy and Literacy; work with Secondary link schools; creating resources for the library. Skills developed: teaching small groups; supervision; Health and Safety at Work; reprographics; display creation; planning and creating resources. Duties: Working with extraction groups aged 4-11 in Numeracy and Literacy; work with Secondary link schools; creating resources for the library. Skills developed: teaching small groups; supervision; Health and Safety at Work; reprographics; display creation; planning and creating resources.



Casanova's Restaurant

• Morecambe

• Head Bartender and Waiter

  • Oct 2005 - Jun 2008

  Duties: preparing drinks, taking food orders, booking tables, organising parties and events, maintaining stock, rotating stock, ordering stock, cleaning the bar, creating new drinks. Skills: ordering, customer service, prioritising workload, generating business. Duties: preparing drinks, taking food orders, booking tables, organising parties and events, maintaining stock, rotating stock, ordering stock, cleaning the bar, creating new drinks. Skills: ordering, customer service, prioritising workload, generating business.



Royal Mail

• United Kingdom
• Freight and Package Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• OPG Delivery Officer

  • Jul 2007 - Oct 2007

  Duties: organised and sorted mail, planned routes, delivered mail, contacted customers, liaised with sorting office and other agencies. Skills Developed: maintaining confidentiality, organisation, map-reading, route-planning, customer service Duties: organised and sorted mail, planned routes, delivered mail, contacted customers, liaised with sorting office and other agencies. Skills Developed: maintaining confidentiality, organisation, map-reading, route-planning, customer service



Livingstone's Nightclub

• Chesterfield

• V.I.P. Host

  • Mar 2005 - Oct 2005

  Duties: serving drinks, keeping the area clean, caring for guests' needs, ordering stock, making bookings, organising parties and events, promotion work. Skills: event organisation, influencing, ordering, generating business, promotions. Duties: serving drinks, keeping the area clean, caring for guests' needs, ordering stock, making bookings, organising parties and events, promotion work. Skills: event organisation, influencing, ordering, generating business, promotions.



The Restaurant Group plc

• United Kingdom
• Hospitality
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Head Bartender

  • Sep 2003 - Mar 2005

  Duties: creating complex drinks including cocktails, waiting on, taking food orders, stock rotation, bar cleaning, ordering stock, rotating stock, promotions. Skills: influencing, selling, conflict management, people management. Duties: creating complex drinks including cocktails, waiting on, taking food orders, stock rotation, bar cleaning, ordering stock, rotating stock, promotions. Skills: influencing, selling, conflict management, people management.



Qualvis Print & Packaging

• United Kingdom
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Print Finisher

  • Jun 2000 - Sep 2003

  Duties: quality control, sorting stock, warehouse work, packing, taking orders, processing orders, liaising with other departments, discussing work with customers. Skills: attention to detail, organising, dispatching, logistics. Duties: quality control, sorting stock, warehouse work, packing, taking orders, processing orders, liaising with other departments, discussing work with customers. Skills: attention to detail, organising, dispatching, logistics.