Daniel Horner

My name is Dan, I am 24, and I currently work as a Teaching Assistant in a Special Needs and Disabilities (SEND) school in Nottinghamshire.

I am honest, hard working, and punctual. I have strong interpersonal and communication skills, honed through customer facing roles in hospitality, patient-facing roles in mental health services, and Teaching Assistant roles in education.

Bundobust Leeds Bar and Floor Staff (09/2021-01/2022) 

• Serving craft beer and Indian Street food at an award-winning Indian restaurant. 

Northern Healthcare Mental Health Support Worker (01/2022 – 06/2022) 

• As a Mental Health Support Worker at Northern Healthcare, I was a member of a multidisciplinary team responsible for the everyday running of a 24/7 supported living service for people living with a mental health diagnosis. I served as a key member of service users’ support networks, liaising with families and health and social care professionals and supported with medication compliance. 

Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (SWYT NHS FT) (10/2022 – 02/2023) 

• As a Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner at Kirklees and Calderdale IAPT service, an NHS talking therapies service that offers short-term psychological interventions to people with common mental health problems, my role was to carry out suitability assessments with newly referred patients and to deliver brief CBT-based guided self-help psychological interventions.

Teaching Assistant at Broomfield SILC School (Teaching Personnel) (03/2023 – 06/2023)

• As Teaching Assistant at Broomfield SILC School, an all-age generic special school catering for young people with a range of learning needs, my role was to reinforce lessons with students one-to-one or in small groups and raise overall engagement. 

Occupational Therapy Assistant (NUH NHS Trust) (07/2023 – 01/2024) 

• As an Occupational Therapy Assistant within the ‘Health Care of the Older Person’ team at an acute hospital in Nottingham, I was responsible for gathering information about patient’s home circumstances, completing specific functional assessments, ordering equipment, and providing rehabilitation and planning discharges. 

Teaching Assistant at Stanton Vale SLD School (Teaching Personnel) (02/2024 – 06/2024)

• As a Teaching Assistant at Stanton Vale School, an all-aged school for children with severe learning disabilities, my role was to assist teachers in reinforcing lessons by creating a friendly, engaging, and sensory rich learning environment for young people to thrive in.

Rushcliffe School (09/2011 – 07/2018)

• A Level: History (B), Geography (B), Psychology (C)
• GCSE: English Literature (A), English Language (B), Mathematics (B), Science (A), Geography (A), History (A), Physical Education (A), Spanish (B), Business Studies (B)

University of Liverpool (09/2018 –06/2021)

• BSc. Modern History and Politics (First Class) 

ACCPH Level 3 Counselling Skills Diploma (09/2020-09/2021)

• Distinction