Laura McPherson

I am very hard working and will always go above and beyond to make my clients happy. Eligible to work in the UK. Driver's License: Car.

Carer - Helping Hands

(2025-05 - 2026-06)

As a carer I am responsible for assisting customers with their personal care and daily activities. I help them maintain their independence and quality of life in their own home.

• Assisting with personal care, meals, medication (reminding or administering)
• Mobility and physical activities
• Providing companionship and emotional support
• Helping customers with any correspondence or appointments
• Maintaining accurate care records and documentation
• Household chores
• Reporting any changes in the customer's health or behaviour

Full Time Personal Carer - Private Household - Basildon, Essex

(2023-03 - 2025-03)

• Ensuring client had medication at the correct times with correct dosage
• Ensuring client had three meals a day prepared to the highest standard
• Making sure client's needs were met and she was safe in her own home due to her dementia

Domestic Cleaner - Various Companies - Laindon

(2020-01 - 2023-03)

Cleaning commercial properties and houses to very high standards. Ensuring all rooms are clean and tidy, sanitized and disinfected.

• Ensuring restrooms and bathrooms are clean, stocked and tidy
• Mopping, sweeping and hovering all floor surfaces
• Dusting surfaces, furniture and fixtures, glass and window cleaning
• Cleaning behind radiators, cobweb removal, emptying the rubbish and recycling to the correct areas
• Using all cleaning equipment and chemicals safely with the correct PPE equipment
• Reporting any maintenance issues or safety concerns to management promptly
• Following health and safety procedures to the highest standards
• Ensuring all cleaning schedules and procedures are followed
• Cleaning and checking the fridge and freezer regularly

Payroll Assistant - SSCL on behalf of the Metropolitan Police - London, Greater London

(2018-01 - 2018-08)

Police Officers and Police Staff

• Preparing and processing the monthly payroll for the Metropolitan Police Service
• Processing overtime, allowances, pensions, SSP, SMP, & HMRC reporting
• Processing new starters and leaver calculations
• Ensuring HR and payroll systems are up to date and accurate at all times
• Inputting and stopping club subscriptions for Police Officers and Police Staff
• Using Oracle on a daily basis to help with any telephone and email queries
• Generating payslips, P45s and P60's

Finance Administrator - Metropolitan Police - London, Greater London

(2015-10 - 2017-08)

• Verification and administration of financial claims
• Ensuring integrity and compliance of financial claims
• Reconciliation and reporting on financial costs and expenditure
• Facilitating payments in accordance with established policy and procedure

Finance Officer - Metropolitan Police Service - London, Greater London

(2012-06 - 2015-09)

• Compilation of expense returns
• Review of documentation and quality control
• Compliance
• Management of 'cash account' and limited cashier duties appropriate to the role

Certificate of higher education - Higher college of further and higher education - Romford (2000-09 - 2002-06)

GCSE - History, English, Mathematics, Science - Gaynes school - Upminster (1994-09 - 1999-06)