Child & Family Practitioner - Essex County Council - Chelmsford
(2020-07)
- Complete an initial assessment of family's needs to identify and plan the support needed to address issues and prevent any problems from escalating.
- To offer emotional and practical support to parents and their families in their own homes and in the community.
- To offer the whole family support, quite often dealing with families with complex needs, requiring early help and support.
- Build a trusting relationship with the parents and young people to help alleviate or break their social isolation and increase capacity.
- To provide hands on support to service users, empowering them to address various challenges, reducing problems and risks and in some cases, helping to make sure that children can remain within their family.
- To build up knowledge and understanding of local resources and community statutory services, including mental health teams, Health, CAMHS, schools and voluntary services, and communicate effectively with them in the best interests of the child and family.
- To work alongside colleagues to assess the needs of the families referred for support and participate in the reviews and evaluation of the work.
- To help plan creative and innovative responses to family's needs and keep high quality records and assists with the preparation of report writing.
- To attend conferences, review meetings, supervision, and training sessions.
- Attend court session when relevant i.e., in cases of child protection.
- Adhere to professional practice standards and legislation, including confidentially, safeguarding, equality, diversity, and inclusion policies.
- Manage own workload, administration, and diary commitments.
Kindergarten Practitioner - St Mary's School - Colchester
(2017-09 - 2020-07)
- Design and follow a complete teaching plan that delivers an appropriate Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum
- Organize learning material and resources
- Use a variety of activities and instructional methods (songs, stories, media, structured games, art, outdoor activities etc) to motivate and stimulate children's abilities
- Maintain an open line of communication with parents and provide appropriate information
- Assess student's performance and progress to ensure they are mastering the skills on regular basis
- Monitor children's interactions and nurture cooperation and sharing
- Follow and comply with teaching standards and safety regulations
- Encouraging learning and development, through play and teaching.
- Creating a secure environment, using imagination to help children to learn.
- Working with parents to support their children.
- Enabling children to build their literacy, language, and numeracy skills.
- Monitoring progress and planning educational games.
- Putting together activities which will keep the children engaged throughout the day.
- Helping children get ready for the transition into a classroom environment.
- Helping children to become more independent when carrying out daily tasks.
Casual Children and Family Support Worker - Core Assets - Ipswich
(2009-04 - 2017-12)
- To represent the core assets group limited vision and values whilst providing a comprehensive and flexibly support to children, young people and their families as required.
- Support children and young people on an individual level or group basis in a flexible and creative way through a variety of activities and events.
- Supervise contact with family members which entail participating in activities both within and outside the premises.
- Act as an appropriate adult as necessary
- Provide transport and or escort the children and young people where necessary and appropriate.
- Provide educational support where appropriate and necessary.
- Keep comprehensive records of work undertaken and provide reports for reviews, case conferences and courts.
- To keep all confidential date secure.
- Observe and implement child safeguarding procedures and adhere to safer caring guidelines.
- Take responsibility and ownership to ensure that health and safety is observed in the course of my employment.
- Provide a service which promotes equality, diversity and rights of all children and young people, and all associated with the services.
- Liaise with other agencies and professionals I am working in partnership with as appropriate.
- Working in partnership with parents/guardians and families to provide direct support in and out of the child or young person's home.
- Ensuring compliance with safeguarding policies throughout all work within the agency, keeping the agency informed of work in progress and inform the agency immediately of any child protection matter or serious compliant.
Early Years Practitioner - Agency Employment - Colchester
(2016-03 - 2017-07)
I worked for an agency working in Schools and nurseries. I gained experience where I had sole charge teaching 6, 5–6-year olds in the reception class of a small village school.
- Preparing, planning, recording, assessments, and reporting.
- Meeting the varying learning, social and emotional needs of the children.
- Maintaining the positive ethos and core values of the school.
- Reporting to parents on the development, progress, and attainment of their children.
- Communicate and co-operate with specialists from outside agencies. Lead, organise and support staff within the classroom.
- Liaise with other members of the team.
Senior Health Care Assistant - Stump Lane - Chelmsford
(2004-04 - 2016-03)
- Participate in the Supervision, observation and reporting general progress of patients on the unit to the nurse in charge.
- Maintaining a high standard of patient care and assisting as the key worker in the nursing care focusing on patient centred treatment and care.
- Establish therapeutic relationships with patients based on trust, empathy and understanding
- Assisting with the clinical procedures and carrying out physical obs.
- Maintaining safety environment by reporting any complaints, unusual occurrences, accidents, incidents etc.
- Ensuring all aspects of care/activities involving the patients are communicated accurately.
- Writing of Report.
- Having contact with patients and their families and other agencies involved.
- Adhere and maintain confidentiality.
- Organizing of group and 1:1 therapy activities and sessions.
- Be responsible for one's own health and safely and that of others.
- Set up care plans for my patients.
- Complete risk assessments.
Childcare Practitioner - Seymour House Day Nursery - Braintree
(2004-04 - 2016-03)
- Providing a high standard programme of activities suitable to the age range of children and provide them with lots of support and encouragement,
- To keep a record of achievements on file for my key children, using the EYFS.
- Work and liaise with parents/carers or any other people that are involved with the child, giving full integration in the setting.
- To ensure the setting is of a high-quality environment for the children where they can thrive.
- Recording of any accidents or incidents and reporting them to the manager.
- To be able to meet the needs of all the children in my care whatever their culture, religious backgrounds or stages of development are.
- To actively promote and support the safeguarding of children and young people in the workplace, ensuring that the policies and procedures are always observed.
Nanny - Private - Essex
- Sole charge of children from the age of birth to teenage years.
- To provide complete care for the children in their own home environment.
- To perform all tasks that correlate to the care of the children.
- To create a safe environment in which the children can thrive and develop.
- Undertake appropriate creative, educational activities daily including outdoor activities.
- Implement daily routines and reinforce appropriate discipline for the children in my care.
