Michael Smith

Dedicated and compassionate Residential Support Worker and SEN Teaching Assistant with over 10 years' experience supporting children and young people with complex needs, including SEN, ASD and ADHD. Skilled in behaviour management, safeguarding, building positive relationships, and working collaboratively with families and multi-agency professionals. A reliable and motivated team leader with excellent communication skills, committed to delivering high standards of care, education, and support.

Residential support worker/Team Leader - Phoenix Care and Education

(2024-01 - 2026-07)

During my employment at Phoenix care my role as an RSW/Team Leader was to provide high quality care and support to young people, safeguard children, and prompting their welfare. Support education daily routine and independence, maintain accurate records and care plans. Work with families and multi-agency professionals, manage challenging behaviour using positive approaches.

Maintenance - Self-employed

(2023-02 - 2024-12)

I became a self-employed maintenance worker, my daily duties included painting, gardening, plastering, pluming. I dealt with a wide range of customers and businesses and completed invoices. I was always reliable and dealt with pressure of completion dates.

Behavioural Management/SEN Teaching Assistant - Prudentia Education

(2021-03 - 2023-02)

I returned to Prudentia Education as a SEN teaching assistant, supporting students' day to day with education activities and with behavioural management, keeping daily reports and supporting emotional wellbeing, I worked with students with complex needs such as SEN, ASD, ADD.

Labour - MM Construction

(2020-08 - 2021-02)

My employment at MM construction required day to day labouring, assisting tradesmen with a variety of different trades. I worked well independently and as part of a team, I was set tasks with deadlines for completion which I was always successful, daily requirements where to maintain site, manual handling, Health and Safety and I built a good knowledge of the building industry.

Teaching Assistant-SEN 1:1 Support - Everton Free School

(2019-09 - 2020-07)

My time at Everton Free School I worked with a young person with complex needs SEN, ADD on a 1:1. At the time of my employment the young person was not attending education, I was challenged to work alongside this student to get him back into education. With hard work and persistence, I successfully manage to bring him back to Education and fully engage.

I supported him with his day-to-day routine in and out of classroom. I understood and manged his behaviour needs, completed daily reports, supported learning, worked alongside multi agencies for the best out cone for the young person, and applied regular activities to keep the young person engaged. Following policies and procedures and safeguarding.

Behavioural Management/SEN Teaching Assistant - Prudentia Education

(2016-09 - 2019-07)

In my first years at Prudential Education, I would follow policies and procedures and safeguarding. I would also understand different SEN needs, build positive relationships, understand and mange behaviours, adapt my communication skills to meet individual needs. Support learning, work with educational care plans (EHCPs) and record keeping and observations.

I gained a wide range of knowledge about the challenges my students faced daily through 1:1 support, learning courses, training and a lot of personal engagement with students.

Production Operative - Agency work

(2013-01 - 2016-09)

Working for the agency as a production operative for Jaguar land rover, and Johnson's control. I worked on a car production line, quality control checking parts, using robotic machines, taking deliveries and documenting, testing electrics, assembling car parts and wiring lights. This role required consistency, working as part of a team and individually.

Level 3 Diploma - Residential childcare

Level 4 - Children, young people, and family's Practitioner

Level 2 - Plastering