Nicole Ridley

I am currently working as a teaching assistant working 1:1 with a child with complex needs. I am also teaching Religious Education. I am very passionate about working with children who are struggling with the hope to help and equip them with what they need to progress into adulthood. I am looking to further and specialise in my career and find the right job suited to my abilities.

I have been working at a special needs school, mainly 1:1 with a child of complex needs. Throughout my time here o have worked within a team to create a setting and environment where this child is comfortable enough to go to school (which has now been achieved).

Before this role I was a support working in a social care setting, working with children and parents and providing support to families who had been identified as at risk of child removal.

After graduating and throughout university I was a Healthcare Assistant at Royal Blackburn hospital and focused my time on the children’s ward and working 1:1 with adults who needed support due to mental health.

I graduated university with a first class honours in Psychotherapy and counselling. I focused my degree on children and adolescents and did my dissertation in social anxiety in children and adolescents.