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Work with Children

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Apprentice Nursery Practitioner (Back to the Garden Childcare) - November 2020 - Present

  • Working 40 hours a week in Preschool (ages 3 to 5)

  • Researching, planning and carrying out age appropriate activities

  •   Completed First Aid Training for children and Babies (Tiger Lilly)

  • Completed E - Learning modules on topics such as health and safety and Safeguarding

  • Completed training for the Reggio Emilio Approach that the nursery is built around

  • Edited videos for the nursery (room tours during the pandemic, video of the poem '100 languages of the child'.

  • Carry out observations on my key children using the Early Years Framework

  • 1:1 Targeted Support for a child with Autism

  • Completing a Level 3 Apprenticeship in Early Years Childcare

Au Pair in America (Minnesota) - July 2019 - August 2020

  • Provide full time child care for a family with two children - a 5 year old and a 7 year old

  • Get them ready for school and do the school drop off

  • Pick them up from school

  • Entertain them - play games, dress up, chess, bikes, sledding

  • Prepare Dinner 

  • Bathe them, read stories and get them ready for bed

  • Up to 10 hour days (school holidays) 

  • Homeschooling during the COVID 19 lockdown

Girl Scout Daisy Troop (5-7 year olds) - October 2019 - July 2020

  • Intention was to sign up to volunteer at an existing troop

  • Instead ended up starting my own Girl Scout Troop

  • Sourced and secured a location 

  • Started with 5 girls - grew to 10 girls in 4 months

  • Planned meetings to earn petals from the scout law (badges) 

  • Organised Girl Scout cookie sales for the troop

  • Attended Leader trainings 

Childminder - 2 kids in Manchester - June 2018 - July 2019

  • Looked after a 2 and a 4 year old

  • 2 - 3 days a week during university term time

  • Worked up to 10 hour days

  • Duties included: getting them dressed, feeding them, changing nappies, going to museums/ parks/ garden centres, playing games, basic teaching of letters and numbers, sing songs, age appropriate arts and crafts

Children's TV Drama - "My Brother's Life Without Sound" - May 2019

  • Wrote an age appropriate script (6 - 12 year olds)

  • Sent out casting calls for child actors 

  •  Sourced local child actors 

  • Followed strict laws and guidelines for working with under 16 actors

  • Obtained required child licences 

  • Directed 15 children over a 4 day shoot

PR County Photographer for Girlguding Greater Manchester West - January 2018 - July 2019

  • Official photographer for County events 

  • Ability to organise and co-ordinate between groups of people 

  • Shoot and edit videos for social media pages

  • Designed, launched and updated the County Instagram account 

  • Follow strict organisation policies for under 18s (especially on social media) 

Rainbow leader (Girlguiding UK (5-7 year olds) - September 2014 - Present

  • Plan and deliver interactive and age appropriate activities at weekly meetings

  • Collaborate with other units, leaders and sections

  • Active participation in leadership training opportunities

  • Mentor to new leaders

  • Member of Growth and Retention Team to attract HE students to volunteer

  • Experienced with working with children aged 5-7 â€¨

  • Effectively plan and run interactive and enjoyable activities and meetings â€¨

  • Successfully completed Leadership training â€¨

  • First Aid Trained 

  • Organised field trips 

Summer Camp Counsellor - Camp Wabasso (New Hampshire) - July 2016 - August 2016 & Lake Stockwell Day Camp (New Jersey) - June 2017 - August 2017

  • Created fun, educational activities for campers 8-13

  • Supervised campers during activities: horse riding, archery, swimming in the lake, arts and crafts, woodwork, high ropes course, baking

  • Camp official photographer (Lake Stockwell) - took 10,000 photos a week, made videos for social media and parents newsletter

  • Taught basic photography skills lessons to 13-16 year olds

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