Pastoral care Lead for summer programs with sixty or more 15-17 year olds. Supporting them through a programme that focuses on supporting young people to become more engaged with their local community through planning and facilitating projects and events along with teaching life skills.

Managing a campsite that facilitates groups of sixty plus young people who are on NCS summer programmes.

My most recent employment has been with National Citizen Service for their summer program for teenagers to teach young people new skills and improve engagement with their local community. I have worked within this charity for a number of years as a support worker, senior mentor and ad hoc staff. This year my role included supporting staff members who have mental health conditions and low level LDs, I also lead sessions to groups of 70+ young people in games and sessions to teach them about economics, teamwork and communication skills.

Whilst completing my final university year, I was particularly interested in providing art workshops and gaining skills through educational engagement. I worked collectively with PHD candidate Sarah Richardson on the National Saturday Club held within the University of Leeds as a Student Ambassador. Due to my past experience, I took on the role predominantly of supporting a few of the 14–16 year olds with Learning Disabilities and Autism. For a year I worked alongside Sarah in supporting her to plan and prepare for these workshops, and adapting sessions were necessary to individuals needs. I was also invited to run five workshops myself with a budget of £50 a session. I lead workshops in stop-motion animation, printmaking, mark-making, and creating a small installation displayed within the Degree Show and Somerset House London as a part of the national celebration event. I most enjoyed using exhibitions and sculptures as a point of departure to provide a catalyst to programme and create concepts for sessions.

Throughout my final year of university I worked as a student Ambassador, leading tours around the University of Leeds campus as well as supporting on visiting school events.

Personal Assistant to an 8 year old with Angelman's syndrome, supporting her on days out and after school.

Pyramid of Arts, a charity working to provide art workshops for individuals with learning disabilities (LDs) this really charity resonates with my values of ensuring art can be diverse and equal for all. This involved a 6-month full-time placement, spent between the office and supporting with the planning and facilitation of workshops. My role included supporting individuals with LDs of all ages and abilities some of whom live within a secure mental health ward. Many had communication difficulties or were completely non-verbal, this experience has allowed me to develop communication skills through sign language and understanding non-verbal communication methods. Through this experience I also learnt to be more understanding of individuals needs and learnt how to adapt sessions to ensure everyone could participate. The time that I spent in the office included analysing data, producing reports, along with creating new monitoring strategies were crucial to my role including taking part in committee meetings and general admin. Much of this work was using excel and I am well equipped in quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods. My role also included representing Pyramid of Arts at NHS conferences and working with other charities on various projects across Leeds, advertising their work and discussing potential funding opportunities and ways to improve the services that they provide. This experience has been so rewarding that despite the placement ending, I continued my voluntary work with Pyramid of Arts.

Working as a sales assistant in a card shop, money handeling and customar service

Caring for children from 4-15 years of age during summer and school holidays.