Brooke Walker-Smith Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Advance is an award-winning innovative domestic abuse charity, enabling women and girls to lead safe, violence-free and equal lives.
• Set up a new Sanctuary Scheme that currently enabled over 150 women to stay safe and secure in their own homes, equipped with enhanced security measures
• Managed an additional caseload of domestic abuse referrals, providing tailored practical and mental health support plans, risk assessment and facilitate access to refuge spaces, emergency accommodation and social.
• Worked with key multi-agency partners within MASH, MARAC and local council social services and mental health support teams to safeguard and protect vulnerable, high risk abuse victims and their children
• Collaborated with Data & Insights Analyst to ensure accurate project monitoring and evaluation, updating managers on key issues and successes

Multi-site

• Implemented a new benchmarking and recruitment initiative to improve targeting, screening and retention of HGV drivers to fulfil customer delivery targets across key regions
• Created key communications and reports distributed to all UK sites plus an interactive Powerpoint presentation celebrating individual and collective achievement throughout the Business Unit for which I received a GXO.
• Recorded and maintained employee records and payroll transactions, investigating queries and actioning adjustments
• Ensured compliance with company policies, industry regulations, tax and deduction laws

Hull

• Working in a fast-paced logistics environment I established excellent communications and working relationship with key customers, suppliers and the Senior Management Site Team during the peak summer pea processing season
• Effectively utilised in-house IT applications and Warehouse Management System to control customer stock movements and reconciliations plus in-bound and out-bound transport
• Adhered strictly to stock ‘hold and release’ protocols to ensure a fully documented audit trail
• Accurately reconciled processed tonnages, cross docking, transportation and storage
• Monitored alignment of manpower booking against essential resource requirements

Loughborough

• After volunteering for TwentyTwenty I secured a placement as A Project Assistant on the Love4Life programme
• Assisted, planned and led weekly group workshops for disadvantaged and vulnerable teenage girls at risk of school drop-out, social isolation and sexual exploitation
• Built trust, self-confidence and fostering supportive relationships to enable programme participants to deal with problems such as bullying, negative body image, harmful personal/partner relationships, low self-esteem.
• Designed and delivered educational outcomes to raise awareness of online safety, sexual health, emotional well-being and developing positive friendships
• Created inclusive and engaging group activities and tasks on monthly themes that facilitated active participation and peer bonding to foster increased self-confidence, communication and resilience
• Actively listened to and observed ‘at risk’ participants’ behaviour to identify safeguarding needs

Leicestershire

Working in Operational Support I was part of a shift team managing the day to day running of a busy prison. I carried out key support services in an efficient, professional and supportive manner including; perimeter patrol and gate duties, escorting visitors and vehicles, control room communications and CCTV, monitoring prisoner phone calls and checking.

Lincoln, United Kingdom

I assisted the prison visit team at HMP Lincoln, supporting offenders and their families to maintain close contact during the custody period. My role was to ensure that the visit was a positive experience for everyone involved by giving a warm welcome to visitors, treating all family members with dignity and respect, providing relevant information and.

Bsc Criminology & Social Policy, First Class Honours

My degree covered current issues facing policy makers and practitioners concerning criminal justice and social policy including key.

Education record

A levels: Psychology (A), Geography (A), French (B), Cambridge Pre-U Global Perspectives & IRR (Distinction) Independent Research Project.