As a Breakfast and After School Teaching Assistant and dinner time Welfare, I work within a small team to ensure the safety and wellbeing of over 40 children that are in our care every day.My duties include carrying out Early Years Observations, maintaining order and providing a safe, friendly environment, preparing food and leading both craft tables and group activities. I follow the schools policy with regard to the behaviour management of the children to ensure they are all kept safe and happy. I have volunteered some of my time in the mornings at Farington Moss St. Paul’s in a Year 2 classroom where I lead a small group of 5-7 children in the lower ability group with numeracy and literacy to improve confidence and performance.

During the school holidays I work as cover staff, primarily in the Babies and Toddlers rooms, and also the pre-school section of the nursery.My role is to help provide the young children a foundation knowledge of key skills that they will require when they progress into a primary school setting such as; learning to read, counting skills, basic addition and subtraction, art and craft skills, making friends and social skills, good behaviour and introducing the use of polite manners.

I was a temporary cover TA2 in a reception class in the afternoon. Once the school day at Brookfield was over, I was then part of the Brookie Barn Owls Afterschool Club where we encouraged homework, managed craft tables, held movie evenings and prepared food and snacks for the children. I was also jointly responsible for signing the children in and out of the club.

Food handling, staff training and customer service.

As a trainee Teaching Assistant, I worked towards my TA2 NVQ. During my first year, I was placed in a Year Three class with an NQT. The rest of the time I requested to be placed in a Year Four classroom to broaden my experience. During this period I learned how to put up class displays, maintain classroom equipment, engage with the children whilst working one to one, as well as part of a larger group during class activities such as guided reading. I believe that working as part of a team is essential to children and young people’s well-being and development.I have experience of structured learning activities with individuals and small groups which have been under the clear direction of the class teacher. These group activities have been mainly Literacy and Numeracy based with opportunities for some input in the development of these programmes. During the delivery of the programmes I have monitored and recorded the children's progress as part of their learning journey.

Washing and dressing patients, helping feed patients, moving and handling patients, communicating with patients, toileting patients, monitoring vital stats and assisting with blood draws.

Key holder, store shut down and opening, safe checks, rotas, team management, receiving deliveries and checking them off. Customer service, cash handling, gap checks, stock takes, magazine returns, working deliveries and shelf stacking.

Duties involved talking to patients and service users, infection control, shadowing healthcare professionals. I learned how care, compassion and communication are invaluable to the role.Witnessing blood draws, learnt how to feed, wash and dress patients including those with limited mobility.Making up hospital beds and monitoring patients vital statistics such as blood pressure and pulse readings was an important part of my time there.

Customer service, cash handling, gap checks, stock takes, magazine returns, working deliveries and shelf stacking.