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The Difference exists to change the story on school exclusion. - Supported the design of their training programme for school Leaders. - Completed an external evaluation of their supervision support for The Difference Leaders- Delivered training on wellbeing to The Difference Leaders.- Sharing responsibility for the provision of supervision to The Difference Leaders (Compassion Focussed Coaching).- Co-authored a handbook for the delivery of CFC and training of CFC supervisors

The Queen's Commonwealth Trust champions, fund and connect young leaders who are working hard to change the world. QCT shares their stories, gives them a platform to amplify their ideas, and inspires others to join in.I am part of a team of people who help assess applications for funding made to the QCT.

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We at Haringey Giving are at the start of an exciting journey...We are a unique, ambitious and independent new local giving partnership who want to enable local people to take action on what matters to them and live fulfilled lives. We been established as a result of extensive consultation and engagement with local residents, communities, businesses, public sector agencies and with independent specialist advice and support.We want to inspire and enable Haringey's residents, communities, businesses and funders to give their time, talents and funds to support good causes in our borough.Our Vision‘An equal and inclusive Haringey where all people live fulfilled lives.’Our Mission‘To increase opportunity and wellbeing in Haringey by enabling residents to work with others and take action on the issues that matter to them.’

- Providing psychological services to a PRU, Alternative Provision, secondary school and two primary schools.- Delivering therapeutic interventions including: CBT groups, therapeutic play and VIG.- Facilitating staff supervision (senior leaders, teachers, support staff)- Delivering staff training- Systemic work

Educational Psychologist training- Applying principles of: ecological systems theory, cognitive psychology, learning, development and attachment to help children learn.- Facilitating consultations with professionals, parents and children to co-create solutions to complex problems.- Applying organisational psychology to help teams work better, smarter and happier.- Designing and facilitating staff training.- Monitoring and evaluating interventions, in order to iterate them for more impact. - Completing, analysing and using cognitive assessments and dynamic assessment.- Working with: children and young people (0-25yrs), families, teachers, SLT and school systems.Creatively applying:- Solution Focussed Brief Therapy- Narrative Psychology- Personal Construct Psychology- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy- Play Therapy- Mindfulness Based Stress ReductionAlso, learning about doctoral level research methods:- Designed, completed and analysed research into "students' experiences of a Mindfulness Training intervention".- Completed a thesis exploring young peoples' experiences of a boxing intervention.2015/16: worked in Lambeth and Haringey Educational Psychology Services (EPS). 2016/17: started a 2 year placement in Hackney EPS.

Provided psychological services to 6 schools. Including, consultation, supervision for teachers, therapeutic work, staff training and individual assessment.

Content design and delivery for the Leading Change course. - Facilitating sessions of up to 60 social entrepreneurs from across the globe- Using person centred approaches to ensure sessions are useful for everyone, regardless of background and experience.- Applying research on adult learning to try to ensure the best chance of lasting learning and impact.Leading Change has been developed for the winners of the Queen's Young Leaders Programme by the Institute of Continuing Education at the University of Cambridge

walldisplay was a website for teachers to share their students' work with the world. We wanted to increase motivation and parental engagement in education.Teaching (2010-2012)- Experimented with different forms of academic reward and motivation.Prototype (July 2013): - Gathered feedback and work from across 9 subjects and 7 schools in UK.- 2 team members Bethnal Green Ventures Accelerator (Jan 2014)- Received investment- Developed a new platform and designed a proof of concept.- Experimented with premium functionality- 5 team members EU Open Education Challenge (June 2014) - walldisplay was invited to be one of 20 finalists from 611 applicants, received from 74 countries.2015- Partnership with Future Leaders Trust- Teacher accounts across 600+ schools- 2-3 team members2016- Turned down further investment so the co founders could work on different projects.

Multiplicities was started by Yusef Bakkali, in collaboration with Yusuf Dirie. They wanted wanted to deliver projects to empower people, by allowing them to create their own social change. I was brought in to provide psychological and educational knowledge and facilitation skills.Projects:- Pilot with young people at Kids Company (May-Jul 2015)- School of Social Entrepreneurs - Sussex UniversityMultiplicities received support from:- Centre for Innovation & Research in Childhood and Youth (CIRCY)- Memoir Pictures- Paulo Freire Institute UK - Roehampton University.

Responsible for assessing applicants for the Teach First Leadership Development Programme. This involved measuring 8 competencies across an Interview, Case Study, Sample Teaching Lesson and self evaluation tasks.I was the only Assessor to be observed by Ofsted during Teach First’s 2015 inspection [graded Outstanding].Additional Responsibilities:- Designing new assessment tasks and materials- Training new assessors- Benchmarking competency scores- Observing and evaluating practice

I co-founded Tinderbox to re-imagine the way teachers plan lessons. The vision was to connect teachers to outstanding lessons, in schemes of work, with links to relevant pedagogy. The intended impact was to allow teachers to spend their time focussing on differentiating lessons, accessing relevant research and pedagogy and facilitating learning.In 2013 Tinderbox partnered with London Knowledge Lab and Institute of Education to create a process to distill best practice and disseminate across classroom teachers. Outputs:- A digital platform, sharing SOW's hyperlinked to pedagogy, activities and resources.- A process for collecting best practice and distilling it into a form which can be easily used by teachers in their day to day work.- Science lessons from outstanding practitioners, accompanied by teaching narrative & resources.- Data from a successful proof of concept in 7 schools.

I worked in the Corporate Citizenship Department as part of the EMEA team. There was only one position available and the post received 50 applications from within the Teach First programme. - Wrote a report on educational charities to define the December funding cycle- Created a proposal for the creation of a Teach First consultancy programme - Managed a three day event which drew praise from Managing Directors from across the organisation.- Lead 20 volunteers for three days (up to MD level). - Developed partnerships to improve volunteering metrics for Credit Suisse in Wroclaw (Poland) and in East London - Drafted a viability study on digital volunteering for CS.

The St Marylebone C Of E School

I taught Psychology and Sociology A level, Citizenship and RS. I was a pastoral tutor, inclusion mentor and EPQ mentor alongside teaching full time, and running 3 extra curricular clubs.- Achieved PGCE with Distinction while teaching full time- Completed a "mini MBA"​ at Imperial College Business School as part of the Teach First Leadership Development Programme.- Pioneered "Power of Positive"​ peer praise scheme (Year 10) and Mindfulness Training (Year 12).Achievements: - Asked to interview for Head of the Citizenship Department after only six months at the school. - Head of Lower School Debating for 2011-2012.- Outstanding teacher (2011/12)- Outstanding pastoral tutor (2011/12)Psychology A2 Grades 2011/2012= 86% A* to C grade // 71% A* to B grade (27% higher than national average)Sociology A2 Grades 2011/12= 89% A* to C grade // 56% A* to B grade (16% higher than national average)

- Created an Ambassador and Membership Structure for a global organisation (SIX) with over 3000 members - Wrote a report on International Social Innovation which is being developed by NESTA and the European Commission - Published several articles on Social Innovation.

Duties: Researching and developing fundraising streams / Applications for funding amounts between £45,000 and £150,000 from foundations, government bodies, corporations and philanthropists.

I co-founded Somali Aid & Development Association (SAADA, registered charity number 1134002) SAADA provided aid and development in southern Somalia. It is now managed by the Somali community in West London. Skill Development and Duties: Stakeholder management / managing and organising a team of volunteers / designing SAADA's manifesto and strategy / developing fundraising streams.