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London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

- Leading on the implementation and delivery of the Employ Autismprogramme. Being the key contact for employer partners andbuilding and maintaining relationships.- Working collaboratively with colleagues across Training andConsultancy, Marketing and Communications, Participation andFundraising to align project activity to wider products and servicesand brand messaging.- Managing, delivering and attending national and regional events,conferences and other engagement activities.- Championing good practice in the recruitment of autistic peopleand encouraging long-term, sustainable changes to practices andprocesses.- Public speaking at conferences, panels and podcasts about inclusive hiring practices and the benefits of a neurodiverse workforce.

London, England, United Kingdom

Working across Children's Services delivery teams to build and nurture relationships with healthcare professionals and families accessing Starlight services.- Developing new services, delivered nationally, and project managing their delivery. Overseeing from start to finish: preparing and monitoring budgets, application processes, relationships with suppliers, distribution of services and impacts and insights follow up.- Leading and managing the Starlight Ambassador Programme and building a new platform to support Health Play Specialists and engage them in Starlight's work.- Supporting Fundraising and marketing teams, to help identify and maximise fundraising and PR opportunities, including the development of compelling case studies.- Delivering Family Services events, providing inclusive and adapted activities for children experiencing serious illness and their families. - Attending events to promote Children's Services and increase brand awareness.- A member of the Social Committee and LCSL Softball Captain.

London, England, United Kingdom

In 2018 I stepped back from service delivery to have better oversight and management of our services and teams in all locations.- Expanded our staff team from 3 employees to 7 - Responsible for the recruitment and line management of all service delivery staff team (4 employees)- Designated Safeguarding Lead- Maintained continuous delivery of services throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, developing several new online services and adapted covid secure activities (described by families as 'a lifeline')- Developed a new strategy for the organisation, gaining board approval, providing communication to stakeholders and guiding the planning process. (Pilot delayed by Covid-19 but due to resume Autumn 2021)- Leading on the implentation of a new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion project, recruiting an external consultant and setting targets focusing on anti racism work, intersectionality and long term systemic change within the organisation.- Oversaw the implementation of a new CRM system (Salesforce) and document management/email system (GSuite)- Providing data and input for large (£100k+) funding applications (inc. City Bridge Trust, Children In Need, Global's Make Some Noise)- Working with Global's Make Some Noise, Children In Need and corporate donors to promote KEEN London and spread awareness.- Annually expanding community fundraising events, becoming a small charity partner for the Hackney Half Marathon from 2019 onwards.- Continued support and management of services in 3 locations, engaging with venues, service users and volunteers. Ensuring the delivery of all term-time, residential and school holiday programmes.- Systems: Salesforce, MS Office, GSuite, Canva, Slack, Xero, MailChimp, Ucheck

London, United Kingdom

Promotion from Session Coordinator to Senior Coordinator which expanded my responsibilities to include the following:- Oversight for the delivery of services in all KEEN London locations.- Recruitment of staff - Line manager to two other Session Coordinators- Expanded the organisation to a new site in South London (2017), recruiting service users and volunteers.- Expanded East London site to deliver additional weekly sessions- Overhauled the Safeguarding and DBS systems and policies to meet industry best practice.- Lead on residential and school holiday programmes- Developed and delivered all volunteer induction training and materials, including a 40-page handbook.- Developed and delivered supplementary training for volunteers in Safeguarding, Understanding Autism and Behaviour Support- Provided data and input on applications to a wide range of funders which included writing and delivering pitches.- Providing post project reports to funders - Recruiting and working with professional photographers and videographers and utilising my own design skills to create promotional resources- Management and development of social media channels- Designated Safeguarding Lead

London, United Kingdom

As East London Session Coordinator I was involved in the initial setup of the KEEN London service in East London. My responsibilities included- Planning and delivering weekly activity sessions for disabled children and young people with one to one support. - Recruiting service users and volunteers.- Training and DBS checking volunteers.- Managing relations with hired venues.- Liaising with families and associated professionals.- Contributing to fundraising applications and events.- Redesigning all publicity materials and merchandise.- Launching a new residential activity weekendThis role moved from part time to full time in early 2015.East London volunteers were the Sports and Healthy Living Volunteer Team award winners at the TEAM London Awards 2014.

London, United Kingdom

Sole charge nanny/carer for a child with neurofibromatosis, noonans syndrome and epilepsy. Responsible for all aspects of care including feeding, orally and via gastrostomy, bathtime and personal care and arranging activities and days out. I also accompanied the family to medical appointments and liaised with the other professionals involved in their life such as social workers, therapists and school staff.

London, England

My role was as a teaching assistant for a hearing impaired unit based in a mainstream primary school. I primarily supported children from nursery to year 1 but assisted wherever needed throughout the school. The children I supported had cochlear implants and hearing aids and used personal FM systems and I am trained in the everyday maintenance and use of these. I used a combination of sign language and verbal communication with the children and as some of them are very new to hearing it was important that I was sensitive to their needs and could act as an advocate for them. As well as working alongside the class teacher and teacher of the deaf I liaised with other professionals who work with the children such as speech and language and occupational therapists. I also wrote observations and contributed towards the children’s reports and profiles. Outside of school hours I was responsible for producing resources, filing documents, organising the classroom and designing displays. In this position I received training through The Ear Foundation to better work with children who are new to hearing, specialist hearing impaired TA and deaf awareness training and also had the opportunity to attend presentations by esteemed professionals in the field of deaf education.

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

British Sign Language, Level 1

Bachelor’S Degree, Graphic Design

Foundation Certificate, Art

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