April McCaslin

Carried out observations and created targets for a key group of children.

Created focus sheets and supported continuous provision planning for indoor and outdoor spaces.

Planned and delivered 1 weekly activity, building relationships with parents.

Moved into 3-4 year room, managing a larger key group.

Continued observations, focus sheets, and targets alongside support plan updates.

Delivered parents evenings and maintained daily communication with parents and staff.

Completed transition forms and produced end of year reports.

Led literacy and mathematic group times twice daily for children.

Ran early talk boost, can do wellcomm screening, and related sessions.

• Used CPOMS and completed incident and accident reports confidently.
• Kept training current, including safeguarding, preventing radicalisation, first aid, and cyber.
• Applied the statutory framework and Development Matters to inform planning and children targets.
• Supported children with SEND through large groups, small groups, and 1:1 work.
• Collaborated as strong team player, working effectively within the team.
• Built strong rapport with parents during pick-up and drop-off times encouraging open communication about child's progress.
• Accompanied small groups on outings or field trips for enriching practical learning experiences.
• Provided emotional support to distressed children, ensuring a comforting environment.
• Implemented creative play activities for enhancing children's imaginative abilities.
• Dealt swiftly with challenging behaviour, ensuring minimal disruption to daily routine.
• Encouraged social development with group play and interaction.
• Developed children's language skills by organising regular storytelling sessions.

• Support teachers and teaching assistants with daily development of children’s learning and care.
• Create play opportunities and support everyday routines like washing hands and nappy changes.
• Plan and run 1-1, small-group, and whole-group activities with children regularly.
• Observe children individually and in groups to inform classroom support needs.
• Support children during lunch by encouraging eating and drinking when needed.
• Assist with lunch tasks by opening food packets and helping with portions.
• Complete safeguarding, paediatric first aid, cyber, and related training courses as required.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding legislation and relevant framework requirements.
• Cover wrap care at breakfast, after school, and holidays when scheduled.
• Prepare meals, engage children in play, and plan activities for sessions.
• Support 1-1 care for SEND children and assist class coverage as needed.
• Cover classes when teachers or teaching assistants are absent or attending courses.
• Complete accident and incident reports and record concerns on CPOMS systems.
• Discuss parent updates when incidents occur and follow safeguarding procedures.

• Assisted the Opticians.
• Used specialised machines and equipment to measure and get readings of patient’s eyes and glasses.
• Helped patients choose the correct fit, style and size of glasses for their face shapes and eyesight.
• Correctly fitted glasses to patients on collection of glasses.
• Repaired glasses for patients, when possible.
• Booked Appointments, answered the phones, emails and took payments.
• I also, was entrusted to take the money to pay into the business bank account, run errands, use the franking machine to post letters or parcels.
• Deal with the repair shops we sent broken glasses to and sent them out and contacted patients when back and sorted.
• Dealt with DVLA patients by sorting the documents out and doing part of the test, before they saw the Optician.
• I was also the in store Trainer.
• Dec 19-Aug 20 on Maternity leave

• Operating a till.
• Cash Handling
• Stocking shelves
• Organizing and tidy the shop at the end of the day.
• Helping to open store and get the tills ready in the mornings
• Seasonal preparation of the Isles.

• Working alongside the Salon Manager to carry out all Stylist and business management duties including cuts, colours, foils and hair up.
• Cash handling
• Stock replenishment; orders and inbound deliveries
• Cashing up at the end of each shift.

• Colouring; foils, full head colours, dip dyes and colour corrections
• All cuts and blow dries with a particular ability for ‘hair up’
• Completed ‘hair up’ for many wedding parties, showing strong planning and time management skills whilst maintaining extremely high standards
• Professionally carried out all other duties such as answering the telephone, making bookings using in-house computer system, salon diary management, stock checks and cashing up at the end of each shift.

• Carrying out all Stylist duties including cuts, colours, blow-dries and ‘hair up’.
• Helping to run the salon in the Manager’s absence, ensuring that all regular clients were dealt with efficiently, to maintain Managers high standards.
• Reception, customer service duties and

• Acting as assistant to Head Stylist
• Working from ad-hoc client diary to complete colours and blow-dry’s
• Reception duties and assisted with cashing up at end of each shift.

• Welcoming and seating clients
• Washing hair in preparation for Stylist
• Answering telephone and taking bookings.