Chelsea Amankwah

I had the amazing opportunity to volunteer in a pharmacy. During work experience I was able to help maintain a clean and organised pharmacy environment for optimal workflow as well as aiding in packaging and labelling prescribed medications correctly. Furthermore I provided information about over-the-counter medicines and facilitated timely delivery of medicines by coordinating with delivery personnel's. These skills that I acquired are transferrable to any positions that I may work in the future.

I was given the amazing opportunity to speak in front of my class and younger year groups in assembly, to commemorate black history month in October. By doing this I have learnt key skills in communicating as well as improve my public speaking skills.

In secondary school, I took part in Duke of Edinburgh ( Dofe )which required me to do 100 hours ( 6 months ) of volunteering which I completed in a charity shop. During my work experience, I learnt how to communicate with a wide variety of people as I was able to communicate with people who were in different age groups and backgrounds than me as they all required my help or assistance.

During secondary school, I had work experience in my library. During my work experience, I was given the opportunity to help many people , ranging from assisting my teacher with cleaning and organising the library after break and lunch, to assisting students with finding books they are interested in. As well as that I had to complete paperwork and helped order books for my school online. My work experience taught me how to be more confident and to think more critically as I had to prevent and mitigate various problems.