CIGDEM ULUCAN
LONDON
Summary
Enthusiastic Early Years Practitioner creating positive learning environments for optimal child engagement and growth. Utilizing creativity and knowledge to provide a safe, secure space for children to develop and families to trust.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work history
Cido Childcare
Self Employment
London, London
2024.09 - Current
- Carried out duties accurately and efficiently.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Establishing partnership work with parents and carers by demonstrating respect and willingness to help.
- Consistently arrived at work on time and ready to start immediately.
- Offered friendly, efficient customer service and handled challenging situations with ease.
- Displayed energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
- Applied critical thinking to analyse problems, evaluate solutions and select best decisions.
- Supported team by demonstrating respect and willingness to help when providing cover and additional support as a nursery practitioner for child care settings.
Professional Nanny
Reihaneh Hafizi and Jonathan Le Page
London, Greater London
2023.01 - 2024.08
- Developed creative games and activities, providing opportunities for learning and development of core skills.
- Supported families on holidays and trips with additional supervision, escorting children to activities and clubs.
- Safely transported children to and from school, events and activities, maintaining adherence to schedules to establish reliability and trust.
- Taught children safe behaviour while crossing streets, using climbing frames and cycling.
- Encouraged children to express themselves confidently by cultivating safe, stimulating environments.
- Modelled appropriate social behaviours, promoting empathy, kindness and concern for others.
- Sparked creativity and imagination by helping children discover new things through play.
- Maintained secure, child-friendly environments with engaging activities and outdoor play.
- Developed strong bonds with children through compassionate verbal and physical interaction.
- Supervised children's play at home and in external settings, ensuring their physical safety at all times.
Self employed work
Kalendit (Human resources agency)
London
2022.10 - 2023.01
- Monitored interactions within group settings, encouraging sharing and cooperation to facilitate positive socialisation.
- Supported children's development with learning-through-play activities, aiding social, emotional and educational growth.
- Coordinated age-appropriate activities to enhance learning development, including art, music and physical pursuits.
- Implemented Safeguarding Procedures to monitor and protect children.
- Applied Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework knowledge to drive curriculum attainment.
- Boosted vocabulary development through singing, storytelling and role-play activities.
- Supervised groups of children on educational excursions.
- Monitored student activity to maintain safe, positive learning environments.
- Monitored playground activity to maintain pupil safety and security.
- Set up and helped children with activity equipment and resources.
- Used arts and crafts activities to encourage self-expression.
- Encouraged sharing and teamwork for positive social development.
- Managed classroom behaviour through positive reinforcement.
- Utilised learning through play to enhance children's creativity.
- Devised activities to improve pupils' social, emotional and cognitive development.
- Safeguarded children appropriately, escalating concerns to senior staff.
Early Years Practitioner
Muswell Hill preschool
City of London
2021.07 - 2022.10
- Supported children's cognitive &all areas of development through stories, songs, games and structured play, ensuring safety throughout.
- Monitored interactions in group settings to ensure safety and encourage sharing and cooperation to facilitate positive learning experiences.
- Assisted children with special needs through one to one interactions and provisions to ensure inclusive learning opportunities.
- Organized meetings with parents and caregivers to discuss child development and behavioral issues, offering practical solutions to maintain well being throughout transitions.
- Organized classroom resources and displays, creating fun and positive learning environment for children to thrive in.
- Maximized achievement of children with special education needs, applying positive reinforcement strategies to boost confidence and understanding.
- Established trusted rapport with parents, encouraging parental involvement to continually meet individual needs of children.
- Assessed and monitored child progression, using observe,asses and plan to measure progress towards goal achievement.
- Applied Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework knowledge to drive curriculum attainment.
- Established rapport with families and delivered comprehensive progress reports.
- Implemented Safeguarding Procedures to monitor and protect children.
- Coordinated age-appropriate activities to enhance learning development, including art, music and physical pursuits.
- Conducted risk assessments for activities to uphold Health and Safety.
- Tracked and assessed learning journeys using Nursery Management Software.
- Thoroughly cleaned and disinfected play areas to control health risks.
- Communicated daily observations with guardians, maintaining detailed development records.
- Discussed behavioral issues with parents offering practical solutions for improved child development.
- Served as Key Person for number of children.
- Boosted vocabulary development through singing, storytelling and role-play activities.
- Used arts and crafts activities to encourage self-expression.
Community Development Coordinator
Horsey Lane Estate Community Association
City of London
2017.07 - 2019.03
- Coordinated service promotion activities and ongoing learning and development activities including football,tennis,table tennis for kids and baby massage for mum & babies.
- Communicated effectively with all different personalities and people in various job positions by being courteous, enthusiastic and offering clear feedback.
- Developed and implemented work plans and budgets to include appropriate strategies, activities, timelines and performance indicators for supporting community development.
- Helped achieve outreach number of over 600 service users to meet funding criteria by organizing variety activities
- Helped Community Center to apply successfully for further fundings for the more crime driven and poverty stricken estate of New Orleans on Hornsery Rise
Education
Training certificate - Behaviour Management
National Day Nurseries Association
Cornwall03.2021
Certificate for Brilliant babies training - Early year education
National day nursery associations
London11.2020
‘Supporting Language Development’ training - Early year education
Bright Start Speech and Language Therapists
London10.2020
Some College (No Degree) - Early Years "Exploring science through play"
Science Museum Group
London 2026.01 - 2026.01
Cache level 2 Early Year Practitioner Diploma - Child Care
City and Islington College
London07.2020
Skills
- Diligent supervision
- Positive reinforcement
- Parent and caregiver relations
- Lesson and activity planning
- Behaviour management
- Early years safeguarding
- Education and care plans
- Learning through play
- Early literacy - language support programs
- Relationship building
- Special needs assistance
- Inclusive learning techniques
- Gestures -sign language
- Fluent in Turkish Language
- Self-motivated work ethic
Volunteering
Volunteered for In to the Woods Forest outdoor nursery at High gate branch from February 2023 to May 2024 and Bowlers nursey at Crouch hill from 18/04/2024 to May 2024 to provide support to the Forest school team by being an active team member.Contribute to the delivery of planned curriculum, activities and to plan additional ones as part of my Level 3 Cache Early Years Educator course.Help support children with special educational needs to fulfill their full potential.Develop positive relations and bonds with children.Help children understanding of positive behavior by role modelling.Help children improve communication and language skills by providing examples and help gain social skills.
Timeline
Some College (No Degree) - Early Years "Exploring science through play"
Science Museum Group
2026.01 - 2026.01
Cido Childcare
Self Employment
2024.09 - Current
Professional Nanny
Reihaneh Hafizi and Jonathan Le Page
2023.01 - 2024.08
Self employed work
Kalendit (Human resources agency)
2022.10 - 2023.01
Early Years Practitioner
Muswell Hill preschool
2021.07 - 2022.10
Community Development Coordinator
Horsey Lane Estate Community Association
2017.07 - 2019.03
Training certificate - Behaviour Management
National Day Nurseries Association
Certificate for Brilliant babies training - Early year education
National day nursery associations
‘Supporting Language Development’ training - Early year education
Bright Start Speech and Language Therapists
Cache level 2 Early Year Practitioner Diploma - Child Care
City and Islington College