Georgie Ibison

I spend as much time as feasible Volunteering at Free To Be, a charity dedicated to helping vulnerable children. Through my time here as a group leader I help to create a safe, fun environment fostering both there social and cognitive emotions by:

• Helping young children to develop critical life skills through educational play.
• implementing effective strategies to cope with children's behaviour, in all the forms it takes.
• Safeguarded young people in line with national guidelines.
• Directed activities to promote growth in mental, emotional and educational areas.
• Providing mental health support to vulnerable children to create an empathetic and judgment free space to help navigate negative thought patterns.

I teach the drama syllabus of LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts). I meet with students aged between 7 - 15 to educate them on the art of performance. My responsibilities whilst teaching include:

• Creating dynamic and organised lesson plans pre lessons and delivering them in a dynamic way.
• Prepared drama students for practical and theory part of their examinations.
• Built student confidence in performance, presentation and delivery.
• Enhanced student knowledge through targeted practical and theoretical teachings.
• Used performing arts principles to build student confidence and socialisation skills.

Through my regular child minding I have developed strategies to care for children abiding safe guarding regulations to create a fun and educational time, enjoyable for both the children and their families. I do this by:

• Maintained exceptional levels of cleanliness and hygiene to best protect children's health and safety.
• Offered learning-through-play activities, stimulating physical, mental and social development.
• Built trusted relationships with parents through outstanding levels of care and communication.
• Continuously exceeded parent expectations by accommodating last-minute schedule changes.
• Planned and guided age-appropriate tasks, including reading, crafts, baking and games.
• Supplied appropriate snacks, meals and drinks, adhering to dietary requirements for optimal child wellbeing.

I work at a Catering Company for large scale events such as weddings, funerals and birthdays through Black Pot Catering. My responsibilities at Black Pot include:

• Performing additional tasks to support kitchen and bar staff, ensuring dining room ran smoothly.
• Kept guest tables neat and tidy by regularly clearing away dirty dishes and used glasses and wiping down surfaces.
• Transported all dirty tableware from dining room to dishwashing area within target timeframes for proper cleaning.
• Served high volumes of guests in fast-paced service environments with exceptional customer care.
• Served guests promptly to ensure food remained at proper temperatures.
• Provided friendly, courteous service, maximising positive customer satisfaction ratings.

Through my time as a Gymnastics coach often running classes for 3-5 year olds. My main responsibilities were creating fun, engaging lessons appropriate for each Childs skill level, whilst being encouraging when set backs occurred and employing skills to increase strength, flexibility and agility.

As a Junior Ambassador for Safe Hands, a charity dedicated to helping women focusing in FGM, period poverty, child marriage and pregnancies, I helped raise awareness through digital marketing techniques such as video entries and promoting the charity to local schools to raise awareness and money.