Holly Lowe
Airdrie,United Kingdom
Summary
Dedicated professional with expertise in supporting individuals with learning disabilities and fostering community integration. Demonstrate strong self-management, empathy, and understanding of professional boundaries while effectively dealing with vulnerable clients. Skilled in safeguarding policies, record-keeping, and strength-based practice, ensuring reliable and trustworthy service delivery. Adept at building interpersonal relationships and promoting cultural awareness through assertive communication and public speaking. Lastly, committed to enhancing community engagement through resourcefulness and team leadership.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Project Officer
North Lanarkshire Council
Motherwell, Wishaw, Shotts, North Lanarkshire
06.2023 - Current
- Achieved successful project completion with regular team coordination.
- Developed risk management plans for potential issues mitigation.
- Delivered wide range of courses that lead to service users completing various SQAs.
- Strong focus on Community building and confidence building.
- Developed secure relationships with multiple 3rd Sector organisations to strengthen communication between Council and aforementioned 3rd Sector.
- Part of small team organising community events all over Motherwell, Wishaw and Shotts that included 3rd Sector partners for benefit of communities - linking service users with organisations that were perhaps unknown to them.
Support Worker
North Lanarkshire Council
12.2018 - 06.2023
- Biggest responsibility was 2 year long post based in Buchanan High School working with school to bridge poverty related attainment gap and supporting young peoples mental health.
- Worked closely with own team and teaching staff in order to develop holistic approaching to tackling attainment gap.
- Critical thinking, confidence building and social skills are all key area that this work touches upon.
- Crucial member in facilitation of getting young people(YP)'s voices heard within their community.
- Worked to have YP's voices be heard and accounted for within their local community boards and LOIPS.
- Began 2 night/week project targeting older YP to attend to tackle some anti-social behaviour in community.
- Capacity to take on wider needs of a project's goals and to be realistic and focused in achieving those goals.
Support Worker (Higher Duties)
North Lanarkshire Council
02.2020 - 06.2020
- Was able to support and help development of Coatbridge Youth Work services in lockdown.
- Work in accordance to Council's approach to integrated community based locality planning, community engagement and community development in accordance with requirements of Scotland's Youth work Outcomes.
- Supporting staff exploring different ways to reach out to YP.
- As manager, had strong presence without overshadowing staff and allowing them the chance to grow and develop on their own and keep work flow strong
Volunteer Tutor
North Lanarkshire Airdrie CLD Locality Team
01.2015 - 08.2021
- Volunteered at Chapelside community centre for 3 years helping out with Adult Literacies classes and ESOL.
- Responsibilities included making sure that learners are engaging in work that will help them in their day to day lives and making sure that learning being carried out has context in their lives as well.
- Referencing Adult Literacy Professional Development Framework tutoring was using teaching strategies to improve learners' wholistic literacies and typically has knowledge about local support and guidance networks should learners' need them.
Education
MSc Youth Work - Adult Education, Community Development and Educational Studies
University of Glasgow
Glasgow 08.2017 - 09.2018
PDA: TESOL - Teaching English as a Second or Other Language
New College Lanarkshire
Motherwell 08.2017 - 01.2018
PDA: SALL - Community Learning and Development
North Lanarkshire Council
Airdrie, North Lanarkshire 01.2016 - 03.2016
M.A Honours - English Literature
University of Glasgow
Glasgow 09.2009 - 08.2012
Skills
- Dealing with vulnerable clients
- Resilience in difficult situations
- Interpersonal relationships
- Community integration strategies
- Communication skills
- Cultural awareness
- Team Leadership
- Community engagement
Timeline
Project Officer
North Lanarkshire Council
06.2023 - Current
Support Worker (Higher Duties)
North Lanarkshire Council
02.2020 - 06.2020
Support Worker
North Lanarkshire Council
12.2018 - 06.2023
MSc Youth Work - Adult Education, Community Development and Educational Studies
University of Glasgow
08.2017 - 09.2018
PDA: TESOL - Teaching English as a Second or Other Language
New College Lanarkshire
08.2017 - 01.2018
PDA: SALL - Community Learning and Development
North Lanarkshire Council
01.2016 - 03.2016
Volunteer Tutor
North Lanarkshire Airdrie CLD Locality Team
01.2015 - 08.2021
M.A Honours - English Literature
University of Glasgow
09.2009 - 08.2012
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