Kirsty Baughan

My role here is a very diverse role which has many different aspects. I am responsible for planning unit meetings that are creative and engaging that are in line in line with the girl guiding curriculum in order for the girls to achieve badges and awards and monitoring their progress as part of a team. Send out communications with parents, maintain up to date records. Ensure that everything is inline with the unit budget. Work as part of a team to take girls on both day trips and residential trips. During this role I need to be aware of each individual child and their needs so that I am able to support them in achieving and developing key life skills. Girl Guiding believes that the girls should have a say and some activities should be girl lead meaning that you are helping them develop leadership skills and important life skills.

Due to the nature of this role it is important to have an in depth understanding of safeguarding and policies and procedures of girl guiding to ensure the safety of the girls and other leaders as well as have an enhanced DBS check. It is also important to carry out risk assessments for activities, trips and pack holidays.

As a trainee chef I had many different roles and responsibilities which increased quickly throughout my time here. I assisted the chef in the preparation of a variety of dishes, ensuring both the quality of each plate and the aesthetics of each plate was of the highest standard ensuring customer satisfaction. I learnt specialised skills such as pasta making, knife skills and preparing and cooking difficult dishes such as fish. I was able to demonstrate excellent teamwork abilities whilst working alongside other chefs and spent a lot of time in services working on the starters section, preparing orders as well as garnishing the main plates. This is and extremely fast paced environment which needed acute attention to detail of what the order was as well as when a main dish needed garnishing. I ran this section on several occasions when other chefs where off. All whilst keeping the highest standards of hygiene.

Throughout my time collaborating with

Cinalight, I worked with them on several projects both in the UK and abroad including music videos and an award winning feature film. My role was to manage the budget and source costumes, ensure that they fit the actors are fit make sure that each item met the characters description. I then had to scripts and make sure that the costumes flowed throughout the project despite filming different scenes in sequences. I also oversaw the hair and make up and continuity. This role has a high level of organisation and collaboration working with both actors/ actresses and crew members to create the the best content that you can.

You have to ensure that all cast members needs are catered for and that they have their own dressing area and that the department is always organised and clean. This role also entails a lot of flexibility and thinking outside the box as things not always in permanent locations

Carry out the day to day running of the unit, the planning, budget, safeguarding and admin as well as attending district meeting and training events. During my time I organised fundraising events such as a Christmas production, liaised with the church taking part and organising community projects in collaboration.

I took on this role after being a dancer since the age of 3. My role varied from week to week as there where many children with varying need and disabilities. The concept was to support them in their development through movement. This was one of my favourite volunteering roles due to the challenges and reward you got out of it. I was involved in running showcases, including designing and making costumes that met the individuals needs.

Imputing information into SAP databases and locating lost paperwork for orders going through the process of publishing. Going through different orders locating and correcting mistakes and liaising with internal colleagues and other teams to rectify any issues so that the adverts had be published to the clients requests in an orderly manner.

Working with small groups of children in a EYS, supporting with routine, development and progression. Working as part of a small team to deliver a positive environment that was both engaging and positive for the children.

I was placed at Saint Johns school as a junior TA whilst carrying out my learning with children course which is a course that I chose to do on top of my other studies and commitments. During my time here it was my role to support the teacher in the classroom in all aspect from making sure resources where ready for lessons/ activities to working with small groups for different abilities to support and aid their learning. I worked with some student that where new to the country with very limited English and supported then in building friendships and finding was of communicating whilst they where still settling into the cultural change and learning the language. As part of my course I was also involved in lesson planning and learning how lessons where planned in line with the current curriculum.