Lauren Bell

I am a graduate from the University of Southampton with a 2:1 Honours Degree in Criminology and Psychology. Through both my studies and job roles, I have developed excellent organisational and time-keeping skills, with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. I am a hard-working and motivated individual, who is eager to seek and maintain a full-time position that offers professional challenges utilising interpersonal skills, time management and problem-solving skills. Furthermore, I am looking for an opportunity where I can work with individuals from diverse backgrounds and to further enhance my knowledge in a challenging and rewarding environment.

February 2016 – June 2016

Worle Community School Academy, Behavioural Wing, Weston-super-Mare

• Engaging with students- making sure they were staying on task and effectively learning.
• Helping students with class work - marking and correcting.
• Provide feedback to teachers on pupils’ progress once they had been integrated back into class.
• Support the teachers in managing challenging behaviour.
• Work with students one-to-one, and in groups.
• Enforcing school and class rules.
• Observing the teachers in how they dealt with challenging behaviour.

September 2016 – February 2017

Alliance Living, Weston-super-Mare 

• Visiting service users with members of staff
• Sitting in on meetings/staff training sessions
• Noting down minutes of meetings
• Providing advice to supervisors
• Reading confidential client notes
• Working with service user to create goals and the steps needed to take in order to achieve them

February 2017 – June 2017

YCMA, Weston-super-Mare 

• Working closely with supervisor.
• Sitting in on meetings with service users and taking notes.
• Visiting and directly helping rough sleepers.
• Reading case notes.
• Working at an after-school club for children
• Completing room checks