LEAH IMRAY
Hawick,SCT
Summary
A confident and enthusiastic childhood professional with over 8 years of experience in working in different roles with young children ages 0-12 years. As a hard working and driven person I am seeking to take on new challenges and gain some new skills alongside using my current ones to enhance my knowledge and practice.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
4040
4040
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Manager
Burgh Out of School Club
Galashiels
05.2024 - 07.2025
- By being promoted to manager within the setting some new duties include:
- Child protection officer
- Emailing and staying in contact with parents/carers regarding invoices, booking children in, any issues etc
- Liaising with committee chair person and members on the running of the club and addressing anything that the club needs
- Working with and directing staff
- Buying snack within the guidelines
- Filling out Care Inspectorate notifications
- Ensuring documents and policies are up to date which includes quality assurance documents and files
- Ensuring staff and personal training is up to date including staff appraisals and CP and first aid training.
- Ensuring a positive work environment where everyone's ideas should be heard
- Risk assessments
Childhood Practitioner
Burgh Out of School Club
Galashiels
08.2023 - 07.2025
- Preparing snack for children following the Healthy Eating in Schools guidance
- Working with and supporting children with ASN
- Giving children opportunities to free play indoors and outdoors
- Responding to children's needs
- Allowing children to take risks while supervising and ensuring they are safe
- Giving the children the opportunity to relax and mix with other children of different ages
- Responding to parents/carers needs and allowing flexibility
- Providing resources for children
Senior Early Years Practitioner
Old Station Nursery
Melrose, MA
06.2017 - 08.2023
- Supported growth, development and wellbeing of children by filling out observations, next steps, trackers and developmental overviews.
- Worked well within the team to ensure a smooth running of the nursery room, giving clear guidance and support to other members of the team when needed, ensuring that the staff felt like they could come to me.
- Maintained positive, trusting relationships with parents by communicating well with them about all aspects of the children's nursery life.
- Setting up and facilitating various learning experiences for children such as outdoor learning, child led-play, movement activities, community learning, messy and sensory play, using technology, story time.
- Worked alongside Scottish Borders Council, following their guidance to improve the nursery setting.
- Completed various training exercises provided by the manager to ensure my knowledge of childhood policies and legislation are up to date.
- Worked with the children to get their feedback on different aspects within the nursery, making sure that they could get their ideas and voices heard to inspire further learning experiences.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Childhood Practice
University of The Highlands And Islands
08.2020 - 07.2025
HNC - Childhood Practice
Edinburgh College
06.2017
NC - Early Education And Childcare
Edinburgh College
06.2016
Highers - High School Qualifications
Hawick High School
Hawick08.2015
Skills
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Team Collaboration
- Food safety
- Progress Evaluations Understanding
- Supervision & Leadership
- People Skills
- Reliable & Trustworthy
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Good Work Ethic
- Friendly, Positive Attitude
- Child protection
Certification
- SSSC Registered
- Current PVG
- Duty of Candour Training, 04/01/24, Present
- Prevention Training, 02/01/24, Present
- Outdoor Numeracy, 05/01/19, Present
- Sensory Environments, 04/01/19, Present
- Attachment Led Practice, 02/01/19, Present
- Holistic Assessment in Numeracy, 01/01/19, Present
- The Learning Cycle, 10/01/18, Present
- Child Development training, 12/01/17, Present
- Respect Me Anti-Bullying training, 06/01/16, Present
- Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate, 06/01/25, 06/01/28
- Child Protection update, 10/01/24, 10/01/25
- Child Protection Update, 03/01/24, 03/01/25
Timeline
Manager
Burgh Out of School Club
05.2024 - 07.2025
Childhood Practitioner
Burgh Out of School Club
08.2023 - 07.2025
Bachelor of Arts - Childhood Practice
University of The Highlands And Islands
08.2020 - 07.2025
Senior Early Years Practitioner
Old Station Nursery
06.2017 - 08.2023
Highers - High School Qualifications
Hawick High School
HNC - Childhood Practice
Edinburgh College
NC - Early Education And Childcare
Edinburgh College
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