NOKUTENDA CHIPUNZA
Derby,United Kingdom
Summary
Compassionate care professional with experience in nursery assistance, transitioning into a care and support worker role. Skilled in personal care, promoting well-being, and ensuring safety. Strong communication and teamwork abilities, committed to enhancing the daily living of individuals supported.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Nursery Assistant
Tiny Turtles Day Nursery
Manchester
2024.11 - 2025.06
- Providing care for children, ensuring their well-being at all times.
- Supporting children's development with learning-through-play activities, aiding social, emotional, and educational growth.
- Monitored interactions in group settings, promoting sharing and cooperation to enhance socialisation.
- Observed children to identify and address problematic behaviour promptly.
- Engaging children in arts and crafts activities, fostering creativity, and developing motor skills.
- Encouraged and maintained cleanliness and safety in nursery setting, fostering a healthier environment for children.
- Preventing cross-contamination by sanitising utensils, surfaces, and equipment.
- Followed strict safeguarding policies and procedures, maintaining health and safety of children and staff.
Nursery Assistant
Rainbows' Nursery
Manchester
2024.02 - 2024.05
- Ensuring safety and well-being of children within their care.
- Cared for, monitored, and documented children's development and behaviours to support individual growth.
- Supervised and supported children during meal times, ensuring safety and promoting positive social interactions.
- Promoting emotional and social development of children, encouraging learning through play, and sensory activities.
- Developed strong relationships with children, parents, and staff to create a nurturing and collaborative environment.
- Supported children with personal hygiene routines in a respectful manner.
- Practising child protection, and health and safety measures to comply with guidelines.
- Led children to clear up after activities to maintain clean, safe and orderly environment.
Education
BTEC: Level 3 Extended Diploma - Health And Social Care
The Manchester College
Manchester, United Kingdom 2023.09 - 2025.06
BTEC: Level 2 Extended Diploma - Health And Social Care
Warrington And Vale Royal College
Warrington, Cheshire 2022.09 - 2023.06
Functional skills 3 - Mathematics
Warrington and Vale royal college
Warrington, Cheshire 2022.09 - 2023.06
GCSE - English
St Albert's' High School
Centenary 2019.01 - 2021.11
Skills
- Good communication
- Teamwork
- Time management
- Safeguarding
- Moving and Handling Techniques
- Personal care assistance
- Good report-writing skills
- Provision of emotional support
- Hygiene standards
- Decision-making
- Behaviour observation
- Medication Administration
Certification
- PMVA Training Course (Incisive training Ltd, 03/2026)
- Care certificate (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Personal Development (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Understand your role (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Duty of Care (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Person centred Care plan (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Communication, Privacy & Confidentiality (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Privacy and dignity (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Awareness of mental health and demetia (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Safeguarding adult & Children- Level 1, 2 &3 (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Handling Information (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Infection Prevention & Control- RIDDOR & COSHH, (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Health and Safety-Risk Assessment, (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Fluids, Nutrition & Hygiene (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Awareness of learning disability and autism (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Basic Life Support, (Caredemy , 04/2026)
- Level 4 Medication Administration Training, (Royal open college, 09/2025)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Nursery Assistant
Tiny Turtles Day Nursery
2024.11 - 2025.06
Nursery Assistant
Rainbows' Nursery
2024.02 - 2024.05
BTEC: Level 3 Extended Diploma - Health And Social Care
The Manchester College
2023.09 - 2025.06
BTEC: Level 2 Extended Diploma - Health And Social Care
Warrington And Vale Royal College
2022.09 - 2023.06
Functional skills 3 - Mathematics
Warrington and Vale royal college
2022.09 - 2023.06
GCSE - English
St Albert's' High School
2019.01 - 2021.11