Paul Truscott

• Working with Adults with vunerable needs
• Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.
• Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
• In conjunction with service users and their carers, to assess difficulties that may cause homelessness if unresolved
• To aid service users and carers to improve their financial wellbeing including accessing education, training or employment and claiming appropriate benefits where necessary
• To establish and develop referral routes by building good relationships with substance misuse, health and other service providers
• To work to agreed training and development objectives, attending courses and conferences as relevant
• To participate in regular supervision and performance appraisal systems
• At all times adhere to relevant legislation, good practice and policies and procedures, including Health and Safety, Confidentiality and Equal Opportunities.
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as may be required and consistent with expected level of responsibility of the post.

Responsibilities:

• Setting up and running projects
• Mentoring or counselling individual young people
• Maintaining confidential records
• Facilitating workshops in schools and community settings
• Working with other organisations, such as schools, community groups and police.
• Encouraged young people to develop own activities and leadership skills through group discussions.
• Applied clinical and behavioral knowledge to maintain safety during crisis moments.
• Managed and led activities promoting growth in mental, emotional and educational areas.
• Challenged youth to accomplish motor development goals and inspire love of movement and healthy habits.
• Worked within applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
• Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.

Responsibilities:

• Organise and coordinated boxing team practices and physical workouts.
• Monitor guest and participant behavior and enforced rules, regulations and safety precautions at boxing facility.
• Coordinate training and instruction of participants in basic boxing techniques and physical training regimens.
• Evaluate performance of program participants and instructed proper techniques to assist with skill development.
• Increase player strength, agility and game skills through successful practices.
• Promote proper stretching, warmups and conditioning exercises to prevent sports injuries.
• Maintain energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• To maintain a high quality of care and support which meets the physical, emotional, intellectual, social and cultural needs of children and young people within the care of Inspirations. Working from the guidelines from the 1989 Children’s Act, National Minimum Standards, Every Child Matters and any other relevant legislation.
• To provide a caring, supportive and nurturing environment in which children/young people can feel secure and free from harm.
• Establishing positive relationships with young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard.
• Helping young people gain self control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, pro-social conduct.
• Ensuring that each young person’s care plan is followed and amended as appropriate to reflect their changing needs
• Attending to practical matters in relation to childcare (cooking, cleaning, general maintenance around the home etc)
• To act as a key worker or co worker for a young person to ensure that the young person’s care plans are up to date and that all their care needs are being met. To provide a positive role model to be able to offer advice, guidance and assistance where appropriate.
• Establishing relationships which young people perceive to be positive, warm and rewarding
• Providing advice, assistance and support on a 1:1 basis to enable young people to address past and present difficulties
• Providing emotional support at times of difficulty or stress
• Being ambitious for young people, helping them achieve their goals and optimise their potential
• Providing support for young people in their education and extracurricular
  activities, this may include supporting them in the classroom if necessary
• Keeping accurate records and providing written reports on young people for planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as directed by the
  line manager
• Empowering young people and facilitating their active involvement in the
  decision making about their lives and future
• Acting as an advocate at meetings where the young person is the subject
  of discussion
• Encouraging the young person to develop links with the community,
  attend off-site activities and expand their personal social network
• Educate young people who cannot sustain a mainstream educational placement.

To work as part of a team:

• Being aware of the aims and objectives of the home and working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve them
• Attending team/ staff meetings and making a positive contribution to them
• Actively contributing to the development of the team
• Receiving and storing information to improve communication
• Being willing to give and receive feedback on performance with
  colleagues and managers
• Being aware of childcare plans for all young people and providing support
  for colleagues by maintaining consistency in the execution of those plans
• Providing informal practical and emotional support to colleagues
  experiencing difficulties
• Attending and contributing to regular supervision sessions in line with the
  National Minimum Standards
• Monitoring the conduct of colleagues and referring on any causes for
  concern (Whistleblowing)
• Being familiar with all policies and procedures and adhering to them

General Responsibilities:

• Attending young people’s meetings and contributing to them
• Receiving training appropriate to the role and maintaining an up to date
  training profile
• Responsibility for the accurate maintenance of financial records
  appropriate to the duties of the post
• Responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and colleagues in
  accordance with the requirements of the organisational Health and Safety Policies

• Former Commonwealth Champion 2008
• Challenged Lonsdale Belt (Super Featherweight) March 2012
• Competed in contests, winning18 fights and losing 3
• Excellent physical fitness and stamina
• Optimized nutrition, training regimens and lifestyle choices to keep fitness at optimal levels.
• Monitored competitor activities to assess strategies and gain advantages in future matches.
• Effectively communicated with diverse group of athletes, coaches and game officials using dynamic listening and open-ended questioning skills.
• Worked with coaches and trainers to understand and implement improvement strategies.
• Attended all practices, meetings and workouts on time.
• Applied discipline and sense of responsibility toward all team and personal activities.
• Trained extensively and observed proper nutrition for weeks leading up to national-level fitness competitions.
• Maintained professionalism when attending charity, sporting and media events as team representative.
• Developed and maintained key relationships fellow athletes, coaching staff and school administrators and staff.

• Operated forklift to safely move and safeguard stock and supplies in warehouse.
• Checked packages and merchandise for damage and notified vendors.
• Used hand-held devices and computers to record and monitor inventory levels and completed audits to uncover and address inaccuracies.
• Labeled and accurately moved customer orders to meet shipment timetables and minimize errors.
• Loaded, unloaded, and moved material to and from storage and production areas.
• Completed cycle counts and monthly inventory.
• Maintained store assets with effective loss prevention strategies.
• Recorded daily activities for inventory control.
• Operated equipment such as pallet jacks and hand trucks to move heavy boxes.
• Safely and securely loaded items to prevent damage during transport.
• Moved pallets to and from trucks and around warehouse with forklifts to stay on top of demanding schedules.
• Moved merchandise using forklifts, pallet jacks and hand trucks.
• Operate a LLOP (low-level order picker truck)
  Use and function an arm-mounted computer
  Assemble items from pallets
  Load items onto roll cages