I have many transferable skills I can bring to this post. I have experience of working and supporting local families for over 25 years;
· Observing, assessing and reviewing children’s learning.
· Extensive knowledge of GIRFEC, A Curriculum for Excellence and SSSC Codes of Conduct.
· Production of care plans and GIRFMEs for individual children requiring additional support.
· Attending and contributing to multi-agency meetings.
· Completing SHANARRI reports and summaries.
· Delivering parent workshops.
· Supporting children and families affected by trauma.
· Home visits to children and families who are new to our service. Supporting new children to settle into learning environment.
· Supporting vulnerable parents and families, through food bank, Women’s Aid and St. Vincent de Paul services
· I am a part of the Respecting Rights Committee for our school.
I have many transferable skills I can bring to this post. I have experience of working and supporting local families for over 25 years;
· Observing, assessing and reviewing children’s learning.
· Extensive knowledge of GIRFEC, A Curriculum for Excellence and SSSC Codes of Conduct.
· Production of care plans and GIRFMEs for individual children requiring additional support.
· Attending and contributing to multi-agency meetings.
· Completing SHANARRI reports and summaries.
· Delivering parent workshops.
· Supporting children and families affected by trauma.
· Home visits to children and families who are new to our service. Supporting new children to settle into learning environment.
· Supporting vulnerable parents and families, through food bank, Women’s Aid and St. Vincent de Paul services
· I am a part of the Respecting Rights Committee for our school.
I am forward thinking and proactive individual, with over 27 years’ experience of working with children and families in the Airdrie locality Since gaining my Early Learning and Childcare qualification in 1997, I have worked extremely hard to further my skills and knowledge and to fulfill the requirements for my registration with SSSC, through attending training courses and professional research and reading
I have held my current post within St Edwards Nursery Class for over 24 years and have been a committed and instrumental member of my team I demonstrate a number of transferable skills that I believe would make an excellent residential child care worker within your establishment Firstly, in my team I am part of the continuous evaluation of our learning and care environment, auditing resources and making adaptations where necessary to ensure adherence and continuous improvement in our service provision I am passionate about working in partnership with our families to support the children in our care and ensure best outcomes for their learning I am trained in the Solihull Approach and this is embedded through my day to day practice and interactions with our stakeholders
I am highly experienced in observing, assessing and reviewing children’s learning, with an extensive knowledge of A Curriculum for Excellence, GIRFEC and SSSC Codes of Conduct I have familiarised myself with The Promise document and am in strong agreement with its principles I also have experience in report writing, policy review and updating and using ICT programmes for correspondence and record keeping I regularly produce reports for children, students and social work, professionally written and in a timely manner I have attended Child Protection Hearings and have delivered evidence in such situations
I have excellent communication skills and am able to interact and form positive rapport with people from a range of backgrounds, which in my experience has been imperative to ensuring the best outcomes for the children and families in my care My life experiences have led me to be a resilient, positive person with empathy for others
I am organised, dedicated and eager to learn I approach all aspects of my employment with professionalism and enthusiasm and, if successful in my application I believe I would be an asset to your service