Ruby Hughes
Reading ,Berkshire
Summary
Friendly and reliable, with strong communication and organisational skills, ensuring smooth daily operations and positive dining experience for pupils. Skilled in managing time effectively and maintaining safe, clean environment. Eager to contribute to supportive people.
Experienced in supporting and supervising children during lunchtime, ensuring safe and enjoyable environment. Creates positive relationships with pupils and fosters good behaviour through patience and understanding. Utilises strong communication and organisational skills to manage time effectively and address any issues promptly.
Takes on challenging new role harnessing interpersonal skills, collaboration and problem-solving. Driven to deliver high-quality service and consistent results.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Lunch time assistant
Reading borough council
Reading, Berkshire
11.2023 - Current
- Responded proactively in emergency situations, ensuring pupil well-being.
- Handled food service tasks, improving lunch period flow.
- Supervised children on the playground after lunch, promoting active play.
- Offered compassionate assistance to pupils needing help with meals.
- Encouraged good manners amongst students whilst dining.
- Helped maintain order during busy periods, resulting in a calm atmosphere.
- Facilitated enjoyable break times with organised games.
- Collaborated with teaching staff for smooth lunchtime operations.
- Ensured student safety during lunchtime by closely monitoring behaviour.
- Promptly and accurately handled and reported incidents in line with school procedures.
- Nourished positive relationships with colleagues, parents, carers and children.
- Supported mealtimes children with additional difficulties including social anxiety, food allergies and physical impairments.
- Promoted positive manners by enforcing lunchroom rules and promptly addressing negative student behaviour.
- Promoted and supervised playground activities encouraging maximal student interaction.
- Planned games and activities to occupy large student groups.
- Reduced anxiety for younger and SEND pupils by employing clear communication and calming strategies.
Education
GCSEs - English Language
Cranbury college
Reading 09.2023
Skills
- Adaptable to schedule changes
- Supervision of pupils
- Responsive in emergencies
- Punctuality assurance
- Child behavioural understanding
- Student safety enforcement
- Supervising lunch queues
- Knowledge of children's games
- Queue control
- Efficient time management
- Records keeping
- Child protection awareness
- Empathy and understanding
- School safety protocols
- Flexibility in scheduling
- Encouraging healthy eating
- Relationship building with children
- Integrity and honesty
- Health and Safety
- Conflict Resolution
- Strong work ethic
- Behaviour management
- Playground behaviour management
- Clear communication
- Play supervision
- Child safeguarding
- Dining room supervision
- Queue management
- Playground supervision
- Motivational techniques
- Lunchtime activity planning
- Patience and calmness
- Positive reinforcement
- Positive reinforcement techniques
- Games and activity planning
- Lunch system
- Enrichment activities
- Key Stage 1 lunchtime supervision
- Bullying prevention
- Children engagement techniques
- Record-keeping
Additional Information
I also helped in caring for my grandmother who had Alzheimer’s and polymyalgia and was bedridden for the last year and half of her life. I would help feed her, wash her hair, paint her nails and help her to get comfortable. My nan loved to paint, read and play bingo before her illness so I made sure to still do these things with her even on her bad days as it would help bring her out of herself. I also help care for my mum on her bad days who has fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis, I help her wash and dry her hair, making meals, taking medication and whatever else she needs on bad days. I feel I am very compassionate and like to take care of people and help where I can. I treat people how I would like my family to be treated and I have a very caring nature.
Why I would like a job in supporting people
When I was growing up my mother was a carer for my grandfather who was blind and had cancer in his final two years, I used to go with her everyday to help and I feel this contributed to how I feel about caring for people. It was very hard for my mum as she also cared for my nan who has multiple illnesses and I remember people saying why did she take on so much and her reply was, they took such care of me when I was a child and growing up so now I am just repaying them by caring for them and that has stuck with me so that is why I would like to take care of others.
Timeline
Lunch time assistant
Reading borough council
11.2023 - Current
GCSEs - English Language
Cranbury college
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