Saskia Wright

Play worker (assistant Behavioural Management Lead):

• My current position is as a playworker for KS2 level children. I'm responsible for organising activities for child-led play, maintaining a safe and inclusive environment- working with SEND and CIP children.
• I also help to curate behavioural management plans for our SEND and CIP children, working with an external agencies- a behavioural management specialist, parents and schools- to ensure that they match both the child’s needs and Ofsted’s requirements.

1:1 Keyworker/ Mentor

• Alongside this I work as a 1:1 Keyworker/ Mentor for KS2 and KS3 children at risk of being excluded from school or already experiencing exclusion or school avoidance. We aim to develop these children's socio-emotional skills and interests whilst supporting them with their experiences of trauma and complex emotions.

• I worked as a Forest School assistant helping plan and deliver after school sessions to groups of up to twenty children.
• The play sessions were based on child-led, nature based learning, through activities such as bushcraft, hammock and den building, alongside physical games and exploration of the environment.

• Until late 2025 I worked as teaching assistant supporting an autistic child’s learning.
• I, along with the teacher, was responsible for designing and delivering the curriculum to the child making necessary adjustments to the lessons to suit their needs.
• I supported them with their emotional, communication and behavioural needs as-well as delivering the administrative parts of the work such as marking and student reports.

I spent a year and a half travelling and working in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Roles in this time included:

• Working in a Japanese art village, where I assisted with day to day running and assisted behind the scenes of the bimonthly Forest Jam's, events highlighting interesting Japanese music.
• Assistant managing in a busy Japanese ski lodge over a winter season. This involved coordinating staff, looking after guest experience, managing all admin and finance tasks for the lodge and helping to run the lodges social media.
• Working as a guide for canyoning, kayaking and white water rafting tours.
• Helping set up an exhibition of oral histories from the local community, in the Taiwanese city of Keelung.

• I have worked at cafes, pubs, restaurants and fine dining restaurants for 10 years.
• I am very comfortable with customer service, cleaning and working the tills. I am bar trained.
• At The Woolpack pub I was general supervisor, responsible was responsible for the opening and closing the pub.

• I would drive to each patient’s home and provide them with appropriate treatment whether that be medication, personal care, food, house maintenance, prescription requests or companionship.