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Education
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Accomplishments
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Volunteer Work
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Shahin Mohamed

Leyton ,City of London

Summary

Trainee counselling student with a background in early years education and trauma-informed programme leadership. Developed psychosocial support programmes for displaced families at Taabu Healing Centre in Cairo, utilizing play and creative expression for healing. Demonstrates strong empathy, adaptability, and cultural awareness, grounded in counselling ethics. Committed to fostering resilience and emotional wellbeing in children.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work history

Director and Programmes Lead - Taabu Centre

NGO
Cairo Egypt, Cairo
2024.12 - Current

Founded and managed community-based NGO supporting displaced families with psychosocial programmes.

Designed and delivered educational initiatives focused on healing through play and creative expression.

Established trust and fostered inclusion across diverse cultural communities.

  • Developed partnerships with local and international stakeholders to enhance programme impact.
  • Recruited, trained, and supervised multidisciplinary teams of staff and volunteers.
  • Oversaw programme development, fundraising, budgeting, and stakeholder reporting.

Early years education assistant

St Antony's Primary School
Forest Gate, Newham
2007.01 - 2010.07
  • Fostered an inclusive learning environment through diverse educational activities.
  • Implemented individualised learning plans to support children with special needs.
  • Assisted in developing creative lesson plans for engaging early years learners.
  • Ensured student safety and wellbeing through vigilant supervision during playtime and lunch breaks.
  • Collaborated with teaching staff to enhance behaviour management strategies.
  • Provided emotional support to distressed children, fostering a calm classroom atmosphere.
  • Maintained up-to-date knowledge of early years curriculum standards to aid effective instruction delivery.

Early years teaching assistant

Elmhurst Primary School
Forest Gate, Newham
2003.01 - 2006.09
  • Maintained accurate records of each child's development, assisting teachers in assessing growth patterns over time.
  • Participated actively in parent-teacher meetings, sharing insights on individual student performance and behaviour patterns.
  • Implemented behavioural strategies for managing disruptive conduct, resulting in more conducive learning atmosphere.
  • Adapted teaching approaches based on individual learner needs and abilities leading to improved comprehension levels amongst pupils.
  • Fostered safe and positive learning environment by implementing creative teaching methods.
  • Assisted in designing engaging lesson plans for early years pupils.

Education

level 4 Diploma Therapeutic Counselling -

ELECT Training
London
2025.09 -

Level 3 Emotional Literacy Mentor - Child Emotional Literacy Mentor

Dandelion Training And Development
London
2024.06 -

level 4 Diploma Therapeutic Counselling -

ELECT Training
London
2024.09 - 2025.07

Certificate in Counselling Studies Skills level 2 - Counselling Skills

ELECT Training
London
2023.09 - 2024.06

Functional skills - English

Waltham Forest Adult Learning Service
2018.09 - 2019.05

Functional skills - English

Waltham Forest Adult Learning Service
2019.01 - 2019.05

GCSEs - English Language

Waltham Forest Adult Learning Service
2020.01 - 2020.05

GCSEs - English literature

East London Skills For Life
2021.01 - 2021.10

Primary Classroom Support Teaching Assistants - Primary Education

University of East London
London, ENG
2008.09 - 2009.06

Skills

  • Child behaviour management
  • Age-Appropriate activities designing
  • Learning through play facilitation
  • Child observations recording
  • Conflict resolution among children
  • Communication and language development
  • Social and emotional development

Trauma-informed, child-centred practice

Counselling skills & emotional literacy mentoring

Cross-cultural communication & intercultural competence

Programme design, leadership, and supervision

Building community partnerships & stakeholder engagement

Empathy, creativity, and adaptability

Affiliations

• Mindfulness meditation
• Personal growth and reflective practice
• Creative expression and movement

Accomplishments

Mindfulness Meditation MBCT 8 week course 2021

Achieved better understanding of the workings of the mind.

Developed a non judge-mental, patient non striving, accepting attitude.

Personal Information

Nationality: British

Volunteer Work

  • GVI - Volunteer Madagascar/ Teaching English - Children and community.
  • Gained insight into different educational practices and challenges in an international setting.
  • Developed and executed engaging lessons and activities tailored to different age groups and proficiency levels.
  • Contributed towards UN's Sustainable development Goals
  • Developed cross cultural competence
  • interpersonal skills
  • communication and language skills
  • developing self motivation

Languages

English
Fluent
Urdu
Intermediate
Gujarati
Native

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

level 4 Diploma Therapeutic Counselling -

ELECT Training
2025.09 -

Director and Programmes Lead - Taabu Centre

NGO
2024.12 - Current

level 4 Diploma Therapeutic Counselling -

ELECT Training
2024.09 - 2025.07

Level 3 Emotional Literacy Mentor - Child Emotional Literacy Mentor

Dandelion Training And Development
2024.06 -

Certificate in Counselling Studies Skills level 2 - Counselling Skills

ELECT Training
2023.09 - 2024.06

GCSEs - English literature

East London Skills For Life
2021.01 - 2021.10

GCSEs - English Language

Waltham Forest Adult Learning Service
2020.01 - 2020.05

Functional skills - English

Waltham Forest Adult Learning Service
2019.01 - 2019.05

Functional skills - English

Waltham Forest Adult Learning Service
2018.09 - 2019.05

Primary Classroom Support Teaching Assistants - Primary Education

University of East London
2008.09 - 2009.06

Early years education assistant

St Antony's Primary School
2007.01 - 2010.07

Early years teaching assistant

Elmhurst Primary School
2003.01 - 2006.09
Shahin Mohamed