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Work history
Education
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Hobbies and intrest
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Shannon Smith

Handsacre,Staffordshire

Summary

Dynamic and adaptable professional with a strong foundation in organisational skills and computer proficiency, including expertise in the Microsoft Office suite. Demonstrates exceptional self-motivation and initiative, complemented by creative problem-solving abilities and effective communication. Proven track record in customer focus, pressure management, and deadline adherence, ensuring meticulous attention to detail and analytical skills. Experienced in nursery and childcare support, bereavement support competency, transitional support, and litigation support tools. Committed to leveraging flexibility and adaptability for team collaboration while pursuing opportunities that enhance professional growth within diverse environments.

Offering strong foundation in childcare support and early childhood education. Knowledgeable about creating safe and nurturing environments, fostering positive relationships, and assisting with educational activities. Ready to use and develop communication, patience, and teamwork skills in early years role.

Offering strong foundation in childcare support, with hands-on experience in nurturing and guiding young children. Knowledgeable about creating safe, engaging, and educational environments. Ready to use and develop communication, teamwork, and organisational skills in nursery and early years role

Offering strong foundation in childcare support, with hands-on experience in nurturing and guiding young children. Knowledgeable about creating safe, engaging, and educational environments. Ready to use and develop communication, teamwork, and organisational skills in nursery and early years role.

Offering strong foundation in childcare support and early childhood education. Knowledgeable about creating safe and nurturing environments, fostering positive relationships, and assisting with educational activities. Ready to use and develop communication, patience, and teamwork skills in nursery and early years role. role.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work history

Childcare support

Sharen Moody
Cannock, WSII
01.2024 - 05.2025
  • Supervising and monitoring the safety of children
  • Preparing and organizing mealtimes and snacks for children
  • Helping children keep good hygiene potty training
  • Organizing activities or implementing a curriculum that allows children to learn about the world and explore their interests and learning numbers, reading and writing
  • Developing schedules and routines to ensure that children have enough physical activity, rest, and playtime
  • Planning, implementing, and supervising structured, educational group activities
  • Supporting the mental and physical wellbeing of children through different activities
  • Providing responsible care and maintaining all safety standards
  • Monitoring children's health and weight and recording any concerns
  • Making sure they take prescribed medications
  • Getting older child from school sometimes.

Care Assistant

Seaton Court Care Home
Chasetown, Burntwood
05.2017 - 01.2019
  • Working on end of life with patients with a variety of illness dementia, Parkinson’s, cancer, liver and kidney problems etc.
  • Working within a team
  • Dealing with challenging individuals
  • Assist in the day to day running of a care home
  • Both written and verbal reports
  • Maintaining a safe and clean environment
  • Assist nurses with medication and collection of specimen.
  • Assist with personal care, assisting with personal hygiene and assisting them to get up in a morning and to go to bed at night
  • Promoting independence and dignity of service user
  • Assist in enabling service user to live their chosen lifestyle
  • Talk and listen to service users.

Care Assistant

Avery Health Care
Cannock
01.2015 - 04.2017
  • Working as part of team
  • Using the till, cashing up and banking.
  • Keeping the shop clean, responsible for security within the store
  • Sorting out the stock
  • Dealing with customers enquire
  • Combination of sales
  • Meeting deadlines
  • Ordering stock being involved in control and management of stock.
  • Mentoring new staff
  • Maintaining the store in the absence of store manager, store key holder, responsible for disciplinary action with staff.
  • Merchandising, working to planned layouts, working within established guidelines.

supervisor

Poundland
Cannock, Staffordshire
01.2015 - 04.2017
  • Improved team efficiency by implementing new scheduling practices.
  • Resolved customer complaints promptly, resulted in increased customer satisfaction rates.
  • Managed daily operations to increase productivity.
  • Ensured smooth operations with regular maintenance checks.

• Using the till, cashing up and banking.

• keeping the shop clean, responsible for security within the store

• Sorting out the stock

Dealing with customers enquire

• Combination of sales

• Meeting deadlines

• Ordering stock being infold in control and management of stock.

• Mentoring new staff

• Maintaining the store in the absence of store manager, store key holder, responsible for disciplinary action with staff.

• Merchandising, working to planed layouts, working within established guidelines.

Sales Assistant

The British Heart Foundation
11.2014 - 01.2015
  • Working as part of a team
  • Using the till
  • Keeping the shop clean
  • Sorting out the stock
  • Dealing with customers enquires
  • Combination of sales
  • Meeting deadlines.

Care Assistant

Needwood House
Heath Hayes
06.2013 - 01.2014
  • Working within a team
  • Dealing with challenging individuals
  • Assist in the day to day running of a care home
  • Both written and verbal reports
  • Maintaining a safe and clean environment
  • Assist nurses with medication and collection of specimen.
  • Assist with personal care, assisting with personal hygiene and assisting them to get up in a morning and to go to bed at night
  • Promoting independence and dignity of service user
  • Assist in enabling service user to live their chosen lifestyle
  • Talk and listen to service users.

Play Worker (Part time)

Highfields Primary School
10.2012 - 06.2013
  • Helping children learn key skills
  • Preparing and organizing activities
  • Listen to individuals needs and assess how to help
  • Provide an extra hand in a practical way with activities e.g. playing, painting, writing, reading

Paper Round

01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Delivering the papers every Thursday evening
  • Deadlines, Combination of sales, Delivery and stocking capacities

Education

Level 2 Diploma - child care education

BKN Sixth form
01.2011 - 01.2012

First aid, Safeguarding and Non-violent intervention course - undefined

01.2013 - 01.2014

GCSE'S - English, Religion education, Technology resistant materials, citizenship, Math’s, Science, I.C.T, IFS level 1 personal finance, Child development, OCR Level 2 health and social care

Kingsmead Technology College
Hednesford Staffordshire
09.2007 - 06.2011

NVQ Level 2 understanding Autism - Autism

LMP Learning
01.2025 -

Skills

  • Self-motivation and initiative
  • Creative problem-solving
  • Organizational skills
  • Computer proficiency
  • Microsoft Office suite
  • Effective communication
  • Customer focus
  • Pressure management
  • Deadline adherence
  • Analytical skills
  • Flexibility and adaptability
  • Time management
  • Attention to detail
  • Team collaboration
  • Nursery and childcare support
  • Childcare arrangement
  • Bereavement support competency
  • Transitional support
  • Litigation support tools

References

References available upon request.

Hobbies and intrest

  • Listening to music
  • Movies
  • Reading
  • Football
  • Caring for people
  • Attended St Johns Ambulance for 2 years
  • Cleaning
  • Visiting new places
  • Working voluntary at the British Heart Foundation
  • Taking the children out to learn new things, have fun days out

Timeline

NVQ Level 2 understanding Autism - Autism

LMP Learning
01.2025 -

Childcare support

Sharen Moody
01.2024 - 05.2025

Care Assistant

Seaton Court Care Home
05.2017 - 01.2019

Care Assistant

Avery Health Care
01.2015 - 04.2017

supervisor

Poundland
01.2015 - 04.2017

Sales Assistant

The British Heart Foundation
11.2014 - 01.2015

Care Assistant

Needwood House
06.2013 - 01.2014

First aid, Safeguarding and Non-violent intervention course - undefined

01.2013 - 01.2014

Play Worker (Part time)

Highfields Primary School
10.2012 - 06.2013

Level 2 Diploma - child care education

BKN Sixth form
01.2011 - 01.2012

Paper Round

01.2008 - 01.2010

GCSE'S - English, Religion education, Technology resistant materials, citizenship, Math’s, Science, I.C.T, IFS level 1 personal finance, Child development, OCR Level 2 health and social care

Kingsmead Technology College
09.2007 - 06.2011
Shannon Smith