Sofia Ortega Davies
Surrey
Summary
Highly skilled professional with expertise in time management, research, and strong written arguments. Fluent in Spanish and Welsh, with intermediate proficiency in Portuguese. Demonstrates resilience, de-escalation techniques, and strict regime adherence. Adept at paperwork management, conducting independent work, and meeting deadlines. Committed to reflective thinking and effective teamwork to achieve organisational goals.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Band 3 Prison Officer
HMP Send/Unlocked Graduates
Surrey
07.2023 - Current
- Ensuring clear communication is provided with both the people in my care and also staff so that miscommunication is kept at a minimum.
- Successfully running a structured regime with complications throughout each day that could affect this.
- De-escalating heightened and tense situation, both one-to-one and when dealing with a group of people.
- Using five minute interventions effectively to calm a situation.
- Building strong, healthy, and professional relationships with the people in my care where they are able to open up about their personal vulnerabilities and where I am able to provide and structure support to their specific needs through a multi-agency approach within the prison.
- Maintaining a calm composure and clear mind during serious incidents in order to provide effective treatment and communication to available staff.
- Effectively completing heavy amounts of paperwork in short spaces of time to ensure the regime, and daily tasks, are not disrupted.
- Participate in rehabilitation activities to promote reintegration into society.
- Provide routine keywork sessions which include in depth conversations with individuals ensuring that they are following their sentence plans and taking relevant actions to progress during their sentence and promote their rehabilitation.
- Performed internal and external escort duties of prisoners with meticulous attention to detail to avoid incidents.
Placement with Hampshire Constabulary
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth
10.2021 - 01.2022
- Visiting people convicted of sexual offences alongside probation officers and ensuring everybody feels comfortable once we enter their homes.
- Working with probation officers to ensure licenses were being adhered to once people were released from prison.
- Conversing with challenging people and ensuring they understand the processes and policies that have to be followed both by staff and by the people when visited.
- Ensuring relevant paperwork is complete both prior to and after the visits, to ensure information is correctly stored and shared.
- Conducted risk assessments to facilitate safe community reentry.
Education
MSc Applied Custodial Leadership -
Unlocked Graduates
1 2023/2023 -
2:1 BA Hons Criminology and Forensic Studies -
University of Portsmouth
1 2020/2020 - 1 2023/2023
A-levels -
Christ College Brecon
Brecon, Powys 1 2018/2018 - 1 2020/2020
Skills
- Time management
- Spanish fluency
- Welsh fluency
- Portuguese intermediate level
- Research
- Resilience
- De-escalation
- Paperwork management
- Strict regime adherence
- Strong written arguments
- Conducting research
- Independent work
- Deadline management
- Reflective thinking
- Teamwork
Timeline
Band 3 Prison Officer
HMP Send/Unlocked Graduates
07.2023 - Current
Placement with Hampshire Constabulary
University of Portsmouth
10.2021 - 01.2022
MSc Applied Custodial Leadership -
Unlocked Graduates
1 2023/2023 -
2:1 BA Hons Criminology and Forensic Studies -
University of Portsmouth
1 2020/2020 - 1 2023/2023
A-levels -
Christ College Brecon
1 2018/2018 - 1 2020/2020
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