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Stanley Franks

Oxford,Oxfordshire

Summary

  • Currently social work student in my final placement, I am managing a caseload of maximum capacity for a student. Trained in both strength's based and person centered approach, I have described as a professional individual who is "born to be a social worker". I am on track to finish my placement with no signs of extensions or concerning practice/behaviour.
  • Experienced LSA and Senior LSA with multiple years of experience supporting young adults with SEN and leading a team of over 10 LSA's
  • Professional cover supervisor adept at making critical decisions and managing deadlines. With expertise in analysis and quantitative problem-solving skills, dedicated to company growth and improvements.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work history

Senior Learning Support Assistant

Activate Learning
Oxford, Oxfordshire
09.2021 - 07.2023
  • Taught and assisted SEN students.
  • Managed department with over 20 employees.
  • Prepared and duplicated teaching materials to help facilitate student understanding of key content.
  • Supported teaching staff execute learning activities, ensuring health, safety and good behaviour of students.
  • Ensured student safety inside and outside classroom in line with school safeguarding policies.
  • Optimised learning plans while quantifying student progress through termly assessments.
  • Assessed and catered to student needs by providing 1-1- support and guidance.
  • Conducted EHCP annual reviews.
  • Updated support plans for high needs students.
  • Organised meetings with parents to discuss child progress.
  • Attended potential employee interviews and discussed potential candidates.
  • Briefed staff every morning on daily plan and which students each staff will be supporting.
  • Provided ICT classes for high needs students who could not attend regular classes so that they would not fall behind.
  • Provided 1-1 Drama classes with a student so that they could attend Drama full time in the future.
  • Provided 1-1 Math's with a student who was uncomfortable with classroom Maths.
  • Conducted reviews on students so that support plans could always be up to date if new challenges arise.
  • Provided support for high need parents and attended council meetings.
  • Manage team of over 10 direct reports by offering support and constructive feedback.
  • Monitored staff performance, continually seeking ways to improve team delivery for optimised financial success.

Cover Supervisor Secondary School

Cheney School
Oxford, Oxfordshire
06.2019 - 04.2020
  • Covered lessons for absent teachers on short notice.
  • Patrolled school grounds picking up out of class students.
  • Worked closely with underachieving students and disruptive students in a one to one environment.
  • Created schedules for the colleagues and myself.
  • Sent emails to other members of staff as well as parents reporting any incidents.
  • Covered a wide range of subjects at multiple key stage levels.
  • Assisted after school with the annual drama productions.
  • Logged student behaviour as well distributed out detention when necessary.

Teaching Assistant in Special Educational Needs

Cheney School
Oxford, Oxfordshire
01.2019 - 06.2019
  • Supervised and supported special needs students.
  • Assisted with resolving behavioural and emotional issues.
  • Wrote up files on students and wrote in parental notebook so that they would have updates on their child's progression.
  • Worked one to one with high needs students.
  • Created lesson plans if students were not comfortable in class.
  • Created multiple different work plans for different students.
  • Scribe and reader for exams.
  • Invigilated exams for year 10 and year 11 students.
  • Assisted designated SEN teachers in their classrooms with high alert students.

Education

PG/DIP - Social Work

Oxford Brookes University
Oxford
09.2023 -

BA Honours - Drama

University of Gloucestershire

A-Levels - Drama, Engineering, Public Services

The Cherwell School
Oxford, OXF

Foundation Degree in Arts - Drama

City of Oxford College
Oxford, OXF

GCSEs - 10 GCSE's Grades C-A Including Triple Science, English, Maths

The Cherwell School
Oxford, OXF

Skills

  • Critical evaluation
  • Safeguarding procedures
  • Knowledge of legislation
  • Case Management
  • Parent communication
  • Programme management
  • Progress monitoring
  • Operations analysis
  • Staffing
  • Classroom instruction
  • Student assessments
  • Leadership
  • Activity planning
  • Person centred action plans

Custom

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Affiliations

  • I have an interested in competitive sports/games, I have competed internationally in some areas.
  • I enjoy complex board games/team building games.
  • I love to cook and always try to find new recipes or improvements anything I am cooking.
  • I love to garden, I am in the process of trying to secure an allotment so that I can grow my own produce.

Accomplishments

During my time as a Senior Learning Support Assistant, I had the highest staff retention out of all the other Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) departments across the other sites.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

PG/DIP - Social Work

Oxford Brookes University
09.2023 -

Senior Learning Support Assistant

Activate Learning
09.2021 - 07.2023

Cover Supervisor Secondary School

Cheney School
06.2019 - 04.2020

Teaching Assistant in Special Educational Needs

Cheney School
01.2019 - 06.2019

BA Honours - Drama

University of Gloucestershire

A-Levels - Drama, Engineering, Public Services

The Cherwell School

Foundation Degree in Arts - Drama

City of Oxford College

GCSEs - 10 GCSE's Grades C-A Including Triple Science, English, Maths

The Cherwell School

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