I have spent the last 20 years working with young people in different capacities. I started as a voluntary youth leader in South London youth clubs when I was just a teen myself, then spent a year as a teaching assistant in a secondary school before gaining the majority of my experience in primary schools.
My first role was a teaching assistant, where I was quickly moved into a pastoral/learning mentor role because of my strengths in building rapport and managing challenging behaviour. After 5 years in this role, I trained as a primary school teacher and taught for another 6 years. These roles gave me experience working across the age-range, from Year 1 to Year 6.
I still currently work part-time in Bedford, where I support challenging children through 1:1 and group sessions, as well as teaching academic subjects each morning.
I have worked with schools to assess and amend their behaviour systems and have coached teachers, youth workers and teaching assistants in group and 1:1 contexts.
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