Dominique Smithson

Experience

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  Co-op

  Nov 1996 - Aug 2001

  Shelf Filler

  Stocking shelves with stock. Customer service. Stock taking. Quality checking. Time management. Polite, friendly & professional attitude. Positive team player. Go the extra mile.

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  Cineword

  Jun 2001 - Jul 2001

  Screen Usher & F&B kiosk Attendant

  Customer service. Cash handling. Cash handling. Stock replenishment. Serve food and drinks. stock taking. Clean screens. Usher customers to their seats. Check tickets.

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  The Station Pub and Grill

  Sept 2003 - Oct 2003

  Bar Tender

  Customer service. Serving food and drinks ( alcoholics & alcohol free). cash handling. Replenishment of stock. Stock staking. Glass collecting. Refilling the ice. Cleaning surfaces. Checking customers’ IDs & ages.

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  C.& H.FABRICS LIMITED

  Jan 2004 - Apr 2004

  Sales Assistant

  Customer service. Sell Haberdashery/craft/fashion patterns. Cash handling. Stock replenishment. Cut fabrics by the metre & calculate amount needed for customers. Stock taking

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  Koko Nightclub

  Nov 2004 - Jan 2005

  CLOAKROOM ATTENDANT

  Customer service, cash handling, monitor customers’ belongings, issue & apply tickets for belongings.

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  Laura Ashley

  Apr 2005 - Nov 2006

  Sales Assistant

  Providing customer service to clients who want to decorate their homes with home furnishings and clothing for their everyday looks. Refer clients for made to measure bespoke services. Calculate amounts of wallpaper needed for clients’ walls and amounts of fabrics needed for personal projects. Place orders for entire room sets or one off items and as well as in store transactions. Tidy room sets to colour schemes/styles designed by visual merchandising team. Support VM team complete room set changes. Cover at other stores if needed. Replenish stock. Cash handling. Stock taking. Apply sale discounts. Clean surfaces. Promote loyalty card. Show less

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  VPMG

  Nov 2005 - Dec 2007

  Cloakroom Attendant

  Customer Service, cash handling, monitoring customer belongings, issue & apply tickets to customers’ to belongings

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  Liberties of London

  Nov 2006 - Jan 2007

  Sales Associate

  Customer services. Selling Liberties of London own branded design nightwear, bed linen & luxury beds. Cash handling. Stock replenishment. Stock taking. Gift wrapping. Tidy & clean department. Cash handling. Cashing up. Increase personal sales targets.

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  Traid

  Apr 2007 - Nov 2007

  Charity Sales Assistant

  Customer service. Selling second hand donated clothing & accessories. Sort donations into luxury high end high street to designer products & transfer lower price ranges to other stores. Cash handling. Cashing up, record figures and report profit takings and losses to management. Replenish new stock and sort deliveries. Stock taking. Visual merchandise windows and rest of store. Apply sale discounts. Monitor customers for theft of goods.

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  Heal's

  Sept 2008 - Dec 2008

  Sales Associate

  Customer service. Selling made to measure designer curtains, blinds, cushions and fabric by the metre. Replenish stock. Stock taking. Place orders. Cash handling. Tidy department.

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  Estillo Living

  Jan 2009 - Mar 2009

  Sales Assistant

  Customer service. Selling Luxury home furnishings, vintage chic furniture/mirrors & bespoke decorative pieces made to order. Cash handling. Cashing up. Replenish stock. Stock staking. Tidy & visual merchandise the store.

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  Wonderland Nightclub

  Feb 2009 - Apr 2009

  FOH TICKET CASHIER

  Issue entry tickets to the venue, cash handling, customer service

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  TINYSAURUS NURSERIES LTD

  Jul 2009 - Aug 2009

  Trainee EYFS Nursery Practitioner

  Support 5-(6-20mths babies-5yrs- prep. food, food intake, milks, sleeps, allergies, cream application, rapid nappy/clothes changing, sterilise utensils, organise/supervise activities/free-play. Follow EYFS, Montessori & BSL. Engage- story/music time. Aware of choking, hazards, ratios. Daily reports/ob’s. Parent/team meetings*Funded by University of Brighton

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  Care Management Group Ltd

  Jan 2010 - Sept 2018

  BANK SUPPORT WORKER/ARTS FACILILATOR- Residential/Supported Living/Crisis Outreach

  Support vulnerable adults- ASD/ADHD/PMLD/MHLD/MLD-SLD/DOWNS/Retts Syndrome/PWS. MRSA/HEP-B/Epilepsy/Diabetes/Scoliosis/Cerebral Palsy/Crohn’s Disease- (stomas)/incontinence- (catheters/pads)/MND. Support- community, holidays, in-house domestic tasks, finances & P/C. 1st Aid, m.handling & postural management. Adhere- Food Hygiene, H & S & Infection Control. Mindful - food/water temp’s- P/C & feeding/serving food. Liaise/support DNs’/Aromatherapists/Reflexologists/Music Therapists. Devise in-house Arts/Crafts activities. Promote independence/‘hand-over-hand’. Record daily/WN diary notes, medical related recording, water temps & incidents/behaviours/injuries. Verbal/written handovers. Bed rests/sleep checks. Report concerns. Challenging behaviour intervention/prevention (WORTHING - SUSSEX & LONDON REGIONS) Show less

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  Barnet and Southgate College

  Sept 2015 - Aug 2017

  SEN Teacher Assistant

  LLDD provision- Support SEN- ASD/DOWNS/PMLD/MLD-( ‘Pre-Voc’ learners)- academic/Life Skills/sports subjects. 1:1/2:1/group support. P/C, m.handling, feeding & postural management. Support Hydro sessions/Shallow Pool Lifeguarding/1st Aid. Promote independence & achieve positive behaviour/learning targets. Report incidents/behaviours/prevent challenging behaviour. Use ‘hand-over-hand’/prompting. Use Makaton/PECS/objects of ref/Intensive Interaction/‘Eye Gazer,’/‘Touch Recorders/iPads’. PECS register engagement. Set up/tidy classrooms. Support tutors. Train new staff. Lead lessons- absent tutors- devise & teach lesson plans, registers, guide staff- support learners & fulfil admin tasks. Daily report logs, emails, research/create resources, photocopy & laminate. Worked alongside Tottenham Hotspur Foundation Sports Coaches to apply physical fitness to learners. Show less

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  Swiss Cottage School, Development & Research Centre

  Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  SEN TA

  Support PMLD/ASD children-teens in-class, P/C, feeding, m.handling, postural management & monitor playtimes. Engage- Intensive Interaction/Art/play/sensory toys/instruments/O.T/Makaton/PECS. Assist teachers

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  BSix Brooke House Sixth Form College

  Sept 2017 - Dec 2017

  FE SEND- SSO (Study Support Officer)

  Support 6- MHLD/ASD/ESOL- in-class/out-of-class- Entry Level- L1-3- FS/GCSE- M & E, Media/ICT. Scribe/dictate/rephrase. Monitor/report behaviours/incidents. ProMonitor, EBS tracker- Learner Profile updating, attendance & learner progress logs. Learners’ meetings- set SMART targets, progress & performance reviews. Source Data Entry from- EHCP. Hackney Project funding- Data Entry. Daily logs- in-class/1-1/group interventions- mentor, complete coursework & support weak areas. Devise Excel timetabling- staff/learners. Support enrolment & BKSB assessment invigilation Show less

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  PRS Recruitment Solutions Ltd

  Dec 2017 - Dec 2017

  EVENTS STAFF- Bartender/Plate Waiter(Runner)

  Serve alcoholic beer/larger, snacks, deliver food to customers’ at Events. Set up/clear away tables/covers. Put left over food in bins & dirty crockery etc in sinks. Fill water/coffee/tea jugs.

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  Waltham Forest College

  Feb 2018 - Feb 2018

  Learning Resourcer (FE LRC Librarian)

  Assist mainstream students/staff- locate resources & follow-up enquiries. Support SEN learners in LRC. Alert colleagues/security- remove unruly learners. Warnings- leave LRC- high noise levels, inappropriate website content, red lanyard visitors/public & food/drink consumption. Monitor websites- PC system, locate learner & report if inappropriate. Record learners- skipping class- check timetables- PC & ask learners to attend class. Firm, polite, professional approaches. Tidy shelves/tables often. Scan/de-/activate alarms- resources in/out, file using DEWEY. Stamp ‘due’ dates- resources. Charge late fees. Chase-up & report late resources. Assist- photocopying/scanning. Cash handling. Provide ICT advice/report maintenance issues. Email/text learners- outstanding loans. Turn off unused equipment. Order-in resources if required Show less

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  College of North West London

  Mar 2018 - Jun 2018

  Support MLD/ASD interns- job placements- supported by CNWL/funded by Action on Disability/Kaleidoscope sabre//Sodexo/W.London Alliance/Brent Council/Project Search/NHS) - (NHS/external placements)- monitor & record progress- ob’s, course criteria ‘tracking’, advise- CV/cover letters, apply for job roles, liaise- employers. Monitor/prevent/record behaviours/incidents. Daily diaries- record progress, behaviours & work produced. Support- present & compile Powerpoint presentations, write daily reflections & speak in group discussions. Scribe/dictate/rephrase. Focus- Num. & Lit. in all tasks/worksheets. File interns’ work/‘tracking’. Design ‘tracking’ templates. Show less Support SLD/MLD/ASD learners 1:1- in-class- ‘Life skills’- practical/creative subjects, access the community, break/lunch times, PECS register, m.handling/P/C. Use PECS/MAKATON/objects of ref./behaviour reward systems. Liaise - BS. Support less-complex pre-interns- (Catering) & compose daily reflections- scribing/dictating/rephrasing. Record learners’ progress, behaviours & work produced - daily logs. Focus- Num. & Lit.- all lessons/tasks. Monitor & report challenging behaviour/incidents/prevent escalation. Promote independence Show less

  • Supported Intern Job Coach/Disability Employment Officer

    Mar 2018 - Jun 2018

  • SEN LSA - (Learning Support Assistant)

    Mar 2018 - Jun 2018
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  Ambitious About Autism / Ambitious College

  Jul 2018 - Oct 2018

  Learning Behaviour Specialist

  Support 1:1 ASD learners- various abilities/behaviours- in-class/community/around mainstream college- education, finances, public transport, P/C & breaks/lunches. Imbed Lit. & Num. in all tasks. Use prompting procedures & behaviour reward systems. Monitor behaviours/prevent/use Team Teach. Complete daily diaries, input behavioural data collected into charts, incident reports, learners’ progress, support given, targets achieved & compile key-learner- R.A’s/1 Page Profiles/grab cards. Create resources- PECS. Engage- MAKATON/PECS/objects of ref./sensory O.T resources. Liaise- on-site SALT/O.T/BS. Promote independence Show less

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  Barnet and Southgate College

  Jan 2019 - Feb 2019

  FE LSP (Learning Support Practitioner)

  Support/mentor 5- SEN learners 1:1- MLD/Dyspraxia/Dyslexia/GD/ASD/ADHD/MH- coursework- in/out of class. Support English content- Creative Media/Tech Dip/M & E GCSE/FS. Scribe/dictate/rephrase. Use AT. Support & record behaviours, daily progress, work produced & work towards personal targets. Promote independence. Use ProMonitor, EBS Tracker, PC files- learners’ s.services/Ed. Info to refer to/compile Learner Profiles

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  Academics

  Jun 2019 - May 2020

  SEN TA (Primary / Secondary)

  In/out-class 1:1/group support- ASD/ADHD/SEN children/teens- inclusive units- mainstream/academies/SEN schools. Learning targets/outcomes. ‘NOW/NEXT’. Visual timetables, PECS/Makaton/objects of ref’. Colourful Semantics. Phonics. Support Lit./Num. Promote road safety/independence. Support trips, playtime, meals/feeding, dance/physio exercises, swimming, P/C. Replen’ resources, photocopying, daily diary ob’s, set/tidy classroom. Praise good behaviour/work- reward token system. Escort on/off minibuses Show less

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  Freelance

  May 2020 - now

  POD Textiles & Surface Pattern Graphic Designer

  I design across POD online platforms - from T-shirts to homeware to made-to-measure fabric/wallpaper to low content books. Sites like Redbubble, Society6, Threadless, Zazzle, Spoonflower & Amazon KDP.I am open to commissions in similar graphic formats or traditional mediums 2D / 3D.

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  Just Eat Takeaway.com

  Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

  E-BIKE DELIVERY COURIER

  Collect & Deliver food/goods safely & promptly- businesses - customers, maintain ‘In-bag’ temp’s/prevent damage, liaise w/Despo OPS / rider support, customers & businesses w/app / in-person. Good navigation capability. Follow Highway code reg’s. Regularly check / maintain e-bike. Wear / use appropriate cycling equipment / clothing

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  Uber eats

  Aug 2021 - now

  E-BIKE DELIVERY COURIER

  Collect & Deliver food/goods safely & promptly- businesses - customers, maintain ‘In-bag’ temp’s/prevent damage, liaise w/Despo OPS / rider support, customers & businesses w/app / in-person. Good navigation capability. Follow Highway code reg’s. Regularly check / maintain e-bike. Wear / use appropriate cycling equipment / clothing

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  Deliveroo

  Jan 2022 - now

  E-BIKE DELIVERY COURIER

  Collect & Deliver food/goods safely & promptly- businesses - customers, maintain ‘In-bag’ temp’s/prevent damage, liaise w/Despo OPS / rider support, customers & businesses w/app / in-person. Good navigation capability. Follow Highway code reg’s. Regularly check / maintain e-bike. Wear / use appropriate cycling equipment / clothing

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  RT Education (part of the RT Group)

  Jul 2022 - now

  ASD/SEN TA

  Primary/Secondary/Further Education: Support SEN ASD learners in class/out of class activities/trips/playschemes. Use scribe/dictate/rephrase, Makaton, PECS, ‘objects of ref’ methods. Lit. & Num. focused, support all core curriculum subjects. Monitor & prevent behaviours. Promote independence. Support P/C, playtimes, lunches. Support phonics/reading sessions. Make resources. Set up/tidy classroom. Record keeping. Escort on/off minibuses/handover to guardians.

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  Stuart

  May 2023 - now

  DELIVERY E-BIKE COURIER

  Logistics- Collect & Deliver food/goods safely & promptly- businesses - customers, maintain ‘In-bag’ temp’s/prevent damage, liaise w/Despo OPS / rider support, customers & businesses w/app / in-person. Good navigation capability. Follow Highway code reg’s. Regularly check / maintain e-bike. Wear / use appropriate cycling equipment / clothing.