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Ekta Gupta

Ekta Gupta

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Children's Rights Officer

  • Education

    • Beaconsfield High School

      2004 - 2011
      ALEVELS Psychology, Biology, Chemistry AAB (psychology, biology, chemistry) GCSES; 1A* 5A's 4B's

      Activities and Societies: Socities; Debating Club, Africa Club and Cricket Club Achievements - Nadia Assaf Cup 2012 (student who has contributed the most), Sports Leader, Duke of Edignburgh Silver, Cricket Coach and was the Deputy Head of Year 7 prefect. Physical Recreation; Cricket, Athletics, Other; Participated in cultural events such as diwali dances. • Cricket Club and Cricket Coach – Coached Y9's cricket and assisted teaching at Primary school's weekly. In addition to participating in ongoing cricket games for our age group. • Part of Africa Club; Discussed global issues occurring across Africa. Organised fundraising events for charities such as Water Aid and Anti-Slavery. • Sports Leader - Organising and leading creative physical activities for different fitness abilities for primary and secondary children. • Duke of Edinburgh… Show more • Cricket Club and Cricket Coach – Coached Y9's cricket and assisted teaching at Primary school's weekly. In addition to participating in ongoing cricket games for our age group. • Part of Africa Club; Discussed global issues occurring across Africa. Organised fundraising events for charities such as Water Aid and Anti-Slavery. • Sports Leader - Organising and leading creative physical activities for different fitness abilities for primary and secondary children. • Duke of Edinburgh Silver and Bronze• Deputy Head of Year 7: Ensured year 7's transitioned in comfortably from their primary school. Took part in team-building excursions to ensure good dynamics occurred across the year groups and to prevent bullying among friendship groups. Being a supportive and easily accessible role model for this year group. Show less

    • University of Bedfordshire

      2019 -
      Masters Social Work

    • University of Bedfordshire

      2019 - 2021
      Master's degree Social Work Masters

      MA in Social Work

    • The University of Birmingham

      2011 - 2014
      BSC Psychology 2.1 (Hons)

      Activities and Societies: Birmingham NightLine (Year 2-3); Volunteer and Design and Materials Officer Volunteering Officer for FOCSOC (Year 1) Bhangra Society (Year 1) Dissertation on Children's Tool Making abilities. Final Year Modules; Visual Art and Cognitive Neuroscience, Severe Intellectual Disabilities, Adaptive Behaviour and Sleep. Examples of modules in previous years; Visual Perception and Illusions, Development of Attachment Behaviour, Social Psychology, Psychobiology, Children's Cognitive Development, Mental Health, Psycholingustics, Personality and Individual Differences and Research Projects (Data Handling and Statistics).

    • University of Bedfordshire

      2019 - 2020
      Master's degree Social Work

  • Experience

    • Camp Hawkeye

      Jun 2012 - Sept 2018

      • Daily interactions with international staff, where I was responsible for leading training sessions. • I supervised female staff, led weekly meetings and individual appraisals.• I managed vulnerable children from 7-16 years old, helping them to overcome their challenges such as homesickness. I ensured their safety and well-being was maintained. I wanted greater responsibility so took on coordinating events that focused on building strong interpersonal relationships, self-confidence. resilience and problem solving abilities. Show less

      • People Operations Manager

        Jun 2012 - Sept 2018

      • Head Girls Counsellor, Board Member for Hawkeye Campership Fund

        Jun 2012 - Sept 2014

    • Balloon Ventures

      Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
      Business Specialist

      • I spent 10 weeks in Kenya working with local volunteers and entrepreneurs. • In this time, I learnt how to deliver quick immediate lessons on start-ups on how to plan out a business using the Business Model Canvas. • I had to ensure my communication was very clear and concise, where gestures and body language were proven to be very useful when overcoming the language barriers present between the host family and I. • This role required me to demonstrate a professional mature attitude through going out to speak to retail managers. To keep the team motivated, I organised group activities to ensure both communities were working together. • I used these opportunities to ensure both communities could learn and understand how to respect the different ways people live.• I worked alongside a Kenyan volunteer by talking to retail managers to supply our entrepreneurs stock. We created a pitching document for our entrepreneur which Show less

    • Teach First

      Apr 2015 - Apr 2016
      Leadership Development Program

    • SOLS 247 in conjunction with The Ministry of Finance

      May 2016 - Aug 2016
      Head of Education

      ∙ Managed, supported and led a group of international staff to deliver stimulating and detailed English lessons within Malaysia (over 600 students).• Planned educational seminars for the young people’s personal development (20 people).• Having an active role in recruitment in which exceeded the KPI’S set by the Head Office. • Organised daily briefings with the centre staff so communication was constant and clear. • Using initiative to create innovate ideas during meetings and events led by the centre.• Writing weekly financial reports for Head Office so they were constantly aware about our centre's progress. Show less

    • Deutsches Rotes Kreuz

      Aug 2016 - Mar 2017
      Red Cross Worker

      - Responsible for organising and leading intercultural events for 20 children to understand individual differences amongst each other- Raised awareness and knowledge on how to be an active global citizen- Learnt conversational-level German through independent study and self-motivation. Organised free classes for the volunteers to improve their German.

    • Citipeak Events Ltd

      Apr 2017 - Jun 2017
      Business Consultant

      Contract Work

    • Fearless Futures

      Nov 2017 - May 2018
      Trailblazer

      Training how to deliver workshops on inequalities to empower young people. Tackling issues such as racism, Islamophobia and social injustice towards woman..

    • Project West Ltd

      Nov 2017 - May 2018
      Contact Supervisor

      Leading sessions in all areas of Child Contact; Parenting Assessments; Family Support and Mentoring.

    • Achieving for Children

      Sept 2018 - Nov 2020
      Social Worker

      Experience doing S7 reports, court reports, and final care plans. I have worked on a range of cases from LAC, CIN, CP. I have been trained in motivational interviewing and systemic practice and continually look for opportunities to carry this out in my practice. I also partook in age assessment training, life-story work, and working with resistant parents. I completed by ASYE and my masters within the same year.

    • Frontline - Changing Lives

      Sept 2018 - Nov 2020
      Innovation Masters and Social Work Program

      - Frontline Graduate Social Work Programme- Masters Program- Frontline Fellowship Programme - CURRENT (2024)

    • Southwark Council

      Nov 2020 - now

      My colleague and I won the Extra Mile award in 2024 by Southwark CouncilChanging the future of social work driven by young people's voices and participation

      • Children's Rights Officer

        Apr 2023 - now

      • Senior Social Worker

        Jul 2022 - now

      • Social Worker

        Nov 2020 - now

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Bsc(Hons) Psychology 2.1

      University of Birmingham