Kirsty Dixon

I am a reliable, enthusiastic, loyal and hard-working individual. I am capable of working on my own and also as part of a team. I would make a good team leader as I like to get things done efficiently and like to take charge. I am able tocommunicate with all sorts of different people and can deal with various different situations. I am confident in my ability to complete tasks that I am set by my employer. I like to set myself new challenges to improve my capability. I am willing and committed to learn new skills and gain experience in any role. I currently live in Scotland, UK. But I am planning on moving to Appelhülsen, Germany to join my partner who is currently living and working there. 

3 Bears Nursery – March 2015-Present

Throughout my time with my employer, I have worked from the bottom up. I started as an apprentice in March 2015. A year later I gained my qualification (SVQ level 3 Social Services- Children and Young People). During this role, it was my responsibility to provide a caring, nurturing and educational environment for the children in my care. I oversaw between 5-8 children who were in my group. It was my responsibility to use Together We Can and We Will Curriculum when carrying out observations and planned activities with all the children. I was responsible for ensuring the children thrive and work towards all their milestones. I work within this role for 3 years before I was promoted to Nursery Senior. As nursery senior, it was my responsibility to work alongside the Nursery Manager to ensure the nursery runs smoothly and it is kept to a high standard. I was responsible for ensure all the staff fulfilled their roles to ensure the children always received a high level of care. During my time as Senior practitioner I attended college and gained my next qualification (Professional Development Award in Childhood Practice – SCQF Level 8). Two years after gaining this qualification I was promoted to Nursery Manager. It is my responsibility to oversee the whole nursery. I am responsible for 9 members of staff and 35 children. I ensure all areas of the nursery are risk assessed and ensure all policies and legislations are followed and implemented. I am responsible for keeping all children's records up to date and ensuring everything is data protected. I also use my admin skills to use different Microsoft programmes such as spread sheets, microsoft word and excel.

Education

Calderside Academy

August 2010 – February 2015

National 5 - Music – B

National 5 -Physical Education – B

National 5 - Administration and IT – B

National 4 - English – PASS

National 4 - Maths – PASS

Carousel Training Centre

March 2015 – June 2016

SVQ 3 Social Services (Children and Young People) - SCQF Level 7

South Lanarkshire College

Seotember 2019 – October 2020

Professional Development Award in Childhood Practice – SCQF Level 8

University Highland and Islands

Starting in September 2023

Working towards Bachelor's Award in Childhood Practice – This is an online course which should take be 3 years.

Training

- Together We Can – Curriculum Training – 31st March 2015

- Toothbrushing Training – 29th May 2015

- Child Protection Training – 18th June 2015

- Food Hygiene Training – 9th January 2016

- Promoting Positive Behaviour Training – 23rd February 2016

- HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Training – September 2016 – December 2016

- Child Exploitation Training – 11th November 2016

- Paediatric First Aid Training – 18th February 2017

- Child Protection Training – 20th November 2017

- Communication with Children and Young People Training – 8th February 2018

- Safe Sleep Training – 23rd January 2019

- Responding Sensitively to Biting – 29th October 2019

- Safe Sleep Training – 10th February 2020

- Children Protection Training – 22nd February 2020

- Level 2 Health and Safety in the workplace for childcare – 21st September 2020

- Level 2 Food Safety – Early Years – 8th October 2020

- Child Protection Training – 8th April 2021

- Safe Sleep Training – 13th April 2021

- Choking Training – 9th March 2022

- Care Plan Training – 9th March 2022

- Paediatric First Aid – 22nd July 2022

- Safe Sleep Training – 12th June 2023