Ranjit Kaur Chadwick
Winnipeg,Canada
Summary
Dedicated professional with extensive experience in family coordination and management of support programs. Demonstrates strong communication skills and conflict resolution abilities, leading to positive outcomes in diverse environments. Proven adaptability and teamwork capabilities, ensuring effective responses to changing needs. Expertise in record-keeping, support plan development, and community resource collaboration.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Family Coordinator
St James Centre
11.2021 - 03.2025
- Providing external support to families regarding; -
- Information and support with the correct allocation of allowed benefits (housing and well-being)
- Helping parents/guardian raise concerns (EHCP’s) and guiding them through processes
- Supporting with information and direction of accessing schooling and academic needs to parents/guardians
- Providing parenting advice and training, introducing parent bubbles/befriending with other parents/guardians implementing a safe space for adults and children alike.
- Organising family fun days and support for young people, implementing sibling support activities/learning
- Allocating support and guidance regarding schools/collages whilst supporting advocacy for young people and culturally diverse families alike
Warehouse Operative
Amazon
06.2021 - 10.2021
- Receiving, checking and sorting the full range of Amazon’s products entering the warehouse
- Picking, packing and shipping customer orders
- Adhering to safety, quality and production standards
- Standing and walking for long periods
- Lifting and moving products up to 23kg in weight
- Relocating products using forklifts, pump truck and power pallet truck.
Care Assistant
Nature care
03.2021 - 06.2021
- Provide high quality safe supportive care to children/ young people within the homes, schools and hospitals settings meeting the identified physical and psychosocial needs.
- To carry out a rang of identified delegated health Care tasks as planned by a registered nurse for the child and to respond to changes in the child health as directed by the care plan.
- Maintain accurate records both written and electronically in a timely manner.
- Assisted patients with mobility, transferring them safely between beds, chairs, and wheelchairs as needed.
Senior Childcare Practitioners
Total care matters
04.2019 - 01.2021
- Planning and Organising and leading others during the course of the working day.
- Ensure that the team provides the highest quality care to young people in the home.
- Supporting Young people during the day and night.
- Supervise and support young people in accordance with their personal plan and the policies of total care matters.
- Co-ordinate the young person's plan, provide necessary support, act as internal advocate.
- Provide support within Education, including promoting the integration of care and education, acting as support worker within the education setting as required, acting as the daily link between education staff and care setting.
- Organise and participate in appropriate activities, play and recreation for the young people.
- Work with families of young people as appropriate.
- Excelled in time management skills, enabling the completion of all daily tasks while providing exceptional care to patients.
- Developed strong working relationships with colleagues and external partners to facilitate effective collaboration on shared goals.
Day Centre Worker
Step 4 wards
09.2015 - 04.2019
- Create daily plans for activities.
- Physically and verbally interact with clients throughout the day.
- Monitor clients activities to verify safety and wellness
- Coordinate field trip to various local locations.
- Plan activities and trips for the clients
- Provide assistance and support to participants of adult day care programs and their families.
- Provide basic first aid to clients in an event of an accident.
- Use clear communication and professionalism to develop constructive relationships with client families.
- Worked fast to complete tasks and meet daily deadlines.
- Followed instructions and procedures to complete assigned tasks.
Early Childhood Educator
Babies to big kids
03.2013 - 07.2015
- Developed and implemented age-appropriate curriculum to promote cognitive, social, and emotional development of young children
- Created engaging lesson plans that incorporated hands-on activities, storytelling, and interactive games to enhance learning experience
- Established positive classroom environment by fostering a culture of respect, inclusivity, and cooperation among students
- Collaborated with parents to provide regular updates on child's progress and address any concerns or challenges
- Implemented behavior management techniques to encourage positive behavior and discourage disruptive behaviors in the classroom
- Sanitized toys and play equipment each day to maintain safety and cleanliness.
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
Community Development Worker
York Council
03.2009 - 06.2012
- My main duties and responsibilities are supporting the ethnic minorities and traveller families in York.
- My role is to support the families in accessing services that could enhance their lives.
- This includes providing information and support on accessing activities for their children, providing information to them regarding issues that will affect their day to day lives such as housing, education, benefits and community groups.
- My other duties include running local community groups, where families can come and, confidently, access information and support whilst doing activities with their children.
- I support many varied and exciting community groups in this role.
- As a Development worker, I gained the ability to effectively communicate with many different groups and individuals who come from varied social and cultural background who all have very different and, sometimes, difficult situations.
- For example any funding papers that have to be prepared tend to be of a very complex nature and, therefore, in order to convey an understanding of the issues involved, I have ensured that they are presented simply and clearly.
- Relaying reports to the City of York EMAP committee and seeking councillors support for my work.
- I have built very strong and trusting relationships within the community whilst ensuring a professional approach was maintained at all times.
Cultural Diversity Worker
York Council
11.2004 - 03.2009
- One of my main roles as a development worker was to successfully develop leisure activities which were culturally sensitive and met the needs of the minority ethnic groups within the City and ensure these were maintained over the long term.
- Another other key objective of this project was to increase participation in and out of school for leisure activities by both children and their parents from minority ethnic backgrounds.
- I ensured this project promoted awareness to the ethnic group of the different service providers.
- While working on the Cultural Diversity project it has been clear that families from Minority Ethnic backgrounds in York have very different individual, cultural and social needs and requirements and it was my duty to make sure these were recognised and met.
- I have supported individuals by ensuring there is an understanding of these needs and that the correct and appropriate advice and guidance is made available and provided to the families.
Manager
Tom wolf and Parks
01.2004 - 11.2004
- Managed store operations with key holding responsibility open and closed the department.
- Reporting to the sales and area manager directly, recruit, train supervise staff
- Observe and coach associates in sales floor techniques and customer management skills.
- Implement relaxed return policies and customer feedback programmes to ensure service excellence
- Planned and delegated assignments based on workload assessments and employee schedules and availability.
Development worker
West Midlands play and training
09.2003 - 11.2003
- I was the development officer promoting the ‘Better Play Project’ and supporting after-school projects with developing their own individual Play policy.
- This included visiting the different settings and working alongside the mangers and staff to see how they could enhance their settings and give them support and ideas.
- This included supporting them with organising and successfully providing such things as a one day free fun day.
- This was achieved so that the community could come along and see the setting, and meet the staff and other families that use and benefit from these groups and events.
- I suggested having positive posters around of different ethnic people so the children could relate to someone from their own background and this helped a great many people.
- The other areas I supported groups in were looking at staff training and working with them to develop a work plan, which the managers would review with them every six months.
Sales assistant
Principles
09.2001 - 06.2003
- Greeted customers with a friendly and helpful attitude
- Answered any questions regarding inventory, sales and promotions
- Carefully and accurately rang up items and neatly packed customers bags
- Worked well with other employees to ensure smooth processes
- Focused on being punctual, hard working and reliable.
Add job titles
Odeon Cinema
11.2000 - 09.2001
- Meet and greet every customer with a smile
- Sell and collected admissions tickets
- Resolve issues that customers may have
- Clean the theatre after every show
Education
BA Honours - Play Work
Leeds Metropolitan University
G.C.S.E - Punjabi
Sinfin Community School
'A' Levels - Psychology
Wilmortan College
Skills
- Communication skills
- Team collaboration
- Deadline management
- Training and development
- Bilingual proficiency
- Stress management
- Decision making
- Self-direction
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Organizational skills
- Childcare experience
- Creativity and innovation
- Effective communication techniques
- Data analysis
- Appointment scheduling
- Behavioral management strategies
- Family advocacy skills
- Transportation coordination
- Parent education resources
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Time management expertise
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Punjabi
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Limited Working
Certification
I Have my BA Hons in Play Work
Timeline
Family Coordinator
St James Centre
11.2021 - 03.2025
Warehouse Operative
Amazon
06.2021 - 10.2021
Care Assistant
Nature care
03.2021 - 06.2021
Senior Childcare Practitioners
Total care matters
04.2019 - 01.2021
Day Centre Worker
Step 4 wards
09.2015 - 04.2019
Early Childhood Educator
Babies to big kids
03.2013 - 07.2015
Community Development Worker
York Council
03.2009 - 06.2012
Cultural Diversity Worker
York Council
11.2004 - 03.2009
Manager
Tom wolf and Parks
01.2004 - 11.2004
Development worker
West Midlands play and training
09.2003 - 11.2003
Sales assistant
Principles
09.2001 - 06.2003
Add job titles
Odeon Cinema
11.2000 - 09.2001
G.C.S.E - Punjabi
Sinfin Community School
'A' Levels - Psychology
Wilmortan College
BA Honours - Play Work
Leeds Metropolitan University
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