Samuel Ball
Ottawa
Summary
Hard-working third-year college student seeking to make a significant impact in the workplace. Possesses confidence gained from valuable experiences in team environments, working with children, youth, and adults through work, volunteer, and placement opportunities. Brings strong collaborative, communicative, and proactive skills to contribute effectively. Recognized for adaptability, consistency, and availability. Eager to meet work environment expectations and committed to continuous learning and professional growth.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Field Placement Student
Castor Valley Elementary School
09.2024 - Current
- Built positive relationships with students and parents, fostering open communication channels.
- Managed classroom behavior effectively, promoting a safe and inclusive learning environment for all students.
- Increased student engagement through play, reading social stories, and individual structured learning lessons.
Program Leader
Hunt Club Riverside Community Centre
06.2024 - Current
- Program Leader for camps of different ages such as 6-8 and 9-13 years.
- Implemented various activities into care. Examples are, crafts, sports, high-energy, low-energy activities.
- Promoted the skill to time-manage by planning schedules, displaying efficiency when transitioning the children, and making decisions on keeping or cutting timely activities or processes.
- Built connections with children and youth through expressing empathy, humility, and openness during interaction.
- Promoted a positive work environment with staff through cultivating open communication, valuing team functioning by staying consistent in engagement, communication, and meeting each others needs, and learned how to better accept another's perspective and decisions.
Volunteer
Out of the Cold - Centre 7
09.2022 - Current
- Set-up diner tables, serve guests, and sign guests in when arriving.
- Used an empathetic, humility approach to promote feelings of welcoming and acceptance for guests.
- Approach guests with a trauma-informed lens to avoid harmful triggers.
Garden Centre Employee
Peter Knippel Garden Centre
04.2024 - 07.2024
- Collaborated with team members to maintain a clean, organized, and visually appealing store environment.
- Improved customer delivery service during the peak season by actively assisting them with lifting trees, bags, pots, to their vehicle.
- Learned and became adaptable to working effectively in a new work setting.
- Actively participated in lessons from staff, such as how to properly lift a tree, how to water plants and trees, and how to unload items from a delivery truck which expanded my range of tasks that could be accomplished independently.
Field Placement Student
St. Mary School
09.2023 - 04.2024
- Assisted children and youth with academic work and emotional regulation.
- Actively collaborate with staff to support in meeting their goals for the children.
- Build connections with staff and children through expression of empathy. charisma, and openness.
Golf Cart Attendant
The Meadows Golf & Country Club
04.2021 - 09.2023
- Promoted the skills of communicating roles, needs, and effectiveness of work quality with peer employees.
- Took priority in ensuring that the gold carts were cleaned efficiently, well, and in a timely manner.
- Assisted golf club members by answering questions and accepting customer feedback.
Education
Advanced Diploma - Child And Youth Care
Algonquin College
Ottawa05-2025
High School Diploma -
St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School
Ottawa, ON06-2022
Skills
- Team Collaboration
- Relationship Building
- Empathy expression
- Consistent
- Connective
- Reliable
- Organized
- Activity Planning
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Certification
CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention 2023-2024. Standard first Aid and CPR/AED (valid until July 2025). Brain Story Certification (2025). CORE Training (2024). All About Behavior Training (2024). High-Five Training (2024). Being Trauma Aware, Trauma Respect Group (2024). Helping Professionals Prevent Child Sexual Abuse, Canadian Centre for Child Protection (2024). Role of the Children's Aid Society in Ottawa Workshop, Children's Aid Society of Ottawa (2024).
Timeline
Field Placement Student
Castor Valley Elementary School
09.2024 - Current
Program Leader
Hunt Club Riverside Community Centre
06.2024 - Current
Garden Centre Employee
Peter Knippel Garden Centre
04.2024 - 07.2024
Field Placement Student
St. Mary School
09.2023 - 04.2024
Volunteer
Out of the Cold - Centre 7
09.2022 - Current
Golf Cart Attendant
The Meadows Golf & Country Club
04.2021 - 09.2023
Advanced Diploma - Child And Youth Care
Algonquin College
High School Diploma -
St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School
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