Berlin Metropolitan School

Linienstr. 122 – 124

10115 Berlin

Lebenshilfe

Heinrich-Heine-Str. 15 (Annenhöfe)

10179 Berlin

Nachbarschaftszentrum – ufaFabrik

Viktoriastr. 13

12105 Berlin

Profile/ Career Objective

I am an empathic and extremely hard working person - with a smile in my heart.
I love the aesthetic, creativity and innovation of life. I have wide ranging resources in skills, studies, work and life experiences. I am fluent in English and German Language.

Adding a fresh wind I am looking forward to support the development of children and young people with emphasis on their intellectual and emotional world within an open, innovative and creative team.

Communication:

Building up and sustaining professional work relationship with clients: In my first year of social work after study I was placed for a few weeks in the “Looked After Children”- team. After this I was going to be placed within the Children in Need team. Due to my advanced skills of establishing trust and working up good rapport with direct and indirect clients, I was asked to stay with the team, despite it being an advanced social work position.

Team work (Working with others):

In terms of improving and building up a network I am particularly proud of my work with a young Asian woman who was threatened with being forced into marriage by her father. I organized a close network consisting of the organization I worked for, the police, the housing association and an organization providing support in this specific matter. The outcome was that her father saw sense and promised not to put her into a forced marriage. She stayed in contact with the police as a precaution.

Management and Self-management (Improving own learning and performance):
I judge myself to be an intuitive and practical person with wide ranging skills. I am good at self–teaching - having self-taught drawing skills, playing the fiddle and improving skills needed for sugar craft (sugar flowers).

Calculating and Time Management: I have co–worked on the calculation work (time management, costs and resources) of the project “Logo Nova” (listed below/ “career history”), its implementation and presentation. This is a two year project and still ongoing. Having left Berlin, I am not a part of this project anymore. 

ICT:

I supported colleagues with few or no ICT skills and also acquired basic web design skills (URL-address above).

2008 – 09

Social Work: After School Programme – BMS Berlin Metropolitan
School (Bilingual)

2007 – 08

Management Training: Project- “Logo Nova” – supporting primary
schools dealing with Violence Work Placement at “Lebenshilfe”–
support for people with disabilities

2006

Art Therapy training

2006

Social work: Neighbourhood Centre of “ufa-fabrik”: Administration
and Children and Families Service, Event Management –
“ifs-conference” and Project work, IT - and Promotional Work

2004 – 05

Work at Sheffield City Council “Looked after Children”

2004    

Social Work: Children and Families Services (ASBO) – Sheffield
City Council

2003 – 04

Assistant Youth Worker at Eckington Youth Centre

2003

Volunteer at YASY (Youth Association South Yorkshire)

2002 – 03

Studies at Sheffield Castle College in art and design

2002 – 04

Social Work studies at Sheffield Hallam University

2001 – 02

Millennium Volunteer: Work with Asian Young Women (Youth Club)

2001

Voluntary Work: “ SOVA – Befriending” – Work with Young Care Leavers

2001 - 05

Work with Victim Support: Project: Recruiting Interpreters

2000 – 01

Care Work with the agency “CareWatch”– Work with adults and elderly
people

2000 – 05

Voluntary work Victim Support

1999

Voluntary work: “Ben’s Place” Street-drinkers project

Since 1999

Research and International Contact to the Community of Korean Overseas
Adoptees

1999 – 02

Social care studies at Sheffield Castle College

1996 – 98

Social Care Studies at “Ev. Fachoberschule für Sozialwesen, Lankwitz”

1995 – 96

“Wirtschafts Wissenschaft”  (Domestic Science) at “Lette Verein- Berlin” 

1994 – 95

Voluntary Year in social care “Ev. Diakonisches Werk”

1993-94

Secondary School “Sophie-Scholl-Oberschule, Berlin Schöneberg”

1988-93

Secondary School “Brøndby-Oberschule, Berlin Lankwitz”

2008

First Aid Training

2007

Certificate: Social Management

2004

BA Hon in Social Work/ Dipl and Registration with GSCC

2004

First Aid Training

2003

BTEC Diploma in Art and Design

2002

Millennium Volunteer – Work with Asian Women: 100 Credits

2002

Volunteer Training 2 at Victim Support Sheffield

2002

BTEC HND Higher National Diploma in Care-Practice

2001

Volunteer training at SOVA – Befriending: 2 credits at Level Two

2000

Certificate in Food Hygiene and Basic Fire Safety

2000

Volunteer Training 1 at Victim Support Sheffield

1999

Academic English Language Credit: 7.5

1999

ICT – Basic: Windows 97/98; Excel 97; Access 98 and Internet training

1998

“Fachhochschulreife in Sozialwesen”  (similar to GSCE/ A-Level in the UK - in social care)

1995

First Aid Training

1995

Credited Service to the Community Voluntary Year in Health and Social Care

1993

“Realschulabschluss” with referral to “Gymnasium” (similar to GSCE/ A-Level in the UK)

1991

Scouts/ Group leader certificate

1990

First Aid Training                  

·         Backpacking through South East Asia and Scuba Diving – ‘Advanced Open Water Diver’ (PADI)

·         Illustration of a book for children “Elfriede Lausefisch” (Omnis Verlag, 1998)

·         Scouts/ Group leader for young people from 11-16 and for children from 6-10 (1986 - 1996)

·         Sugar crafts, Outdoor Activities, guitar and fiddle playing