Alexandra Knightley
Floreat,Australia
Summary
Energetic Education Assistant with a background in counselling and AOD rehabilitation work. Although relatively new to education support, I am passionate and engaged. I am driven by the motivation to create a nurturing environment, that best fosters a safe space for student learning and growth.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Special Needs/Mainstream Education Assistant
West Leederville Primary School
03.2024 - Current
- Providing individualized support for students, addressing their unique personal and academic needs, helping them reach their full potential.
- Supporting teachers in maintaining a safe learning environment by monitoring student behaviour during class, transitions and specialist activities.
- Engaging students in learning through effective classroom management techniques that promote active participation and collaboration.
- Documenting student behaviours, interventions, and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
- Tutoring students individually and in small groups to reinforce learning concepts.
- Preparing instructional materials for group and one-on-one use to comply with established curriculum.
- Facilitating small group instruction within an inclusive classroom setting, ensuring each learner received personalized attention and support as needed.
- Improving classroom management by implementing positive reinforcement strategies and clear expectations.
- Setting up visual aids, equipment, and classroom displays to support teacher's lesson delivery.
- Managing special education accommodations for students, ensuring equal access to educational opportunities for all learners.
- Developing strong relationships with parents through regular communication, resulting in better support for students both at home and school.
- Delivering personalized educational, behavioural, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Keeping classrooms clean, neat, and properly sanitized for student health and classroom efficiency.
- Administering tests and assessments to evaluate student progress and performance.
Alcohol and Drug Case Clinician
Bridgehaven Residential Drug and Alcohol Service
08.2015 - 10.2019
- Providing high quality case management to a portfolio of both residential and outreach clients.
- Collaborating with and supporting clients to develop individual care plans and treatment goals based on initial and on-going assessment.
- Co-ordinating and reviewing client care plans.
- Counselling patients to encourage informed choices, shared decision-making and right to self-determination.
- Facilitating client engagement with both internal and external support services.
- Ensuring clients are linked into and engaged with accessible and appropriate community supports upon discharge.
- Providing advocacy for clients when required and requested
- Providing clients with transportation to appointments with external support networks.
- Counselling clients to assist them to overcome personal, social and behavioural problems, particularly in the context of substance dependence.
- Maintaining high quality clinical case notes and files that met all legal and professional requirements.
- Facilitating psycho-educational groups on relapse prevention, emotional regulation, anger management and building assertiveness skills.
- Educating clients upon the basic tenets of harm minimisation, lowered tolerance and safe using practises where necessary.
- Managing complex group dynamics and resolving conflict as necessary.
- Providing both high quality written and verbal handovers to after-hours staff and management.
- Working collaboratively with other team members to ensure that quality services are delivered to clients.
- Chairing both team and clinical meetings.
- Encouraging clients to get involved in social, recreational and other therapeutic activities to enhance interpersonal skills and develop relationships.
- Serving as part of an on-call emergency response team for crisis intervention within the facility.
- This role includes advising and supporting after-hours staff to manage crisis situations, as well as to debrief post incident.
- Implementing crisis intervention strategies when needed, ensuring immediate safety measures were in place for at-risk patients.
Placement Student
Bridgehaven Residential Drug and Alcohol Service
01.2015 - 08.2015
- Observing and shadowing all roles within the facility with the exception of management.
- Educating clients and their families about client rights and responsibilities.
- Supervising the residential clients and their children during group outings and excursions.
- Supervising clients self administering oral medication, following physician's prescriptions and hospital procedures.
- This includes supervising and recording clients administering schedule 8 drugs.
- Running daily guided meditation groups.
- Completing regular urinalysis and breathalyser tests with clients.
- Case managing a small portfolio of residential clients.
- Supporting clients to attend external appointments.
- Taking high quality team and clinical meeting minutes.
- Managing both team and clinical meeting agendas.
- Building and maintaining strong working relationships with fellow students.
- Working under pressure, adapting creative solutions to complex problems.
- Working independently with minimal supervision.
- Completing rigorous readings to support unit learning goals.
Assistant Manager
PUBLIC HOUSE RESTAURANT AND BAR
01.2012 - 08.2015
- Supervising of 15 front of house staff.
- Cash handling and balancing of tills.
- Banking (cash deposits and change ordering).
- Ordering stock.
- Managing the roster/rostering of staff.
- Function booking and management.
- Management of venue maintenance requirements.
- Menu creation (food/wine/cocktails).
- Conflict resolution (staff/customers).
Education
Cert III and Cert IIII - School Based Education Support
Institute of Teacher Aide Courses
Perth, WA05.2024
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE - Psychology/Counselling
Australian College of Applied Psychology
Lonsdale, VIC01.2014
Skills
- Compassionate and empathetic
- Classroom support
- Educational support
- Behaviour management
- Classroom preparation and maintenance
- Electronic recordkeeping experience
- Team player
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Superior written communication skills
- Counselling experience
Accomplishments
- Working with Children Check
- National Criminal History Check - Check type: Standard | Aged/Children/Vulnerable
- Western Australian Driver's License
References
Sonja Katnich- 0438877900
Deputy Principal West Leederville Primary School
Timeline
Special Needs/Mainstream Education Assistant
West Leederville Primary School
03.2024 - Current
Alcohol and Drug Case Clinician
Bridgehaven Residential Drug and Alcohol Service
08.2015 - 10.2019
Placement Student
Bridgehaven Residential Drug and Alcohol Service
01.2015 - 08.2015
Assistant Manager
PUBLIC HOUSE RESTAURANT AND BAR
01.2012 - 08.2015
Cert III and Cert IIII - School Based Education Support
Institute of Teacher Aide Courses
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE - Psychology/Counselling
Australian College of Applied Psychology
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