Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information
Study Placements and Volunteering
References
Timeline
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ASHLEY SNELL

Summary

  • Highly creative, hard-working, empathetic, passionate, and friendly
  • Shows initiative and is assertive
  • Strong organisational and time management skills
  • Well-developed communication and negotiation skills
  • Open to new work practices and responsive to change
  • Works efficiently as an individual and in teams
  • Able to work collaboratively and build industry connections
  • Ability to work with a diverse range of clients
  • Ability to work effectively with clients with a history of abuse, suffering with mental health or health concerns (ASD)
  • Advocacy
  • Behaviour role modelling

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Sales and Vendor Support Coordinator

The Big Issue
11.2021 - 04.2024
  • Ability to work independently without supervision or within a team
  • Support vendor community undertake to day-to-day administration tasks
  • Assist the State Operations Manager in developing and implementing strategies to ensure that the number of vendors and magazine sales continue to grow
  • Contribute to strategies to increase magazine sales including pitch expansion, involving liaison with local councils and businesses
  • Develop and maintain relationships with community agencies, and other stakeholders to secure additional support
  • Case manage, provide referrals and support vendors
  • Strengthened vendor relationships by maintaining open communication and promptly addressing any concerns or issues.

Facilitator

The Gold Foundation, Tasker
12.2020 - 10.2022
  • Ability to work independently without supervision or within a team
  • Facilitating and designing a program for neurodiverse children aged 5-12
  • Shift leader for youth group program for neurodiverse children aged 12-18
  • Plan, prepare and deliver lesson plans
  • Attending to the child's physical, emotional, cultural, and educational needs
  • Enhanced program effectiveness by collaborating with colleagues to review and revise program content regularly.

Youth Mentor

Baptist Care
01.2021 - 07.2021
  • Ability to work independently without supervision
  • Plan, prepared and delivered mentoring sessions that aligned with the mentee's goals, needs and individual interests and talents
  • Encouraging mentee to develop positive relationships and connections in their community
  • Help strengthen mentee social and emotional well-being and self-esteem
  • Strengthening mentee's sense of identity and cultural awareness
  • Working collaboratively with Mentee's team, including the Department of Child Protection, Department of Education, Youth Justice, placement carers, social worker and family
  • Follow risk and safety plan

Baby Sitting

Private Client
03.2018 - 12.2020
  • Supervised one consistent client who is a young female from age 7-9
  • Overnight passives, morning and full day shifts
  • Basic cleaning and cooking duties
  • Assisting in activities of daily living
  • Attending to the child's physical, emotional and educational needs

Sales Assistant

Prouds The Jewellers
09.2012 - 10.2015

Education

Certificate of IV - Child, Youth And Family Intervention

TAFE SA
2019

Diploma - Community Services

RMIT
2018

Diploma - Visual Merchandising

TAFE SA
2016

Bachelor of Social Work and - International Relations

University of South Australia
2015

South Australian Certificate of Education -

Gleeson College
2014

Skills

  • Competent computer skills
  • (Word, Excel, Zoom, Microsoft teams, Microsoft Office, Fulcrum, Canva, Microsoft and Apple devices Online, etc)
  • Keeps up to date with changing frameworks, policies or legislation
  • Data entry and reports
  • Research skills
  • Food preparation

Additional Information

  • First Aid (Expiry 4 June 2025)

- HLTAID010 Provide basic emergency life support

- HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

- HLTAID011 Provide first aidNational Criminal History Record Check

  • Working With Children Check
  • Safe Environments for Children and Young People “Through their eyes” (Expiry September 2024)
  • Psychological First Aid (Red Cross)
  • South Australian Driver’s License Permit
  • 3 Covid-19 vaccination
  • Responding to Abuse and Neglect Expired 2021

Study Placements and Volunteering

Australian Red Cross, Adelaide January 2020- Present 

Position: Emergency Service Team Leader-volunteer
Hours: 325+

  • Giving practical advice and personal support required by individuals, families and communities during and after a disaster
  • Attending community events/community meetings
  • Providing outreach support home visits or Telephone Outreach, Relief centre or Recovery Centre.
  • Providing psychological first aid
  • Referring on when appropriate
  • Working collaboratively with other agencies from the South Australian Emergency Relief Functional Support Group, Emergency

Services, Australian Defence Force, local and federal Governments and other non-government originations

Activations

  • 2019/2020 bushfires (Lobethal Recovery Centre and telephone outreach)
  • SA COVID-19 Response (telephone outreach)
  • Cherry Gardens Fire 2021 (outreach home visits)
  • Upper Eyre Peninsula Floods (telephone outreach)
  • Queensland Floods 2022 (Relief/Recovery centres across QLD and Logan Evacuation Centre)
  • SA River Murray floods 2022/2023 (Berri Relief Centre)
  • Queensland Storm 2024 (Upper Coomera Recovery Centre)


Bowden Brompton Community School, Little Para Campus, Salisbury 

Position: Youth Worker/ Student Support Officer (TAFE SA Placement) 

Hours: 70 hours


Bower Place Complex Needs Clinic, Adelaide (CBD)

Position: Clinician Assistant (TAFE SA Placement)

Hours: 70 hours

References

Matthew Stedman 

Position: State Operations Manager (direct line manager)

Phone Number:0418 811 374


Jesse Stevens 

Position: Supervisor, Gold Foundation 

Phone Number: 0432 118 737 

 

Eilish Maguire
Position:
National Senior Project Officer- Disaster Resilience at Australian Red Cross
PhoneNumber: 0412475729

Timeline

Sales and Vendor Support Coordinator

The Big Issue
11.2021 - 04.2024

Youth Mentor

Baptist Care
01.2021 - 07.2021

Facilitator

The Gold Foundation, Tasker
12.2020 - 10.2022

Baby Sitting

Private Client
03.2018 - 12.2020

Sales Assistant

Prouds The Jewellers
09.2012 - 10.2015

Certificate of IV - Child, Youth And Family Intervention

TAFE SA

Diploma - Community Services

RMIT

Diploma - Visual Merchandising

TAFE SA

Bachelor of Social Work and - International Relations

University of South Australia

South Australian Certificate of Education -

Gleeson College
ASHLEY SNELL