Safina Shoukat

Safina Shoukat

Personal Information

51 Brooms Road, Luton, Bedfordshire LU2 0JR Date of birth: 14/02/1988 Nationality: British 

Personal Statement

I am a positive, hard-working and motivated individual, who has recently resume my professional career after dedicating last eights years to raise a family. I have learnt plenty of new skills while bringing up my children. I am a good user of various computer applications including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. I am a dedicated person who is quick to master new skills and always put extra effort in everything I do.

Education

BEd: Primary Education (2:1)

University of Hertfordshire Sept 2006-July 2009

A Levels : Health and Social Care Double Award ( BC) Business Studies (C) Key skills: Communication and ICT (Level 3)

Luton Sixth Form College Sept 2004-June 2006

GCSEs: (10 A*-C Grades)Including English, Mathematic and Science

Ashcroft High School 2000-2004

Employment

Teaching Assistant at Someries Junior School 

1.9.2025 until present 

Supply Teacher Randstad Education

October 2023 – January 2024 Richmond Hill Primary School

February 2024 – April 2024 Caddington Village Primary School

Career break taken to raise family.

(August 2014-September 2023)

Teaching Assistant at Crawley Green Infant School (1/5/2014-19/7/2014)

My main role was to prepare for lessons, with the class teacher; setting up equipment, photocopying worksheets and supporting children during lessons. I was responsible for working with small groups to achieve their individual targets. My daily duties included listening to children read and filled their reading record.

Administrative Assistant at Bedfordshire Educational Academy(1/10/2010-July 2011)

My key duties are:

Type correspondence, reports and other documents

Filling and organising documents

Answering call and dealing with enquires over the telephone as well as face-to-face,

Reviewing policies and college procedures

Take minutes at meetings and distribute minute

Part time Sales Assistant at Sportsdirect.com (2/06/2010- September 2011)

I am mainly responsible for:

Processing sales, deliveries, refunds and exchanges

Delivering excellent customer service

Strategized new bay layouts- remerchandising

Working as a team on stock takes and sales targets

Assisting new colleagues

Retail Assistant at Farmfoods(4/02/2006-30/11/2009)

I have worked in a busy and friendly working environment for three years. My main duties included serving customers on the checkouts; providing a quality service to customers and often I had to deal with enquires. I undertook several challenging roles in which I developed my team working skills whilst co-operating and working well with all the other members of staff.

During my employment, I learnt how to deal with different people. The skills that I have developed are my communication skills, my ability to work effectively with others and my self-confidence. I discovered that there is always a positive way to solve problems and effective communication is the key to it.

I have plenty of experience working with school in primary schools. I enjoyed working with young children and helping them to reach their full potential. 

I have took Alevel in Health and Social care(double award) and Business studies in college. I went on to complete Bed in Primary Education  from University of Hertfordshire.