Daniel John Carter
Curriculum Vitae
3 Mill Heath Drive
Lisvane
Cardiff
CF14 0GA
Tel contact no: +4429 2075 0770
E-mail:
Nationality: Welsh Date of birth: 16th June 1987
Status: Single
Profile:
I am a twenty six year old youth worker and have held a range of temporary part time, and full time jobs across my adult life. These are identified below. My skills include excellent communications and customer service; ability to relate well with all age groups; effective team member; good leadership skills and ability to work on my own initiative. I am a caring person with a responsible attitude towards others. I was a volunteer youth worker from 2004 and now do this work on a professional basis.
Work experience:
· November 2003 to April 2005 - Counters Assistant at ASDA supermarket, Coryton, Cardiff.
· January 2004 to February 2005 – Volunteer Youth Worker at Radyr Youth Centre, Radyr, Cardiff.
· May 2005 to March 2006 - Sales Assistant at Maidenhead Aquatics shop, Morganstown, Cardiff.
· December 2005 to February 2007 – Volunteer Youth Worker at Heol Hir Youth Centre, Llanishen, Cardiff.
· April 2006 to September 2007 – Volunteer Youth Worker at Ty Celyn Youth Centre, Heath, Cardiff.
· May 2006 to September 2006 - Customer Service Adviser at British Gas, Cardiff.
· September 2006 to March 2008 - Sales Assistant at Up and Under Outdoor Gear Ltd, Canton, Cardiff.
· October 2006 to October 2011 - Part Time Youth Worker at Ty Celyn Youth Centre, Heath, Cardiff.
· January 2009 to February 2011 – Part Time Youth Worker at Eastmoors Youth Centre, Splott, Cardiff
· May 2009 to date – Bank Auxiliary Nurse for NHS Wales, Cardiff and Vale Trust.
· January 2011 to October 2011 – Detached / Street Based Youth Worker for Cardiff Youth service
· February 2011 to date – Volunteer and occasional freelancer for Globallove Youth Trust, Cardiff, Wales
· February 2012 to date – Volunteer and occasional freelancer for the Center for Intercultural Dialogue, Kumanovo, FYR Macedonia
Academic Qualifications:
· GCSE:
Chemistry – B
Physics – B
Maths – B
Biology – C
English Literature – C
I.T. (Short Course) – C
R.E. (Short Course) – C
Welsh (G – C) – D
English Language – C
Geography (G – C) – D
Vocational Qualifications:
· PADI Basic Open Water Diver Certificate
· Appointed Persons First Aid Course H.S.E Certificate
· Duke of Edinburgh Award - New Leaders Certificate
· Sports Leader UK Level 2 Award in Basic Expedition Leadership
· Duke of Edinburgh Award – Accredited Assessors Certificate
· Mountain Leaders Training (Wales)
· Substance Misuse Training Level 1
· C-Card and Sexual Health Training
· Child Protection Training OCN Level 2
· SPA (Single Pitch Award) Training
· Local Cave and Mine Leaders Award Training
· Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) 50 hours Certificate
· Manual Handling at Work (NHS Wales – August 2011)
· C.W.A (Climbing Wall Award) Assessment
· Red Cross Emergency First Aid at Work Certificate (January 2012)
Interests and activities:
My personal interests, knowledge and skills complement my youth work. I enjoy caving, rock climbing, and mountain biking. I have always enjoyed active outdoor sports and travelling, and have taken part in Kayaking, Canyoning and skiing in the French Alps on an annual basis. In 2003 at 16 years of age, I took part in a month’s expedition to southern Peru where we took part in such activities as hiking in the Andes as well as team-building activities. For one week of the expedition we helped to repair and paint a school that we actually lived in for that week. It was a great eye opener that brought the group closer together and improved our teamwork skills. In April 2006 I was a young leader on Cardiff youth services Duke of Edinburgh award expedition to Australia. As a young leader I was responsible for communicating with the young people about their problems during the trip and helping them to overcome these problems to improve the quality of their expedition. Since October 2007 I have been an active member of Cardiff University Caving Club and enjoy taking part in the planning and organising involved in caving trips as well as the social side. In August 2008, 2009 and 2010 I took part in a caving expedition to the Austrian Alps where the various caving clubs took part in exploring new and unexplored cave systems. After this through 2012 and 2013 I have taken part in joint British-Slovak-Kosovar-Macedonian caving expeditions in Kosovo and Macedonia. Due to this I have spent weeks working with new people in a dangerous environment and learnt the importance in communication and team work for the safety of others and in achieving your goal.
I have taken part in several European youth work trainings, several Youth in Action trainings on Social media, Youth exchanges and Exploring diversity as well as one European Council training called 'Living in divided communities'. All these trainings were fantastic for inter-cultural learning and understanding as well as new and exciting forms of non-formal education and alternative methodologies for youth work.
From October 2011 to February 2012 as well as from December 2013 to January 2014 I was a volunteer at Love Kids Orphanage in Nkoranza, Ghana, West Africa. My duties included child care such as helping with washing, play work and help with homework with the main project being about promoting sustainability through sun ovens. However, they also included plumbing, farming, masonry and carpentry as well as basic mechanics. Since 2012 I have lived on-and-off in Kumanovo, FYR Macedonia starting for my European Voluntary Service as co-ordinator of a youth centre. This required a number of diverse duties such as play work workshops, time management, foreign language interaction, community integration and general maintenance. Under my management this youth centre has also held several concerts and youth events for local young people. I also ran several ‘English for Expression’ and Leadership workshops within the centre set up Kumanovo’s first Street Based Youth Service.
In recent months I have developed my professional ability as a non-formal education trainer and coordinator. I did this within the Youth in Action programme; I was a professional trainer on the ‘Accessible Project Cycle Management’ training co-ordinated by Center for Intercultural Dialogue as well as on the Seminar ‘ACTive YOUth!!!’ co-ordinated by Globallove Youth Trust & Center for Intercultural Dialogue. Following this I coordinated an outdoor pursuits based youth exchange in Wales including 60 participants called ‘Back 2 Basics’ which in turn was followed by a smaller youth exchange in Macedonia called ‘www.nature.eu’. Most recently I have been a professional trainer on 2 international training courses. One in Serbia about the Kolb’s experiential learning cycle and one in Macedonia about working with rural young people.
Referees:
Snezana Baclija-Knoch Ivana Davidovska
Youth Dialogue Programme Center for Intercultural Dialogue
Mileve Marić 30 Vera Kotorka 39
21000 Novi Sad Kumanovo 1300
Serbia ` Republic of Macedonia
+381641208119
Mila Karadafova Aaron Harrison
Center for Youth Activism Globallove Youth Trust
Ventjamin Macukoski 21 106 Tewksbury Street
1000 Skopje Roath, Cardiff
Republic of Macedonia CF24 3BT
+38970356216 +447747742642
Daniel John Carter
20/03/2014
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