OBJECTIVES

• Experience a new and attractive professional situation
• Work in an environment which will allow me to be independent
• Learn some new skills in order to be more effective in my work
• Be able to work in an English-speaking country and to plunge myself into a different culture
• Improve my English and enhance my vocabulary
• Develop my ability to adapt through exchanges with clients and my employer
• Bring an added bonus to my work through my French culture and background

SKILLS PROFILE

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Social Work and Special Education (Haute École de Bruxelles, Belgium, June 2013) to help people who need rehabilitation such as those suffering from anorexia, suicidal tendencies, obesity, depression, family problems, incurable diseases (Cystic fibrosis, etc.).
• Diploma of BA FA (French certificate to direct activities and work with children)
• Diploma of PSE1 (first aid team qualification)
• BNSSA Lifeguard (national certificate for aquatic security and rescue)

Personal qualities

• Sports-oriented, open-minded, meticulous and persevering in work, good ability to adapt to new or sometimes difficult situations, friendly, dynamic and positive ...

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Children’s activity leader and lifeguard in holiday centers
• International summer camps (USA West Coast, 2013, Portugal, 2012)
• UCPA: National union of holiday sports center: surfing, wakeboard, bodyboard, biking, skateboarding, windsurfing - 2 months every summer holiday since 2011 in France
• Other summer surfing camp associations: Pep 39 (Hendaye, France, 2010), Work council Total (Biarritz, France, 2009)

Lifeguard

• VTF holiday village (Corsica, France, 2010)
• At a municipal swimming pool (Colmar, France, 2009)

Internship as a social worker

• With battered women, Maison des femmes (Poindimié, New-Caledonia, 2012)
• With teens suffering from anorexia, suicidal tendencies in the civil hospital (Strasbourg, France, 2011)
• With children placed outside of their homes, in Maison de l’enfance (Bruxelles, Belguim 2010)