Sarah J Candlishemail:
Current Employment
Sep 1997 – OngoingPersonal Tutor
Teaching English Literature and Language to GCSE students, Sociology and Philosophy at A2 and AS level and also English as an additional language
Previous Employment
Sep 2009 – Aug 2011GRTP – Trainee Teacher – St John’s Catholic Comprehensive, Kent
Trained with Canterbury Christchurch in supernumerary position. Planned and delivered lessons to students at keystages 3 and 4. Dealt regularly with reporting and assessing of students. Liaised with all other departments to optimise learning for all students. Established good relations with both staff and students.
Gained QTS July 2011.
Sep 2007 – Aug 2009Pastoral Manager – St John’s Catholic Comprehensive, Kent
Oversee pastoral issues concerning children and their families of Key Stage 3. Liaise with departments within the school as well as outside agencies. Provide lesson cover when required. Deal with discipline and attendance issues. Maintain good standards of behaviour in the pupils.
CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) – full disclosure undertaken
Nov 2003 – Aug 2007 Researcher Assistant– King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London
Assist clinicians with research applications for local and national ethics committees, draft protocols for research; grant applications; familiar with ethics guidelines; advise MSc students and Neurophysiology Technicians on research protocols and applications; liaise with overseas clinicians who wish to attend meetings or to study in the UK (part time – 1 day per week)
Jan 2001 – Aug 2007Programme Manager - Kent & CanterburyHospital, Canterbury, Kent
Co-ordinate epilepsy research projects; liaise with patients and clinicians; assist with grant applications; maintain budgets; design/prepare posters for local, national and international meetings; ensure accurate data for presentation; undertake drug audits in new anti-epileptic medication. Line-manager to research secretary, clinical research fellow and research assistant. Established excellent links within East Kent Trust as well as other hospitals in the Southeast area (part time – 2 days per week)
Jul 2006 – Nov 2006Research Associate – University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent
Project coordinator for EU funded project, EAAD (European Alliance Against Depression, England). Conference organising, grant applications, report writing, undertaking of small research projects, liaise with European project leads (part time – 2 days per week)
Jan 2001 – Jan 2003Honorary Research Assistant – Institute of Psychiatry, London
Collecting data for project based at Kent and CanterburyHospital
Nov 2000 – Dec 2000Kemp Temping Agency, Kent
Short term contracts using office skills
July 2000 – Nov 2000Office Manager – Quest Investigations Limited, London
Report writing, maintaining files of clients, liasing with operatives, ensuring strict levels of confidentiality surrounding personnel and client security at all times
Jan 2000 – July 2000 Administrator – Workroute, Kent
Assisting clients with job searches, aiding advisors in paperwork and caseloads, ensuring accurate data records
Sep 1999 – Dec 1999 Project Assistant – Balfour Beatty (BBRML), Kent
General assistant to engineers: maintaining survey sheets, data inputting
Feb 1998 – Aug 1999 Research Administrator – CSAG Epilepsy Study, Buckinghamshire
Administration of project; liasing with medics, organising and attending meetings with Department of Health, clinicians and patients, ensuring accurate and up-to-date data sheets, analysis of data, report writing
Apr 1996 – Apr 1997Research Assistant – National Society for Epilepsy, Buckinghamshire
Undertaking local audit about epilepsy nurse training course. Designed questionnaire and collated results. Combined with some teaching about epilepsy.
Oct 1993 – Jan 1998Care Assistant – National Society for Epilepsy, Buckinghamshire
Educationi-to-i Online TEFL - with additional Grammar Module and Business English
University of Kent at Canterbury – MSc Health Services Research (Year 1.5 completed of 2 year part time course. Because of redundancy was unable to complete)
AmershamCollege – C&G 730 Teaching Adult & Further Education Certificate Part I
BucksUniversityCollege – BSc (Hons) Sociology & Applied Social Studies
WoolwichCollege – English Literature ‘A’-Level, Sociology ‘A’-Level
St JohnsRCSchool, Gravesend – English Literature, English Language, Maths, Art, ‘O’level
Oral Presentations:
Stroke: An Assessment of the Stroke Information Pack. Presented at Regional Stroke Meeting, March 2003
Poster Presentations:
To assess the use of Levetiracetam (LEV) in the clinical setting through an audit of 102 consecutive patients with epilepsy. S Candlish, L Nashef, S Xavier. Poster presentation at the Congress of Epileptology, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2003
Audit of Levetiracetam Prescribing. S Candlish, L Nashef. Poster presentation at the Congress of Epileptology, Madrid, Spain, October 2002
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, review of patients being treated in East Kent. S Candlish, J Bland et al. Local R&D Meeting, March 2002
Hold full, cleanDriving Licence and have use of own car
References:available on request
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