Adrian John Worsfold |
13, Manchester Square New Holland BARROW-UPON-HUMBER DNl9 7RQ |
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01469 531014 adrian@pluralist.co.uk http://www.pluralist.co.uk http://pluralistspeaks.blogspot.com |
Personal Profile
A well educated analytical person with well developed communication and educating skills, seeking a challenging opportunity in an educational, research, training or administrative environment or in some combination of these.
Skills and Experience
Recent Project
| 06/2008 to 10/2008 | St Mary's Church | Barton DN18 5EZ |
| Archivist and Educator | A project consisting of the production of some 250 archive webpages on the church website (with a focus on 1972-1973); a syllabus and eight of 25 intended Theology Course sessions and beginning presentation (these continuing); an academic standard rewriting of a 1971 low standard dissertation on clergy training (adding a bibliography). These activities systematised my ICT skills of scanning, editing and producing webpages, enhancing the church’s self-understanding of change and boosting its connection with the town; revived my academic presentation skills, significantly improving a clergy training dissertation; and sharpened teaching skills of planning, preparation and delivery, spreading theological knowledge within the church using adult education principles. | |
Recent Work History
| 08/2005 to 7/2006 | Wyke Sixth Form College | Hull HU4 5NX |
| Teacher of Sociology | Delivering lessons to sixth form students required an immense amount of planning and prioritising workloads; I was working in a high pressure environment to meet timetable requirements. This also included assessing students' work and providing constructive feedback so that students were able to develop and progress. My role also demanded effective and timely communications with colleagues and parents so that the college could function effectively. I used ICT constantly; resources I created were delivered via the Internet through Interactive Whiteboards. | |
| 09/2003 to 07/2005 | Teaching Personnel | Hull HU1 1TJ |
| Supply Teacher | I offered Instant flexibility in secondary schools by providing ICT resourced teaching cover across a wide range of subjects to highly diverse sets of students. I gained the ability to be flexible and quickly responded to the challenges of the moment. | |
| 08/2004 to 05/2005 | Smith and Walker Optometrists | Barton DN18 5PD |
| Website Designer | I upgraded the website to continue to be an attractive and highly informative optometrists' online shop window | |
| 10/2003 to 06/2004 | Hull College | Hull HU1 3DG |
| Lecturer | I taught Key Skills Communications in Literacy to Further Education students. I delivered this within an ICT arrangement that could be accessed online by students at any time in order to maximise student learning opportunities. I liaised with colleagues and worked with students to raise standards in literacy that enabled students to learn their subjects more effectively. | |
| 03/2002 to 05/2002 | SGS Redwood Services | Immingham DN40 1AH |
| IT Trainer | I was commission by a local branch of an international company to provide solutions to their data storage needs. I designed and delivered a teaching package to employees which meant that they could more efficiently use and understand how to connect IT packages to meet the changing needs of the business. | |
| 03/2001 to 12/2001 | Grimsby College | Grimsby DN34 5BQ |
| HE Research Assistant | I provided flexible customer focused drop in service for students. I found this work particularly rewarding as I was responding to students needs across a whole range of ICT, journals and study skills requirements. The ability to work flexibly and access a range of resources (many which I personally developed myself) added value to students' learning experience. | |
| 08/2000 to 03/2001 | Smith and Walker Optometrists | Barton DN18 5PD |
| Website Designer | I produced a brand new attractive and informative website for the public and taught staff how it was done for their understanding and maintenance. | |
| 09/1999 to 10/2000 | YMCA Bonskeid House | Pitlochry PH16 5NP |
| Website Designer | I originated an informative website for both tourist accommodation and young people's outdoor educational activities and trained staff for computer use to maximise the potential of the centre. | |
| 02/2000 to 05/2000 | Global Tourism Solutions (UK) | New Holland DN19 7RQ |
| Data Processor | Working in a co-ordinated team I accurately entered clear and accessible spreadsheet data showing occupancy rates and use of attractions that then went on to provide local authorities and other client bodies with clear summary reports of resort use. | |
| 03/2001 to 03/2000 | Thomas Research Services | New Holland DN19 7PZ |
| Website Designer | I advised on and produced an explanatory website displaying a comprehensive online display of the business so that customers understood the range of their specialised operations. | |
| 03/1999 to 08/1999 | Diana Princess of Wales Hospital | Grimsby DN33 2BA |
| Classifier/ Cataloguer | I successfully carried through a joint education libraries' reclassifying project through summary reading in order to enhance the research of all medical staff via the new databases I also produced. | |
| 02/1999 to 05/1999 | Grimsby College | Grimsby DN34 5BQ |
| Lecturer | Via extensive interviewing, commentary, marking special essays and summary lectures, degree students (Tourism and Business) had their research project strategies improved. | |
| 09/1998 to 06/1999 | North Lincolnshire Adult Education Service | Barton DN18 5PR |
| Lecturer | Teaching Computer Literacy and Desk Top Publishing I took adult students from basic abilities towards computer fluency and they successfully passed skills based exams. | |
| 10/1996 to 01/1997 | University of Hull | Hull HU6 7RX |
| Tutor | This was a short Sociology course to Psychology students where I built in much discussion to develop general abstract learning and therefore critical thinking skills before their subject specialisation. | |
Recent Voluntary Activity
| 2008 on | Episcopal Café | Website |
| I write an article each month for the 'Daily Episcopalian' section focussing on Episcopalian, Anglican and wider religious matters of specialist interest. | ||
| 2006 on | St. Mary's Church [Anglican] | Barton DN18 5EZ |
| Enhancing experience and thoughtful commitment of others, I take part in the Bishop's Course, the In Depth Group (theology), and I have written and conducting worship, and sat on the PCC 2007-8. | ||
| Up to 2002 | Hull Unitarian Church | Hull HU2 8TA |
| I assisted towards building the church in its Discussion Group, by taking worship, and as Publicity Officer (twice). | ||
| 1995 to 1998 | Social Services Independent Inspection Unit | North Lincs. |
| I visited North Lincolnshire Residential homes during inspections and used observation skills and sensitive conversation with the elderly in order to write reports to support the inspection process. | ||
Education
| University of Hull: |
MA Theological Understanding of Contemporary Society - 1999
The course looked at economy, politics and society from theological stances, examined contemporary theology, and I wrote a 20,000 words dissertation on Unitarian Universalism. |
| University of Hull: |
Ph.D Sociology and Social Anthropology - 1989
I engaged in participant observation in young people's fellowships, carried out semi-structured interviews of ministers of religion, read a wide range of theological materials, reviewed sociology of religion sources, and produced a 98,000 word thesis. |
| University of Hull: | BA (Hon.) Economics, Politics, Sociology: 2.1 - 1981 |
| Malet Lambert High, Hull: | A levels - Economics (A) Geography (A); 6 O levels and equivalent including English and Maths - 1977 and 1975 |
Training
| University of Hull: | PGCE (Secondary) Religious Education - 2003 |
| N Lincs Adult Education Service: | RSA III Word Processing (Distinction) - 2002 |
| North Lindsey College: | RSA III Text Processing (Distinction) - 2001 |
| North Lindsey College: | City and Guilds 730 Adult and FE Teaching Certificate Part 1 - 2001 |
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