Rachel Driscoll (Ne Ottery)
RESUME
Acting & Singing Roles over the years...
2020 - Extra for the Yorkshire Project Pilot show
2020 - Lockdown Music collaboration
2019 - Extra for Meet the Richardsons (Dave)
2018 - National Trust photoshoot for the NT newspaper
1983 - 1986 During holidays I would travel the country with my mother working backstage during her performances and rehearsals, also during this time I would perform in my school productions
1982 - Sang backing track with Bob Hoskins (The record was never released)
1976 - 1982 Various roles playing child's parts in University plays where my mother was studying her Bachelor of Arts degree
1976 - Sang at the Southsea Pearly King & Queens festival
Voluntary Work - 2007 / Ongoing
Hebden Bridge and surrounding areas
Administrative duties
Engaging with tourists
Web designing
Organising litter picks
Crossley Mill Nursery - 2004 - 2005
Hebden Bridge
Nursery nurse supervisor for children aged 2 – 4 years old
Responsible for staff rota, staff training& supervision, organising lesson plans, liaising with parents, meeting and greeting prospective parents, liaising with outside services
Greenfield School for Special Needs - 2001 - 2004
Bradford
Special needs key worker
Main supporter of child with severe autism, and assisting with pupils with various severe disabilities, liaising with parents e.g. parents evening, keeping student journals, attending training courses
Saltaire Primary School - 1999 - 2001
Bradford
Teaching assistant
Helping struggling pupils, attending staff meetings, playground duty, taking reading groups, joining in on school trips.
Head hunted by Greenfield School
Department of Work and Pensions - 1996 - 1999
Shipley
Receptionist / department secretary
Directing claimants calls and assisting with enquiries, often having to calm aggressive callers, filing benefit and claimants updates, evening post office run, copy and audio typing,
Spared and Repaired - 1993 - 1996
Enfield, N. London
Garage Secretary
Booking appointments, ordering parts, customer relations, invoicing clients, taking payments
Scriptomatic Ltd - 1986 - 1988 & 1989 - 1991
Finchley, London
Receptionist
Answer phones, face to face customer service, filing, most office duties including booking meeting rooms etc.
Skills
Polite
Reliable
Moderate I.T skills
Typing speed - 50-60 words/min
Fast learner
Team player
Focused
Strong family and work ethics
Imaginative
Learning sign language
Hobbies
Horse riding + care
Watching rugby union
My grandchildren
Watching and driving rally cars
Travelling
Singing
Adventure
Work
experience
Education
Calderdale College (2006 - 2007)
Halifax
BTEC Level 2 Horse & Stable Care
Bradford College (2004 - 2004)
Bradford
BIIAB Level 2 National Certificate for Licensees
Bradford College (1999 - 2000)
Bradford
BTEC Childhood Studies Nursery Nursing
Southgate College (1993 - 1994)
London
BTEC Level 1 Mechanics & Welding
Charters Towers Boarding School (1982 - 1986)
Bexhill-On-Sea
Guildhall School of Music & Drama:
Music Levels 2 - 5
Drama Solo Level 2 – 3
Drama Duo Level 2 – 3
Modern Language Level 1 French