1. Simon Medhurst 07908130900
sip.med@gmail.com
Employment History
Feb 11 – present Dawn Weller. Prop stylist and set design/build assistant for stills photography.
Build sets and props, research and source a huge variety of props, inc.
furniture, wallpaper, ceramics, lighting etc, assist in design, set up and styling
of sets on shoots for advertising and editorial.
April 15 – Aug 15 Haeckels, Made In Margate. Retail Sales in store, selling perfumery, gifts etc.
Oct 13 – Aug 14 The Bottle Shop, Canterbury, Kent. Manager of retail outlet/bar at The Goods
Shed, Canterbury and Manager of e-commerce section and wholesale section
within Kent. Stock and staff management, promotion, event organising,
purchasing, introduced safe cash handling routines.
Sept 13 – Jan 14 The Black Dog micro pub, Whitstable, Kent. Bar, cellar work.
Feb 11 – Sept 12 The Living Larder. Owner, Director and Head Chef of Raw Food Business.
Managing retail outlet and café, inc food prep, budget, stock, promotion and
marketing, inc written material, social media, running workshops on benefits
of raw food and sustainability of eating local produce.
Nov 07 – April 11 Trader in Mid 20th Century Furniture, Ceramics and Glass at various markets,
including Greenwich. Sourcing, researching and restoring stock for sale.
Sept 09 – Feb 11 Holibrook House, London SE4. Manager of a Children's Residential Unit.
Managed team of child care officers looking after challenging 12-18 year olds.
May 06 – Nov 07 Fairport Care Services, Broadstairs, Kent. Residential Unit Manager.
Aug 05 – May 06 Lynstead Children’s Services, Deal, Kent. Residential Unit Manager.
June 02 – Aug 05 The Warren Children’s Home, Crawley. Residential Unit Manager.
Sept 99 – June 02 Medhurst & Burchell Newsagents, Lewes, self-employed owner.
Sept 95 – Sept 99 Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa, London SW18. Deputy Manager.
Nov 90 – Sept 95 IHG Social Work Agency, Putney, London SW15. RCCO.
Aug 88 – Nov 90 London Borough of Bromley Social Services. Residential Child Care Officer.
Sept 87 – Jan 88 Middlesex Poly Crime Unit & Islington Council. Market Research.
Summers 1983-6 ILEA, London Borough of Southwark. Summer Play-scheme Worker.

2. Education
June 02 – June 03 NVQ3 in Care, Children and Young People
Sept 92 - July 95 Middlesex University; BA(Hons) Philosophy + Third World Studies, 2:1.
Sept 85 - July 86 Orpington College of Further Education, Orpington, Kent; A’ levels in Pure and
Applied Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Sept 78 - July 85 Langley Park Boys School, Beckenham; O’ levels: Maths, English Language,
English Literature, Human Biology, Physics, Chemistry Geography.
Previous Employment Duties
-Team Management;
-Writing, monitoring and reviewing Policies, Procedures and guidelines
-Delineating staff responsibilities and accountabilities at all levels;
-Ensuring that practice is actively anti-discriminatory;
-Negotiating contracts with local businesses and suppliers;
-Marketing and networking for the organisation;
-Writing promotional and marketing material for the organisation;
-Daily, monthly and annual budgetary management;
-Formal supervision, Group Facilitation and chairing meetings;
-Maintaining quality control, sourcing and running training;
-Maintaining record keeping systems, personnel records, payroll;
-Recruitment of staff, and termination of contracts;
-Health and Safety, including risk assessments;
-Implemented object relations based therapeutic model organisation wide;
-Rewrote policy and practise guidelines to reflect this.
Referees:
Most Recent Employer: Previous Employer:
Ms Dawn Weller Mr Tony & Mrs Gill Walker
Resort Studios (Directors, The Warren)
50 Athelstan Road, 2 Patterdale Close,
Margate, Southgate West, Crawley,
Kent CT9 2BH West Sussex RH11 8SD
07966 014580 07710 156225,
dawn@dawnweller.com 01293 522460