# Laoisha Gillespie-Prendergast (@lulu.mu.social)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/lulu.mu.social
Location: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

## Career

- **Workshop Assistant at Spark & Bell** (Sep 2025 - Present)
  Part-time · Brighton, England, GB · On-site
  I currently work at Spark & Bell, a handmade lighting company. My main responsibilities are batch wiring lampholders, preparing and helping packaging, separating and preparing material for production processes and ensuring the workshop is clean and tidy.
- **Catering Assistant at Patching Lodge** (Sep 2025 - Jun 2026)
  Part-time · Brighton, England, GB · On-site
  I worked at a residential home for elderly people. My core responsibilities were: preparing teas and coffees, setting up the dining area for lunch service, clearing tables, serving residents hot meals, back of house work including: using the dishwasher, putting away equipment and maintaining a clean working environment.
- **Team Domenica at Team Domenica** (Sep 2023 - Jul 2025)
  Trainee · Brighton, England, GB · On-site
  During my first year at Team Domenica, I undertook structured training in their cafes and learnt practical and transferable work place skills. I went on to do work experience placements at Cafe Rust, Red Roaster Roastery & Shine hairdressers. These were 6 week long placements where I experienced different working environments and was able to put my knowledge learnt in Team Domenica’s cafes and classrooms into practice.

## Skills

### Technical
- Assembly
### Business
- Customer Service
### Interpersonal
- Communication
- Team Collaboration
- Teamwork
### Other
- Adaptability
- Attention to detail
- Batch wiring
- Café operations
- Dishwashing
- Equipment handling
- Food and drink preparation
- Food and Drinks preparation
- Food hygiene
- Food service
- Hospitality
- Lamp holder assembly
- Manual dexterity
- Material Handling
- Packaging
- Professional conduct
- Time management
- Workshop organisation

## Education

- **Team Domenica** (Sep 2023 - Jul 2025)
  I attended a 2 year supported internship programme at Team Domenica which led to me getting paid work at Patching Lodge, during my time here I learnt about employment skills and received a Level 1 qualification in skills for further learning and employment as well as Level 2 in english and mathematics skill.
- **Brighton Met** — Diploma, Hair & Beauty (Associate or short-cycle degree) (Sep 2022 - Jul 2023)
  I attended The Met college in Brighton where I studied a hair & make up course. I left college with a diploma in Hair & Beauty Lvl 1 and a Lvl 1 diploma in Get Started In Service Industry hair & make up course.
- **East Sussex College** — BTEC (Upper secondary) (Sep 2018 - Jul 2022)
  I attended East Sussex College, during my time I studied: Mathematics, English, Hairdressing, Work skills and Cooking skills. I left with these qualifications: BTEC lvl 1 in work skills, entry Lvl 3 in english, entry Level 3 in mathematics, Lvl 1 in hair and beauty and a BTEC Lvl 1 in cooking skills

## Languages

- English (native)