Trainee Clinical Associate Psychologist

• Nov 2020 - Present

Assistant Psychologist

• Nov 2019 - Nov 2020

Play Worker

• Feb 2019 - Jul 2020

Working as a Play Worker for the charity, Bath Area Play Project (BAPP). I promote and facilitate opportunities for children and young people to play and participate in positive activities. I recognise and promote the importance of self-directed play in relation to child development and the rights of children and young people. Duties include: 1:1 work: Using play activities to help children to develop socially and emotionally, supervising children for fair behaviour during play, dealing with any minor injuries, taking children on day trips or other outings or organising nature walks in parks. Day-to-day duties: Setting up play equipment and making sure play areas are safe, keeping records and controlling petty cash. Team work: Updating team members with the incidents of the play session, raising safeguarding concerns to play service manager, reviewing EHCP and adjusting 1:1 techniques accordingly, debrief team at the end of every session. Show less

Supportive Housing Worker

• Jan 2019 - Nov 2019

Working as a Support Worker for a charity that supports vulnerable individuals in temporary supported housing accommodation. The clients that I work with have complex care packages involving problems with substance misuse, mental health, learning disabilities, and domestic violence. Duties include: 1:1 responsibilities: Conducting key working sessions with clients to identify goals, working collaboratively with clients to encourage positive life changes and updating support plans with relevant information, referring clients to services and raising safeguarding alerts where necessary. Multi-disciplinary work: Acting as an advocate for clients who strongly believe that they have been excluded from society, liaising with external professions with regard to specific clients, communicating with referrers external to the service, attending multi agency risk management (MARM) meetings with social workers, probation officers, and drug and alcohol workers. Administrative work: Ensuring that organisational administrative systems, including Petty Cash and rent/service charge collection are accurately maintained and updated, liaising with support teams and casework coordinators on progress/concerns regarding key clients. Show less

Special Needs Teaching Assistant

• Sep 2018 - Jan 2019

Worked as a 1:1 Special Needs Teaching Assistant at a mixed, comprehensive school, enabling the delivery of tailored, psychologically-informed support. Duties included: 1:1 work: Supporting the schoolwork of children with attachment disorder, ADHD, Autism, and learning disabilities, developing personalised visual and verbal aids to implement and deliver strategies and programmes suggested by the child’s EHCP plan. Emotional support: Recognising signs of distress in children and offering reassurance and intervention; promoting the independence of students that struggle with attachment issues. I strengthened my psychologically-informed approach in this role as I implemented and facilitated a social skills intervention known as 'Lego Therapy' aimed at children struggling with socialisation. Show less

Mental Health Support Worker

• Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

Worked as a mental health support worker in a medium secure psychiatric hospital. I mainly worked on the women's wards, where service-users presented with disorders such as psychosis, personality disorder, and the after-effects of substance, physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Duties included: 1:1 work: Building a good rapport with service users diagnosed with personality disorder and schizophrenia whilst offering practical assistance to sustain the independence of the service user. Multi-disciplinary work: Facilitating better communication between professionals and service users; and assisting with the healthcare, community participation, rehabilitation, and advocacy of the service user. Show less

Honorary Assistant Psychologist

• May 2018 - Aug 2018

Working as an Honorary Assistant Psychologist in a Tier 4 service within child and adolescent eating disorders. Duties included: Clinical duties: Administering protocol based psychological assessments, such as the EDI, administering neuropsychological assessments for cognitive remediation therapy assessments such as the Brixton Spatial Anticipation Test and the Rey Complex Figure Task. I also co-facilitated therapy groups such as the 'Thoughts and Feelings' group which targeted attitudes associated with eating disorders. Research duties: Updating databases, collating and reporting audit data in order to meet quarterly audit requirements, presenting and contributing ideas to a team aiming to develop a 'Cognitive Remediation and Emotion Skills Training' therapy group for young people. Multi-disciplinary work: I attended regular CPA meetings with patients and families, I regularly used psychological assessment to inform multi-professional communications within CPA meetings, strengthening my knowledge surrounding how these assessments inform formulations and care plans. Show less

Food And Beverage Assistant

• Sep 2017 - May 2018

I worked as a Food and Beverage Assistant alongside my final year of my Psychology degree. My duties included operating the till system, completing transactions, and serving customers. This role strengthened my communication skills as it required exceptional service standards and that all customer complaints were efficiently resolved.

Research Assistant

• Sep 2017 - Apr 2018

I assisted Dr. Cara Davis on analysing data gathered from interviews with patients who had congenital heart defects. This required qualitative analysis. I also assisted with the editing of the journal manuscript once the data was transcribed.

Special Needs Teaching Assistant

• Sep 2017 - Oct 2017

Completed a voluntary placement at a special educational needs school as a teaching assistant in a year 6 classroom. Students were aged between 9 and 10 years and were diagnosed with learning disabilities, Autism, and ADHD. Duties included: delivering lessons and guidance that favored specialist approaches; supporting the teacher in managing challenging pupil behaviour and promoting positive behaviour; reviewing child EHCP plans and implementing any strategies identified by the plan; and supporting the social and emotional development of pupils, and reporting any issues when required. Show less

Research Assistant

• Sep 2016 - Jun 2017

I collaborated on a journal manuscript with Dr. Chris Ashwin investigating the relationship between autism traits, social anxiety, and loneliness. Duties included: Analysing research data; assisting with critical analysis of literature; performing administrative duties as required; and liaison with internal academic staff and external organisations as required. I collaborated on a journal manuscript with Dr. Chris Ashwin investigating the relationship between autism traits, social anxiety, and loneliness. Duties included: Analysing research data; assisting with critical analysis of literature; performing administrative duties as required; and liaison with internal academic staff and external organisations as required.

Physiotherapy Intern

• Jun 2014 - Jun 2014

I completed a physiotherapy internship at a clinic specialising in the neuro-rehabilitation of patients that experienced epileptic seizures or that had suffered a stroke. Duties included: shadowing physiotherapists and assisting in physical therapy; promoting the independence and recovery of patients struggling with emotional and social issues; and assisting speech and language therapist with therapy sessions. I completed a physiotherapy internship at a clinic specialising in the neuro-rehabilitation of patients that experienced epileptic seizures or that had suffered a stroke. Duties included: shadowing physiotherapists and assisting in physical therapy; promoting the independence and recovery of patients struggling with emotional and social issues; and assisting speech and language therapist with therapy sessions.