Experience

Cambridge & Peterborough Mental Health Nhs Trust

• United Kingdom
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trainee Clinical Psychologist

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  I am currently completing a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at The University of East Anglia, this involves placements in different areas of mental health and wellbeing across the region. I am due to complete this in September 2024. Placement 1: Personality Disorder Community Service (PDCS) across Cambridge and Peterborough. Placement 2: Older Adults Stepped Therapies Community Service in Huntingdon. Placement 3: Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Neurodevelopmental Service in Cambridge. Placement 4: TBA Placement 5: TBA Placement 6: TBA Show less



Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Asssistant Psychologist

  • Oct 2020 - Jul 2021

  I worked in the Intensive Case Management for Psychosis (ICMP) secondary care mental health community team and also within the Family Consultation Service. The role also included qualitative research into the benefits of an 'Initial Family Meeting', whereby family members and/or significant others were invited to join the service user in their first contact with the service.

• Assistant Psychologist

  • Apr 2019 - Sep 2020

  Community Learning Disability (LD) & Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Forensic service. The core aims of community-based forensic LD support are:• A reduction in the number of people with a learning disability and/or autism who require inpatient facilities by accelerating discharge for those in hospital and reducing risk of admission for those in the community.• A reduction in the harmful behaviours by people with learning disability and/or autism that lead to them coming into contact with the criminal justice system or inpatient psychiatric admission.• Improve support to people with a learning disability and/or autism in contact with criminal justice services. Show less

• Assistant Psychologist

  • Apr 2018 - Apr 2019

  This role was part of the Bradley Therapy Service in the Kent prison cluster for Oxleas NHS Trust. I have worked with a diverse range of clients I have developed strong interpersonal skills which have been highly effective in ensuring that people have a positive experience of the Mental Health services provided. I have further developed my clinical experience through facilitating psycho-educational group work which I have found to be extremely validating for the group members which has been very powerful. Working within a criminal justice setting has enabled me to appreciate the systemic complexities of such an environment, I have been able to adapt my working practice to work well in the organisation, this style of working allowed me to set up a new innovative group namely the ‘Hearing Voices group’ this is part of a wider national network which creates a safe space for clients to reflect and share their experiences of ‘hearing voices’, which clients found to be an extremely validating experience and they felt listened to within this group. I had the opportunity to work with clients on a one-to-one basis using a Dialectical behaviour Therapy skills I had acquired. I used this opportunity to develop in my ability to communicate sensitively which has enabled clear and effective communication with the clients I have worked with. Theoretically, my understanding of Attachment Theory has developed greatly and I am able to use my knowledge of this in my interactions with clients. Show less



Anna Freud

• United Kingdom
• Mental Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2016 - Mar 2018

  • Research Assistant: Mentalization of Adult Offending Males (MOAM).A large scale national randomised controlled trial, evaluating the effectiveness of Mentalization Based Therapy, for men suffering with Anti-Social Personality Disorders. My role consisted of mostly data collection across the country, liaising with NHS clinical teams, and probation services to support recruitment. • Research Assistant: Services for Teens Engaging in Problem Sexual Behaviour (STEPS-B). Completing follow up measures and assessments with young people and their primary care giver, regardless of whether they received MST-PSB, or not. Transcribing the collected data. • Research Assistant: Randomised Evaluation Study of Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (REDIT). Completing the final clinical diagnostic interviews such as the Hamilton and the M.I.N.I to assess anxiety, and depression. Assessing the current risk of suicide for participants in NHS/IAPT centres. • Research Assistant: Systemic Therapy for At Risk Teens (START). Assisting in data collection about the young persons, who were at risk of out of home placements e.g., social services, foster care, or custody through liaising with Youth Offending Teams. Show less



Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Health Care Assistant. Working in the Forensic and Prison service.

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2016

  My duties involved working as the risk assessment champion on my ward, this has meant working closely with psychology in updating risk assessments for clients and ensuring they were clear and concise. This has also meant liaising with the MDT about clients MAPPA assessments.Whilst in this post I also attended a CPD training on clinical audit which gave me a greater understanding of research in NHS clinical settings. My duties involved working as the risk assessment champion on my ward, this has meant working closely with psychology in updating risk assessments for clients and ensuring they were clear and concise. This has also meant liaising with the MDT about clients MAPPA assessments.Whilst in this post I also attended a CPD training on clinical audit which gave me a greater understanding of research in NHS clinical settings.



SLV Sri Lanka Volunteers

• Sri Lanka

• Co-ordinator

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

  I volunteered for 3 months in mental health settings in the National Institute of Mental Health in Sri Lanka, I worked across the acute, intermediate, occupational therapy, older adults and forensic wards.I also volunteered in a variety of special needs placements, these included physiotherapy placements as well as community projects. I taught spoken English to a variety of ages in schools, after school clubs, care homes and community projects. My position as a coordinator meant that I was also managing volunteers on their placements, and providing support to the organisation. Show less



Research Center for Children, Schools and Families.

• University of Greenwich Southwood Site, Avery Hill Road, Eltham,

• Research Assistant

  • Feb 2014 - Mar 2015

  At this position I assisted in the formulation of research questions, gathering and analysing data. The first project called PECAN was an evaluation of a mentoring scheme on female ex-offenders, this included interviewing the females in question using semi-structured interviews, about their experience of the PECAN intervention. The data was analysed and we formed a final report which was put forward in an attempt to gain more funding from the big national lottery fund. The second project was again a evaluation of an intervention of the MENCAP project which included taking a baseline measurement of a child's behaviour. Then once the intervention from MENCAP took place I again interviewed the children with their families to test whether the intervention had an effect on the child behaviour. This role included data collection, data analysis and writing up of the final reports. Show less



Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Health Care Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

  My duties included assisting patients with activities such as self-care, escorting patients to appointments and being available to patients for 1-1 therapy. My responsibilities include being well-informed of the trust policies and procedures, keeping the patients, staff and the public safe from harm by being aware of a patient’s current mental state and documenting any behaviour or mood changes. This role required that I have a solid understanding of how the NHS system works and how a multidisciplinary team works together in a busy setting to formulate the best outcome for patients this includes myself being aware of patients current care plans. This role meant working with a variety of patients who were suffering an acute period of mental health. I worked as the 'Green Champion' of this ward to make the ward more sustainable. Show less