Onira Sousa
Warsaw,Poland
Summary
Psychology student well versed in administrative duties, with good interpersonal skills. Currently, seeking employment to expand knowledge and work collaboratively to problem-solving.
Driven to deliver high-quality services and consistent results in a dynamic and multicultural setting.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Psychologist Training Assistant
Psychiatric Hospital of Luanda
Luanda, Angola
09.2019 - Current
- Facilitated agreements with educational institutions to obtain scholarships for institution's employees.
- Bridging contact between all stakeholders in scholarship agreements.
- Supervised academic internships.
- Performed hospital guided tours for over 500 health students of multiple educational institutions.
- Managed all institutions educational initiatives for hospital staff and patients.
- Elaborated and promoted hospital staff training activities.
- Organised activities to disseminate about mental health for patients and families.
- Scheduled organisational meetings.
- Prepared the hospital's annual conference of psychiatry.
- Oversaw Psychiatric Hospital's secretarial committee's work during scientific conferences.
- Recorded meeting minutes and activity reports.
Psychologist assistant
Psychiatric Hospital of Luanda
Luanda, Angola
04.2017 - 09.2019
- Built strong and trusting professional rapport to support client progress.
- Educated clients on mental health conditions.
- Safeguarded client privacy with stringent adherence to data security policies.
- Documented client progress in confidential files.
- Communicated with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate and carry out daily activities.
- Carried out thorough patient assessments to support diagnosis and treatment.
- Taught therapeutic techniques and exercises to assist clients in managing symptoms.
- Provided information about prevention and treatment options, treatment adherence and personal behaviours affecting outcomes.
- Reported signs and symptoms causing concern for escalation to other healthcare professions.
- Adapted practice to individual circumstances and cultural and social differences.
- Counselled patients and families experiencing mental health condition.
- Educated service users on healthy habits and lifestyle changes to minimise risk of developing psychiatric conditions.
Education
National Senior Certificate - High School
Abbotts College
Pretoria, South Africa 2008 - 2009
Bachelor of Psychology - Psychology
Midrand Graduate Institute/ Pearson Education
Pretoria, South Africa 2010 - 2014
MSc Cognitive Neuropsychology - Psychology
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom 2014 - 2015
CELTA - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Good Hope Studies
Cape Town, South Africa 2022 - 2022
MA Clinical Psychology - Psychology
SWPS University
Warsaw, Poland 2023 -
Skills
- Attentive listener
- Confident communicator
- Excellent observational skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
- Good knowledge of IBM SPSS
- Good Knowledge of psychological assessment, administration and interpretation of NEO - PI, RAVEN -2, and RISB
- English Lesson planning and implementation
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Languages
English
Fluent
Portuguese
Native
Certification
CELTA - Cambridge English Level 5 Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Psychologist Training Assistant
Psychiatric Hospital of Luanda
09.2019 - Current
Psychologist assistant
Psychiatric Hospital of Luanda
04.2017 - 09.2019
National Senior Certificate - High School
Abbotts College
2008 - 2009
Bachelor of Psychology - Psychology
Midrand Graduate Institute/ Pearson Education
2010 - 2014
MSc Cognitive Neuropsychology - Psychology
University of Essex
2014 - 2015
CELTA - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Good Hope Studies
2022 - 2022
MA Clinical Psychology - Psychology
SWPS University
2023 -
CELTA - Cambridge English Level 5 Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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