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ANDREA MIHURA FIGUEREDO

Sydney,Australia

Summary

I am a dedicated, compassionate Teacher, Psychologist and Mindfulness Coach who has an ability to connect with individuals and groups of all backgrounds. I am collaborative and engaging in groups and one-on-one. I work very well in teams and on projects, whilst also being tenacious and goal-directed when working alone. I have strong planning and organizational skills as well as the ability to work in a triage capacity with client case-management. My combination of teaching, coaching and psychology has equipped me with an ability to understand people better and contribute to their holistic development as individuals. I am passionate about helping people and would love to work within an organization that harnesses each of my abilities for the benefit of others.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

School Counsellor

The King´s School
Sydney, NSW
08.2022 - Current
  • Assess mental health and wellbeing issues and determine appropriate approach and/or intervention when receiving referrals from Prep Executive, Housemasters, Class Teachers and when nominated by parents for guidance and support
  • Provide a professional counselling service to students for a wide range of wellbeing concerns, including social, emotional and academic needs
  • Provide regular feedback to relevant staff to support individual student needs with clear recommendations for each stakeholder
  • Provide relevant feedback to parents, including strategies that can be used at home to help understand relevant issues and/or provide instructions on additional sources of information
  • Administer, as appropriate, formal psychological and cognitive assessments after discussion with the assistant principal of prep students and the community
  • Initial development and collaborative construction and review of individual plans, such as the Behavior Support Plan (BSP) and Safety Action Plan (SAP)
  • Provide short-term counselling assistance to staff and, where appropriate, consult with the school's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider for ongoing support
  • Work collaboratively with classroom teachers and educational support staff (ESS) to support students with their learning needs and identify actions that need to be taken as a result
  • Contribute to staff professional learning and awareness of student wellbeing issues
  • Assume a Case Manager role, providing a liaison link between agencies, other welfare services, the School, families and students
  • Meet the school's responsibilities under the mandatory reporting requirements of child protection legislation.

School Counsellor

The John Berne School
Sydney, NSW
10.2021 - 06.2022
  • Support students with attendance, safety, and behaviour challenges through collaborative planning
  • Conduct assessments and facilitate interventions for youth with developmental, cognitive, social, or emotional needs
  • Specifically in the following areas: Intellectual disability, learning difficulties, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, ODD and trauma
  • Prepare cognitive and/or educational reports
  • Liaise with teachers and community agencies
  • Group work
  • Maintain constant communication with students' families, as well as with the School Support Team, the Leadership Team and teachers.

Counsellor Behaviour Support

Aspiration Education Development Clinic
Sydney, NSW
12.2020 - 10.2021
  • Respond to a diverse range of issues: including but not limited to emotion regulation; stress and anxiety; parenting concerns
  • Maintain a child-focus and work systemically with families
  • Active responsibility within a risk assessment framework pertaining to the safety of clients and their families
  • Maintaining accurate records of client attendance, appropriate case notes and necessary forms
  • Facilitating small group intervention (e.g
  • Social Skills Group – Secret Agent Society)
  • Participation in team meetings, research projects, and practice quality processes as required
  • Conduct professional trainings for parents and external stakeholders relevant to the services provided within AEDC (e.g
  • Mindfulness, parenting training) as required
  • Maintain up-to-date relevant legislative changes affecting professional practice
  • Liaise with family and health professionals involved on the clients’ multidisciplinary team
  • Work effectively with a diverse range of community clients, including culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) clients, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

Mental Health Practitioner

Casey Cardinia Psychology
Melbourne, VIC
09.2020 - 12.2020
  • Establish the needs of potential clients through open and empathetic discussions
  • Engage in system consultations, ensuring flexible clinical services designed to meet the unique needs of each individual
  • Provide evidence-based psychological interventions
  • Conduct assessments
  • Offer evidence-based psychosocial interventions to young people and their families, providing them with valuable mental health information and available support services
  • Prepare NDIS cognitive and/or emotional reports.

University Lecturer

Faculty of Psychology
Montevideo, Uruguay
07.2019 - 12.2019
  • Redesign of course content introducing Mindfulness as a self-care practice
  • Deliver classes to Bachelor of Psychology students
  • Provide Mindfulness sessions
  • Evaluate student assessments.

Clinical Psychologist

Private Practice
Montevideo, Uruguay
03.2015 - 12.2019
  • Conduct assessment and facilitate evidence-based psychological interventions for children and teenagers people with developmental, cognitive, social or emotional needs
  • Psychoeducation for families on the emotional and cognitive development of their children and teenager in general, trauma, grief, etc
  • Liaise with health professionals involved in the client's multidisciplinary team
  • Facilitating small mindfulness group interventions
  • Conduct cognitive and/ or emotional reports
  • Maintaining accurate records of client attendance and appropriate case notes.

Mindfulness Children Trainer & Education Coordinator

Mindfulness Project
Montevideo, Uruguay
09.2017 - 10.2019
  • Coordinate mindfulness programs for children from 4 to 12 years old with the team
  • Organise professional talks from foreign experts with the team to talk about mindfulness in the field of childhood, adolescence and parenthood
  • Write articles of interest for the monthly Mindfulness Project newsletter
  • Permanent professional training in mindfulness
  • Answer free online queries from the community.

Clinical Psychologist of children and adolescents

Psychopedagogical assistance center
Montevideo, Uruguay
10.2017 - 10.2018
  • Carry out psychological assessments on children and adolescents
  • Psychological interventions for children and adolescents with different emotional and cognitive issues, including their family members or guardians
  • Specific interventions for parents
  • Family mediation in case of conflict after divorce
  • Interviews in children's educational institutions to work together in favour of holistic treatment
  • Reports writing
  • Maintain adequate client’s records as requested by law
  • Interdisciplinary work once a month with speech therapists, psychomotor therapists, psychiatrists, etc.

Clinical Psychologist of children and adolescents

Child Neuropsychology Center
Montevideo, Uruguay
03.2016 - 05.2017
  • Carry out psychological assessments on children and adolescents
  • Deliver therapeutic individual and family therapy sessions
  • Liaise with the client's school teachers and community agencies when necessary
  • Mandatory participation in weekly multidisciplinary patient evaluation meetings (case triage) with pediatric neurologists, psychiatrists, audiologists, occupational therapists, specialized teachers and psychomotor specialists
  • Reports writing
  • Maintain adequate client’s records as requested by law.

Kindergarten Spanish & English Early Childhood Teacher

Crandon Institute
Montevideo, Uruguay
02.2012 - 12.2016
  • Lead teacher
  • Curricular planning
  • Maintain planning records
  • Participation in team meetings to set and evaluate annual teamwork objectives
  • Conduct interviews and meetings with parents
  • Monitor the development of children with the school's multidisciplinary team
  • Refer children to appropriate professional support when appropriate
  • Writing reports on the development process of each child
  • Work in collaboration with the school psychologist to monitor each child's emotional development.

Early childhood Teacher Coordinator

Center for children and family care
Montevideo, Uruguay
09.2012 - 12.2013
  • Staff performance supervisor
  • Plan monthly team meetings to set and evaluate the Center's objectives
  • Children admission interviews
  • Home visit in case of child absenteeism
  • Multidisciplinary work with psychologists, psychomotor specialists and social workers
  • Administrative tasks (diary, attendance, coordination with providers, etc.) Supervisor of comprehensive child development reports
  • Accompaniment and observation of educators in the classroom
  • Review of child development reports prepared by educators each quarter
  • Support and advice teachers with the class curricular plan
  • Psychoeducation for parents
  • Interstate and interinstitutional communication to resolve issues related to children and their families
  • Write Centre performance reports to inform the executive team.

Kindergarten Early Childhood Teacher

Latin-American School
02.2010 - 12.2011
  • Lead teacher
  • Curricular planning
  • Maintain planning records
  • Participation in team meetings to set and evaluate annual teamwork objectives
  • Conduct interviews and meetings with parents
  • Monitor the development of children with the school's multidisciplinary team
  • Refer children to appropriate professional support when appropriate
  • Writing reports on the development process of each child
  • Work in collaboration with the school psychologist to monitor each child's emotional development.

Kindergarten Early Childhood Teacher

Saint Paul Private School
02.2006 - 12.2011
  • Lead teacher
  • Curricular planning
  • Maintain planning records
  • Participation in team meetings to set and evaluate annual teamwork objectives
  • Conduct interviews and meetings with parents
  • Monitor the development of children with the school's multidisciplinary team
  • Refer children to appropriate professional support when appropriate
  • Writing reports on the development process of each child
  • Work in collaboration with the school psychologist to monitor each child's emotional development.

Education

Bachelor of Psychology -

University of The Eastern Republic of Uruguay
12-2014

Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching (Initial/Pre-school/Kindergarten) -

Normal Institutes of Magisterial, Montevideo, Uruguay
10-2008

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education -

Catholic University of Uruguay
12-2007

Skills

  • Significant Childhood development & personal formation knowledge as Licensed Psychologist & Educator
  • Mindfulness coaching competencies (individuals / groups)
  • Coaching tool knowledge
  • Planning & execution ability
  • Team / project collaboration
  • Leadership

Attributes

  • Trustworthy
  • Observant
  • Empathic & helpful
  • Practical & efficient
  • Engaging with individuals / families
  • Receptive to verbal & non-verbal cues

Training And Continuing Development

2023

Swim Teacher Rescue Award, Royal Life Saving Society, NSW, Australia, 2023

  • Best Practice Note-Taking, Record Keeping & Privacy in Schools, LawSense, Sydney, Australia, 2023
  • Child Safety Reporting Obligations, The King´s School, Sydney, Australia, 2023
  • First Aid and CPR courses, All aid – First Aid, Sydney Australia, 2023
  • Kids Grief in the School Setting Course, National Centre for Childhood Grief, Sydney, Australia, 2023
  • Core Course in Bereavement, National Centre for Childhood Grief, Sydney, Australia, 2023
  • Trauma Informed Certificate for Coaches, The Centre for Healing, Sydney, Australia, 2023

2022

Workshop about the Interplay Therapy, Interplay Therapy, Sydney, Australia, 2022

2021

  • Child Safe Organisation compliance obligations for Marist Schools, John Berne School, Sydney, Australia, 2021
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Allens Trainning Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australia, 2021
  • Secret Agent Society Program, Social Skills Small Groups Training, Sydney, Australia, 2021

2020

  • Quality, Safety and You, NDIS Worker Orientation Module, Sydney, Australia, 2020
  • English Course-IELTS exam preparation, ILSC Language Schools, Melbourne, Australia, 2020

2019

  • 5 days Silent Retreat, AQUIETAR, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019

2018

  • Therapy Training focused on Compassion, Mindfulness and health society, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2018
  • Mindful Self Compassion Program, Mindfulness Project, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2018
  • Mindfulness and Compassion in Clinical Practice, Mindfulness Project, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2018

2017

  • REBAP International Massachusetts – Fernando de Torrijos – Argentina: Clinical and Educational Interventions based on Mindfulness, 2017
  • Trainer for children, Academy for Mindful Teaching - Eline Snel - Holland, 2017
  • Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness Project, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2017

2016

  • Interventions and Clinical strategies in Childhood, Uruguayan Association of Analytic Psychotherapy, 2016

2015

  • The Clinic of Early Childhood. Autistic functioning in the child. Original contributions of current authors, Hospital Pereira Rosell, 2015

2013

  • Ontological coaching for Psychologists, Coordinator of Psychologists of Uruguay, 2013

2011

  • Management of Educational Centres, 2011

Languages

  • Native Spanish speaker
  • English

References

  • Peter Allison, Principal of The King´s School, pallison@kings.edu.au, 0413 678 720
  • James Le Huray, Principal of The John Berne School, james.lehuray@johnberneschool.org, 0419 419 294
  • Neety Ghai, Aspiration Education and Development Clinic, 0448 653 344
  • Elizabeth Pellow, Casey Cardinia Psychology Pty. Melbourne, VIC, Australia, liz@caseycardiniapsychology.com.au, 0448 653 344
  • Psychologist Alicia McIntyre, Sydney, NSW, Australia, alicia@completetherapy.com.au, 0410 546 769
  • Gabriela Remedi, Head of English Department Crandon Institute, Montevideo, Uruguay, gremedi@crandon.edu.uy, +598 9127340
  • Darío De Leon, Faculty of Psychology, Montevideo, Uruguay, dadeloeon@psico.edu.uy, +598 4224197

Timeline

School Counsellor

The King´s School
08.2022 - Current

School Counsellor

The John Berne School
10.2021 - 06.2022

Counsellor Behaviour Support

Aspiration Education Development Clinic
12.2020 - 10.2021

Mental Health Practitioner

Casey Cardinia Psychology
09.2020 - 12.2020

University Lecturer

Faculty of Psychology
07.2019 - 12.2019

Clinical Psychologist of children and adolescents

Psychopedagogical assistance center
10.2017 - 10.2018

Mindfulness Children Trainer & Education Coordinator

Mindfulness Project
09.2017 - 10.2019

Clinical Psychologist of children and adolescents

Child Neuropsychology Center
03.2016 - 05.2017

Clinical Psychologist

Private Practice
03.2015 - 12.2019

Early childhood Teacher Coordinator

Center for children and family care
09.2012 - 12.2013

Kindergarten Spanish & English Early Childhood Teacher

Crandon Institute
02.2012 - 12.2016

Kindergarten Early Childhood Teacher

Latin-American School
02.2010 - 12.2011

Kindergarten Early Childhood Teacher

Saint Paul Private School
02.2006 - 12.2011

Bachelor of Psychology -

University of The Eastern Republic of Uruguay

Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching (Initial/Pre-school/Kindergarten) -

Normal Institutes of Magisterial, Montevideo, Uruguay

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education -

Catholic University of Uruguay

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