AYSESU BOZDOGAN

• Supported patients' emotional and social needs with empathy and companionship
• Assisted in therapeutic activities like arts, crafts, and music sessions
• Ran errands and supported daily tasks, enhancing ward operations
• Encouraged social interaction by accompanying patients on outings
• Shared patient insights with supervisors, ensuring quality care
• Provided emotional support for distressed individuals to foster calm environments.

• Provided text-based support to children, young people, and adults in distress
• Assisted texters in reaching a calmer state to keep them safe and empower them to take positive steps
• Signposted texters to additional support resources
• Handled conversations with individuals experiencing mental health crises, including suicidal thoughts, autism and self harming
• Supported by Clinical Supervisors throughout the process

• Provided 1:1 support for two children with emotional, behavioural and special educational needs.
• Lead recreational activities that are inclusive, safe, and engaging to facilitate their learning.
• Identified children's interests and adapted activities to meet their individual unique needs.
• Implemented and executed interventions such as work practice/workstation, bucket time, sensory circuits, the first and next method, and transition objects.
• Created structured routines to facilitate their learning and minimise challenging behaviours.
• Supported sensory integration and fostered their social skills.
• Created activities to address the improvement of their fine motor skills, gross motor skills, reasoning, and numerical.
• Conducted assessments such as language and speech to understand their communication level.
• Collaborating and regular liaison with parents, informing them of any updates and development with the child's learning.

• Supported the Home Treatment Team within the NHS by shadowing during the assessment and assisting patients with mental health conditions in both home and hospital settings at Gordon's Hospital
• Providing emotional support to service users with a complex conditions such as bipolar, learning disabilities, schizophrenia to alleviate isolation and loneliness
• Helping service users with everyday tasks like shopping, attending appointments, and basic chores
• Breakaway and safeguarding course completed

• Supported the educational and emotional needs of special students across primary, secondary, and college levels on a part-time basis.
• Followed and maintained a structured routine and supported an inclusive learning environment through tailored interventions and visual aids.
• Interacted varied kids with different communication levels in different age groups and classes.
• Escalated any safeguarding concerns to the relevant safeguarding lead within the school.

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• Supervised and ensured the safety of children during after-school activities.
• Planned and organised age-appropriate games and activities
• Managed equipment and resources for activities.
• Covered TA's in mainstream primary schools when needed.
• Encouraged pupil autonomy through guided independent study initiatives.

• Supported the development of children's cognitive, physical, and social skills through interactive activities and games, enhancing their motor skills and cognitive capacities.
• Implemented safeguarding practices acquired through training to ensure a safe and nurturing environment for children during sessions.

• Focused on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and related approaches
• Created engaging social media content and kept up with relevant literature for the clinic
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in mental health
• Joined case discussions and shadowed clinical psychologist during therapy session

• Administered Mini-Mental, Rochard, and Weischer tests, gaining valuable experience
• Conducted patient observations under psychologist supervision
• Acquired practical skills in play therapy for children

• Co-founded a non-profit organization with six psychologists to support earthquake-affected families and survivors in Turkey
• Provided psychological first aid and emotional support to earthquake survivors
• Completed psychological first aid coursework instructed by professors to enhance support skills
• Organized and led a four-week series of family education seminars on attachment theory for parents during crises