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Christopher Panks is listed as Student Support Tutor at SRUC, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Christopher Panks.
Christopher Panks previously worked as Counsellor at The Spark Counselling Scotland and Trainee counsellor at The Spark Counselling Scotland. Christopher Panks holds Postgraduate Diploma (Scqf Level 11), Relational Counselling, Distinction from The Spark Counselling Scotland.
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About Christopher Panks
As an integrative relational counsellor at The Spark, I apply a relational integrative approach to help clients and couples to improve their mental health and well-being. I completed a 100-hour clinical placement and graduated with distinction in December 2023 with a PG Dip in Relational Counselling, accredited by COSCA and BACP. I am an MSc graduate in Psychological studies, which confers the BPS Graduate Basis of Chartership.I have also completed several micro-credentials in Trauma Effect on Mental Health and Substance Misuse in the Contemporary World from the University of Glasgow, Health Data Science from the University of Edinburgh, and a Level 2 certificate in Mental Health from West College Scotland.In addition, I work part-time as a student support tutor at SRUC, providing academic and pastoral support to students from diverse backgrounds and needs. I have a BA(Hons) in Journalism from Glasgow Caledonian University, achieving a 2:1 honours degree. I have over six years of experience in data and research, having worked on several projects with organisations such as Our Brain Bank, The Sporting Memories Foundation, and Kingsway Community Connections. I have also developed skills in R, Python, and qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
Listed skills include Teaching, Strategic Communications, Editing, Copywriting, and 20 others.
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Student Support Tutor
Current
Counsellor
Trainee Counsellor
Founder
Founder of Englishexamshelp.com - a platform that provides online pre-recorded and bespoke courses for English students who want to pass Cambridge exams.
Volunteer Telephone Counsellor, Freelance Trainer And Helpline Coordinator
I answer calls from Scots who are experiencing distress as a result of grief. The helpline exists for two functions (1) to provide brief emotional triage through active listening and compassionate enquiry, and (2) to capture personal data for input to the database, for ongoing support. I received several days of training to undertake this role, learning.
Researcher
Lead Practitioner
Started as a lead practitioner in North East Edinburgh Recovery Service, working with substance misusers to prevent drug deaths, and reduce harm.
Lead Practitioner
Working as a lead practitioner in the Criminal Justice Tenancy Sustainment Service, I work to support offenders following their release from custody.As an advocate of the service users, I help them to manage finances, independent living skills, direct to emotional support, financial, training, and health services. I am responsible for building.
Support Practitioner
I worked in the Housing First service to support those with repeated homelessness periods, complex mental health issues, and active addictions to maintain their housing tenancy. I have face to face interactions with people with co-morbid, complex issues such as personality disorders, past trauma, neurological disorders and actively listen, attempting to.
English Examiner
I have worked delivering Cambridge and Occupational examinations for language schools. I ensure that the guidelines are strictly followed in order to maintain the reputation of the examinations, which are renowned as the world's leading language assessment framework.
Qualitative Researcher
Worked as a qualitative researcher to capture experiences of COVID-19 lockdowns from the attendees of the Harvest Festival 2021. Following this, I analysed the data captured, and presented a written report for the organisation in December.
Secondary Research Intern
Conducted a thorough literature review for Dr. Catherine Lido, co-director of the Urban Big Data Centre, investigating the current literature on novel big data applications in education. My findings were presented and well-received at an Urban Big Data Centre away day and will direct future research efforts, helping to avoid duplication of efforts.
Volunteer Telephone Responder
Following specialised training in how to respond to people in distress, I volunteered to provide an overnight listening service for students at the University of Glasgow. I developed excellent active listening and interpersonal communication skills as well as gaining experience in offering support to those with common mental health difficulties.
Qualitative Researcher
I conducted a 10-week research project interviewing carers of men with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). This project gave me experience of participant recruitment, project management, qualitative interviewing with vulnerable populations, transcription, data analysis and report writing. I was also provided with training related to interpersonal care of AD sufferers.
Director Of Studies
As a Director of Studies for International House Córdoba I am responsible for upholding the highest standards of English teaching across a large school. I work in a team with two other Directors who are responsible for Young Learners and Adults respectively. My focus is teenagers.As part of the DOS team I organise the teen classes, in day-to-day contact.
Centre Co-Ordinator & Head Teacher
I joined this small family-run academy in 2015 and quickly began overseeing a root-and-branch overhaul of the fundamentals of the business. I built a simple new website, began to drive student engagement by managing social media accounts, designing and delivering marketing campaigns and created new high-level resources. I also designed, wrote and conducted.
Academic Manager
I was responsible for Academics in the EF Language Travel London home-stay location. This includes managing a team of roughly 20 teachers who, over the course of the summer taught more than 2000 international students, to ensure the highest levels of tuition for EF students during their cultural immersion courses in London.I was responsible for staffing.
Teacher
I taught a variety of levels from beginners aged between eight and ten, to students working towards their Cambridge Advanced Exam (CAE). I prepared at least one class for each level of Cambridge exam, including teenagers and adults. Testimonials:"Christopher is an excellent teacher of English. Without doubt I would recommend him as a teacher over the many.
Teacher
In this summer school, I taught students aged between 14 and 17 in a number of different ways, including use of technology like iPads to make a short video projects and using music to make lessons more interactive. Before the students 'graduated' they were tested according to Cambridge guidelines to give an indication of their CEFR level. I was recognised.
Sports Reporter
I worked as a part-time reporter for the sport section of Swindon's local daily newspaper. I covered a variety of sports including football, triathlon, athletics and swimming. I also created video and audio exclusively for the website, updated and maintained the website daily alongside my printed work and often proofread articles to ensure accuracy.
Press Officer
Working for part of the Ministry of Defence, a UK Government department, my role was to promote positive news stories to news organisations from print-based outlets like magazines and newspapers to national, local and specialist broadcasters. A large part of this job included writing and editing documents to ensure the English language was accurately used.
Christopher Panks education
Postgraduate Diploma (Scqf Level 11), Relational Counselling, Distinction
Master Of Science - Ms, Psychological Studies, Merit
Certificate, Transactional Analysis 101
Non-Credit Short Course, Digital Marketing Strategy
Master'S Level (Scqf Level 11), Health Data Science, Pass
Msc Level, Substance Use In The Contemporary World, Distinction
Msc Level Microcredential, Impact Of Trauma On Mental Health, Pass With Merit
Level 2 Certificate, Mental Health, Pass
Certificate, Counselling Skills, Pass
Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Journalism, 2:1
Celta, Certificate In English Language Teaching To Adults, Pass
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Christopher Panks works for SRUC.
What is Christopher Panks's role at SRUC?
Christopher Panks is listed as Student Support Tutor at SRUC.
Where is Christopher Panks based?
Christopher Panks is based in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom while working with SRUC.
What companies has Christopher Panks worked for?
Christopher Panks has worked for Sruc, The Spark Counselling Scotland, Englishexamshelp.Com, Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland, and Ourbrainbank.
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What schools did Christopher Panks attend?
Christopher Panks holds Postgraduate Diploma (Scqf Level 11), Relational Counselling, Distinction from The Spark Counselling Scotland.
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Christopher Panks is listed with skills including Teaching, Strategic Communications, Editing, Copywriting, Social Media, Leadership, Teaching English As A Foreign Language, and Journalism.
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