David Palm Email & Phone Number

Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Vice President Public Relations of Göteborgs Talarklubb (Speakers Club of Gothenburg) and President since May 2024. Founded in 1924, Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that gives tools and empowers individuals to develop their communication, public speaking, and leadership skills. Today, Toastmasters has over 14,200 clubs in 148 countries. In my role, I promote and profile our and others clubs through social media and press releases. We target individuals passionate about developing their public speaking and leadership skills. For more information, please visit: www.toastmasters.org - https://www.meetup.com/Goteborg-Talarklubb-Meetup/ and https://talarklubben.wordpress.com/Publications with personal interview:🏆 David Palm - Winner of the Swedish Championships in Public Speaking: https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/david-ar-sveriges-basta-talare-har-ar-hans-basta-tipsGöteborgs-Posten: https://www.gp.se/livsstil/h%C3%A4r-l%C3%A4r-man-sig-att-tala-inf%C3%B6r-publik-1.10004561Göteborgs-Posten: https://www.gp.se/livsstil/s%C3%A5-g%C3%B6r-du-f%C3%B6r-att-h%C3%A5lla-ett-riktigt-bra-tal-1.10004538

Gothenburg, Sweden

Primary care counselor in habilitation & health, for children, adolescents and their families.→ Assignments: Professional therapy sessions, crisis management, communication, and motivational interviewing, with children, youth, and their parents. The counseling is mainly based on CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy). The large number of international patients deepened my understanding and insights for varied circumstances and sharpened my English vocabulary for medical and mental conditions.

Gothenburg, Sweden

Counselor in primary care, JohannesVården (Praktikertjänst). Substitution service for nine months.→ Job assignments: Professional therapy sessions, based on CBT, solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), and motivational interviewing (MI), for children and adolescents from 6 to 17 years and their parents. In parallel with counseling sessions, I held parent groups on affect, emotions and ADHD.

Gothenburg, Sweden

School counselor at the International IT College of Sweden, Gothenburg.→ Job assignments: Same as at Gymnasieakademin (see below). In addition, teacher of sex education and teaching study techniques, especially for mathematics.

Bollnäs, Sweden

Counselor in primary care, Aleris hospital in Bollnäs. Serving for three months during summer of 2019.→ Job assignments: Professional therapy sessions, based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) and motivational interviewing (MI). Focusing on mental recovery, health-enhancement, goal-direction, future-orientation, and prevention. Working from a salutogenic model, having what works in center for the therapy.

Gothenburg, Sweden

School counselor at Gymnasieakademin, central Gothenburg. Parallel work with another group.→ Job assignments: Provided holistic student support through individual surveys assessing life situations. Implemented empowering strategies and fostered collaboration with relevant parties (parents, primary care, social services, BUP (child and adolescent psychiatry)) to ensure a long term well-being for each student. Responsibility for planning and conducting life education lessons, themed days, plan for equal treatment, and being a data protection officer (according to GDPR).

Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sverige

School counselor at Innovationsgymnasiet and Yrkesgymnasiet in Gothenburg. Parallel work with Gymnasieakademin. Thanks to great initiative and a strong work ethic, I was offered a full-time position at Gymnasieakademin.→ → Job assignments: Same as at Gymnasieakademin (see below).

Gothenburg, Sweden

Social worker in the department for economical welfare, at the Social Service in Angered.Guiding and empowering the most vulnerable people in society.

Umeå, Sverige

Accommodation supervisor in the Community Psychiatry, Umeå Municipality.

Umeå, Sverige

Kontaktperson inom LSS för två fokuspersoner. Parallellt arbete med socionomprogrammet.

Toronto, Ontario, Kanada

During my Bachelor of Science in Social Work at Umeå University, I took the opportunity to go abroad for one semester in order to participate in a trainee program at the Church of Sweden Toronto, Canada. In Toronto, I worked with humans from every age as well as society groups, in five different organizations (co-ops) 🍁Places of the trainee practice, sorted by age groups:"Yes I Can Nursery School" – Preschool teacher for children up to the age of six, with autism."The Nook" – After-school teacher and counselor for children between the age of 6 and 12. "Church of Sweden" – Churchwarden, support and volunteer at social events."Anglican church" – Counselor for homeless people, working in the church's lunch program, followed by churchwarden."Suomi-Koti" – Speaking with people with dementia and support field trips at the nursing home.