Ross Nedoma Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

As a trainee clinical psychologist I am employed by Camden and Islington NHS Trust whilst additionally studying at University College London to achieve my doctorate qualification. Through my employment I will be on several different placements to gain experience of various psychological services to support people's mental health.

Hm/Yoi Feltham

My role as an assistant psychologist in the Wellbeing Team at HM/YOI Feltham has a strong ethos of providing trauma informed care to support the well-being of the young adults and staff within a custodial setting.My role involves:- Conducting mental health and risk assessments.- Providing individual and group psychological interventions.- Working as a multi-disciplinary team and collaborating with wider services in and outside the prison to deliver holistic care.-… Show more My role as an assistant psychologist in the Wellbeing Team at HM/YOI Feltham has a strong ethos of providing trauma informed care to support the well-being of the young adults and staff within a custodial setting.My role involves:- Conducting mental health and risk assessments.- Providing individual and group psychological interventions.- Working as a multi-disciplinary team and collaborating with wider services in and outside the prison to deliver holistic care.- Co-ordinating the neurodevelopmental pathway. and completing neurodevelopmental screenings and developmental histories.- Facilitating wider systematic support to the prison staff by providing guided reflective practice and offering psychological formulations of the young adults in our care.- Offering alternative and unique approaches to engage the young adults to the Wellbeing service through iniatives such as our joint venture with Fulham Reach Rowing Club - Boats Not Bars. An intervention aimed at supporting young adults through making connections between physical and mental health. Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

As an assistant psychologist at HMP Downview my role includes:• Exposure to working with challenging patients, presenting with a wide range of mental health and behavioural difficulties. • Working in a multi-disciplinary team within a step care model approach. This includes multi-agency working as I uphold close relationships with prison staff.• Facilitated in the development and implementation of the NHS trust level audit measuring the effectiveness of psychological… Show more As an assistant psychologist at HMP Downview my role includes:• Exposure to working with challenging patients, presenting with a wide range of mental health and behavioural difficulties. • Working in a multi-disciplinary team within a step care model approach. This includes multi-agency working as I uphold close relationships with prison staff.• Facilitated in the development and implementation of the NHS trust level audit measuring the effectiveness of psychological interventions across 11 offender care mental health services.• Collecting patient experience feedback for the wider Healthcare Department of HMP Downview. This role includes managing 2 peer mentors within the prison.• Conducting assessments and interventions on both a group and individual level. • Risk management and awareness.• Development of group interventions, for example - a psychoeduction group on eating disorders.• CPD – 3-day Hearing Voices Group Facilitation, WKUF+ Show less

Hmp Downview

My role at HMP Downview includes conducting group therapy sessions, assisting with one on one assessments, audit work and helping with the everyday running of the mental health inreach team within the prison.

Monmouth

• Interim job to help finance my master's degree• I approached this job as though it was a career, with high energy and eagerness to progress.• Being at the company less than a year I have seen my responsibilities increase and find myself meeting with directors, and owners of the company.• My role includes quality control of stone from suppliers, before it reaches the warehouse floor to be sold. Any problems are to be reported to a director of the company.• I have never worked a… Show more • Interim job to help finance my master's degree• I approached this job as though it was a career, with high energy and eagerness to progress.• Being at the company less than a year I have seen my responsibilities increase and find myself meeting with directors, and owners of the company.• My role includes quality control of stone from suppliers, before it reaches the warehouse floor to be sold. Any problems are to be reported to a director of the company.• I have never worked a warehouse/manual labour job before and have often found myself in a position I thought I would never cross and have always overcome it.• I am incredibly grateful to the company for having me on a short term contract and investing in me through the means of qualifications, such as a fork lift driving course. Show less

• Throughout my final two years of university I balanced my studies with a part-time bar and front of house job. I worked approximately eight hours a week.• Many of the shifts I worked involved interactions with eminent individuals, such as the mayor of Portsmouth.• Whilst multi-tasking this job at university it encouraged me to have a highly organised routine where I could work to maximum efficiency.

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

• I was successful in achieving a volunteer role at a local Headway brain injury clinic, for one day a week during my third year of university.• My role was to help assist in activities that are designed to meet the persons specific need for rehabilitation.• I became heavily involved in the gym rehabilitation aspect of the charity. This comprised of taking service users to the gym each session and guiding them through their specially designed workout.• Many service users feel… Show more • I was successful in achieving a volunteer role at a local Headway brain injury clinic, for one day a week during my third year of university.• My role was to help assist in activities that are designed to meet the persons specific need for rehabilitation.• I became heavily involved in the gym rehabilitation aspect of the charity. This comprised of taking service users to the gym each session and guiding them through their specially designed workout.• Many service users feel nervous using the gym by themselves and did not want to constantly pester the trainers if they were unsure how to use equipment. Taking them to the gym helps build their confidence, gain fitness and provides a stimulating environment. • Headway encouraged me too further my knowledge by providing me with courses such as, ‘Introduction to brain injury course' as part of my volunteering. Show less

• For all 3 years at university I have been an active member in the University of Portsmouth Tennis Club• In my second year I acquired the position of social secretary. This position required me to be the social representative for the club, this involved welcoming new members to the club, as well as organising and conducting social events.• In my final year I achieved the role of Vice President of the club. This role required me to work on more of the background operations including… Show more • For all 3 years at university I have been an active member in the University of Portsmouth Tennis Club• In my second year I acquired the position of social secretary. This position required me to be the social representative for the club, this involved welcoming new members to the club, as well as organising and conducting social events.• In my final year I achieved the role of Vice President of the club. This role required me to work on more of the background operations including deciding on times and type of training. • These roles helped me to improve my communication skills and my ability to work in a functioning team. Firstly, I regularly had to coach students of all ages and backgrounds, which therefore meant my instructions had to be clear and precise for everyone to understand. Finally, being part of the committee resulted in working regularly with peers to develop and improve the tennis club on a weekly basis. Show less

• In my second year of University I achieved the position of Team Leader for the University of Portsmouth Raising and Giving summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. • The role involved coordinating and monitoring of over 25 students in their fundraising throughout the academic year leading up to trek. • Further requirements of this role included: setting regular goals for fundraising recruits, reporting back progress to charity and committee representatives, providing pastoral support and advice to… Show more • In my second year of University I achieved the position of Team Leader for the University of Portsmouth Raising and Giving summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. • The role involved coordinating and monitoring of over 25 students in their fundraising throughout the academic year leading up to trek. • Further requirements of this role included: setting regular goals for fundraising recruits, reporting back progress to charity and committee representatives, providing pastoral support and advice to recruits, all this was to ensure each recruit achieved the individual fundraising goal of £3000. From this summit alone the University of Portsmouth raised over £60 000 for charity.• I was then the representative for the University on the trek who the sherper’s and travel company would relay information through• I gained many key skills from this role, but organisation was key. AS it was essential to help each student fundraiser with their individual needs. • On par with organisational skills, was being extroverted and being able to transfer this energy on to the fundraisers. This was so they were active about achieving their fundraising totals. Show less

• During my second year I applied for a position as a research assistant to Dr Clare Wilson. • In this role it was my job to produce a literature review of the most current effective treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.• This review was to be presented to a NHS panel. This role improved my analytical skills and research skills, as I was able to gather vast amount of research and write it concisely enough for a literature review.

Clinical Mental Health Studies (Msc), Psychiatry, Distinction

A multi-disciplinary masters broadening my clinical, research and analytical skills. Modules being taken on this course: • Research.

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology, 2:1 (69.0%)

• Subjects studied in psychology; Health and clinical psychology, forensic psychology, sport psychology, research methods and statistics.

High School

A Levels • Biology B • Chemistry C • Psychology B AS Levels • Maths C

High School

• 12 GCSE’s grades A*-C including Maths, English and Triple Science • Head teacher award for consistent effort and achievement • Occupied.