Катерина

KATERYNA ABRAMOVA
Chernivtsi
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Personal Profile
I’m a teacher and social pedagogy (practical psychologist) with more than 10 years’ experience in educational institutions and non-governmental organizations. I worked as a head of the psychological and social assistance department for HIV + women and children in a non-governmental organization. I worked as a social teacher in various European countries, I have extensive experience working with SEN children with intellectual disabilities. A confident and outgoing person with a positive and friendly disposition. I am punctual, reliable, have excellent communication skills and work well under pressure. I can adapt to any environment, and I am extremely well organized. I enjoy dealing directly with people of all levels and have gained invaluable experience through my previous employment. I am a very articulate and independent person. A team player also with the ability to drive and self-motivate to work on my own if I am required to. Love to challenge and prove myself at any task I take on
Key Skills
• Fluent in Ukrainian, English, Russian, German
• Good customer service skills, well-spoken and polite
• Able to work equally well alone, using own initiative, or as part of a team
• Knowledge of teaching and the ability to design courses
• Sensitivity and understanding
• Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• The ability to work well with others
• The ability to create the best conditions for learning or teaching new things

Work History/Experience
Jan 2023- Feb 2023 (working now) - SEN Teacher assistant (Pimlico Primary school /London)
• Diagnostics, individual counselling child (9 years old)
• Plan and teach lessons, work with individual boy (9 years old)
• Prepare teaching materials, take registers and write reports
• Help for SEND develop confidence, independence and encourage them to learn
• Manage behaviour, mark work and talk to parents about progress
• Speech therapy classes with a boy with actual disorders and delayed language development.
May 2022 – Oct 2022 - Social Pedagogy (Theodor-Heuss-Werkrealschule, Germany)
• Work with students after lessons, communication with children from different countries of the world, board games, art-therapy classes, leisure hours. Prepare teaching materials, take registers and write reports.
• Hours of communication with teenager.
• To enjoy working with other people customer service skills.
• Sensitivity and understanding, excellent verbal communication skills
• The ability to work well with others. To be flexible and open to change
• To be able to use a computer and the main software packages competently

Nov 2021- Feb 2022 SEN Teacher/Social Pedagogy/ Psychology (General education special school number three, Ukraine)
• Diagnostics, individual and group counseling, training classes for school students.
• Plan and teach lessons, work with small groups and individual students
• Prepare teaching materials, take registers and write reports
• Help students develop confidence, independence and encourage them to learn
• Manage behaviour, mark work and talk to parents and carers about their children's progress
• Work with specialist teaching services, medical staff, counsellors and psychologists
• Organise trips, attend workshops and run training for other teaching staff on special educational needs issues
June 2019 – Aug 2019 Speech Therapist, (Family with baby with delayed language development, Germany)
• Living with a family, working with a 2-year-old child.
• Speech therapy classes with a boy with actual disorders and delayed language development.
• Plan and teach lessons, work with individual child.

Feb 2012-June2019- SEN Teacher/Social Pedagogy/Psychology, (General education special school number three, Ukraine)
• Training knowledge, diagnostic work, corrective work with SEN student
• Help students develop confidence, independence and encourage them to learn
• Manage behaviour, mark work and talk to parents and carers about their children's progress
• Work with specialist teaching services, medical staff, counsellors and psychologists
• Organise trips, attend workshops and run training for other teaching staff on special educational needs issues
11/2011-05/2013 - Aspirant/Teacher, (Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine)
• Knowledge of teaching and the ability to design courses
• Prepare teaching materials, take registers and write reports
• Help students develop confidence, independence and encourage them to learn
• Methodical work with the teacher’s documents.
• Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• To be able to use a computer and the main software packages competently

01/2012-01/2013 - Manager/Coach/Psychology, (All-Ukrainian charitable organization of PLHIV, Ukraine)
• Knowledge of psychology
• Counselling skills including active listening and a non-judgemental approach, active listening skills, excellent verbal communication skills
• Sensitivity and understanding
• An understanding of statistical methods and data analysis
• Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• To be able to use a computer and the main software packages competently

Education/Training
• Master’s degree Social Pedagogy with specialization Psychology
Chernivtsi National University named Yuriy Fedkovich.
• Master’s degree Speech Therapist/Special Education
Higher School of Social and Technical Sciences of Radom

References available on request
• 2018Certificate "Metaphorical images in working with children: techniques and methods".
• 2018Certificate "Art therapy methods in working with children with special educational needs."
• 2016Certificate "Personal dignity. Safety of life. Civic position".
• 2016Certificate "Skills of crisis counseling and the development of psychosocial resistance to stress in children".
• 2014Certificate "Basic training for researchers in the field of combating HIV infection and AIDS".
• 2012Certificate “Prevention of HIV infection based on the development life skills".
• 2012Certificate speech therapist in Higher School of Social and Technical Sciences of Radom (Poland).
• 2011Certificate "The process of disclosing HIV positive status to a child".
• 2010Certificate "Social-pedagogical foundations of personality development in the general human, national and socio-cultural context".
• 2009Certificate “Communicative techniques for changing the behavior of teenagers and people".