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Work History
Education
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Co Curricular Activities And Volunteer
Scholarship Awards
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Tharushini Anandam

Southbank,VIC

Summary

Compassionate individual with strong dedication to helping individuals in need of mental health support. Possesses understanding of mental health and behavioral sciences with ability to utilize knowledge to assist individuals in managing mental health challenges. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

STUDENT CENTRE TEACHER/ FREELANCE TUTOR

06.2013 - Current
  • Planned and conducted lessons for students (Maths, Science)
  • Assist students between the age of 7 to 16 years old
  • Assist students with special needs, who were slower in understanding the given topic
  • Well experienced with handling children to young teenagers.

MINSTRY OF SOCIAL AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT (MSF) - MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER

04.2018 - 02.2019
  • Assist in the management of volunteers, including assessing volunteers, coordinating training sessions, matching of volunteers to clients and maintaining records
  • Aiding in logistics of fostering service initiatives for foster children and foster parents
  • Promoting fostering service in Singapore
  • Working alongside with foster care officers to aid in the monthly review of the foster children under the committee of fostering
  • Assist in the production of fostering newsletter, monitor records and/or funds for current projects and provide reports when required
  • Writing minutes, preparing slides, and coordination of schedules with internal and external parties and placement breakdown and other ad hoc.

FREELANCE CAMP FACILIATOR

01.2018 - 04.2018
  • Assisted students between the age of 7 to 12 years old
  • Assisted students with special needs, who were slower in executing the expected action
  • Well experienced with handling children
  • Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Engage students in a variety of problem-solving activities
  • Possess the ability to facilitate students, bring enthusiasm to the learning process, and provide both a concern and care for individuals
  • Maintain open collaboration with other Lead Facilitators and management.

UNIQLO

01.2016 - 12.2016
  • Greeting customers who enter the shop
  • Be involved in stock control and management
  • Assisting shoppers to find the goods and products they are looking for
  • Being responsible for processing cash and card payments.

MINSTRY OF HEALTH HOLDINGS (MOHH)

03.2015 - 07.2015
  • Build excellent team relationships
  • Managed confidential profiles and gathering information
  • Means-testing for MediShield Life premium subsidies
  • Verify applications and updates, evaluate and approve
  • Ensuring the supporting documents are accurate.

ASSISTANT LAB TECH

10.2014 - 04.2015
  • Assisted the other lab tech with the testing of food samples
  • Worked in a pair to complete various food sample testing, involved effective communication and teamwork.

Education

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND GRADUATE RESEARCH -

SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
05.2024

HONOURS -

SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY
11.2019

BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGY -

SIM - UOW (UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG)
12.2017

DIPLOMA IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY -

NANYANG POLYTECHNIC
03.2015

Skills

  • Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
  • SPSS
  • Leadership and Teamwork
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Critical thinking
  • Adaptability
  • Flexibility

Co Curricular Activities And Volunteer

  • CONFERENCE COMITTIEE MEMBER, SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY 2019 – 2019
  • VOLUNTEER, HARBOUR THERAPY CLINIC 2019 – 2019
  • MEMBER, UOW (UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG) BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGY 2015 – 2017
  • MEMBER, SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES, NANYANG POLYTECHNIC 2013 – 2014

Scholarship Awards

  • Swinburne Research scholarship - 2020
  • Vice Chancellor’s International Diversification Scholarship - 2019
  • Edusave Scholarship - 2009-2011

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)

Timeline

MINSTRY OF SOCIAL AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT (MSF) - MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER

04.2018 - 02.2019

FREELANCE CAMP FACILIATOR

01.2018 - 04.2018

UNIQLO

01.2016 - 12.2016

MINSTRY OF HEALTH HOLDINGS (MOHH)

03.2015 - 07.2015

ASSISTANT LAB TECH

10.2014 - 04.2015

STUDENT CENTRE TEACHER/ FREELANCE TUTOR

06.2013 - Current

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND GRADUATE RESEARCH -

SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

HONOURS -

SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY

BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGY -

SIM - UOW (UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG)

DIPLOMA IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY -

NANYANG POLYTECHNIC

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