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CATARINA PAULOS
PSYCHOLOGIST / VOCATIONAL TRAINER
RÉSUMÉ
Professional
Informations
- PhD Student in Education.
- Master in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences.
- Licentiate degree in Psychology.
- Psychologist (vocational counseling, social psychology, gerontology).
- Adult educator.
- Vocational Trainer and Course Developer
- Author of two books and several chapters in books concerning health and safety at work, human resources management and organizational quality and management in Portuguese.
- Author of scientific papers.
- Speaker.
Languages
Native speaker: Portuguese.
Foreign Languages:
- English
- French
- Spanish
ICT Skills
Windows
Linux OS,
Software programs including Office, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook, Internet Explorer and SPSS.
Professional
Path
Since September 2015
PhD Researcher (scholarship of research from Foundation for Science and Technology).
2014 - 2015
Belonging to the team research "Abandonment and failure school: Building a gender perspective". Institute of Education of the University of Lisbon.
2014 - 2015
Psychologist at Camões High School.
Main duties: Vocational counseling.
2013
Vocational Trainer and Course Developer.
Areas: Health and safety at work, psychosocial hazards at work, behavioral and relational training, human resources management, initial pedagogical training of trainers, teachers training.
2008-2012
Adult educator at Dr. Azevedo Neves School Cluster.
Main duties: Reception, diagnosis and counseling of adults for education/training offers and RVC processes; Leading of competences recognition and validation of basic and secondary level; Trainers tasks management in RVC processes; Management with pedagogical team and external evaluator of the certification processes; New Opportunities Center evaluation member; Partnership negotiation; Pedagogical events organization; Supervising internships in Human Resources Management (graduate) and Administrative Techniques (Course of Education and Training of Adults with equivalence to 12th grade).
2007 - 2009
Psychologist at Association for Open Software Development (no profit association).
Main duties: Coordination of training center certification processes; Coordination of training programs certification processes; Appliance to European projects in the fields of adult training, pedagogical education and gerontology; Social event coordination for the elderly of Prior Velho Parish (sensorial and cognitive stimulation, social competences development, healthy lifestyle promotion).
2005 – 2007
Psychologist at a no profit association.
Main duties: Investigator in the field of workplace violence: moral and sexual harassment (social diagnosis using questionnaires, information/awareness actions in schools and public hall, pedagogical and information tools development and publication of reports.
2005
Training consultant at Professor Pinto Peixoto Training Center (teachers training center).
Main duties: Training programs designer (childhood abuse, youth addiction).
2001 – 2002
Psychologist trainee at Neves de Almeida Consultores (consulting company).
Main duties: Behavioral and sales training: needs assessment training, training evaluation, design of questionnaires, pedagogical tools elaboration (case studies and training manuals in leadership and sales), help desk trainer; Employees recruitment: interview, psychological tests, reports assessment.
Education
PhD Student in Education, specialization in adult training. Education Institute, Lisbon University.
2011: Advanced Training Course in Education - Adult Training. Education Institute, Lisbon University. 60 ECTS credits.
2006: Master in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences. Medicine College of Lisbon University. 120 ECTS credits.
2002: Licentiate degree in Psychology (specialization in Social, Labour and Organization Psychology). Psychology and Education Science College of Lisbon University. 300 ECTS credits.
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