Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Scholarships, Volunteering, Internships
Timeline
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Charlie Din

Edinburgh

Summary

Worked in various fields of psychology across multiple sectors such as hospitality, healthcare, education and criminal justice. Adaptability and versatility shown by securing positions in different countries and cultures at both a managerial and subordinate level. Offer the ability to take on responsibility, driven by a strong interest in building and improving human relations. In addition to using my fluency in both Spanish and english to further these relations.




Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Industrial Organizational Psychologist

La Sala Group
01.2025 - 05.2025

- The La Sala Group is a notable, stylish and vibrant hospitality company with restaurants, bars, and beach clubs in the south of Spain who employ over 200 people.


  • Initially started as a business research project to perform wellness checks and appraisals which then grew into a bigger job role which was focused on implementing measures to improve employee well being, retention, social ecosystem, and making the company a more desirable place to work.
  • Interviewed over 100 staff members across multiple sectors to first gain information and gain relevant feedback on numerous metrics but also to allow me to better understand each person roles in the company and the benefits and challenges that people encounter.
  • Presented the findings from these interviews and research to upper management to determine what areas the company would like to focus on improving.
  • Developed plans and action points for each desired related aspect the company wanted to work on.


Psychiatric Nursing Assistant I and II

Kerrville State Hospital
02.2024 - 07.2024

- Psychiatric hospital with over 200 patients that provides inpatient care to individuals with psychiatric disorders that have been found not guilty by reason of insanity.


  • Provided inpatient care to individuals with diagnoses of schizophrenia, Bi-polar I/II, and schizo-affective. Alongside a variety of individuals with behavioral issues, personality disorders, intellectual disorders, and with a large majority of patients presenting with comorbid disorders.
  • Utilized active problem solving skills, quick thinking, verbal deescalation, crisis intervention in attempts to restore balance on the units in moments of turmoil.
  • Demonstrated an ability to build a therapeutic rapport, provide emotional support, build trust and gain a strong understanding of the hospitals role in helping patients progress.
  • Aimed to take a fair and consistent approach to understanding the complexity of each patients case, diagnosis and personalized requirements and needs.
  • Specialized in providing 1to1 supervision to patients who were actively psychotic and were deemed manifestly dangerous to themselves or others.
  • Received promotion after 5 months from PNA I to II.


Psychiatric Nursing Assistant II - Managerial Role

Kerrville State Hospital
09.2023 - 02.2024
  • One of five PNA shift leaders that designating staff roles, oversaw shift operations and ensured all tasks and staff responsibility's were performed on our shift.
  • Responsible for training selected incoming staff helping them acclimatize to the hospital setting, ensuring that they were suitable to provide care, to interact with patients, familiarize with each patient, and the staff and patient regulations to be able to conduct themselves in a professional manner.
  • More active role in writing progress reports on patients behavior, improvements, and patterns.
  • Worked across all 12 units on the hospital and adaptable to work with new teams on different units with different rules, regulations, and demographics.

Beach Club Server

La Sala by the Sea
05.2022 - 09.2022

- La Sala by the Sea is a luxury beach club, known for its upscale yet relaxed atmosphere attracting many international visitors and VIP clients.


  • Worked in a high paced and interactive team environment that placed value on cohesiveness.
  • Interacted with an eclectic demographic of customers.
  • Required attentive, quick thinking, informative, resourceful and engaging servers to foster an experience for customers that warranted high prices.
  • Dealt and communicated with customers who were under the influence.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Schreiner University
Texas
05-2023

Associate of Arts - Psychology

Coastal Bend College
Corpus Christi
05-2021

High School Diploma -

George Watsons College
Edinburgh, Scotland
06-2019

Skills

  • Fluent in English and Spanish
  • Academic and professional references available

Scholarships, Volunteering, Internships


Internship - Kerrville state Hospital


  • Gained insight into the systematic approach to prosecuting, diagnosing and rehabilitating patients who are found not guilty by reason of insanity. Observed how hospitals build treatment teams to help patients leave the criminal justice system and reintegrate back into society.
  • Shadowed head of the hospital psychology department Dr. Upton to better understand her role. In addition to shadowing various of the hospitals licensed practitioner counselors to observe how they do interviews, social skills sessions, competency classes, and COPSD classes.
  • Recommended for a full time position upon completed


Scholarship - Schreiner University Resident Assistant 


  • Managed a residential community of 30 students with 3 other student team members to create a positive and inclusive living environment by providing support, conflict resolution, and organizing social and educational events. The job role consisted of helping students acclimatize to the university setting, promote safety, and be a resource for academic, personal, and social well-being. Received mental health first aid, crisis intervention, conflict resolution training. Was a member of the hiring committee that conducted interviews to hire new members.


Volunteering - Beeville Adult literacy Centre 


  • Worked with non-native Spanish speakers to help improve their reading and speaking ability.
  • Spanish to english translations and English to Spanish
  • Provided classes on simple verb conjugation, reading, sentence structure and conversational exercises.
  • Worked predominantly with Hispanic senior citizens.

Timeline

Industrial Organizational Psychologist

La Sala Group
01.2025 - 05.2025

Psychiatric Nursing Assistant I and II

Kerrville State Hospital
02.2024 - 07.2024

Psychiatric Nursing Assistant II - Managerial Role

Kerrville State Hospital
09.2023 - 02.2024

Beach Club Server

La Sala by the Sea
05.2022 - 09.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Schreiner University

Associate of Arts - Psychology

Coastal Bend College

High School Diploma -

George Watsons College
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