Singapore, Singapore
As a Professional School Counsellor, my core mission is to empower youths on their journey of self-discovery, equipping them with the emotional regulation skills they need to navigate challenges with confidence and resilience. I strongly believe that effective student care requires a systemic and integrated approach. My long-term vision involves actively supporting teachers and school staff, sharing insights on diverse mental health topics to help them feel more equipped and effective in their vital roles as educators. In my daily practice, I take a grounded and highly relational approach to student wellbeing. Having completed my Diploma in School Counselling at the National Institute of Education (NIE), my work is heavily informed by the principles of Choice Theory Reality Therapy (CTRT). I focus on helping students uncover their intrinsic needs and gently guiding them towards making constructive, self-directed choices.
On practicum at East Spring Secondary School
Untrained school stint at Tampines Secondary School
Senior Residential Life Officer, Jul 2022 – Aug 2024 - Served as a student advisor, offering academic, social, and emotional support to over 300 students from 31 countries and regions - Crisis management and student conduct - Supervised student staff (Residential College Advisors) - Used progressive and positive re-enforcement strategies to motivate and support students - Engaged the college community to establish a safe and inclusive community - Hosted and conducted college wide Residential College Advisor training for student staff Head of Dining Experience, Sep 2020 – Aug 2024 - Led team of staff and student associates, while providing guidance and mentorship to the team - Worked with dining vendor to ensure meals served in the dining halls are balanced and offer a diverse menu from all over the world - Supervised student associates on creating marketing and publicity collaterals for announcements and events - Engaged with other departments and teams on campus to foster a lively dining space in the dining halls with collaborations for events and themed meals - Managed budget for dining experience on campus - Crafted policies and operations workflow with stakeholders on campus to ensure dining needs of campus residents are met
- Formulated, implemented and reviewed policies on locally recruited staff (LRS) management - Evaluated and processed Mission’s proposals on LRS salary reviews, employment terms and conditions, and budgets
- Streamlined methods for collecting feedback on inpatient meals; reducing the number of patient visits from 300 to 90, improving man-hour efficiency - Liaised with vendors for sale of fresh fruits and vegetables to TTSH staff; encouraging healthier eating choices to over 9000 staff - Integrated Care Hub (ICH) Food Waste Digester Project: worked out which among the proposed vendors offered the best product for upcoming ICH kitchen, successfully assisted in the presentation to CDO with the project approved-in-principle - Consolidated manpower data from HR, crafted possible solutions that was presented to COO
- Supervised publicity and marketing team of 7, produced quality content for social media - Utilised social media marketing to increase camp participation rate by 70%, from 80 to 135 participants