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CURRICULUM VITAE_Candice Yorke 2016
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Candice Yorke
DETAILS:
Date of Birth:
9 August 1990
Postal Address:
PO Box 1085, Fourways, JHB, 2055
ID Number:
9008090116082
Phone:
(+27) 082 846 5806
Passport Number:
A04889121
Email:
candyyorke@gmail.com
HPCSA Registration Number:
PS 0133809
Languages:
English, Afrikaans*, French*
(*2nd language ability)
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2016 Instructor for BuildEmBrix children’s educational program
(Contact Andrea Bachelor: (+27)0824197675)
Personal Tutor to high school students
(Contact Karen Van Der Merwe: kvandermerwe@redhill.co.za)
2015 Intern Psychologist (under the supervision of Dr Liezel Anguelova:
liezel@healthbridge.za.net)
Individual and group therapy for adults and children at the Epworth Therapy
and Assessment Centre and Epworth Children’s Village
(Contact Elmarie Dormehl-Moss: elmarie.md@gmail.com)
Individual assessment of adults and children (forensic cases, school
readiness, scholastic, emotional assessments)
Group assessments for adolescents (subject and career choice, academic
screening)
(Contact Elmarie Dormehl-Moss: elmarie.md@gmail.com)
Individual counselling to students and staff of Germiston High School.
Workshop on parenting skills to parents of high school students
(Contact M. Youlton: (+27) 011 827-8860)
Individual counselling to adults and children and psychoeducational
assessments at the Vosloorus Child Welfare
(Contact Elmarie Dormehl-Moss: elmarie.md@gmail.com)
Workshops regarding teenage pregnancy, substance abuse and study skills
to high school students in Thembisa
(Contact Cherilee Botha: cherilee.camara@gmail.com)
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Workshop providing information and skills for volunteers performing
immediate response trauma counselling
(Contact Elmarie Dormehl-Moss: elmarie.md@gmail.com)
Workshop on childhood anxiety presented to staff of St Stithian’s School
(Contact Elmarie Dormehl-Moss: elmarie.md@gmail.com)
2014 Student Psychologist (under supervision of Prof. Terri Bakker:
terri.bakker@up.ac.za)
Individual counselling to students at the Tshwane University of Technology
Student Development and Support Centre
(Contact Lynne Malan: malanl@tut.ac.za)
Individual counselling to students at The University of Pretoria Student
Support
(Contact Zuleikha Ahmed: zuleikha.ahmed@up.ac.za)
Individual counselling to children of various ages at Jacaranda Children’s
Home
(Contact Charlene Grobler: charlene@jacarandachildren.co.za)
Individual counselling to in-patients and experiential learning-based group
therapy sessions at Stabilis Treatment Centre
(Contact Berno Paul: berno@stabilistc.co.za)
Individual counselling, facilitating support groups and assessment (WAIS-IV,
JSAIS, SSAIS, Ravens, Bender Gestalt II, projective tests and career
assessments) to the Mamelodi community at the Itsoseng Clinic
(Contact Ricco Visser: itsoseng.clinic@up.ac.za)
Individual Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy to Jubilee Christian School
students
(Contact Maretha Visser: maretha.visser@up.ac.za)
2013 Student Psychologist
Performance-related counselling sessions to high school students,
Mindfulness Acceptance-Commitment group work and psycho-education
and career assessments (DAT, SAVII, Jung Personality Questionnaire, 19
Field Interest Inventory) at the University of Pretoria’s High Performance
Centre
(Contact Monja Human: monja.human@hpc.co.za)
Implemented a support group for teenage girls who had been sexually
assaulted. The ten-week programme looked to address the issue of self-
esteem through expressive activities and group discussion
(Contact Maretha Visser: maretha.visser@up.ac.za)
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2012 Departmental Tutor
Facilitated second year student tutorial meetings, assistance with
assignments and marking of assignments for Rhodes University
Department of Psychology
(Contact Ruby Patel: r.patel@ru.ac.za)
2011 Volunteer
Worked with mentally and physically disabled children from the
Grahamstown area in the Community Child Project. Visited a six-year-old
boy with Autism on a bi-weekly basis, with sessions focussing on social
interaction skills
(Contact Dr. Lisa Saville Young: lyoung@ru.ac.za)
2010 Community Engagement Representative for Hobson House Residence
• Khanya School for the mentally and physically disabled visits
• Grahamstown SPCA visits
• SPCA tinned food and blanket collection
• The Right to Write stationery collection
• GADRA clothes collection
(Contact Carol Venter: (+27) 0836455506)
2009 -
2010
Journalism Work Observation
The Sunday Times
(Contact Darryl Hammond: HammondD@sundaytimes.co.za)
Carte Blanche
(Contact Derek Watts: (+27) 083 250 1111)
ETV News
(Contact Serusha Govender: serusha.govender@etv.co.za)
EDUCATION:
University of Pretoria, Tswane South Africa
2013 – 2015 Master of Arts – Counselling Psychology
Rhodes University, Grahamstown South Africa
2012 Bachelor of Art, Honours - Psychology (cum laude)
2009 – 2011 Bachelor of Arts – Psychology and Journalism & Media Studies
Redhill High School, Johannesburg South Africa
2004 – 2008 A-Aggregate Matriculation with distinctions in English Home
Language, French Second Additional Language, Geography,
History, and Life Orientation
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SCHOLARLY & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
2016 Early Childhood Development Certificate
(Contact Andrea Bachelor: (+27)0824197675)
2015 Introduction to Solution Focussed Therapy
(Contact Dr Jacqui von Cziffra-Bergs: drjacqui@solutionfocusedsa.com)
Parent and Child Training workshop
(Contact Marinda Swanepoel: marinda.swanepoel@up.ac.za)
Sexual Abuse Assessment Procedures workshop
(Contact Prof Esme van Rensburg: 018299 1727)
Protection of Private Information Act workshop presented by Adv Frikkie Marais
(Contact Elmarie Dormehl-Moss: elmarie.md@gmail.com)
2014-2015 The experiences of caregivers in registered long-term, residential children’s
homes in Gauteng, South Africa during the first 20 years of democracy.
(Contact Nkateko Ndala-Mgoro: nkateko.ndala-magoro@up.ac.za)
2014 “Self-esteem group work with adolescent females who have been sexually
abused.” Presented at The Psychological Society of South Africa Congress in
September 2014.
(Contact Maretha Visser: maretha.visser@up.ac.za)
Person-Centred interviewing skills workshop
(Contact Larissa Ernst: larrisa@faerieglenpsychologist.co.za)
Interactional Pattern Analysis workshop
(Contact Larissa Ernst: larrisa@faerieglenpsychologist.co.za)
Introduction to Theraplay workshop
(Contact Daleen Macklin: daleen.macklin@up.ac.za)
Family and Systems Constellation workshop
(Contact Karin Huyssen : karinhuyssen@intekom.co.za)
2013 Test administration and data collection for the South African norming sample
of The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV).
(Contact Ilse Ruane: ilse.ruane@up.ac.za)
Jopie Van Rooyen accredited training in The 16 Personality Factor (16PF) 5,
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2), Millon Clinical
Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III
2012 An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the lived experience of being
a middle born child.
(Contact Dr Trudy Meehan: t.meehan@ru.ac.za)
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AWARDS:
2013-2014 University of Pretoria Postgraduate Bursary
2013 Academic Colours (Rhodes University)
2010 Golden Key Membership (Rhodes University)
2008 Geography Merit Certificate (Redhill High School)
Headmaster’s Award for Personal Growth and Selfless School Service
Re-award Drama Colours
2007 Life Orientation Subject Prize
Drama Subject Dedication Certificate
Drama Colours
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:
Rhodes University, Grahamstown
2010 Hobson House Residence Community Engagement Representative
Redhill School, Johannesburg
2008 Matric Executive
Kriel House Play Director
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Photography
Theatre and Cinema
Travel
Jewellery and beading (Jelly Bean Jewels)
Yoga and Dance