1. Anna I. N. Nicolau
Address: Enfield, Greater London, EN3
E-mail: anna.nicolau@hotmail.co.uk
Education
2013 - 2015: Goldsmith's College, U.of London: MSc Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience
2012 - 2013: Oxford College: Diploma in Dementia Care (distinction)
2008 - 2012: University of Plymouth: BSc (Hons) Psychology (2.1)
Clinical and care experience
2014 - 2015 Therapeutic Care Worker - Rhodes Farm Eating Disorders Clinic
• Therapeutic care worker for young people with eating disorders in an acute psychiatric
inpatient unit. Main duties included:
• Daily care, guidance and observations of young people.
• Key sessions with key patients for emotional support, rapport building and
assistance with progress of recovery programme.
• Attending and providing input into multidisciplinary sessions and team meetings.
• Escorting and supporting patients outside of the hospital setting.
• Responsible use of safe handling in situations of nasogastric feeding, self-harm,
absconding and suicide attempts.
• Using de-escalating techniques to manage challenging behaviour and situations.
2013 - 2014 Brain Injury Support Worker/Rehabilitation Assistant – Sweet Tree Home Care
• Supporting service users with acquired brain injuries in the community. Duties included:
• Supporting to carry out rehabilitation programmes for cognitive and physical
impairment.
• Supporting with executive skills, e.g. managing appointments, correspondence and
budgeting.
• Supporting with behavioural management such as emotional needs and anger
management.
• Supporting with activities of daily living and personal care.
• Facilitating the access to social and employment opportunities.
• Liaising with family, friends, advocates, external agencies and the management
team.
2012 - 2013 Independent Dementia Care Worker/Co-ordinator - Uxbridge (private home care)
• Live-in care worker to a client with advanced Alzheimer’s disease. Duties included:
• Drawing up and revising individualized care plans.
• Supporting with activities of daily living and personal care.

2. • I successfully introduced a patient-centred care structure and reminiscence and music
activities to the client’s care.
2010 - 2012 Volunteer panel member- Plymouth Youth Offending Services
• Working within the Restorative Justice System holding young offenders accountable while
providing them with opportunities to work with their victims, the justice system and a
multidisciplicary team to prevent reoffending. Duties included:
• Facilitating dialogue between parties and managing challenging behaviour.
• Identifying risk and protective factors relating to the young person’s offending
behaviour.
• Contributing towards the building of a contract, identifying suitable interventions to
help prevent re-offending and help repair the damage caused by an offense.
• Help the young person to understand the impact of their offence.
2010 - 2012 Volunteer Listener- Samaritans
• Offering emotional support via the telephone, e-mail, SMS, or face to face contact to those
experiencing emotional and/or psychological distress which may lead to suicide ideation.
• One of very few members of an outreach team offering support at a local homeless
shelter.
• Assisting with training sessions for new volunteers.
2009 - 2011 Respite Care Worker - Plymouth (private home care)
• Providing respite care work the parents of a child in the Autism Spectrum Disorder. Duties
included:
• Working in different settings such as his home, school and in family leisure outings.
• Informally applying aspects of psychological techniques such as Applied Behavioural
Analysis and Relationship Development Intervention.
Research experience
2013 Publications
2012
• Gummerum, M., Cribbett, C., Nicolau, A. N., & Uren, R. (2013) Counterfactual
reasoning and moral emotion attribution. European Journal of Developmental
Psychology.
2012 Presentations University of Plymouth
• South West Student Conference: Nicolau, A.N., Cribbett, C., & Uren, R. (2012). The
Relationship between counterfactual reasoning and the attribution of emotions in
children. University of Plymouth
2010 – 2011 Research assistant (honorary) University of Plymouth

3. • Assisting Dr. Yaniv Hanoch and Dr. Michaela Gummerum of the University of
Plymouth with several research projects in the areas of cognitive, criminal, health
and developmental psychology.
• Valuable experience in ethical approval application, recruitment of participants, data
collection and both qualitative and quantitative data analysis using SPSS software.
2010 Research assistant (apprenticeship) University of Plymouth
 Assisted Dr. Matt Roser in the data collection for an imaging study in the Laterality
Laboratory in the School of Psychology.
• Gained valuable initial experience in experimental neuropsychology.
• Involved in setting up equipment in the lab, the recruitment of paid volunteers, and the
running of a computer-based experiment.
Other skills
Languages: English (fluent), Portuguese (fluent)
Plymouth and Goldsmith's University: Neuropsychological assessment application.
Additional Awards Course Rep. of the year for the Faculty of
Science and Technology - Plymouth University
2012 (2nd
most commended)
References
Upon request and dependent on type needed.