Festus Choy
Rehabilitation Counsellor & Registered Sports Therapist (SST)
Newcastle,NSW
Summary
Reliable employee seeking Rehabilitation Counsellor position. Offering excellent communication and good judgment. Very passionate on helping people and full of empathy. Experienced Sports Therapist with 6 months of experience in Rehab industry. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving people's confidence. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level Rehabilitation Counsellor position. Ready to help team achieve company goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Massage Therapist (Part-time)
Healthy Care Massage
Newcastle, NSW
07.2022 - Current
- Collaborated with clients to achieve target results.
- Listen to clients' needs to tackle their pains and posture problems
- Actively listened to customers' requests, confirming full understanding before addressing concerns.
- Proved successful working within limited time and fast-paced atmosphere.
Sports Therapist & Massage Therapist
Hong Kong Rugby Union
Hong Kong
06.2019 - 11.2019
- Provide sports massage and taping for athletes in pre- and post- game period.
- Applied injury assessments to identify the severity of injury and calculate the estimated return-to-play period.
- Personally design the rehab program and injury prevention program for each athlete.
- Used Excel to chart athletes' recovery progress and physical test results.
- Administered therapeutic treatments to ease patients' pain and facilitate healing of injuries.
- Administered manual exercises, massage or traction to help relieve pain, increase athletes' strength or decrease or prevent sports injury during matching and training.
- Evaluated effects of treatment at various stages and adjusted treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
- Planned and efficiently supervised operations of 20 athletes per week.
- Communicated effectively with team coach to provide suggestions and methods on team strategies.
- Worked to maintain outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications.
Education
Master of Rehabilitation Counselling - Rehabilitation Counselling
The University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia 02.2020 - 05.2022
Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) - Sports Therapy
Technological And Higher Education Institute of HK
Hong Kong 09.2017 - 07.2019
Skills
Sports Massage
Massage techniques
Written Communication
Multitasking Abilities
MS Office
Spoken Communication
Written and Spoken Chinese (Cantonese & Mandarin)
Written English
Spoken English
Certification
Member of Rehabilitation Counselling Association of Australaia
Timeline
Massage Therapist (Part-time)
Healthy Care Massage
07.2022 - Current
Member of Rehabilitation Counselling Association of Australaia
07-2022
Master of Rehabilitation Counselling - Rehabilitation Counselling
The University of Sydney
02.2020 - 05.2022
Sports Therapist & Massage Therapist
Hong Kong Rugby Union
06.2019 - 11.2019
Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) - Sports Therapy
Technological And Higher Education Institute of HK
09.2017 - 07.2019