Josh Fenton

Experience

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  The Drift Golf Club

  Jun 2016 - Sept 2016

  Front of House Assisstant

  During my time at the drift, I developed key communication skills to help work alongside colleagues. Additionally, my time at the club helped promote my understanding of stock checks, cash reports and how to effectively manage customer service responsibilities.

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  Royal Automobile Club

  May 2017 - Sept 2019

  Golf Professional Shop Assistant

  Working at a Private Members Club, I provided a first-class experience when members or members guests visited the Royal Automobile Club, by offering superb customer service and advice on people's golfing needs. During my role, I gained further contacts within the golfing industry and developed me understanding around how the golf industry operates. Overall, helping me to strengthen my approach to work.

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  The Leatherhead Club

  Nov 2019 - now

  Golf Operations / Professional Shop Assistant

  My role at The Leatherhead Club has provided me with a deeper understanding of how a golf club is run. and how the golf industry as a whole operates. I have been able to develop a flexible and effective approach, through applying my university and employment experiences to help ensure I can provide the best service possible. Throughout my time at the club, I have developed strong customer service skills, as well as gaining the opportunity to network and communicate with a wide range of individuals from varying backgrounds. I have gained significant experience in training new and existing staff to understand their new role and have collaborated with other members of staff to ensure the club is run efficiently. Show less

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  Self-employed

  Sept 2020 - now

  Trainee Sport and Exercise Psychologist

  This role requires knowledge and expertise to identify, develop, and execute a broad range of mental and emotional knowledge, skills, and abilities which can enhance human performance and well-being. I work with athletes across various sports such as Football, Ice Hockey, and Golf. During my training pathway, I have collaborated with sporting organisations such as HelpForHeroes to provide sport psychology workshops and webinars to high performance athletes, in collaboration with ex-olympic athletes.As I progress through my training, I am continually developing my ability to understand, diagnose, and prevent various psychological, cognitive, emotional, behavioural, and psychophysical inhibitors of consistent excellent performance and well-being in sport and workplace settings. Additionally, this work involves developing and carrying out research within the field of sport and exercise psychology. Show less

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  University of Portsmouth

  Oct 2020 - now

  This role involves contributing to the provision of teaching for the MSc Research Development & Practice module, the BSc Preparing Research, Innovation or Enterprise Projects module, as well as the BSc Sport & Exercise Psychology course at the University of Portsmouth. Duties and responsibilities include effective delivery and development of sport and exercise psychology (as well as generic sport science) lectures/ workshops focused on topics such as "qualitative and quantitative research methods", "thematic analysis", “group dynamics”, "leadership", and “body image & exercise”, as well as marking student lab reports, assignments, and poster presentations. Responsibilities have extended to utilising my own applied practitioner experiences to deliver (and co-deliver) lectures, workshops, Q&A's, tutorials, and seminars throughout the BPS accredited undergraduate “introduction to sport & exercise psychology” and "psychology of sport & exercise" modules, as well during MSc Research Development and Practice modules. This has required a blend of both online and face-to-face teaching. Show less

  • Sessional Teaching Fellow in Psychology

    Oct 2024 - now

  • Guest Lecturer

    Nov 2021 - now

  • Doctoral Researcher

    Oct 2020 - now
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  Aldershot Town Football Club

  Oct 2021 - Jul 2023

  Academy Trainee Sport and Exercise Psychologist

  At Aldershot Town FC's Academy, I worked with academy players (U23's - U16's) and staff, providing sport psychology services and working within a multi-disciplinary sport science team. Predominantly working with the U23 squad playing in the Suburban Football League. As part of my role, I delivered group and individual psychological support to members across the Academy, alongside providing psychoeducation through workshops. I attended weekly home matches with the U23 squad to observe them in competition and help inform my practice. Throughout my time in this role, I was able to actively develop and reflect on my approach to sport psychology, as well as how I conduct my work. Through collaboration with other members of the sport science team, we were able to develop informed plans to support members' psychological well-being and performance. Overall, my experiences have helped me to become a better practitioner. Show less