Akoth Jael

Social Worker

Talent

Nairobi, Nairobi Area1000 KES/hourMember since 4 January 2023

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About

A detail-oriented, team-driven, and dedicated Social Worker with demonstrated expertise and experience in liaising with patients to foster access to healthcare services, treatment, and assistance programs. Strong background in supporting client treatment plans, patient assessment, care, counseling and education. Compassionate and driven with unfailing work ethic and passion for helping others and passionate about serving disadvantaged, marginalized, and vulnerable individuals, and special needs populations, including people living with HIV, girls and women, youth, people with disabilities, orphans and vulnerable children.

Dedicated individual with excellent track record of successfully building and managing lasting rapports with clients and driving community mobilization, sensitization, and capacity building initiatives and activities.

Holds

Diploma in Social Work and Community Development (Module II & III) and Certificate in Social Development Studies.

Experience

2014-08 - 2014-11 Community Health Worker | Ring-Road Community Hospital

Received and compiled reports from Community Health Volunteer, 2022 To date Cleaner (Kenya civil aviation Authority, Kisumu

Performing various cleaning actions such as dusting, sweeping,vacuuming,mopping , cleaning ceiling vents, cleaning restroom

Clean and supply designated facility
Notify management incase there is need for intervention or repair
Perform and track maintainace activities
Cooperate with the rest of the staff

2016-01 - 2016-03 Social Worker | Star Hospital , Kisumu

Assisted in community outreach, including maintaining regular contact with clients and their families or primary caregivers by calling and visiting clients' homes and places of residence.
Kept patients clean at all times by either bed bathing or providing assistance to bathroom bath, issuing and assisting patients on bed pans, urinals or vomitus bowls, and disposal after use to drive patient care and treatment outcome.
Ensured implementation and practice of universal infection prevention standard measures as per MOH directives and guidelines and internal policies and service charter.
Established and maintained professional relationship and communication with patients, staff and caretakers to improve treatment outcomes and patient care.
Assisted nurses on simple medical procedures such as wound dressing, removal of stitches, taking of observations and vital signs, and checking of flow of intravenous and blood transfusion.
Assisting in patient movement and transfer, including transferring patients to vehicles, OPD consultation room, wards, x-ray centre, and preparation of patients for examination by doctors.
Ensured patients' comfort by preparing beds and linens and changing soiled linen as per hospital guidelines and protocols.
Assisted in counseling and testing patients in line with current guidelines and MOH standard operating procedures and policies.
Assisted in VCT operations, including record keeping and work plan development and implementation.
Ensured safety of assigned equipment, including cleaning and storing, and reporting any damages or malfunctions for troubleshooting, repair, servicing, or replacement.

and provided report summaries to aid strategic planning and decision making.
Organized and managed monthly events such as Dialogue and Action Days to drive community awareness initiatives and mobile and sensitize communities.
Led outreach activities to target specific demographics and promote health initiatives in collaboration with external organizations and partners on health and social services provision.
Developed and maintained relationships with community partners to build program scope, drive implementation and monitoring.
Engaged clients in health-related activities to enhance overall well-being, create awareness on health issues, and drive community-based approach to handling healthcare issues.