Dimakatso Malete
Civic Education Ambassador
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About
Interacting with community members, encouraging them to participate in the community and/or government programs Identify and report challenges plus propose workable interventions to authorities for a speedy resolution
Experience
Civic Education Ambassador - Gauteng Department of cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
(2023-12-01 - 2024-11-30)
- Interacting with community members, encouraging them to participate in the community and/or government programs
- Identify and report challenges plus propose workable interventions to authorities for a speedy resolution
Date Collector - Human Science Research Council
(2021-10 - 2022-10)
- Selecting household members using a krish grid
- Interviewing them on GBV and capturing their information on RedCap
- Research on GBV
Community health Worker - Witkoppen Clinic
(2019-08 - 2020-08)
Reason for leaving: Funding ended – Contract ended
- HIV testing and counselling
- Promoting and offering HIV Self- Screening (HIVSS)
- Creating community awareness and demand for Hiv Testing
- Offer index and couple testing
- Screening & referring patients SRH/Tb and VMMC
- Providing health education to the community
- Fast tracking linkage of patients from community to facility
- Patient retention
- Telephone tracing of patients who missed appointments
- Conduct home visit to potential lost to follow up
- Index tracing all patients testing positive in the community
- Community engagement
- Participate in community dialogues and campaigns
- Mapping of hot spots and negotiating entry with gate keepers
- Community engagement with stakeholders
- Capturing data on REDCap
- Sorting/filling consent forms and referral logs
- Organising recruitment material (flyers and incentives)
Education
Grade 12 - Central secondary school (2010)
Public Relations N5 - Public Relations - Tshwane North TVET College (2025)
Computer and Office Administration - Tshwane North TVET College (2015)
