Noluthando Nogoji

I am a social worker with 3 years 6 months of experiences serving community; resolving conflicts, providing psychosocial support and providing guidance to those in need. I am dedicated to training on domestic violence, adolescent and children's needs. Experienced in crisis intervention and providing support for mental health.

Social worker at Child Welfare Chatsworth (2024-04 – 2024-08)

Placing children in alternative care and providing comprehensive support services

• Placing children in alternative care, providing counselling to individuals and families. Working with different stakeholders ensuring the wellbeing of family is well kept
• Working with different Child and Youth Care Centres placing children in need of care and protection in the centres, attend pre-admission interview and develop care plans
• Rendering family reunification, screening of foster/host parent. Provide counselling to families and mediate between parents and children
• Compiling Section 155 reports to open and finalize Children's court inquiries. Compiling extension reports (Section 159 and Section 176) to extend court orders for children in alternative placement; ensuring that the orders are extended three months prior to lapsing date. Compiling Section 171 report to transfer placement of a child when needed
• Compiling monthly and quarterly reports as well as NFD
• Conducting jointly interview to assist clients regarding parents plan and therapeutic service
• Participating in office admin job such as taking minutes, booking appointment for client, opening the switchboards and welcoming clients. Foster care screening and investigation
• Education and awareness programmes (schools, libraries community work (support groups, parenting skills) programmes for national commemorate dates (e.g Human Rights Day, National Children's Day, Child Protection Week AN Women's day

Social worker at Department of Social Development (Chatsworth Service Office) (2022-11 – 2023-03)

6 months contract providing psychological and community-based social services

• Providing psychological services to clients, youth empowerment programmes, social behaviour change programmes, working with older persons, dealing with substance abuse cases, facilitate gander based Violence awareness programmes and providing counselling, conducting community awareness, providing social distress and relief, compiling and submitting NFD

Social worker at Lindbong development (2022-06 – 2022-09)

4 months contract providing psychosocial support to flood victims

• Administer at least minimum 6 one-on-one sessions with flood victims per shelter on designated time slot
• Compile narrative report's for focus group's one-on -one session per facility/shelter. Facilitate referrals for cases that requires further attention. Facilitate homogeneous small group sessions (women, men, youth, teenagers and children) as and when requested. Keep a record of all sessions and cases involved in the duration of the project

Social worker at Department of social development (Chatsworth service office) (2021-12 – 2022-03)

3 months contract providing school visitation and awareness programmes

• Conduct visitation to school, provide information to the mentor social worker, conducting awareness programmes addressing substance abuse, child abuse, gender based violence, victim empowerment, crime prevention and HIV/ AIDS, applications of social relief of distress (providing information to the needy)
• Opening files for new cases and writing reports, compilation of various database such as foster care backlog, analysing monthly, screening of proposed foster parents, and finalising the matter at court

Intern Social worker at Wits Health Consortium (worked at community care project) (2021-12 – 2022-03)

1 year contract providing psychological counselling and empowerment programmes

• Providing psychological counselling to learner's, youth empowerment programmes, social behaviour change programmes, facilitate gander based violence awareness programmes and stepping stones sessions, vhishilo 2 sessions

Student social worker at Beacon Ridge primary school (2016-01 – 2016-11)

1 year providing psychosocial support to learners in school setting

• Providing psychosocial counselling to learner's, compiling reports, facilitating group work, handle cases and report accordingly, providing assessments, data capturing and admin work, assisting with adhoc duties as per request

Bachelor's degree in Social work (major with psychology) – University of South Africa (2017)

Diploma in Youth Development – University of South Africa (2010)

Certificate in HIV/AIDS care and counselling – University of South Africa (2009)

Certificate in Business Computer – Intuition College (2009)

Matric in Grade 12 – Chief Dumile high school (2006)