Thato Chauke
Senior Social Worker
About
I am hardworking and self-motivated individual. I have been a social worker for 7 years, being a team leader and supervising Junior social workers, social Auxiliary workers and peer group trainers under psycho social support. I have worked as a school social worker at Telkom Foundation project and also worked as a Senior social Worker under the NACOSA HIV/AIDS prevention project since 2019 till September 2025.
Experience
Senior Social Worker - Future Generation (Telkom Foundation)
(2016-02 - 2018-07)
- Supervising Junior social workers and SAW to render individual, group and awareness campaigns
- Responsible for administration and functions required
- Facilitating awareness campaigns, support groups and individual counselling and referrals to different stakeholders
- Networking
School Social Worker - Reconstruction and Development of Mind
(2019-08 - 2019-07)
- School social worker working with teachers to develop and enhance the social interaction skills
- Positive parenting program
Senior Social Worker - Childline Gauteng
(2019-08 - 2025-09)
- Ensure the implementation of the project, psycho social support and safe space services, data collection, reporting and good relationship with cooperate sponsors
- Performs a range of social work and supervisory functions providing psycho social support in the safe space. The focus is on reducing HIV/AIDS and STI/TB/GBV and family, individual and community strengthening Junior social workers
- Conduct meetings for supervision and debriefing for the peer counsellors weekly/monthly as required
- Participate in the organizational meetings which form the primary communication mechanism of the organization
- M & E officer for data capturing and collection
Education
Grade 12 - Mogatla-mpe High School (2006)
Bachelor of Social Work - Social Work - University of South Africa (2015)