Research Field Supervisor/ Counselor - Centre for Public Mental Health
(2024-10 - 2026-05)
- Compiled weekly , monthly reports and time sheets for the employers
- Data analysis ,abstract data , transcribing and translating data.
- Screened ,render support and provide counselling to the participants and linked them with relevant organizations, when need arise .
- Stake Holder engagement
- Monitoring Ethics adherence protocols
- Facilitating group sessions in schools on Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions program.
Social worker - Department of Social Development: Bellville Office
(2020-02 - 2024-01)
- Rendering of prevention and early intervention services aimed at enabling, empowering and supporting children, families, and communities and strengthening their capacity and self-reliance. As an early intervention worker, my role is to empower community members to address their problems and to make sound choices.
- Administering assessments aimed to identify conditions in individuals, groups and families and communities that will prescribe relevant interventions.
- Identify and make recommendations on the appropriate interventions required to address the identified conditions.
- Implement and render, support, and counselling to the clients and families.
- Conducting assessment, initiating children's Court proceedings based on the outcome of the pre statutory investigation, where early intervention services have been unsuccessful
- Delivery of promotion and awareness, life skills and advocacy or capacity building programme as well as the provision of information on services available to children and families and how to access them.
- Collecting information and attending to all Court proceedings,
- Administrative functions in addition to social work primary roles, these functions include keeping records of social work interventions, report writing, managing court orders, conducting home visits, presenting reports to the Children's Court. Mediation and compiling of the parenting plans.
- Conducting home visit, responding to referrals from hospitals to assist with discharge planning of chronically ill, abuse and deliberately neglected children. Stake holders engagement
- Raise awareness programmes to the communities, such as Child Protection Awareness, Gender Based Violence, Human Trafficking Programmes, Parenting skill programmes, Domestic Violence, Substance Abuse programmes and Behaviour modification programmes and facilitate Ease programs in schools.
Child and Youth Care Worker - Bosasa Child and Youth Care Centre
(2019-10 - 2019-12)
- To engage in basic life space to promote the development and care of children by using the strength – based approach to individual empowerment and crisis intervention as well support to education with emphasis on children with special needs.
- The employee brings clients in contact with support groups and mentors and do an individual development plan for each client.
Child and Youth Care worker - Outeniekwa Child and Youth Care Centre
(2018-05 - 2019-10)
- To receive children and youth to the care facility after admission.
- To promote the development and care of children and youth.
- Perform administrative work relevant to the job.
- Engage in and supervise the daily routines of children.
- Provide children's progress report to the panel meetings
Social Worker - Cape Town Refugee Centre
(2018-01 - 2018-04)
- To provide supportive network of services, create a conducive environment and empower vulnerable refugees in South Africa.
- Provide social assistance using the strengths –based approach to individual empowerment and crisis intervention as well as support to education, with emphasis on children with special needs
Social Work Practical Placement - Department of Social Development: Metro East (Khayelitsha)
(2016-02 - 2016-08)
- Render social work services about the care, support, protection and development of vulnerable individuals, groups, families and communities through the relevant programmes and statutory child protection.
- Conduct interviews with clients, couples, and families.
- Facilitate groups with children, youth, adults, and community work project.
- Attend meetings and workshops. Write reports about processes which were facilitated.
- Counselling families about issues related to childcare.
- Stake holders engagement
