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Barnardo'sProject Worker
Mar. 2023I provide one on one support work to homeless young people aged between 16 - 25 years that are signposted to Barnardo's Bay6 project by different organisations or agencies like the council to be accommodated for a period of up to 2 years to assist them with learning how to live independently before managing their own tenancy.
British Red CrossRefugee Support Worker (Volunteer)
Oct. 2021 - Mar. 2023Dedicated 6 hours weekly to provide support to asylum seekers and refugees during drop-in sessions. My roles and duties included; • Providing one to one advice, guidance and support to service users on available community services and resources to assist with a range of issues from homelessness, healthcare, unemployment, legal services among others. • Lead sensitive and comprehensive conversations with service users to assess their needs and agree on a plan of action to help them access their rights and entitlements. • Gave emotional support to adults and children in need of it and where necessary referred them for further support services e.g counselling and loneliness support. • Worked effectively with interpreters as well as people from the Home Office and other charities where needed. • Identified and responded appropriately to safeguarding and protection issues. • Helped in distributing essentials like food parcels and toiletries to households in need. • Carried out administrative tasks. • Attended regular training and supervision workshops for improved service user support.
ULTIMATE COUNSELLINGMental health and Wellbeing Team Lead - Volunteer
Oct. 2020 - Mar. 2023London, England, United KingdomWorked as the head of the mental health support team and dedicated 20 hours a week to the role. My roles and responsibilities included; • Managing and coordinating a volunteer team that included 10 Mental health support workers.
• Allocated tasks and worked collaboratively with the team to ensure smooth delivery of services to our clients. • Carried out initial assessments, risk assessments, referral management and case load management to our service users. • Developed, engaged, and facilitated psychosocial group activities among our service users. • Prepared, planned, coordinated, and facilitated bi-weekly zoom mental health group therapy sessions of about 40-50 service users most of which were asylum seekers. • Improved service user participation and engagement in mental health awareness programmes and activities. • Trained new volunteers joining the organization with relevant skills they needed to provide a good service to our clients. • Created new opportunities for volunteer skills improvement through collecting their feedback on the organisation's service delivery and what ideas they would love to be implemented. • Managed the volunteers calendar rota and ensured coverage of key roles is obtained. • Reviewed work prepared by volunteers in preparations of bi-weekly meetings. • Attended regular training and supervision workshops for improved service user delivery.
ULTIMATE COUNSELLING, TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICES C.I.C.Youth Mentor (Volunteer)
Oct. 2020 - Mar. 2021United KingdomWorked as the head of the tenable teens project and dedicated 10 hours weekly. My roles and responsibilities included;
• Provided mentoring services to teenagers that have been struggling with a lot of distress and facing mental health problems hence cannot seem to concentrate on their studies especially during the pandemic period. • Provided self-management skills to 8 teenagers on a weekly basis. These skills were to help them cope with their mental health problems and improve their daily functioning and set future realistic goals. • Provided training and induction to new mentors joining the tenable teens team. • Wrote weekly reports on service delivery and follow up. • Created and implemented the mentoring project to use as a guide for the mentoring programme. • Planned, created and organized fun activities to improve mental health and wellbeing for my mentees.
University of ChesterStudent Engagement Assistant (Study Skills Advisory Team)
Jan. 2020 - Jun. 2020I worked part of the Study Skills Advisory Team which provided students with a range of different pathways to help develop their academic skills which included maths and literacy. My roles and responsibilities included;
• Provided peer to peer guidance to students demonstrating how they can access the Study and Maths Skills Moodle pages.
• Signposted students to all aspects of the Study Skills provision and provided introductions to the service.
• Provided reception desk cover in the Study Skills office.
• Created and developed social media materials that would engage students with the Study Skills provision.
• Planned, promoted and hosted a successful launch event for the opening of the Study Skills new office. • Collected and recorded students feedback, perceptions and views on how the Study Skills provisions have been an impact on their University journey. This role earned me two awards with the University that is, the Chester Different Award and the Student Employee of the Year Award.
Global Health UgandaPsychological Research Assistant (OptiM study)
Apr. 2019 - Oct. 2019Kampala, Uganda - I administered neuropsychological tests on project clients as per protocol. - I created research study SOPs and CRFs used in the Neuropsychology department. - I carried out quality control procedures to ensure quality work among the team.
- I organized reimbursement and compensation for study participants. - I ensured that study materials are organized and readily available in the testing rooms.
- I spear head the monthly Neuropsychology meetings with the team.
- I created and sent off weekly and monthly reports.
- I carried out data entry and cleaning.
Global Health UgandaNeuropsychologist/Research Assistant (NDI study)
Aug. 2016 - Mar. 2019Uganda• Administered neuropsychological tests on project clients as per protocol using COAT, MULLEN, ECVT tests.
• Planed community outreaches to sensitize rural communities about the long term neuro-cognitive effects of acute childhood illnesses like Malaria, Sickle cell Anemia, HIV/AIDS.
• Entered data from source documents into the database promptly and accurately.
• Scored tests and ensured results are ready for data entry.
• Did all necessary coding of videos done while testing.
• Did data cleaning where necessary.
• Conducted quality control meetings in neuropsychological assessment.
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