Nalujja Oliver
Kampala
Summary
Innovative Social Worker with 6 years of experience working with clients to resolve mental health issues and promote positive living choices. Knowledge of family systems therapy and individual outpatient clinical therapies. Demonstrates understanding and sensitivity to serving culturally diverse populations. Offers creativity and flexibility on delivery of services.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Social Worker
CERINA YOUTH AND WOMEN FOUNDATION
KAMPALA, KAMPALA
03.2021 - Current
- Facilitates health programs that help to improve the health and rights of Children, women and youth. working with VHTs and health centres in Bamunanika to ensure that pregnant mothers attend their antenatal on time.
- Educating Children, Youth and Women regardless of their status through rights, promotion, research and development. Through advocating for stay in school and reduced school dropout, visiting schools, talking to communities and involving political leaders to help in the cause.
- Skilling young mothers and youth to have a livelihood to sustain their families. Skills in tailoring, hair dressing, crafting among others.
- Prepares daily,weekly and monthly activity reports on the progress of trainings and performance of the trainees.
- Carries out counseling and guidance to the young teenage mothers, group and individual counseling is done to help those going through trauma as a result of family conflict and HIV/AIDs.
- Facilitates group therapy sessions for clients with similar issues or experiences.
- Provides direct clinical social work services to individuals and families in a mental health setting.
Operations Assistant
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)
Kampala, Uganda
06.2018 - 12.2020
- Undertook activities at the transit Centre by ensuring the provision of accommodation, food, transportation,and any other required assistance to beneficiaries.
- Prepared documents like meal sheets accommodation budgets including WBS for all applicants on different programs.
- Coordinated and participated in cultural orientation,organized transport for applicants going for interviews at different embassy,medical assessment among others.
- Prepared for beneficiaries’ arrival at the transit Centre and coordinated their departure back to the airport and returns to the camp.
- Prepared and reviewed advanced booking, notification (ABN) and correspondences from the movement department and informed beneficiaries about their travel date.
- Identified and carried out needs assessment for beneficiaries , unaccompanied minors and elderly, medical cases etc. distributed clothes wheel chair among others to them.
- Daily, weekly, and monthly reporting on beneficiaries’ social, health and general wellbeing and incident reports at the transit Centre to the transit Centre manager.
- Coordinated activities with transit center manager including both camp and airport arrivals, departures, those going for medical, assessment interviews among others.
- Carried out counseling and guidance to the beneficiaries with psychological torture and mental health.
- Oriented beneficiaries on their travel requirement, checked, weighed and tagged all travel bags and luggage at the transit Centre before clients departed to the airport
Social Worker
Hebrews Immigrant Aid Society
05.2016 - 02.2018
- Conducted home visits for refugees at risk. Under this I carried out assessment on refugee basic needs, livelihoods, health, social interaction, and sanitation.
- Ensured up to date record keeping including case preparation. This involved presenting refugee cases in a panel for further assessment and ensured the presented refugee cases get livelihood, medical, stipend, vocational skilling and medical.
- Conducted community awareness sessions of GBV issues through drama, and community dialogues. Participated in gender-based violence celebrations and awareness campaigns and sensitized the community on the dangers of violence.
- Maintained accurate records and prepared weekly and monthly reports. Followed-up with clients to ensure that their situation has improved. This involved home visits, visited clients’ businesses to monitor their livelihoods and medical follow ups for those who were receiving medication.
- Profiled clients for social assistance, medical assistance, school fees assistance, vocational assistance among others and made sure clients receive assistance on time and followed up on the assistance provided by the organization to ensure that clients use the assistance appropriately.
- Drafted budgets and work plans for psychosocial department drafted all budgets and work plans for any activity in the psychosocial department.
- Supervised four staff( 2assistant social worker and 2 case workers. supervised their weekly and monthly reports,assigned them different activities in the field.
- In charge of petty cash and accountability. This involved planning and budgeting for the psychosocial department in the field, prepared weekly accountability reports and presented to the finance assistant.
- Conducted counseling and guidance including (PFA) Psychological first Aid,group counseling among others.
Social Workr Volunteer
HIAS Hebrews immigrant Aid Society
11.2015 - 02.2018
- Carried out Client intake of refugees on their arrival to HIAS Kansanga referred from the authorized organizations for resettlement.
- Made appointments with clients for intake interviews and gave out numbers to clients after opening up their files. This involved making phone calls informing them about their interview date.
- Established a comfortable atmosphere in a non-judgmental way to obtain family background.
- Wrote reports for both referrals and cases taken in for every month.
- Received new referrals and filed them for records.
- Prepared and maintained necessary records like intake lists, intake logs among others.
Volunteer
White Ribbon Alliance for safe motherhood
Kampala
01.2014 - 08.2015
- Scheduled travel arrangements, hotel bookings and catering services for meetings and events.
- Participated in organizing workshops, meetings and other events like world population day, Mother’s Day annual general meetings and others.
- Carried out counseling in the field and participated in advocacy activities.
- Coordinated training seminars and workshops including registration and attendance.
- Drafted letters and other important documents like minutes writing daily and weekly reports
- Supported Project Manager and team through various administrative duties including filing data entry report generation.
- Prepared correspondence reports and presentations and provides follow-up for verbal and written communications.
Education
Certificate in Information Technology - ICT
APCIT
Kyambogo09-2014
Bachelor of Social Work And Social Administration -
KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY
02-2014
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education -
Najjanankumbi Young Christian School
01-2009
Skills
- Good Organizational and communication skills
- Ability to work in both urban and rural settings
- Ability to organize and prioritize work and manage time
- Good case management skills and counseling skills
- Good Work Planning and reporting skills
- Empathetic, non-judgmental and aproacheable
- Good computer skills(microsoft office)
- Excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills
- Behavior Improvement Plans (BIP)
Timeline
Social Worker
CERINA YOUTH AND WOMEN FOUNDATION
03.2021 - Current
Operations Assistant
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)
06.2018 - 12.2020
Social Worker
Hebrews Immigrant Aid Society
05.2016 - 02.2018
Social Workr Volunteer
HIAS Hebrews immigrant Aid Society
11.2015 - 02.2018
Volunteer
White Ribbon Alliance for safe motherhood
01.2014 - 08.2015
Certificate in Information Technology - ICT
APCIT
Bachelor of Social Work And Social Administration -
KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education -
Najjanankumbi Young Christian School
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