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Additional Information / Key Professional Skills Extensive Social Work & Clinical Expertise – Over
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JOY ADEMOLA, LCSW, BA (HONS). MSW.

DOHA

Summary

Over 24 years of dedicated experience in pediatric and adult clinical social work, with expertise spanning a diverse range of settings, including medical, Community Social Work, Mental Health, Child Protection, Child in Care, Court work and emergency duty teams. Extensive experience working with refugees, particularly from Gaza, has honed skills in trauma-informed care and navigating complex situations. Proven leadership in mental health advocacy and patient-centered care significantly contributes to policy development and hospital operations, enhancing service delivery.


As a Clinical Social Worker/ Leader at Sidra Hospital, my key responsibilities included psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, staff supervision, performance management and leading projects, for example, Charity Support for Patients, child protection initiatives while developing innovative programs such as the Sidra Child Advocacy Program (S-CAP) and i raised over QR 40 million for charity support services.


Education professional with strong commitment to fostering academic growth and student development. Adept at designing and implementing curricula that meet diverse learning needs while promoting collaborative classroom environment. Known for reliability and adaptability, with focus on team collaboration and achieving educational goals through effective classroom management and communication skills.


Professional manager with significant expertise in overseeing complex projects and ensuring timely delivery. Skilled in strategic planning, budget management, and risk assessment. Strong focus on team collaboration, fostering results-driven environment, and adapting to changing needs. Known for reliability, leadership, and effective communication.


I am a confident and passionate performance management professional with comprehensive background in enhancing team efficiency and implementing effective performance strategies. Known for strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Recognized for flexibility in adapting to changing needs and proficiency in leadership and communication skills.


I consider myself a determined Quality Assurance Specialist with dedication to quality and accuracy. Familiar with handling multiple projects in highly competitive environments. Solid interpersonal and collaboration skills.


Professional counselor equipped to guide clients through challenges and foster personal growth. Strong background in providing emotional support, conflict resolution, and developing coping strategies. Proven ability to collaborate effectively within team to achieve impactful results. Adaptable and dependable with focus on active listening, empathy, and problem-solving skills.


Dedicated professional with strong background in providing evidence-based counseling services to individuals, couples and families. Skilled in developing treatment plans, conducting assessments and documenting progress. Committed to advocating for mental health and well-being of clients.


Social work professional with robust history of effective team leadership and program development. Brings strong focus on collaboration and achieving meaningful outcomes for communities. Known for adaptability and reliability in dynamic settings, leveraging conflict resolution and case management expertise.


In addition to be above, I am equipped with strong problem-solving abilities, willingness to learn, and excellent communication skills. Poised to contribute to team success and achieve positive results. Ready to tackle new challenges and advance organizational objectives with dedication and enthusiasm.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

PRACTICE EDUCATOR /Clinical Preceptor

Sidra Medicine
12.2017 - 06.2025
Job Description Examples – Practice Educator / Preceptor 1. Practice Educator (Social Work Students)
  • Provide structured supervision, guidance, and reflective learning opportunities to social work students on placement.
  • Develop, monitor, and assess students’ learning objectives in line with professional and academic standards.
  • Facilitate learning through direct observation, case discussions, role modelling, and feedback.
  • Offer students opportunities to integrate theory with practice, linking legislation, policy, and social work values to real cases.
  • Support students to critically reflect on their practice, ethical dilemmas, and professional development.
  • Undertake formal assessment of students’ capabilities, producing evidence-based reports for universities.
  • Promote a supportive and inclusive learning environment, encouraging resilience and professional confidence.
2. Preceptor (Newly Qualified Social Workers – NQSWs)
  • Provide structured induction, orientation, and ongoing support for NQSWs during their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE).
  • Act as a mentor and role model, supporting NQSWs to build confidence, manage caseloads, and develop professional judgment.
  • Facilitate reflective supervision and critical analysis of practice to strengthen professional decision-making.
  • Monitor progress against professional capabilities framework (PCF) or Knowledge and Skills Statements (KSS).
  • Guide NQSWs in applying theory, law, and evidence-based practice to complex casework.
  • Identify individual learning needs and tailor support plans accordingly.
  • Provide constructive feedback, encourage resilience, and help NQSWs manage professional stress and boundaries.
  • Contribute to the development of a skilled, confident, and resilient workforce.
3. Combined Practice Educator & Preceptor Role
  • Support both student social workers and NQSWs through tailored learning, supervision, and mentoring.
  • Develop and deliver learning opportunities that integrate professional standards, ethical practice, and reflective approaches.
  • Act as assessor of practice for students, ensuring evidence-based evaluations against university and HCPC/Social Work England requirements.
  • Act as a coach and mentor for NQSWs, supporting their transition from training to autonomous professional practice.
  • Foster a learning culture within the team/service, promoting professional development and evidence-informed practice.
  • Contribute to workforce development by identifying learning needs and facilitating training or group reflective sessions.

Social Work Supervisor - Clinical Social Work Service

Sidra Medicine
12.2017 - 06.2025
  • Participating in planning and program direction in accordance with organizational and departmental goals and objectives
  • Providing supervision and guidance to staff ensuring that all care is provided in accordance with Divisional Core Standards and established policies and procedures
  • Evaluating and ensuring that individualized discharge planning needs are assessed on admission
  • Project and Service Development, and Management
  • Ensuring multi-disciplinary approach to facilitate a timely discharge or transfer to the next level of care or home
  • Ensuring safe patient care by making patient assignments based on patient acuity and skill mix
  • Quality Assurance - Evaluating and ensuring that clinical documentation, diagnoses and plans of care are integrated and effective in delivering an individual plan of care
  • Responsible for social work assessment and crisis intervention with patients and their family members presenting to Sidra Medicine for care
  • Responsible for providing bio psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention counseling, substance abuse and medical or surgical social work issues
  • Collaborating and developing links with colleagues, medical personnel, school districts, charity organizations and other community entities as assigned or required
  • Ensuring effective communication between Patients, their families and healthcare professionals
  • Advocating for patients and their families, ensuring patients' satisfaction and working with medical staff to meet patients' needs and expectations
  • Care Management and problem solving, involving patients and their families, including those with a wide range of cognitive impairments and communication difficulties
  • Attending to patients' concerns and issues and sharing them with the medical team, patient experience department and other key administrators
  • Leading and coordinating multi-disciplinary meeting - focusing on achieving patients' goal and satisfaction
  • Promoted a supportive work environment through empathetic leadership style.
  • Ensured compliance with legal guidelines in all operations.
  • Provided emotional support to staff dealing with difficult cases, reduced burnout rate across the team.

Team Manager

Norfolk County Council
01.2015 - 12.2017
  • Operational Management of Staff and Service delivery
  • Managing the referrals and allocate cases appropriately to the team, and ensuring quality in assessments, Plans, monitoring, reviewing and recording takes place ensuring the service is Ofsted ready
  • Ensuring that priority is given to the safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults and that the Council's safeguarding policies and procedures are followed
  • Chairing Multi-agency and Statutory Meetings, eg Strategy Meetings/Discussion, Performance Improvement planning meeting etc
  • Ensuring effective communication to all staff through written information and meetings, day-to-day line management, high quality caseload supervision, agreed appraisal system and staff development plans
  • Collating, analyzing and interpreting locality and countywide data and work with partners to ensure services are developed to meet local need
  • Providing professional consultations and guidance within MASH
  • Screening referrals, decides if the threshold criteria are met
  • Support the Service Manager in ensuring that the core functions of the MASH operate
  • Allocation and monitoring of my team budget - driving down costs by proactively managing and mitigating risks
  • Supervision of Social Work Students and Newly qualified Social Workers (ASYE)
  • Coordinating and Leading SOS (Signs of Safety) Practice Lead Sections
  • Performance management of Staff and service Provision, for quality assurance purpose
  • I provide appropriate support and mentor my colleagues with less management experience

Team Manager

Suffolk County Council
01.2008 - 01.2015
  • Managing referrals and allocate cases appropriately to the team, and ensuring quality in assessments, Plans, monitoring, reviewing and recording takes place ensuring the service is Ofsted ready
  • Ensuring that priority is given to the safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults and that the Council's safeguarding policies and procedures are followed
  • Chair Multi-Agency professionals meetings
  • Provide professional supervision to staff, and associated performance and development activities so that staff are able to provide a good and improving quality of service
  • Auditing - to assure quality of practice and inform improvement actions
  • Coach and support professionals from other agencies to carry out their responsibilities within the cluster
  • Implement improvement actions and contribute to developing high quality effective service
  • Work with leaders and managers from range of organizations to support effective operation of early help assessment and help

P/T Sessional Lecturer (BA Social Work Students)

City College Norwich
01.2007 - 01.2008
  • Teaching Social Work Modules/Subjects
  • Undertaken preparation and marking associated with teaching responsibilities
  • Including the provision of lesson plans, schemes of work and assessment schedules
  • Providing curriculum related advice and guidance
  • Student attendance monitoring
  • Provision of Tutorial group and one to one section

Advanced Practitioner

Norfolk County Council
01.2006 - 01.2008
  • Working on Complex Cases - Child protection, LAC and Cases within the Court arena
  • Assessing the needs and wishes of children and their careers, incorporating these assessments into individual care plans
  • Assisting hospital patients and their families with health related problems and concerns, and performing a comprehensive assessment of a patients social, emotional, environmental, financial and support needed
  • Providing Social Work Services for children and their carers as identified in the care plans and in accordance with departmental policies
  • Collaborating and developing links with colleagues from other statutory and independent agencies
  • Undertaking the supervision of students and other staff, as applicable
  • Chairing meetings - core group meeting, action group meetings, planning meetings, child in need meetings, team meetings and strategy meetings
  • As a qualified Practice Teacher/Educator, I was also responsible for direct teaching, support, monitoring of practice and assessments of the student's progress

Registered Social Worker

Norfolk County Council
01.2002 - 01.2006
  • Psychosocial Assessment, care planning, and as appropriate, including child protection investigation
  • Strengthening the relationships between children, young people and families wherever possible and appropriate
  • Ensuring children and young people are adequately protected in line with the LSCB and departmental policy and procedures and relevant legislation
  • Safeguarding and supporting child's welfare
  • Working as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team to ensure that the service meets as effectively and efficiently as possible the identified best possible outcomes for children and young people and their families
  • Working collaboratively with other colleagues, professional leads and parties to promote high quality assessment and services
  • Court Work

Family Support Worker

London Borough Of Brent
01.2000 - 12.2000
  • Supporting looked after children and those in need of support and protection
  • Supervising contacts
  • Responding to public and other agencies enquiries
  • Participating in team meetings and in the emergency duty Rota within specific roles
  • Parenting Work
  • Delivered training workshops to parents; enhanced understanding of child development stages.

Education

DIPSW - UK Professional Social Work Qualification - SOCIAL WORK

City College, Norwich
UNITED KINGDOM - LONDON
01-2002

DIPLOMA - URBAN COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL STUDIES

University of London, Birbeck College

Master of Science - SW - MSW: SOCIAL WORK - CREDIT

Middlesex University
UK - LONDON
06.2023

Post Graduate (DIP) - SOCIAL WORK - CREDIT

University of East Anglia (UEA)
UK - LONDON
02.2013

Bachelor of Arts - SOCIAL POLICY WITH HEALTH

Middlesex University
UNITED KINGDOM - LONDON
06.1997

Skills

  • Patient Care Planning
  • Project Management
  • Practice Education/Preceptorship
  • Service Development
  • Management and Leadership
  • Budget Management
  • Resource Allocation
  • ABE Video Training
  • Counselling
  • Advanced counselling & Therapeutic techniques
  • Child protection protocols
  • Bereavement support
  • Resilience mentoring
  • Case management oversight
  • Data recording and Analysis
  • Training and Development
  • Goal and PDP Setting
  • Positive reinforcement
  • Parent interaction
  • Cultural awareness
  • Teaching strategies
  • Emotional intelligence

Accomplishments

  • CNO Shared Leadership Award
  • Project Work - Successful Launching of Social Work Walk in Clinic.
  • Development of Social Work Role in Safeguarding Investigation in Qatar.
  • Charity Process and workflow development for Efficiency Purpose.
  • Excellence in Professional Practice - Specifically for providing Clinical support and intervention to War Victims (Gaza Patients).
  • I wrote Various Policies for my Department.
  • I presented at National Conferences.
  • I generated over 30million QR for the hospital Via Various Charity organizations for patients care and support.

Certification

  • LCSW - Qatar
  • Licensed Social Worker - UK
  • Licensed Medical Social Worker

LANGUAGES

English
Africana

References

REFRENCES


• Dr Mohammad Janahi, MD, ABPD. Sidra Medicine. Division Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Allergy/Immunology, Medical Director of Outpatient Clinics .Assistant Professor of Pediatric – Weill Cornell Qatar tel. +974 4003 6555. mjanahi1@sidra.org


• Dionne Sears, Social Work Manager, Sidra Medicine, Allied Health, Social Work Department, +974 40032151, +974 77009597, dsears@sidra.org


• Jennifer Mendes, Clinical Nurse Manager, Sidra Medicine, +974 30487222, +974 40032550, jmendes@sidra.org



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I hold a Valid UK and Qatar Driver’s License.

Additional Information / Key Professional Skills Extensive Social Work & Clinical Expertise – Over

Additional Information / Key Professional Skills
  • Extensive Social Work & Clinical Expertise – Over 20 years of experience in children and family services, mental health, and clinical practice, with a strong focus on safeguarding, complex case management, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
  • Leadership & Management – Proven ability to lead teams, supervise staff, and support organisational development through coaching, mentoring, and professional education. Experienced in managing services, delivering training, and supporting the professional growth of students and newly qualified practitioners.
  • Practice Education & Training – Qualified Practice Educator and Preceptor, skilled in developing and assessing learning opportunities, mentoring students, and fostering reflective practice in line with professional standards.
  • Quality Assurance & Performance Management – Skilled in service evaluation, policy implementation, and performance monitoring to improve service delivery and outcomes. Experienced in applying data-driven approaches to enhance organizational effectiveness.
  • Transferable Skills for Wider Roles – Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills applicable across health, education, social policy, research, quality assurance, and programme management.
  • Cross-Cultural & International Experience – Adaptable professional with experience working with diverse populations and within international settings, bringing cultural sensitivity and a global perspective to practice and leadership.

Timeline

PRACTICE EDUCATOR /Clinical Preceptor

Sidra Medicine
12.2017 - 06.2025

Social Work Supervisor - Clinical Social Work Service

Sidra Medicine
12.2017 - 06.2025

Team Manager

Norfolk County Council
01.2015 - 12.2017

Team Manager

Suffolk County Council
01.2008 - 01.2015

P/T Sessional Lecturer (BA Social Work Students)

City College Norwich
01.2007 - 01.2008

Advanced Practitioner

Norfolk County Council
01.2006 - 01.2008

Registered Social Worker

Norfolk County Council
01.2002 - 01.2006

Family Support Worker

London Borough Of Brent
01.2000 - 12.2000

DIPLOMA - URBAN COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL STUDIES

University of London, Birbeck College

DIPSW - UK Professional Social Work Qualification - SOCIAL WORK

City College, Norwich

Master of Science - SW - MSW: SOCIAL WORK - CREDIT

Middlesex University

Post Graduate (DIP) - SOCIAL WORK - CREDIT

University of East Anglia (UEA)

Bachelor of Arts - SOCIAL POLICY WITH HEALTH

Middlesex University
JOY ADEMOLA, LCSW, BA (HONS). MSW.