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Joyleen Masara Kurima

Joyleen Masara Kurima

Doha

Summary

An enthusiastic and self driven qualified social worker, passionate about supporting employee welfare through the provision of good emotional health and physical wellbeing. Having equipped with good counseling skills, empathy and good professional communication skills with the achievement of organizational goals. Able to work in a multi-cultural environment, with minimal supervision and interact well with others. Rapport building and active listening skills are of utmost importance when working with clients and work colleagues.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Social Worker

Zimbabwe Prison Outreach Support
01.2021 - 11.2023
  • Conduct client interviews, opening of an information file and to develop a treatment plan to support client experiencing challenges.
  • Serving as a liaison or broker through linking clients family and resources such as school fees donors.
  • Ensuring of families welfare by conducting home, school visit and making phone calls.
  • Assessing the psycho-social needs of children living with disabilities, linking them with service providers.
  • Counseling and emotional support to children living with disabilities and their families and caregivers.
  • Making follow ups for progress monitoring through phone calls and home visits.
  • Pre-release counseling for prisoners.
  • Facilitate reintegration process, offering advice and tracking client progress.
  • Mobilize resources, that is provide materials and information on welfare changes and other issues relevant to clients and other staff as requested.
  • Maintaining of confidential client’s records.
  • Writing reports for clients and documenting all activities conducted.
  • Submitting monthly reports to the supervision.


Achievements and Awards

  • Awarded best group worker.
  • Social worker of the month.


Open Line Representative

Friendship Bench Zimbabwe
01.2019 - 04.2020
  • Providing counseling to clients from all over the world using whatsapp calls and messages.
  • Assessment of red flags and liaise referral of clients to the clinical departments.
  • Providing talk therapy to clients of all ages who suffer from depression .
  • Calling clients to get feedback about the services that they would have received from friendship bench.

Caregiver

Mabvuku Poly Clinic
02.2014 - 11.2014
  • Offering emotional support to patients and families through guidance and counseling.
  • Advocating for elderly patients to be enrolled in health care programs
  • Educating patients and families about treatment and care plan.
  • Conducting home visits to ensure safety of clients and that they are taking health precautions.
  • Attending workshops and conducting group activities.

Skills

  • Ms Office applications
  • Counseling
  • Empathy
  • Referral
  • De-escalation
  • Good organizational verbal and written communication
  • Ability to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds

Personal Information

  • Valid Qatar drivers license
  • Visa Status: Valid QID

Certification

Certificate of registration of a social worker.

Practising certificate.

IBM SKILLS Mindfulness badge.

IBM SKILLS Emerging technology badge..

education

Diploma in social work, Women's University in Africa ( 2021 Aug - 2023 June)

Diploma in Human Resources Management, Edinburgh Napier university (Oct 2016 - Nov 2017)

Timeline

Social Worker

Zimbabwe Prison Outreach Support
01.2021 - 11.2023

Open Line Representative

Friendship Bench Zimbabwe
01.2019 - 04.2020

Caregiver

Mabvuku Poly Clinic
02.2014 - 11.2014
Joyleen Masara Kurima