Support Worker or Assistant Social wworker - Mitcham, England
Mrs. ELIZABETH RANI 68 Streatham Road
Mitcham
Surrey
CR4 2AB
elsyr1967@yahoo.co.in
Mobile No.07597341816
Career Profile:
A good Project Worker with 12 years of experience in project management and programme coordination. Worked with a major National based Health Association and children based N.G.O for health promotion and child right protection. Looking for an opportunity to work for the benefit of individuals, families, groups and community together with practical experience of helping vulnerable children, families, women and youth.
Key Strengths
Project Implementer: Able to implement community health and children related multi projects with good result. Planning and controlling resources to maximum effect of the project.
Good Motivator: Enabled Children to protect their rights and empowered women to attain their health rights. Helped the children and other support groups in the community to help themselves by equipping with necessary knowledge and skills through awareness and educative classes. Promoted health rights and child rights through advocacy and network with N.G.Os and Local Government.
Knowledge on Neighbourhood Network Sabhas (NNS), Child and women Participation and Community Health: Built women's health committees, children's parliament, N.N.S which increased the participation of the vulnerable children, women and young adults.
Key Skills
An understanding of Women's Health Issues, children and Gender related problems
A clear Commitment to high standards
Managing and motivating staff
Planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating projects
Good organiser and team spirit worker
Initiative and flexible under pressure to tight deadlines to meet the urgent requirements
Computer skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PageMaker and Outlook Express
Career History
Don Bosco Anbu Illam social Service Society, Chennai, India
Project Manager October 2005 - September 2008
Managed Tsunami Rehabilitation project for the most affected 1500 children in the coastal areas and sexual health, development projects for street, slum, abused and runaway children.
Implemented activities for children on Educational Empowerment, Social integration and Behavioural modification
Built up 74 childrens parliaments and enabled children to protect their rights through active participation and worked as Convenor for Chennai N.G.O's Parliament Network.
Motivated parents towards positive parenting and created rapport with concerned schools and teachers where the target children studied to assist the children's education
Managed financial expenses of project activities
Guided staff to understand the competencies required in the job and given regular and constructive feedback
Reporting to Director, Organisational Monitoring Committee and funding agencies
Providing counsel and therapy to assist children in developing skills to deal with and resolve their social and personal problems
Organised Area Level Committee meetings and trainings for children, parents and teachers to implement the plan effectively
ELIZABETH RANI
Catholic Health Association of Tamilnadu (Regional Unit of CHAI)
Programme Coordinator and promoted as Project Manager November 1998 September 2005
Managed and Coordinated 18 Diocesan Health Units projects and programmes which consist of 424 member institutions (MI) towards the promotion of holistic health.
Planned, monitored, evaluated the diocesan units projects and activities
Visited member institutions and attended Diocesan Health Units meetings
Formed village health committees and promoted Community Health through member institutions and committees
Organised Capacity Building trainings for member institutions and Village Health Committee Leaders
Network with NGO's, government and likeminded individuals to promote health rights
Propagation, promotion, production and supply of indigenous and alternative medicines
Plan, implement and monitor need based activities in the targeted villages among children, families and women
Promoted holistic health through school health clubs and youth groups
Reporting to national office and to the funding agencies
Voluntary Health Association of Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
Consultant - Social Care May 1996 to October 1998
Mobilised and Organised women's health groups
Met Panchayat councillors and arranged trainings on Participatory Learning and Action and created seven types of maps in each panchayat
Directed cultural troupes which brought social awareness to more than 200 villages through the performance of street theatre, folk dances and awareness songs.
Made decisions with reference to specific cases within the limits of the agencies programmes and policies
Basic Christian Community of Kottar diocese
Field Animator May 1992 to May 1993
Holy Cross Girls Higher Secondary School
Office Administrator June 1989 to April 1992
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION AND TRAINING
M. Phil in Women's Studies - Mother Teresa Women's University - Tamil Nadu - India (The subject of the thesis for the M.Phil :''Women's Empowerment through health with special reference to Neighbourhood Sabhas at Kanyakumari District'')
SLET (Passed in State Level Educational Test for Lectureship in Sociology)
M.A. Sociology - Madurai Kamaraj University - Tamil Nadu - India
B.A. Sociology - Fatima College (Madurai Kamaraj University) India
M.A. English - Madurai Kamaraj University - Tamil Nadu - India
Community Organisers Programme Course for one year- SAKT N.G.O - India
Village Health worker course for two months - Christian Fellowship Hospital - India
Attended various courses on Community Health, Child Rights, counselling, Psycho-Pastoral worker, HIV/AIDS, and Result Based Management during my employment
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Driving licence : Clean Indian driving licence
References available on request
REF: SocialWork-179
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