Data Entry officer Intern
International Medical Corps
Total years of experience :7 years, 3 Months
I am assisting the staff working at the mental health department in entering the data of IMC beneficiaries into a secured database. I am also assisting them in conducting surveys with IMC beneficiaries over the phone.
I am a volunteer at Sawiyan, a young Jordanian NGO supporting and advocating for African-origin refugees and vulnerable Jordanians. The organization is collaborating with me to
find ways to alleviate bullying and racism against its beneficiaries. I assist with a program that
takes place at 7 Hills Skatepark on the weekend, where we create a safe public space for
sudanese children to play, in response to the high rate of bullying and racism against the
marginalized community in the neighbourhoods where they live. I have also been attending
fundraising meetings, where I’m learning how grassroots movements work, and how to organize
people behind a social cause.
During my internship at UNICEF, I served as a Child Protection Officer where I assisted in conducting interviews with UNICEF beneficiaries, mainly children of Syrian, Iraqi and Jordanian nationalities. I supported UNICEF staff in submitting assessments into UNICEF’s data collection tools, and in documenting interview results. I also supported in scheduling team visits to Makani centers dedicated to providing tutoring services to children.
Bayview Retirement Community Center is an assisted living community offering medical and
psychological services around-the-hour to senior citizens suffering from dementia,
schizophrenia and other mental illnesses associated with old age. During my time there, I was
responsible for assisting the Director of Activities in daily aspects of running Bayview. My
responsibilities included: interacting with residents in a group setting and conducting one-on-one
interviews; shadowing members of the Psychotropic team; completing readings assigned by my
on-site supervisor about Dementia and Behavioral Management strategies for geriatric patients.
For one summer, I worked as a volunteer in the organization’s “Eradicating Extreme Poverty Project”, which reached 20, 000 households throughout Jordan who were living in conditions of extreme poverty. I was part of the team that assessed households to see if they qualified for the program. This experience exposed me to the many challenges my country faces. What struck me the most was the effect of poverty on people’s psychology. The interviews I conducted alongside the staff opened my eyes to the mental stresses of people from disadvantaged backgrounds, especially children and adolescents. This experiences helped me realize the need to provide these individuals with psychosocial support both at school and at home.
I interned as a teaching assistant in one of the few centers in Jordan that specializes in offering educational opportunities to autistic children. Over the course of a summer, I supported teachers in the classroom and gained an inside view of the unique challenges that autistic students and teachers face in the classroom on a daily basis. This experience gave me a solid understanding of the spectrum of autism, in addition to the behaviors and coping mechanisms that children develop as a result of this condition. I interacted with the children one-on-one and gained a hands-on experience in what it is like to provide care for a child with autism.
I took the following classes: Psychology as vocation; Counseling Theory & Practice; Relationship Development; Psychology of Personal Growth & Civic Development; Life Span Developmental Psychology; Abnormal Psychology; Cross-Cultural Psychology; Social Psychology; Child Developmental Psychology; Learning & Behavior; Psychobiology of women; Psychological Research Methods; Conflict management.