Patient Support/ Counselor Mentor - Chikomba and Gutu
medecins sans frontieres
Total years of experience :7 years, 7 Months
Position Patient Support/ Counselor Mentor - Chikomba and Gutu
Period October 2011 to date
Description of the activities
➢ Implement the patient support strategy in Chikomba and Gutu through liaising with stakeholders.
➢ Mentor primary counsellors and nurses and community volunteers in patient support activities related to counselling, children support, health education, defaulter tracing, and community awareness.
➢ Ensure regular and complete data collection and monitoring as well as compiling reports.
➢ Prepare and conduct trainings for Ministry of health staff and community volunteers according to needs.
➢ Participate in the assessment and the planning of responses to emergencies according to needs (community meetings, awareness campaigns and psychosocial support.)
Plan, budget, write proposals, and effect the annual evaluation, the annual action plan and the budget for the patient support activities
Previous Work Experience
1.MEDECINES SANS FRONTIERS
Position Health Promoter/Counsellor (Murambinda)
Period Nov 2010 to Oct 2011
Duties and responsibilities
➢ Promote joining and forming of HAART support groups.
➢ Organise and carry out sessions for children and their guardians
➢ Participate in the assessment, planning and implementation of responses to emergencies according to the needs
➢ Data collection and compilation for health promotions and Counselling activities.
➢ Ensure treatment preparedness to individual PLWHA, their families and community before HAART initiation.
➢ Provide trainings to peer counsellors in the district.
➢ Community sensitisation on healthy issues.
➢ Mentoring and Supervision of primary care counsellors in the district.
➢ Provide follow up adherence to patients on ART and /or TB treatment following the guidelines.
➢ Prepare clients for second line treatment and give feedback to clinicians
➢ Provide PMTCT and SGBV counselling.
➢ Adapt, translate and pre test education materials for children and adults.
2. POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL -NEW LIFE CENTRE
Position: Psychosocial Support Counsellor ( Murambinda)
Period: Nov 2008- Oct 2010
Duties and Responsibilities
➢ Conduct post test support counselling as per protocol
➢ Providing basic counselling to PMTCT and TB clients.
➢ Provide ongoing Supportive counselling to New Life clients and ➢ Assist clients in selection of appropriate community support
➢ Refer clients appropriately to other post test support services
➢ Accurately collecting and recording data from sessions
➢ Attending community outreaches
➢ Any other duties as assigned by the New Life manager
3. CHRISTIAN CARE ZIMBABWE
Position: Enumerator ( Harare Peri -Urban)
Period: Sept -Oct 2008
Duties and Responsibilities
➢ Screening of clients for food distribution
➢ Registration of vulnerable groups eligible for food handouts
-provide mental health services like counseling
- mentoring counselors and community volunteers.
Current Employer
MEDICINES SANS FRONTIERS - BELGIUM (MSF-B)
Current Employer
MEDICINES SANS FRONTIERS - BELGIUM (MSF-B)
Current Employer
MEDICINES SANS FRONTIERS - BELGIUM (MSF-B)
Position Patient Support/ Counselor Mentor - Chikomba and Gutu
Period October 2011 to date
Description of the activities
➢ Implement the patient support strategy in Chikomba and Gutu through liaising with stakeholders.
➢ Mentor primary counsellors and nurses and community volunteers in patient support activities related to counselling, children support, health education, defaulter tracing, and community awareness.
➢ Ensure regular and complete data collection and monitoring as well as compiling reports.
➢ Prepare and conduct trainings for Ministry of health staff and community volunteers according to needs.
➢ Participate in the assessment and the planning of responses to emergencies according to needs (community meetings, awareness campaigns and psychosocial support.)
Plan, budget, write proposals, and effect the annual evaluation, the annual action plan and the budget for the patient support activities
Previous Work Experience
1.MEDECINES SANS FRONTIERS
Position Health Promoter/Counsellor (Murambinda)
Period Nov 2010 to Oct 2011
Duties and responsibilities
➢ Promote joining and forming of HAART support groups.
➢ Organise and carry out sessions for children and their guardians
➢ Participate in the assessment, planning and implementation of responses to emergencies according to the needs
➢ Data collection and compilation for health promotions and Counselling activities.
➢ Ensure treatment preparedness to individual PLWHA, their families and community before HAART initiation.
➢ Provide trainings to peer counsellors in the district.
➢ Community sensitisation on healthy issues.
➢ Mentoring and Supervision of primary care counsellors in the district.
➢ Provide follow up adherence to patients on ART and /or TB treatment following the guidelines.
➢ Prepare clients for second line treatment and give feedback to clinicians
➢ Provide PMTCT and SGBV counselling.
➢ Adapt, translate and pre test education materials for children and adults.
2. POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL -NEW LIFE CENTRE
Position: Psychosocial Support Counsellor ( Murambinda)
Period: Nov 2008- Oct 2010
Duties and Responsibilities
➢ Conduct post test support counselling as per protocol
➢ Providing basic counselling to PMTCT and TB clients.
➢ Provide ongoing Supportive counselling to New Life clients and ➢ Assist clients in selection of appropriate community support
➢ Refer clients appropriately to other post test support services
➢ Accurately collecting and recording data from sessions
➢ Attending community outreaches
➢ Any other duties as assigned by the New Life manager
3. CHRISTIAN CARE ZIMBABWE
Position: Enumerator ( Harare Peri -Urban)
Period: Sept -Oct 2008
Duties and Responsibilities
➢ Screening of clients for food distribution
➢ Registration of vulnerable groups eligible for food handouts
4.CHILD AND ADOLESCENCE RESOURCE CENTRE
MINISTRY OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS, GENDER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Position: Community Development Officer (Chimanimani and Mberengwa)
Period: Nov 2006- Oct 2007
Duties and responsibilities
➢ Analysing the district development needs through liaison with various stakeholders
➢ Facilitating the preparation of the project write ups for possible funding
➢ Promoting women's community development projects throughout the district
➢ Identifying training needs for women and the community
➢ Facilitating management and entrepreneurship development courses for women and community
➢ Coordinating gender programmes and projects in the district
➢ Supervising ward development coordinators in the district
➢ Producing informative monthly and annual reports for women affairs, gender and community development
Position Patient Support/ Counselor Mentor - Chikomba and Gutu
Period October 2011 to date
Description of the activities
➢ Implement the patient support strategy in Chikomba and Gutu through liaising with stakeholders.
➢ Mentor primary counsellors and nurses and community volunteers in patient support activities related to counselling, children support, health education, defaulter tracing, and community awareness.
➢ Ensure regular and complete data collection and monitoring as well as compiling reports.
➢ Prepare and conduct trainings for Ministry of health staff and community volunteers according to needs.
➢ Participate in the assessment and the planning of responses to emergencies according to needs (community meetings, awareness campaigns and psychosocial support.)
Plan, budget, write proposals, and effect the annual evaluation, the annual action plan and the budget for the patient support activities
Previous Work Experience
Position: Volunteer Counselor ( Murambinda)
Period: April 2008- Aug 2008
Duties and Responsibilities
➢ Counselling children and adolescence living with HIV/AIDS
➢ Monitoring various children developmental stages and offering support to children with poor development
➢ Advocating for the promotion of rights of children
➢ Planning activities for children and adolescence visiting the centre
➢ Assisting caregivers on activities that help their children cope with HIV/AIDS
➢ Referring children for other support services such as treatment of opportunistic infections.
➢ Diploma in Community development and humanitarian project management ( Training and International Trust 2010)
➢ Certificate in Systemic Therapy ( Connect 2007) CURRENT STUDIES ➢ Msc in Community psychology ( Midlands State University) TRAININGS ATTENDED ➢ Emergency response preparedness ➢ SGBV Awareness ➢ Mental health
honors degree received