Abongile Ivy Gcobo
Crawley ,WSX
Summary
Caring Social Worker offering case management expertise with proven competence to quickly build trust and rapport with clients from diverse cultures. Highly adept at case planning and diagnosis management. Committed to achieving high-quality, cost-effective care for patients and families.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Social Worker
Department of Social Development
01.2014 - 01.2022
- Company Overview: Butterworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Intake, intervention and Supervision of the newly reported cases and ongoing cases from Older and Disabled Persons
- Conduct assessment and therapeutic services to Older, Disabled and victims of HIV
- Advocates for rights of Older Persons, People with Disabilities and facilitate the participation of Older Persons in Golden Games
- Conduct assessment and provide material support to families affected by disaster and endue hardships
- Coordinate the establishment of Service Centres for Older Persons and provision of developmental and integrated services to Older Persons, people with Disabilities and people with substance abuse challenges
- Coordinate the provision and monitoring of community development programmes and assist none funded projects to assess funding
- Promote community-based programmes that facilitate the reduction of substance abuse, crime prevention and reducing incidents of domestic violence
- Risk Assessment to ensure children and young people are safe and protected
- Ensuring the safety, well-being and learning of children and young people
- Assessment, analysis and intervention
- Child safeguarding and promotion of well-being
- Attending to any other matters that could result in, or stem from, social instability in any form, in relation to clients
- Working in the care system that needs the skills and knowledge to understand how to support the emotional wellbeing of looked after children and young people
- Report writing for court proceedings matters and to investigate the children’s circumstances and to ‘take any action to safeguard or promote the children’s welfare in terms of Section 47 of the Children’s Act 1989
- Statutory work and be able to assess whether the child is in a conducive environment and to make decisions whether the child needs to be removed from the care of the care giver who is unfit and unable to meet the basic needs of the child in terms of the Children’s Act 1989 and place them in an appropriate care or foster home or less immediate actions to secure their wellbeing
- Giving written/verbal evidence in court/child protection/fostering panels when required to do so, carry out all necessary planning and assessments related to proceedings in connection with relevant professionals, and provide and deliver evidence to support decisions and recommendations made to safeguard children at risk
- Butterworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Child Care Worker (Volunteer)
St Nicholas children’s home
01.2013 - 12.2013
- Company Overview: Westbury, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Life skills programs with young, disadvantaged children
- Recreational activities with young children
- Conducting and monitoring development programs
- Westbury, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Education
Bachelor of Social Work -
University of Fort Hare
Alice01.2012
Matriculated -
Cathcart High School
Cathcart01.2006
Skills
- Family therapy
- Behavioral therapy
- Client documentation
- Risk assessment
- Strengths-based solution-focused therapy
- Client confidentiality
- Family maintenance
Timeline
Social Worker
Department of Social Development
01.2014 - 01.2022
Child Care Worker (Volunteer)
St Nicholas children’s home
01.2013 - 12.2013
Bachelor of Social Work -
University of Fort Hare
Matriculated -
Cathcart High School
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