Protasia Sebenzile Simelane
Maidstone,Kent
Summary
Resourceful Social Worker experienced in managing multiple priorities and driving team goals. Delivered impactful public speaking and problem-solving solutions through strong communication and analytical skills. Focused on leveraging organisational strengths to foster innovation and success.
Overview
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Certification
7
7
years of post-secondary education
8
8
years of professional experience
Work history
Social worker
The Association of Jewish Refugees
London, United KINGDOM
2018.05 - Current
- Delivered professional services to Holocaust refugees and survivors and their families requiring support, guidance, and clarification on a wide range of social welfare and care needs.
- Maintain caseload of first- and second-generation Holocaust refugees and survivors.
- Carry out visits undertaking full holistic assessments including financial eligibility.
- Completed written reports and paperwork within organisational deadlines, ensuring compliance and timely communication for service delivery.
- Provide emotional support, and informed guidance to prevent isolation and maintain quality of life.
- Carry out regular reviews of client’s situation and circumstances.
- Recommended sources of financial assistance for client group, providing welfare benefits advice to enhance financial support and accessibility.
- Submit applications for various funding programmes within the proscribed timescale.
- Act on any safeguarding issues.
- Referred cases to appropriate organisations and collaborated to provide maximum support for clients.
- Take part in meetings and develop relationship with representatives from other agencies supporting Holocaust survivors, refugees and their dependents.
- Maintain links and attend meetings with local authorities and health care professionals.
- Attend regional social group meetings and other AJR events.
- Developed and implemented strategies to improve services, enhancing support for Holocaust survivors and their families.
- October 2017 to April 2018- Stay at home Mum.
- January 2017 – September 2017
- Providing front door' service with strong focus on Reablement.
- Conducting Care Act assessment in accordance with Care Act 2014.
- Working in a high turn over, high paced environment responsible for providing crisis intervention at the first point of contact.
- Providing advice to residents and undertaking Safeguarding Adults Concerns and Inquires.
- Complete mental capacity assessments in accordance to the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
- Managed care coordination for clients, ensuring effective service delivery.
- Arranging packages of care (support planning) and conducting care package reviews for service users in the community and those in placements.
- Participating on a Duty System
- Conducting planned and emergency home visits and welfare checks to ensure Service User's safety.
- Writing Assessments for legal team for cases that are presented to Court.
- Liaising with other professionals and Care providers.
- Contact: Anna Mobbs
- Tel: 0207 364 5005
- Anna.mobbs@towerhamlets.gov.uk
- July 2016 – January 2017: Maternity Leave
- Company: London Borough of Tower Hamlet
- Position: Social Worker
- Duration: January 2015 to July 2016
- Duties:
- Working with adults with physical health problems and Dementia
- Carrying out Statutory Reviews
- Developing Support Plans
- Case management
- Identifying safeguarding Issues
- Transferring of care packages from In House Home Care to Private Care Agencies
- Brokerage
- Contact: Ama Frempong
- Tel: 0207 364 0304
- Email: ama.frempong@towerhamlets.gov.uk
- Company: London Borough of Lambeth
- Duration: May 2014 to January 2015
- Position: Social Worker
- Duties:
- Carrying complex caseload of 25 Adults citizens with complex mental health problems using the Support and Recovery Model to maximize independence of vulnerable citizens.
- Promoting personalization agenda.
- Working closely with mental unwell service users who are usually under the care of mental health and other services.
- Reviewing Residential and Supported placements, continuously building confidence and maximize independence for service users to function in the least restrictive surroundings with appropriate level of support constantly appraising their variable mental health needs.
- Supporting service users to have a positive and safe attitude to changing risks issues and participate in daily living skills, enabling greater participation in the community/society.
- Whilst not taking the role of a Care coordinator I constantly liaise and work in partnership with colleagues from health care, care homes and other disciplines to achieve the above goals.
- Developing and Reviewing care plans and develop packages of care, working collaboratively with service users, keeping them involved and informed in the process.
- Highlight and investigate safeguarding concerns where appropriate, ensuring effective communication of relevant information to safeguarding team for advice and action.
- Completing relevant paperwork for Court of Protection applications where relevant in cases where service users lack mental capacity to manage their affairs.
- Working closely with carers, completing statutory carer’s assessment and involving them in planning appropriate care for the cared for person.
- Where relevant I am sensitive to language, cultural and faith issues in care planning and assessment process, and challenge discriminatory practices.
- Contact Details: Andrew Francon Williams
- Tel: Tel: 0203691 5082
- Mobile: 07903217637
- LBL Email: AFWilliams@lambeth.gov.uk
- SLAM Email: AndrewFrancon.Williams@slam.nhs.uk
- Company: London Borough of Newham
- Duration: March 2005 – November 2012
- Position: Social Worker
- Duties:
- Working with service users with physical, learning disabilities, mental health problems.
- Conducting community care assessments.
- Case management of complex case load.
- Formulating person centred care plans.
- Arranging packages of care to help sustain service users in the community as much as possible.
- Assessment and care management for service users with high risk/complex substance misuse (alcohol, drugs) related needs requiring treatment, residential and/or structured care.
- Undertaking periodic case reviews and monitoring.
- Dealing with safeguarding adults’ cases i.e. organizing and chairing strategy meetings, implementing protection plans.
- Working with multi-disciplinary teams and private organization.
- Arranging placements of services users in residential and nursing care homes.
- Sign posting service users to the relevant services.
- Conducting Test of Capacity for services users under the Mental Health Act of 2005.
- Mentoring unqualified Social Workers and Social Care Officers.
- Contact details:
- Greg Ryan : +44203 3738527
- Senior Practitioner
- Company: London Borough of Wandsworth
- Duration: August 2004 – December 2004
- Position: Social Worker
- Duties:
- Social Worker at Bolingbroke Hospital Rehabilitation Hospital
- Working within a multidisciplinary team to rehabilitate elderly service users who had been admitted into hospital due to fall related problems and poor mobility.
- Arranging packages of care to facilitate safe discharge back to the community.
- Charing multi-disciplinary meetings.
- Formulation care plans, Implementing packages of care.
- Review and monitoring of care packages.
- Case transfers to the community teams.
- Reason for leaving : End of Contract
- Company: London Borough of Hounslow
- Duration: April 2004 – August 2004
- Position: Social Worker
- Duties:
- Social Worker at West Middlesex University Hospital
- Working as a part of the Multidisciplinary Team
- Working as a duty social worker responding to crisis and emergencies
- Attending hospital ward meetings.
- Attending care planning meeting with multidisciplinary team and families
- Case load management.
- Completing community care assessments.
- Planning hospital discharge.
- Care planning and implementation to facilitate safe hospital discharge
- Brokerage and service commissioning.
- Assisting resettlement into the community.
- Contact details:
- Tom O’Neill : +4420 8583 3446
- Team Manager
- Company: London Borough of Hounslow
- Duration: April 2003 – March 2004
- Position: Social Worker
- Duties:
- Social Worker for Fostering and Family Placements
- Dealing with crisis and emergencies.
- Family finding for looked after children.
- Supporting Social Workers in training Foster Carers.
- Assisting Social Workers recruiting and supporting potential Foster Carers.
- Arranging emergency care placement for children removed from their homes under Section 47 of Children Act of 1989.
- To find necessary alternative placement of children in foster or adoptive homes and residential facilities were current placement breakdown.
- Contact details:
- Tom O’Neill : +4420 8583 3446
- Team Manager
- Company: Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital
- Duration: January 2002 – November 2002
- Position: Social Worker
- Duties:
- Social Worker for Mzamo Child Guidance Clinic, South Africa
- Working with children with physical and learning difficulties and challenging behaviour.
- Working at intake and assessment team which dealt with initial and psychological assessments.
- Assisted families of disabled children in developing and using their own potentials more adequately in resolving social, health, emotional and economic problems.
- Provided social services, such as childcare and parenting skills
- Assessed problems, strengths and needs of families.
- Made referrals to other public and private social service organizations, community agencies and resources to meet the child's needs.
- Contact details:
- Mrs. Chiluvana : 031 907 2108
- Director
Education
Matric - HIGH SCHOOL
Isinamuva High School
South Africa 1994.01 - 1996.12
BA Degree - Social Work
University of Durban Westville
SOUTH AFRICA 1998.02 - 2001.12
Skills
- Problem-solving
- Communication skills
- Gerontology training
- Family dynamics understanding
- Poverty awareness
- Case management
- Public speaking
- Resourcefulness
SPECIAL PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN
Mzamo Sewing Project as a part of Poverty Alleviation Project that assisted families in attaining a more satisfactory economic state., Supported Lodgings Scheme, helping Looked After Children/ Young People to transit from Foster Homes to Independent Community Life and Adulthood., Total Respect Project; Co-ordinated a Support Group for Teenagers in Care to share their experience of living with Foster and Adoptive Parents and support them with settling in new environment., Stimulation Programme for Children with Cerebral Palsy and other forms of disabilities., Updating Job Specifications; this was a short-term project that I participated on representing Social Workers from Older Peoples Services. The project worked on Modernizing and Updating Social Workers, Senior Practitioners, Team Managers and Senior Team Managers roles to ensure that are line with re-structuring Process in Adults Services., Undertaken special projects reducing high costs care packages., Took part in fundraising for Cancer Research UK., Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and reached Uhuru Peak at 5895m above the sea level raising funds for Gumboots Foundation of South Africa, a charity for children who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Affiliations
- Mountaineering , gym , running, cooking and reading
Accomplishments
Conquored Kilimanjaro and raised money for charity.
Took part in Race for life rasing money for Charity
Took part in Walk for Dementia Challenge and raised money for charity.
Led Women's Church Minisrty for 7 years.
Led Youth and Children's Church Minisry for 4 years
Organised and Led Peer Led Reflection session on Secondary Trauma
Compled and Passed John Maxwell Leadership Training called Beyong Success
Attended business taining and trained under Adam Stott -Business Coach for Big Business Events
Director and Founder of From Hair 2 Hair Wigs online business
Certification
Degree in Social Work
Certificate in John Maxwell Leadership Beyond Success Course
Languages
English
Fluent
Timeline
Social worker
The Association of Jewish Refugees
2018.05 - Current
BA Degree - Social Work
University of Durban Westville
1998.02 - 2001.12
Matric - HIGH SCHOOL
Isinamuva High School
1994.01 - 1996.12