KHAVHAGALI TSHINANNE
Social Work
Soweto
Summary
Dependable Coordinator provides excellent office management and administrative support. Possesses strong communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines. Creative problem solver with strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
HIV TESTING SERVICES COORDINATOR
Anova Health institute
7 2019 - Current
- Provide comprehensive counselling to promote retention to care in line with DoH policies and guidelines and in line with District 95 95 95 DIP and Sub-district IP 95 95 95 plans
- Manage team of DoH and Anova counselors and ensure efficient project delivery
- Weekly and Monthly feedback to the team on implementation progress
- Identify critical stakeholders and establish working relationship
- Provide psychosocial support to those who tested positive
- Encourage those who tested negative to be initiated on PrEP
- Oversee implementation of HTS support activities in line with 95 95 95 strategies
- Support implementation of Rapid Test Quality improvement at subdistrict and facility level
- Support and oversee the implementation of index testing and other high yield strategies for improving uptake
- Oversee tracers (monitoring telephonically tracing for patients who did not honor their appointment.) Oversee Distributing HIV self-screening kits
- Oversee defaulter tracing activities Training community linkage officer on HIVSS
- Monitoring the implementation of HIVSS primary and secondary distribution in all facilities in region D(COJ)
- Training and mentoring DoH staff on HIVSS, INDEX, PrEP and HIV testing.
Adherence and Retention Counselor (Decanting Coordinator)
The Aurum institute
02.2018 - 06.2019
- Filtering the eligibility on tier.net
- Checking the patient’s eligibility on files
- Cohorting patients according to their ART start date(month)so that they can take blood together
- Call all patients who are eligible to be decanted
- Briefing patients about the decanting modalities that we have on the specific facility
- Register patients on the modality of their choice
- Monitoring the capturing of decanted patients on tier.net
- Make follow up with DSV so that I can get the list of patients who did not collect their medication on external point(clicks)
- Training clinician and non-clinician on decanting and modalities
- Monitoring club facilitators and approving their claims
- Mentoring club facilitators and decanting champions.
Patient Navigator
The Aurum Institute
04.2017 - 01.2018
- Recruiting patients for HIV testing
- Linking all patients who tested HIV positive to care within 7 days
- Pre-retrieving files for patient’s appointment
- Filling blood results
- Making sure that all patients who are initiated must be captured on tier.net.
Intern: Social Worker
Department of Social Development
06.2015 - 05.2016
- Provide psychosocial counselling and support to patients
- Providing mediation in family restoration and re-unification services
- Conducting comprehensive assessment through home visits and social system support analysis
- Conducted Child care protection services through foster care placements under court and child care centers placements
- Admitting children who have been declared in need of care and protection by the children’s court
- Ensuring that court orders have been reviewed and are up to date
- Facilitated group work session for teenagers who were pregnant, HIV support group, foster care children support group and parenting skills for foster parents
- Facilitation of community outreach campaigns and support groups to empower communities on HIV awareness, Gender based violence awareness, Domestic violence awareness, mental health and substance abuse awareness
- To supervise student social workers from different universities
- Liaised with stakeholders and referred clients to other services they needed such as health facilities, educational facility and South African Police services (SAPS)
- Organising and keeping both manual and electronic records and database up to date.
Student: Social Worker
Department of Social Development
06.2014 - 10.2014
- Conduct case work, family restoration, group work and community work services
- Provide support to the departmental planning and reporting process
- Provide psychosocial services to HIV positive patient
- Maintaining diaries, arranging appointments, setting up meetings
- Implementing and maintaining procedures / administrative systems
- Computer applications and software usage, maintaining databases, preparing letters, presentations and reports.
Education
Bachelor of Social Work -
University of Venda
01.2010 - 04.2014
Certificate in RTQII - undefined
Anova Health institute
07.2019 - 05.2019
Overview of oral PrEP for peers - undefined
Department of Health (www.myprep.co.za)
01.2020 - 04.2020
Postgraduate Diploma in Social and Behavioral Studies (HIV/AIDS) - undefined
University of South Africa
01.2022 - 04.2023
Skills
Research and organization management
Problem-solving & Analysis
Strategy & Planning
Stakeholder Management
Capacity building
Conflict Management
Project Management
Staff Supervision
Administrative Leadership
Project Support
Project Coordination
Staff Management
Teamwork and Collaboration
Effective Communication
Driverlicense
Yes with car ownership
Personal Information
Gender: Male
References
- Ms Mema Gladys, Anova health Institute, HTS Program Manager, 073 414 8381/082 555 6591
- MR Kennedy Sivhaga, Former Programme Manager, IHPS, 083 490 8433
- Miss Mashudu Ramalida, Former Manager, Limpopo department of Social Development, 082 225 2181
Timeline
Postgraduate Diploma in Social and Behavioral Studies (HIV/AIDS) - undefined
University of South Africa
01.2022 - 04.2023
Overview of oral PrEP for peers - undefined
Department of Health (www.myprep.co.za)
01.2020 - 04.2020
Certificate in RTQII - undefined
Anova Health institute
07.2019 - 05.2019
Adherence and Retention Counselor (Decanting Coordinator)
The Aurum institute
02.2018 - 06.2019
Patient Navigator
The Aurum Institute
04.2017 - 01.2018
Intern: Social Worker
Department of Social Development
06.2015 - 05.2016
Student: Social Worker
Department of Social Development
06.2014 - 10.2014
Bachelor of Social Work -
University of Venda
01.2010 - 04.2014
HIV TESTING SERVICES COORDINATOR
Anova Health institute
7 2019 - Current
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