MAHLOKO NQACHE
Durban
Summary
With expertise in social work, community engagement coordination, research assistance, facilitation, student wellness, and basic and higher education, I currently hold the position of Student Wellness Coordinator at IIE Rosebank College, Durban Campus. Having accumulated 3 years of experience in social work and counseling, along with a year of involvement in health research and the implementation of HIV programs and monitoring and evaluation programs, my skill set is diverse. I possess proficiency in conducting both qualitative and quantitative research, as well as data analytics. Within South Africa, I have gained valuable experience in both private and public facilities, particularly within the university setting where I have effectively collaborated with students and staff.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Student Wellness Coordinator
Rosebank College
10.2024 - 01.2025
- Collecting and tracking information about participation and outcomes of Social Awareness Education of the students and SRC events.
- Plan and implement the SRC election process.
- Provide enough training, team building and development opportunities for the SRC.
- Ensure the active participation and engagement of SRC members in campus life through the various. committees, portfolios, meetings and other related activities as per the SRC process.
- Design and Plan effective Social Awareness & Education Campaigns aimed at addressing campus specific needs.
- Manage the effective implementation of such programmes.
- Developing wellness programs targeted on students and liaising with internal and external facilitators.
- Inviting stakeholders to educate students on new fitness industry developments and provided effective health and fitness solutions to students.
- Maximizing program enrollment/attendance through effective outreach events, SRC mobilization, emails and posters.
- Marketing and promotion of student wellness services to students.
- Collaborating with health and wellness professionals to create and execute events, seminars and workshops on various topics.
- Conducting needs assessments or surveys to determine interest in or satisfaction with wellness and fitness programs, events or services for students.
- Building productive relationships with vendors and on-site providers.
- Compiling weekly and semester reports.
Community Liaison Officer and Research Assistant
UKZN USINGA
11.2023 - 09.2024
- Establish and maintain relationships with stakeholders, including community leaders, partners, and other NGOs, to ensure effective implementation of the project within the DSA
- Setting up meetings/negotiations with the ward councilors, the community advisory board and the community at Umlazi Ward 79 and 82
- Coordinating CPF recruitment, their weekly payments and arranging recons for the finance manager
- Coordinate programme activities within the project and community events
- Create SOPs and update SOPs
- Assist in all aspects related to recruitment of local labor, including the fieldworkers and the community policing forum for guided protection of the fieldworkers in the field
- Gather ‘satisfaction feedback’ from stakeholders for reporting and monitoring purposes
- Conduct community engagement activations/campaigns on both wards in Umlazi, to bring about awareness on some community members about USINGA project
- Training of staff on Community Engagement
- Making referrals to relevant stakeholders (SAPS, DSD and local clinics) for community members who are in need during the research period
- Monitoring and Evaluation of projects related to community engagement
- Reporting to project manager and director
- Conduct extensive literature searches
- Suggest and identify gaps in data and literature for future research possibilities
- Assist with creating data-collection templates and processes
Social Worker
University of KwaZulu-Natal HIV&AIDS Department
07.2022 - 04.2023
- Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders for events and campaigns within the department
- Compiling, managing and submitting weekly, monthly and quarterly reports as part of administrative work
- Attending budget meetings and various meetings with staff members and stakeholders, conducting staff meetings as needed within the department and supervisions to discuss social work cases and progress within the department
- Providing HIV counselling and testing to students and some staff members, to know their status
- Providing counselling to students and staff members
- Providing strategies, guidance and support services to assist homeless students, children and the elderly through outreach programmes and other interventions
- Facilitating individual and couple’s therapy for both students and staff
- Facilitating case management interventions, which are designed to promote health, prevent disease, and address barriers to healthcare access
- Developing strong communication skills to interface with different key stakeholders, and ensuring proper change processes are implemented and followed
- Developing needs assessments to identify range of students’ needs and assist them receive required healthcare and other relevant services, such as mental health screening, COVID-19, STIs and TB screening
- Rendering mental health support to students with regards to their care, support, protection and development under the guidance of the school’s psychologist
- Working with multi-disciplinary care teams, with the clinic nurses, health promoters, HIV counsellors, psychologists and as well as peer educators
- Conducting group work sessions with peer educators and students
- Conducting community work, the Pride Walk and the 2022 World AIDS Day event
- Conducting research within the Campus HIV & AIDS programme
- Conducting FIRST THINGS FIRST and assisting the health promoters with activations within Medical School campus
Educational Assistant
Incophelelo Primary School
11.2021 - 06.2022
- Assisting learners with educational and social developmental needs within their curriculum
- Maintaining a safe, secure, and clean classroom environment
- Oversee learners out of the classroom and during lunch breaks, supervising group activities of learners and carrying out administrative tasks as required by the school principal
Co-Facilitator
UKZN Extended Learning (Social Auxiliary Training)
03.2020 - 08.2020
- Building new relationships and maintaining relationships with trainees
- Co-facilitating/co-delivering the training program, using a range of teaching methods and resources
- Delivering presentations when required, while understanding and complying with all the policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines
- Researching and preparing for the program, while reflecting recovery principles in all aspects of the work, ensuring that the study resources portrayed messages of hope, empowerment, and aspirations and those of Social Work
Education
Community Engagement And Involvement - Community Engagement And Involvement
THE Global Health Network
05-2024
Certificate on Food Markets and Food Security -
University of KwaZulu-Natal
03-2024
Teach English as a Foreign Language (TELF) Certificate -
Teacher Record
07-2023
Bachelor of Social Work (Honors) - Social Work
University of KwaZulu-Natal
04-2019
Certificate of Merit in Social Work Field Practice -
University of KwaZulu-Natal
04-2018
Matric (Grade 12) -
Velabahleke High School
01-2014
Skills
- Healthcare team collaboration
- Program implementation
- Communication and Listening
- Counseling
- Health promotion
- Workshop facilitation
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Received a merit certificate in social work practice.
- Collaborated with team of 20 in the development of USINGA project.
Certification
- Registered with the SACSSP, 1053265
- Valid driver’s licence, C1
Languages
Sotho
IsiZulu
English
References
- Silindile Sikhakhane, IIE Rosebank College, 083 879 8806
- Nokwanda Ngcobo, UKZN USINGA, NgcoboN28@ukzn.ac.za, 083 977 6006
- Silindile Shamase, UKZN HIV&AIDS Department, ShamaseS@ukzn.ac.ca, 081 503 5072
- Rethabile Khumalo, Incophelelo Primary School, 067 992 0425
Affiliations
- Registered with the South African Council for Social Service Professions
Timeline
Student Wellness Coordinator
Rosebank College
10.2024 - 01.2025
Community Liaison Officer and Research Assistant
UKZN USINGA
11.2023 - 09.2024
Social Worker
University of KwaZulu-Natal HIV&AIDS Department
07.2022 - 04.2023
Educational Assistant
Incophelelo Primary School
11.2021 - 06.2022
Co-Facilitator
UKZN Extended Learning (Social Auxiliary Training)
03.2020 - 08.2020
Community Engagement And Involvement - Community Engagement And Involvement
THE Global Health Network
Certificate on Food Markets and Food Security -
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Teach English as a Foreign Language (TELF) Certificate -
Teacher Record
Bachelor of Social Work (Honors) - Social Work
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Certificate of Merit in Social Work Field Practice -
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Matric (Grade 12) -
Velabahleke High School
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