Reabetswe Kgoedi

CASE WORK

• Render social work casework services to clients.
• Identify persons in need of services.
• Assess the challenge and the intensity.
• Refer clients in need of psychological, mental health care or other treatment in accordance with the prescribed guidelines, to the Social Worker.
• Assist the Social Worker in rendering family re-unification services to families of persons in need of mental health care or children in alternative care.
• Assist the Social Worker in rendering after care services to clients released from mental health care or other institutions.
• Support services and life skills training to the families of persons in mental health care or other institutions as part of reunification services.
• Provide after care reports in respect of persons discharged from mental health care or other institutions.
• Provide assistance to persons to obtain suitable accommodation, work and grants.
• Network with other stakeholders/resources in the community in order to obtain the best possible service for the client.
• Guidance to clients in handling their grants and personal finances to facilitate independent living

GROUP WORK

• Do a need survey in respect of needs in the community and client load to be addressed through group work.
• Establish and maintain groups to address these needs.
• Compile plans and programmes for educational and other social groups.
• Hold regular group sessions as planned.
• Complete group work reports and other administrative group work functions after each session for the group and its individual members as required.

COMMUNITY WORK

• Annually identify needs and trends in the community by undertaking a disability survey.
• Initiate, establish and maintain new and existing community work projects.
• Network with and utilize community resources to improve the client’s psychosocial environment.
• Participate on a local level in community forums, actions and meetings as required.
• Initiate plan and record monthly awareness raising activities according to requirements by the SA Federation for Mental Health and the calendar for disability.
• Attend to projects to provide support, training, capacity building and monitoring in respect of their functioning.
• Facilitate and support the registration of projects in terms of prescribed legislation.
• Participate in research as requested by provincial office.
• Responsible for the projects allocated by the supervisor.

ADMINISTRATION

• Implement the Constitution of the Mpumalanga Mental Health Society, as well as all associated policies and procedures with the purpose of service delivery, integration and identification with the organization.
• Compile all prescribed reports according to the policy and guidelines of the organization
• Maintain and update the filing system (client, group, project, administrative) in the office according to prescribed provincial guidelines
• Handling and completion of correspondence pertaining to the post, faxes, e-mails and messages.
• Keep all office registers up to date on a daily basis according to the policy and prescribed guidelines of the organization.
• Submit weekly planning to the supervisor on the prescribed format and agreed date to the supervisor.
• Submit monthly/quarterly and annual statistics and reports according to the prescribed guidelines and comply with return dates.
• Facilitate arrangements for the office management committee meetings to ensure that quarterly meetings are held and that reports are submitted to the Provincial Management Committee in accordance with the prescribed report format.
• Prepare for supervision in accordance with the prescribed format and policy.

REPORT WRITING

• Assist the Social Worker in compiling business plans, progress reports, annual report, monthly reports and marketing presentations as needed in accordance to the prescribed guidelines.
• Assist all the projects with the compilation of business plans, progress reports, funding proposals and reports.
• Submit professional administrative reports pertaining to case work referrals, group work and community work to the Social Worker for approval according to the prescribed guidelines before submission.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Assist and guide all allocated projects with financial management and proper monitoring of income and expenditure.
• Ensure that subsidy claims of allocated projects are submitted.
• Obtain orders for purchases from provincial office.
• Obtain and submit invoices for expenditure and procurement to provincial office.

MARKETING

• Participate in the planning according to the marketing strategy of MMHS.
• Individualize marketing strategy and liaise with the supervisor about all action to be taken.
• Facilitate and participate in awareness campaigns according the annual plan.
• Submit articles in local newspapers to advertise and market the services of the organization.
• Network with companies, businesses and stakeholders in the municipal district where you are appointed.
• Participate in exhibition opportunities in the local communities of the office area on the services rendered by MMHS.

FUNDRAISING

• Participation in all fundraising opportunities.
• Identify possible donors and funders.
• Continuously update data of all individuals and businesses (funders and donors) in the Municipal District where you are appointed.
• Participate in the fundraising committee provincially and locally.
• Submit outgoing letters/proposals with the purpose of fundraising to the supervisor.
• Participate in the quarterly newsletter for MMHS.

• Child protection e.g. Removal of children, Psychosocial assessment, Parenting skills, Foster care, Family preservation services, Parental guidance, Parenting plans, Guardianship, Mediation, Reunification services, Group work and Community work.
• Collaboration with Rahima Moosa Hospital Needs assessment - Evaluation, Family involvement and medical record review. Counselling and support - Bereavement counselling, emotional support, crisis intervention and mental health assessment.
• Continuous support and education on illnesses for client and family members.
• HIV/AIDS Support Services.
• Reviewing of care plans - ensure care plan remains suitable throughout patient's healing process, remains individualized and barriers are reduced.
• Collaboration with medical team to ensure care plan objectives are met.
• Resource navigation and advocacy - advocacy, referrals and discharge plan.
• Collaboration and communication - working with interdisciplinary team, facilitate communication between patient, family and medical team, and record keeping (report writing).
• Palliative care - support services for family and patients with serious or terminal illnesses.
• Referrals for rehabilitation and long-term care facilities.
• Group work - educational and support groups.
• Community work - awareness campaigns, networking.
• Phone: 0849630846/0624891253
• Email: Keitukgoedi@gmail.com
• Address: Stand no 262, College View, Bushbuckridge 1280

• Protection of vulnerable children Prevention, promotion and early intervention e.g. Awareness programmes, Capacity building and education (such as facilitating groups on Fatherhood involvement, Active teen parenting, support groups for children and adults, Marriage preparation and Marriage enrichment programmes).
• Mediation (such as in divorce cases), Social relief services to families in crises (such as providing food parcels), Life skills, Parental guidance, Family preservation services, Removal and placement of children in need of care and protection (placements such as CYCCs, Foster care, etc.), Compilation of Individual Development Plan, poverty alleviation programme, Preparing children and families for court proceedings, Acting as an expert witness for court, Adoption services, Referrals (such as Shelters, after school care services, ECD centres), Alternative care supervision, Children's court inquiry to act in best interest of minor children, interviews with clients in family law disputes, and Supervision of Social Auxiliary worker.
• Trust person for Employee Health and Wellness. Recruit, train, utilize and manage volunteers.
• Fundraising: Completion of applications for funding e.g. NLC. Professional report writing, Information gathering, Preparation and delivery of presentation, home visits and stakeholder engagement (including collaborating and building good relationships), Compiling weekly and monthly reports.
• Referral of beneficiaries to other relevant stakeholders (such as Department Home Affairs, Hospitals, Clinic, SASSA)

• Family therapy
• Parental guidance
• Facilitate and implement therapeutic support and or educational group sessions with intellectually challenged children in school settings, children with behavioural problems etc.
• Conduct awareness and prevention campaigns on domestic violence, child abuse, teenage pregnancy, drug abuse etc.
• Compile monthly stats, process notes and prepare monthly plans
• Handle incoming and outgoing calls
• Conduct research on the availability of social support for parents after rendering reunification services

• Initial screening and evaluation of patient and families
• Comprehensive psychosocial assessment of patients
• Discuss illness and treatment plan with patient and families
• Educating patient and families on the kinds of illnesses, roles of health care team members and interpreting information
• Educating patients on the levels of health care, Community resources and advanced directives
• Bereavement counselling
• Facilitating decision marking on behalf of patients and family members
• Employing crisis intervention
• Providing referrals for individual, family and group psychotherapy
• Educating hospital stuff on patient psychosocial issues
• Coordinating patient discharge and continuity of care planning
• Advocate for patient and family needs in different settings
• Doing monthly stats
• Attending coordinating meetings with different departments and stakeholders

• Identifying social issues
• Identifying resources in and outside the community to assist in addressing the social issues
• Empowering and educating community members on the resources available in dealing with social issues

• Provide individual and group therapy
• Providing support for learners with learning challenges
• Feedback on children with learning challenges for referral purposes
• Building and maintaining good relationships with learners, teachers, parents and other stakeholders

• Provide individual and group counselling
• Report writing (referrals, care plans, and process notes)
• Intake assessments
• Collaborating with other professionals in developing patient treatment and care plans
• Discuss treatment plans with families
• Facilitate developmental programmes for patients

• Providing individual and group counselling
• Building and maintaining good relationships with learners, teachers, parents and other stakeholders
• Identify learning and behavioural problems
• Facilitating life skills programmes
• Report writing