Post-graduation in Mental Health from Kings College London. Demonstrated experience of making arrangements for meetings, presentations, seminars. Good people skills via a self-initiated counselling project in Nigeria. A team-player, self-motivated with a can-do attitude that will aid your organisation in developing and maintaining collaborative relationships. Possess high stress-tolerance and can manage myself in a pressured and changing environment. Have proven administrative, writing and research abilities. Tech-savvy in MS Office, search engines, academic databases for advanced research functions and SPSS. Working knowledge of web development via word press and adobe illustrator.
1) Short-term research consultancy on early childhood development, maternal health and family planning projects.
2) Writing literature reviews, field-work, data cleaning and analysis of data.
1) Short-term research consultancy on health and education related projects.
2) Developed and conducted surveys, focus groups with community, interviews and analysis of data.
Exhibited event management expertise by conducting beneficial seminars and self-reflection workshops. Counselled students regarding course and degree selections, study habits, personal problems affecting their academics and improvement in personal profile to enhance admission eligibility.
Key Accomplishments:
1) Introduced educational counselling in a mainstream school in Kano, Nigeria through a self-initiated project.
2) Delivered support to students to identify their interests and choose relevant degree and career options.
3) Making behaviour change action plans (based on collaborative goal-setting instead of direct advice) for students struggling with academics with timelines, milestones, rewards and responsibilities.
4) Capacity-building by training teachers on techniques of effective mentoring, counselling and communication strategies to connect with children and adolescents.
5) Conducted effective seminars for students on local issues such as drug abuse and HIV.
1) Co-investigator on various departmental researches on moral disengagement in Pakistani Youth, Old age crisis and examining effects of various predictor variables on Mental Health of Young Adults.
2) Responsible for coordinating and managing field-work, managing data on SPSS and detection of problems in datasets.
3) Designing surveys, translation of research tools, drafting and writing of background, literature reviews and analysis sections.
4) BS (Hons) Project: Religiosity, Meaning in life and mental health among young adults- a pilot study. A mixed methods project, used content analysis for qualitative section, transcribed data and used SPSS for correlation analysis for quantitative section.
Supported art and psychodrama therapist in art and psychodrama therapy sessions, while taking case-histories. Conducted psychoeducation sessions to family members about the benefits of continued psychotherapy and psychological medication. Organised group and individual therapy sessions of people with mental health issues (Schizophrenic & bi-polar).
Key Accomplishments:
1) Administered psychodrama therapy sessions to provide patients with an opportunity to gain a perspective on their areas of emotional difficulties, conflicts in a safe, trusted environment.
2) Organised art through free association people to vent their repressed emotions in a safe and healthy manner.
Educated children with hearing and speaking disabilities along with mental health and behavioural problems.