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Education
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Professional Training Courses
Fiji Passport Number
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Maritino Votiva

Maritino Votiva

Casurina,NT

Summary

Former Counselor with strong background of helping clients overcome personal challenges and cope with triggering situations. Focused on facilitating exploration of issues, developing individualized plans and developing important skills. Empathetic Care Worker with sensitive and compassionate approach to cultivating trusting, stimulating and varied lifestyle for residents. Offers enhanced care with flexible learning approach for patients. Experience in hospital and in-home settings providing guidance and encouragement to patients through physical and emotional support.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Theraputic Care Worker

CASPA Services
11.2022 - Current

Working with young people, you will help create a home-like environment and tailor your support to the individual needs of each young person. Supporting young people to attain their educational goals, undertake extracurricular activities in line with their interests and support their connection to community and family.


  • Perform and maintain professional, nurturing relationships with children and young people by building trust through visible interest and active engagement
  • Act as an appropriate adult role model, seeking to engage young people in purposeful activities aimed at developing life skills and self-worth
  • Support the involvement of family and where applicable, facilitate family visits/connections and the promotion of positive family relationships with children and young people, to suit individual needs
  • Promote and encourage positive relationships with peers and other persons significant to the child/young person
  • Assist the child/young person to participate as fully as possible in making decisions about the activities undertaken
  • Demonstrate an empathic understanding of complex trauma, incorporating this understanding into everyday interactions, as well as responding to pain-based behaviour in a sensitive and non-punitive way.

Clinical Counselor

Nadi hospital
01.2018 - 10.2022
  • Developed and expanded referral system of service providers to assist clients in attaining services
  • Communicated closely with other counselors to devise programs and activities based on developmental and academic levels
  • Guided clients in developing skills and strategies for dealing with problems
  • Maintained confidentiality of records relating to clients' treatment
  • Conducted evaluations to help patients develop measurable treatment goals
  • Provided comprehensive case management services, created treatment plans and connected clients and families to appropriate resources
  • Organized clinical interventions and treatment plans for patients suffering from chronic pain disorders
  • Guided clients in effective therapeutic exercises integrated from Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Helped patients to deal with realities of [Type] diagnoses and develop coping skills
  • Acted as client advocate to coordinate required services or resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.

Management Accounts & Assistant

Port Denarau Investment-Nadi.Fiji
04.2015 - 12.2016
  • Applied proper codes to invoices, files and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable
  • Prepared vendor invoices and processed incoming payments
  • Maintained good working relationships with vendors and resolved disputes
  • Reconciled processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balance numbers
  • Reported financial data and updated financial records in ledgers and journals
  • Researched, gathered and collected data to show progress and current costs to stakeholders
  • Generated and submitted invoices based upon established accounts receivable schedules and terms
  • Tracked business revenue and expenditures and reconciled accounts to maintain high accuracy
  • Generated invoices upon receipt of billing information and tracked collection progress
  • Strengthened financial operations by conducting bank reconciliations and financial reporting
  • Recorded deposits, reconciled monthly bank accounts and tracked expenses
  • Used MYOB to perform accurate financial analysis and audits to mitigate financial risks.

Technical Assistant

China Railway First Group Fiji Lautoka. Fiji Is (Construction & Development)
04.2014 - 03.2015
  • Updated supervisor on status of projects
  • Fielded user queries and service requests to promptly address issues
  • Logged inventory of functioning systems to maintain user accessibility.

School peer Coordinator

Scripture Union of Fiji Ministries (Gospel Outreach)
01.2013 - 01.2014
  • Set goals for youth in school and communicated with parents and teachers regarding progress
  • Built lasting relationships with youth and parents or guardians
  • Worked with clients to improve life choices and maximize benefits of programs
  • Led programs such as worship, study, fellowship and service opportunities in schools
  • Planned and conducted worship services, and worked with key leaders and teachers to carry out program's in school
  • Provided support for troubled youths referred by teachers for counseling support.

Operation Manager

Kay Tees Restaurant (Fijian Cuisine Restaurant)
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Purchased adequate quantities of food, beverages, equipment and supplies
  • Met, greeted and encouraged feedback from customers and used feedback to implement positive changes within restaurant
  • Reconciled cash and credit card transactions to maintain accurate records
  • Prepared for and executed new menu implementations
  • Oversaw front of house personnel to maintain adequate staffing and minimize overtime
  • Effectively managed payroll and timekeeping, and paperwork for new hires and terminations.

Technical Assistant

Asco Motors Fiji Ltd(Mechanical Unit)
01.2011 - 01.2012
  • Purchased adequate quantities of food, beverages, equipment and supplies
  • Met, greeted and encouraged feedback from customers and used feedback to implement positive changes within restaurant
  • Reconciled cash and credit card transactions to maintain accurate records
  • Prepared for and executed new menu implementations
  • Oversaw front of house personnel to maintain adequate staffing and minimize overtime
  • Effectively managed payroll and timekeeping, and paperwork for new hires and terminations.

Education

Disability Studies

ALANA KAYE COLLEGE
DARWIN
12.2023

Skills

  • Management
  • Administration & Management
  • Information Database
  • Counselling for psychological first aid during and after disasters
  • Couples counselling
  • Child referral counselling
  • Suicide related counselling
  • Family counseling
  • AOD counselling
  • Grief and Loss counselling
  • Rehabilitation counselling
  • Court referrals for counselling
  • Mechanical & Technical
  • Skilled at analyzing and interpretation
  • Familiar with Microsoft office programs
  • Good Communication skills
  • Having a natural drive with a loyal, strong and proactive work ethic
  • Proven motivational and leadership skills
  • Having clarity and sound judgment
  • A team player with an enthusiastic attitude
  • Videography & photography
  • Multitasks

Professional Training Courses

  • 2022 October 3rd
  • Currently enrolled in study for certificate 3 at Alana Kaye college
  • MENTAL HEALTH ACCADEMY COURSES AUSTRALIA 2021 2022
  • A Roadmap for Engaging Men in Mental Health Care
  • Addressing Youth Depression and Suicidal Ideation in a Post-Pandemic World
  • The Eye of the Survivor: Why Storytelling Matters in Suicide Prevention
  • Understanding Context and Identifying Needs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention
  • Counselling Court-Involved Youth and Their Families
  • Psychosocial Interventions for Suicidal Youth and Their Families
  • The ABC Model of Crisis Intervention: Working with Grief and Loss
  • Alcohol Use and Suicide: Research Findings and Potential for Prevention
  • Couple Counselling: Models and Interventions
  • Trauma Informed Care: Mindfulness-Based Treatment for Post-Traumatic Growth
  • Psychological First Aid
  • Alcohol Use Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment
  • 10 Tips for Integrating Neuroscience Ethically and Effectively into your Practice
  • Grief in the Middle Years: Helping Clients with Mid Life Losses
  • Treating Anxiety with Motivational Interviewing
  • Anxiety and How It Affects Our Behavior's and Mental Health
  • The Secret Life of Teenage Girls
  • Conducting Imaginal Exposure with Children and Adolescents
  • Tele practice: A Real Choice for Quality Therapy Services for Children
  • Preventing Suicide Among Trans and Gender Diverse Young People: A Discussion of Current Research
  • Thriving with Infertility: Ridding the Stigma and Addressing Cultural Factors in Treatment
  • Case Studies in Suicide
  • Treating Depression with Motivational Interviewing
  • Understanding and Working with Domestic Violence
  • Working with Transgender Youth: Implications for Professional Counsellors
  • A Survival Guide to Client Wellbeing in a COVID-19 World
  • The Traumatic Effects of Disasters

Fiji Passport Number

POOO74474

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 06/18/92
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Religion: Christian

References

  • Roni Lim ,HR Officer Caspa NT -044 285 530 , roni.lim@caspa.org.au
  • Mrs. Mereisi whippy, Chief operations officer, Empower Pacific -Lautoka, (679) 9058556, mereisi@empowerpacific.com
  • Dr Emtishal, Subdivision Medical Officer Nadi, Ministry of Health Fiji, (679) 9314666, moh.imti.35@gmail.com
  • Sister Bavita Sami, Head Sister Men's Medical ward, Nadi hospital, 679-7373218, bavitasami1982@gmail.com or bavita.sami@govnet.gov.fj
  • Mr Samisoni Wasasala, HR Manager, Lands Department Lautoka, Suva. Fiji Islands, (679)9210 278, samcrfg@gmail.com
  • Mrs Aysha Koya, General Manager, Port Denarau, +679 6750602, +679 6750671, aysha@portdenarau.com.fj

Timeline

Theraputic Care Worker

CASPA Services
11.2022 - Current

Clinical Counselor

Nadi hospital
01.2018 - 10.2022

Management Accounts & Assistant

Port Denarau Investment-Nadi.Fiji
04.2015 - 12.2016

Technical Assistant

China Railway First Group Fiji Lautoka. Fiji Is (Construction & Development)
04.2014 - 03.2015

School peer Coordinator

Scripture Union of Fiji Ministries (Gospel Outreach)
01.2013 - 01.2014

Operation Manager

Kay Tees Restaurant (Fijian Cuisine Restaurant)
01.2012 - 01.2013

Technical Assistant

Asco Motors Fiji Ltd(Mechanical Unit)
01.2011 - 01.2012

Disability Studies

ALANA KAYE COLLEGE
Maritino Votiva