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Sajal Basnet

Shortland,NSW

Summary

2/3 Skills and Knowledge Experience working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities. Knowledge of different social work theories and practices like solution focused and strengths-based approaches. More than 3 years of experience in the charity sector, mostly in community development. Experience in safeguarding and health and safety.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Student Social Worker

UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT
Cardiff, NSW
05.2021 - 09.2022
  • Interviewed clients, families or groups to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs.
  • Formulated treatment plan strategies with multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive and continuous care plan.
  • Helped clients develop new coping mechanisms and techniques to drive behaviour modification.
  • Explained medical care options to help families make informed healthcare decisions.
  • Encouraged socialization and engagement through therapy, music therapy and social activities.
  • Developed and facilitated therapy groups to improve service users quality of life.
  • Advocated for client rights and sought solutions by tracking and monitoring legislation and arranging and attending meetings with congressional lawmakers and staff.
  • Advocated for service users for housing assistance
  • Attended over 1000 hours of meetings, conferences and training courses to advance professional knowledge of social work.
  • Secured housing, medical care and employment for clients by collaborating with various community agencies.
  • Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
  • Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.
  • Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Interviewed clients and family members to obtain key information for case planning and management.
  • Assessed cognitive abilities and physical and emotional needs of clients to determine appropriate interventions.

01.2021 - 01.2021
  • Looking through Trauma Lens Training Program
  • Awareness of Trauma and its impacts
  • Knowledge about how to identify Trauma
  • How to identify types of Trauma, Anti-Racism and Bystander Training, 2021), City of Sydney Council
  • Awareness on Work Area bullying and Racism
  • Impacts of Racism
  • Awareness on types of Racism
  • Steps to fight against racism

First Aid
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • 2021), Australia Wide First Aid
  • Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Provide basic emergency life support
  • Provide First Aid
  • Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity

Community Coordinator

All Hands And Hearts - Smart Response
Massachusetts USA, New York
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Provided community engagement support in building homes and schools in rural earthquake- affected areas
  • Ensured health and safety of volunteers and staff
  • Facilitated and support community-led projects and facilitated community meetings
  • Oversaw Female Mason Training Program with over 30 beneficiaries
  • Organized community-volunteer engagement program
  • Running Disaster Risk Reduction programs for schools and communities and presenting to 150+ people
  • Implementing community training programs with over 100 participants
  • Conducted needs assessments through household surveys to understand needs of communities affected by Nepal earthquake of April 2015
  • Interviewed program beneficiaries to better understand impact of All Hands activities on local community across four projects around Nepal
  • Identified patterns and trends that resulted in undesirable outcomes or compromised program compliance and developed corrective action plans.
  • Pleasantly welcomed staff, community leaders and guests.
  • Supervised activities and events such as Disaster Risk Reduction to promote positive community relations.
  • Helped Operations Manager with collection and analysis of data for preparation of progress reports.
  • Developed and created programs and monitored effectiveness against individual participant needs.
  • Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
  • Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
  • Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.

01.2017 - 01.2017
  • VSO, Action Learner
  • Organizing different categories of programs for the community on the topic of Sexual Health reproductive health
  • Survey in remote areas to find the local need of our awareness programs in the community we served
  • Working with different age groups of children in the schools we support to create awareness on different issues
  • Conducted Programs on earthquake education and other disaster-related topics

Intern

National Association of Welfare of Blind, NAWB
01.2016 - 01.2017
  • Worked as intern for Social Work Program
  • Worked on Braille books Library and provided helped on Proof readings of books
  • Answered and transferred incoming telephone calls, taking messages for various staff members
  • Sorted, organized and maintained files

01.2013 - 01.2016
  • Together We are Together We can, School Social Work Group
  • Led a team of passionate youths to undertake multiple workshops and awareness sessions throughout Kathmandu
  • Organized diverse fundraising programs for different social and health causes
  • Provided awareness sessions on different issues within Secondary Schools
  • Organized clothes banks, book banks, blood donations and different workshops

Volunteer Team Leader

Plastic Free Campaign, RESPHEC
01.2015 - 01.2015
  • Conducted Awareness Sessions in one of the temples about the impacts of plastics on the
  • Environment
  • Led a team of students on providing awareness sessions by cleaning up the surroundings of
  • Cultural Heritage Sites
  • Made up more than a Thousand paper bags with other volunteers to reduce plastic bags
  • Courses

Volunteer

Welcome Womenhood
01.2013 - 01.2015
  • Organized different Menstrual Hygiene Programs all around schools of Nepal
  • Conducted Awareness sessions on Menstruation taken as Taboo in School of Nepal
  • Facilitated a session on importance of Sanitary Pads

Women Environmental Preservation Program, Intern

01.2013 - 01.2013
  • Worked as intern for Social Work Program
  • Participated in different Climate Change Workshops
  • Conducted Household Surveys about Waste Management
  • Projects

support worker

01.2001 - 01.2003
  • Social worker to support clients through accidental counselling, referrals
  • Participated in different meetings and workshops with people living in social/community housing to understand their needs
  • Learned about Domestic Violence and Homelessness issues in Australia
  • Strengthened skills like interviewing, networking, and research
  • Ran ‘Kens Corner’ program to engage local men in Support Group

Education

Master of Social Work (MSW) - Social Work

Australian College of Applied Professions
Sydney Nsw
09.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Social Change

University of Newcastle
New Castle
02.2020

Bachelor of Arts - Social Work

Nepal Mega College
Kathmandu Nepal
2016

Skills

  • Knowledge of both
  • Windows, Mac and office packages
  • People person with strong work ethics
  • Knowledge of peace building practice and willingness to learn about security, gender, and ethnicity dimensions
  • Excellent facilitation and report writing skills
  • Excellent analytical, interpersonal, public speaking and leadership skills
  • Knowledge of participatory training, learning and research techniques
  • Language
  • English Nepali Hindi
  • Can read write and speak all three
  • Languages
  • Event Supervision
  • External Communications
  • Client Needs Assessment
  • Training Procedures

Languages

English
Full Professional
Nepali
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Student Social Worker

UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT
05.2021 - 09.2022

First Aid
01.2021 - 01.2022

01.2021 - 01.2021

Community Coordinator

All Hands And Hearts - Smart Response
01.2017 - 01.2019

01.2017 - 01.2017

Intern

National Association of Welfare of Blind, NAWB
01.2016 - 01.2017

Volunteer Team Leader

Plastic Free Campaign, RESPHEC
01.2015 - 01.2015

01.2013 - 01.2016

Volunteer

Welcome Womenhood
01.2013 - 01.2015

Women Environmental Preservation Program, Intern

01.2013 - 01.2013

support worker

01.2001 - 01.2003

Master of Social Work (MSW) - Social Work

Australian College of Applied Professions

Bachelor of Arts - Social Change

University of Newcastle

Bachelor of Arts - Social Work

Nepal Mega College

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