Ubiebi Clifford Ochuko
Constitution Hill,NSW
Summary
Social work graduate with hands-on experience in youth, aged care, disability, and community services. Proficient in psychosocial assessment, case planning, and client advocacy, fostering wellbeing and social inclusion. Strong communication and problem-solving abilities support individuals and families facing diverse challenges. Dedicated to culturally safe and trauma-informed practices aligned with AASW standards.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Student Social Worker – Student Services
Excelsia University College
03.2024 - 06.2024
- Conducted social research into the challenges faced by students at Excelsia College, focusing on barriers to accessing support services and identifying unmet needs.
- Collaborated with fellow students and academic supervisors to plan and implement research activities aligned with ethical and professional social work standards.
- Designed and administered surveys and interviews to engage students, ensuring inclusivity and confidentiality in line with social work values.
- Attended student support seminars to gain insight into available wellbeing programs and assess their relevance to diverse student needs.
- Liaised with community organisations and service providers to explore partnership opportunities and potential referral pathways for student support.
- Analysed qualitative and quantitative data to identify systemic issues affecting students’ access to services and overall wellbeing.
- Developed evidence-based recommendations for Excelsia College leadership to strengthen student welfare, engagement, and access to support systems.
- Advocated for the enhancement of student wellbeing services through presentations and written reports informed by research findings.
- Demonstrated core social work competencies including cultural responsiveness, effective communication, advocacy, and collaboration in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Applied principles of social justice, empowerment, and ethical decision-making in addressing the needs of students and promoting service improvement.
Student Social Worker
Concept Care Disability Solutions
03.2025 - 06.2025
- Provided administrative and case management support, including preparing care documentation, reviewing care plans, and maintaining accurate and confidential client records.
- Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings to contribute to client case planning and collaborated with support coordinators, allied health professionals, and service providers to ensure holistic care.
- Supported coordination of care services in a dynamic environment, developing strong prioritisation, communication, and time-management skills.
- Observed and participated in case discussions, progress reviews, and goal-setting meetings, ensuring alignment with the NDIS framework and person-centred practice principles.
- Attended client intake sessions to assess individual needs and reviewed allied health reports to identify service gaps and recommend appropriate interventions.
- Conducted and assisted in risk assessments and other psychosocial assessments directly with clients to identify strengths, needs, and potential vulnerabilities.
- Engaged in online video sessions with clients and their families to facilitate ongoing communication, strengthen rapport, and monitor wellbeing and service satisfaction.
- Reviewed support workers’ shift notes to ensure adherence to care standards, documentation quality, and consistency with clients’ individual support plans.
- Advocated for client wellbeing and dignity through active participation in care reviews and by promoting empowerment and independence in service delivery.
- Applied social work values of empathy, respect, and cultural sensitivity in all interactions, maintaining professional and ethical standards in line with AASW guidelines.
Team Leader
Aspire Homes Australia
09.2022 - Current
- Leading a team in arranging several sessions that help to develop young people’s personal and social education.
- Report every incident adequately to the management.
- Used a person-centred approach to assist the young ones with achieving their personal goals by providing counselling and psychological support.
- Ethical provisional counselling in difficult and sensitive situations.
- Worked with young people’s case workers to develop good life skills programs in the industry of their choice using interpersonal skills and encouraging them to make the right choices.
- Provided psychological support and counselling for young people going through trauma by giving trauma-informed care in accordance with life principles such as safety, integrity, choice, trustworthiness, mutuality, and empowerment.
- Developed and organized youth activities and programs alongside the case managers, team leaders and other youth workers.
- I developed and maintained strong interpersonal relationships with stakeholders, and I also work with youths from diverse cultural backgrounds and ethnicities.
- Developed strategic and effective ways of reducing harm among young people by following health-assured strategies.
- Coordinated implementation of strategic plans geared towards youth outreach for education and skills acquisition.
- Adopted strategic ways of minimizing harm among young people by following health-assured strategies.
Aged Care Worker
Lumia Care
06.2022 - Current
- Showered and sponged residents as required.
- Providing a person-centred approach to care for clients.
- Providing in-home aged care support to clients promoting dignity, independence and wellbeing.
- Bowel care: Use of Enema and suppository.
- Cleaned residents’ dentures and brushed their teeth.
- Assisted in dressing and grooming.
- Carried out facial shaving of the male residents.
- Prepare table over the bed, position them safely and feed them, especially those who are semi and non-ambulant.
- Assisted residents to the toilet.
- Provided bedpans/urinals and emptied urine from urine-collecting drainage bags.
- Assisted residents in transferring from bed to chair and vice versa.
- Changed the positions in the bed of those who are bedridden according to their respective pressure area turn chart.
- Made beds and arranged bed linen as required.
- Assisted in settling residents for sleep and rest periods.
- Arranged residents’ clothes in their respective wardrobes.
- Provided escort to ambulant residents to make purchases at the shop where necessary.
- Assist clients with medication prompting.
- Assist clients with meal preparation.
- Maintaining accurate documentation and communicating effectively any concerns to the scheduler.
Education
Social Work
Full membership, AASW
08-2025
Master of Social Work (Qualifying) - Social Work
Excelsia College University
Pennant Hills, NSW06-2025
HLTAID011 Provide First Aid with CPR -
First Aid Coach Sydney
Liverpool, NSW01.2025
Mental Health First Aider -
Mental Health First Aid Australia
Sydney, NSW07-2024
Graduate Diploma - Social Science
Excelsia College University
Pennant Hills, NSW06-2023
Diploma - Community Service
National Career Institute
01.2022
Diploma Certificate - Mental Health
Alison
01.2022
Skills
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Case management
- Trauma-informed care
- Client advocacy
- Mental health support
- Team collaboration
- Mentoring
- Risk management
- Team supervision
- Counselling and case management
- Interpersonal skills
- Team player
- Professional development
- Leadership and supervision
- Support for at-risk youth
- Computer proficiency
Certificates And Trainings
- NDIS Worker Screening
- Working with Children Check
- Therapeutic Intensive Care Training
- NSW Driver's licence with a comprehensively insured personal car
- National Police Clearance
- NDIS worker orientation module certificate
- NDIS induction module
- NDIS supporting safe and enjoyable meals
- Covid-19 infection control certificate
- Medication Assistance Certificate
- Certificate of Completion of interact-ABI-lity course for communicating with people living with an acquired brain injury (ABI).
- Manual handling certificate
- Current Influenza and three doses of Covid-19 Vaccination Certificate.
- Aboriginal cultural awareness training.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Student Social Worker
Concept Care Disability Solutions
03.2025 - 06.2025
Student Social Worker – Student Services
Excelsia University College
03.2024 - 06.2024
Team Leader
Aspire Homes Australia
09.2022 - Current
Aged Care Worker
Lumia Care
06.2022 - Current
Social Work
Full membership, AASW
Master of Social Work (Qualifying) - Social Work
Excelsia College University
HLTAID011 Provide First Aid with CPR -
First Aid Coach Sydney
Mental Health First Aider -
Mental Health First Aid Australia
Graduate Diploma - Social Science
Excelsia College University
Diploma - Community Service
National Career Institute
Diploma Certificate - Mental Health
Alison