Energy Mlambo

Experience

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  Harare City Council,Dept of of Housing and Community Services

  Jun 2001 - Aug 2001

  Department of Housing and Community Services

  o Develop innovative community mobilization strategies to enhance andpromote community and participation for programme sustainability.o Participation in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluationof food aid, income generating projects and livelihood programmes.o Respond to cases of child abuse and neglect through provision of psychosocial support.o Conduct awareness raising campaigns on child rights issues.

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  Plan International

  Mar 2003 - Jun 2003

  Intern Assistant Community Development Coordinator

  o Develop innovative community mobilization strategies to enhance andpromote community and participation for programme sustainability.o Participation in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluationof food aid, income generating projects and livelihood programmes.o Respond to cases of child abuse and neglect through provision of psychosocial support.o Conduct awareness raising campaigns on child rights issues.

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  Blue Ribbon Foods Limited

  Jan 2004 - Sept 2004

  Intern Human Resources Assistant

  o Performance management.o Administration of employee welfare and personnel records.o Recruiting personnel for the organization needs and requirements.o Writes out work plans on proposed quarterly to annually projected work plans.

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  Government of Zimbabwe

  Sept 2005 - now

  Social Worker

  o Complete social work assessments for children and young people where there has been a notification of care and protection concerns.o Manage a caseload of children and families from the initial intake and assessment, developing and monitoring intervention plans to ensure the safety of the children involved.o Coordinating and liasing with NGOs for compliance and resource mobilisation purpose.o Work according to a bicultural model of practice ensuring supports and interventions were culturally appropriate.o Initialising and finalising children’s court inquiries (this involves compiling and submitting a background/opening social inquiry report to the presiding officer of the children’s court in terms of the Children’s Act )o Attending case conferences or panels (meetings normally involving different professionals or service providers in relation to a particular case as well as prospective foster or adoptive carers).o Providing counseling and support services to children and parents in distress.o Referring children and families to other complementary services if necessary. o Assessment of children for placement into foster care and adoption.o Finding adoptive homes for children with no adult caretakers.o Engage in direct work with children and families and undertake complex assessments.o Coordinating bilateral meetings between South Africa and Zimbabwe stakeholders on migration issues. o Food distribution to vulnerable communities.o Networking and inter-agency work with the Police, Education and also colleagues from Health.o Providing psychosocial support to vulnerable individuals,families and groups. Show less

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  Department of Social Services

  Sept 2005 - Dec 2012

  Senior Social Worker

  o Placing abandoned children in places of safetyo Undertaking assessments of child’s circumstances using the assessment frameworko Liaising with the police in tracing parents, relatives/ guardians of such childreno Opening an inquiry to the magistrate of the Children’s Court, recommending committal of such children into places of safety in cases where these children’s parents or relatives are not found, this in accordance with the provisions of the Children’s Protection and Adoption Act (Chapter 5;06)o Investigating cases of alleged child abuse and or neglect o Removal of abused or neglected children from abusive environments and placing them into enabling environments.o Counselling, where appropriate of abusive parents or guardians with a view to foster an enabling parent to child relationship. Show less