Busisiwe Gilimane

Busisiwe Gilimane
Busisiwe Gilimane

I am an experienced, patient, matured, hardworking and caring registered Social Worker with firm commitment in social justice and well-being of people. I’m adaptable in any situation and comfortable in both solitary and group situation and have excellent listening, administration skills, observational skill and non-judgmental attitude which I believe are very crucial when working with people.

Profile Overview

  • 296

Contact Me Download CV
Contact Details
  • Email

    gilimanebusisiwe@gmail.com

  • Address

    Butterworth Eastern Cape

  • Phone

    0739521641

About Me

Gilimane Busisiwe is a dedicated Social Worker with Passion in making a positive impact in individuals and communities. Busisiwe has over 4 years of experience in the Social Work field, She have deep understanding of community work which includes Facilitating community awareness programs, Community dialogues, Door to door HIV testing, Facilitating Skills to care trainings and  Regular Household Visits.

She received er Social Work Degree in 2019 from the University of Forthare were she gain strong theoretical foundation in Social Work principles, Values and Practices. Over the years she have been developing herself by doing short course online and training and some of the training are HIV testing, Introduction to excel, First Responder, Mental health kit etc.

Busisiwe has worked in various Setting, including non-profit organisation, community centres and Schools. Busisiwe has worked with diverse population  which includes, Children, Adolescents, at Risk youth, Adults and people with disabilities in many different community settings which includes Rural Area, urban areas, Informal Settlements and Farms.

over the years Busisiwe has presented her self to be a very empathetic person , she has amazing listening skill, she is goal driven and a team player, trustworthy and her work aften involves  Conducting assessment, individual counselling, door to door HIV testing, pre and post HIV counselling, Adherence support, Linkages to care, Identifying cases of neglect and refer them to relevant stakeholders, advocating for children's rights, Facilitating trainings for community, caregivers and adolescents, just to include few.

As a social worker Busisiwe strongly believe that everyone deserve to be treated with dignity and respect and strives to make a meaningful impact in the lives of all the people that i Serve.

Education

S
Social Worker

University of Fort Hare - (2015 - 2018)

Experience

S
Social Worker

JikaUluntu - (2020 - 2022)

Duties: Identification of children and households in need of care and protection.
• Conduct regular household and school visits.
• Provision of counselling services and pre and post HIV counselling in the household.
• Provision of HIV Testing Services
• Linkage to care and Treatment
• Treatment Adherence support
• Family strengthening, psychosocial support and other support service.
• Support the acquisition of social grants and other enabling documents such as identity cards and birth certificates.
• Facilitating Life skills Group Work Program at Jikauluntu after school centre
• Planning and Facilitation of Afterschool program/homework at Jikauluntu Community centre.
• Provides referrals of clients to services where necessary.
• Conduct timely follow up of clients to ensure referred services have been provided.
• Managing the National Youth Service Program
• Supervising 28 National Youth Service Ambassadors.
• Training 28 National Youth service ambassadors on numerous Skills to care Program e.g Mental health and Well-being, Empathetic Care etc.
• Conducting Capacity Building Trainings for Farm worker, adolescents, youth and adults at Gonubie Farmers Hall on numerous topics such as Substance abuse, HIV and AIDS, Positive parenting and Gender Based Violence.
• Co-managing IDT program which has 216 participants
• Supervising 8 IDT site supervisors weekly
• Provided programmatic input, reflection and review.
• Successfully participate in project specific training activities
• Network/liaise with schools, Department of Social Development, Small Project Foundation, Ward councillor and other local stakeholders.

 

C
Child Services Mentor

JikaUluntu - (2023 - 2023)

• Duties: Identification of children and Household in need of care and protection.
• Conducting Regular Household visits Identifying cases of neglect and Mentoring Household members.
• Provide counselling in the Household, Jika Uluntu after school and in two schools.
• Facilitating Let’s Talk Curriculum based program for adolescents.
• Facilitate let’s talk Curriculum based program for caregivers.
• Do Weekly Household visits to mentor and evaluate the Let’s talk learning.
• Facilitate group Programs in Primary and High schools.
• Mentoring Jika Uluntu Child Services Assistant mentor.
• Referring cases of neglect and violence to Social Development and do follow ups.

Support the acquisition of social grants and other enabling documents such as identity cards and birth certificates.
• Implementing the great Child program at JU after school centre.
• Recruiting and mentoring people from the community while Implementing the Aunties and Uncle Program.
• Provided programmatic input, reflection and review.
• Successfully participate in project specific training activities
• Network/liaise with schools, Department of Social Development, Local schools, Ward councillor and other local stakeholders.
• Administration, which includes spreadsheets, designing of working tools, preparing monthly plan and reports and making sure that all the work we do is documented.

 

S
Social Worker volunteer

We Care - (2019 - 2020)

individual assessment
• Provision of counselling “therapeutic intervention”
• Conduct Home Visits
• Process Notes
• General Administration
• Referrals and follow up on referred cases

S
Student Social Work Intern

South African National Council for Alcohol and Drug Dependency - (2018 - 2018)

Individual assessments and therapeutic intervention for substance users.
• Case work (in-patient and out-patient) individual counselling
• Facilitated life skills group link with danger of substances at southernwood primary with learners who have special need such as Autism.
• Facilitated in-patient and out-patient (Cognitive behaviour therapy) group sessions.
• Organised and facilitated holiday program at Isibindi Safe Park (Community work).
Ensuring that SANCA services are known in communities.
• Conducting talks in clinics, schools and communities about the danger of abusing substances.
• Report writing, keeping records of data and covering reception
• Aftercare and referrals to other institutions for example Fort England and FAMSA.