CURRICULUM VITAE

Name : BINOY KOCHUMARANGATTIL CHACKO

Sex : Male

Address : ** **** ******

Wollongong, NSW 2500

Home No : 024*******

Mobile No :049*******

Email : acn1mm@r.postjobfree.com

Visa Status : 457 dependent work visa

Religion : Christian

Fluency in Languages : English, Hindi, Malayalam

Professional Qualification:

1997 - 1999: Master's Degree in Social Work with specialization in

Medical and Psychiatric Social Work, Tirpude College of Social Work, Nagpur

University, India.

1994 - 1997: Bachelor of Arts, St. Francis De Sales College, Nagpur

University, India.

1 Voluntary Work

Currently working as a voluntary worker in St.Vincent de Paul Society,

Wollongong since November 2014.

2 Professional Experience:

Post: Social Worker

1 Section: Adults with physical Disabilities

Weekly hours of work: 37 hours per week

Employer: Herefordshire Council, Hereford, UK

Period: April 2007 to August 2014

2 Responsibilities involved:

Working with Primary Care Trust, involving service users, carers and

families. Carry out social Work assessment, care management and review

service for adults who are physically disabled, vulnerable, ill and older

people in need of support services and their carers and families. Working

within the framework of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 and subsequent

Community Care Legislation. Provide specialist assessment and intervention

for service users with complex needs. Prioritise work and identification

issues of risk. Work as a part of a multidisciplinary team with other

professionals in health, statutory and voluntary agencies and representing

the Social Services Department. Ensure the appropriate and complex legal

financial arrangements are in place for the provision of services to

service users. Use a broad knowledge of local resources, services and

benefits and to liaise with a variety of statutory, voluntary and

independent sector agencies. Take referrals, prioritise and where

necessary, pass on to appropriate person or the team. Undertake some

responsibility for allocation of work and day-to-day advisory support and

guidance to assistant social worker. Co-ordinate assessments of

individual's needs and produce appropriate care plans, monitor these care

plans and make appropriate adjustments. Preparation of funding

recommendations on a weekly basis for consideration by the funding panel.

Identify where intermediate Care is appropriate and refer to reablement

service to empower the service users. Involve in hospital discharge

arrangements for patients under the care of the Primary Care Trust and

liaison with hospital based professional staff to ensure safe and efficient

discharge. Ensure informal carers needs are assessed and appropriate

services arranged. Work in a way that is consistent with Councils Equal

Opportunities, Anti- discrimination and anti- oppressive practice policies.

Ensure confidentiality issues are respected. Undertake day duty when

required. Conversant with the development of I.T and maintain I.T skills.

Conversant with administration policies and procedures and be responsible

for keeping written records. Ensure case files and electronic recording is

kept up to date.

Post: Social Worker

Section: Children and families social work

Weekly Hours of work: 37 hours

Employer: Herefordshire Council, Hereford, UK

Period: June 2004 to March 2007

Responsibilities involved:

Work closely with children and their families, other staff within the

Directorate and partner agencies to provide a range of services and support

designed to protect children from harm and promote the welfare of Children

in Need. Working within the legislative framework of the Children Act 1989,

and the Children Act 2004. Carry out assessment of the needs of children,

young people and families and take appropriate follow up action in

consultation with colleagues, and to plan and implement suitable service

provision to safeguard children from harm and meet their identified needs.

Preventative and supportive work with children and families in need and

risk assessment work with children and families subject to child protection

enquiries. Promote effective planning for children and young people where

there are ongoing needs due to care, supervision or Orders and entry to

the looked after system. Ensure effective communication with service users

by using and developing skills in direct work with children, young people

and their families. Using all components of the Looked After Children

Programme creatively to promote effective care, sound planning and good

outcomes for children and young people. Communicating well with foster

carers and others in developing a corporate approach to fulfilling

responsibilities for looked after children. Promoting active involvement

and participation of service users in the planning and provision of

services. Listening to children who are looked after and promoting the

safety and welfare of children who are looked after by enabling them to

access independent advocates or the complaints procedure. Carrying out the

assessment and contributing to effective decision making by producing

concise written and verbal reports as required. Maintaining accurate case

files and, where appropriate, computer held records in line with expected

procedures. Participate in training and development activities to ensure up

to date knowledge and skills. Undertake daytime office duty on a rota

basis. Contribute the development of knowledge and skills of other team

members or students as required.

3 Post: Support Worker

Castle Farm, Residential home for Learning Disability, Blackhole Lane,

Hereford, UK

Weekly Hours of work: 37 Hours

Period: February 2004 to June 2004.

Responsibilities Involved:

Supportive role to adult with learning disabilities in a residential

setting. Support the resident to carry out their daily activities and

promote their independence within the residential setting. Support

individuals to develop a quality life style. Supervise the personal care of

the residents. Taking residents for outside activities like bowling, horse

riding, church, workshop and other activities. Making the individual to

lead an independent life. Arrange entertainment programmers to make them

engaged. Taking care of their personal needs. Working for the holistic

development of the individual.

3 Post: Social Worker

4 Navachaithanya DE-Addiction Center, Thrissur, Kerala State, India

Weekly hours of work: 37 hours

1 Period: May 2003 To September 2003

Responsibilities involved:

Working with substance abused people in the De-addiction center and in

the community. Initial referral taking, probing and investigations of the

family and environmental factors leading to the situation of the client

referred. Assessment of the client within a multi-disciplinary settings

involving physician, nurse and psychologist with a view to ensure and

maintain a stimulating, caring and a safe environment for clients.

Multidisciplinary development of care plan for individual clients and

provision of arrangements for ensuring effective and quality care. Arrange

support in place to return to the community from the center. Periodic

review and follow up of the service users and sending letters to attend to

appointments with physician or psychiatrist.

Provided individual counseling to clients and family based counseling to

members of the family. Organise and conduct seminars and workshops on

social and mental health for high-risk youths and school children in the

target communities. Produced educational materials for awareness campaign

and sensitization on Substance Abuse. Organise Alcohol Anonymous and Al-

Anon meetings to enable the service users and supporting the families

affected with the use of substance use.

2 Post: Mental Health Social Worker

Grace mental Health Centre, Changanassery, kerala State, India

Weekly hours of work : 37 hours

Period: January 2002 to March 2003

Carry out social work assessment and individual and family counseling for

the person diagnosed with mental health condition and family or carers

involved. Conducted intakes assessments and gathered information from the

patient and family about the patient history. Responsible for maintaining

progress notes, treatment plans and other paperwork such as letters

reaching out to clients who have missed their appointment. Educating family

about mental illness and supporting them in caring for the mentally ill by

arranging regular respite care and day care services. Arrange care package

or support for the rehabilitation of the service users in the community.

Working together with other professionals and coordinating case conferences

and reviews. Attend seminars and programmes to raise the awareness about

the mental health illness and reduce the stigma attached to this. Arrange

workshops and employment opportunities to enable them part of the

community.

Post : Mental Health Social worker

Sanjivani Rehabilitation center, Kottayam, Kerala State, India

Weekly hours of work : 37 hours

Period :August 2000 to Dec 2001

Working with persons suffering from chronic and acute mental illness

To provide case work to individuals, including social work assessment,

counselling of individuals and carers including family therapy, prevention

of abuse, and neglect, and looking at issues of skills acquisition,

personal development and quality of life. Carry out social work assessment

and provide verbal and non-verbal or written reports to the multi -

disciplinary clinical team. Contact with patient upon admission and help

patient through transition and provide support in relation to any related

problems. Contact with family, significant others and the relevant

statutory agencies. Prepare comprehensive social history, via hospital

notes, contact with the patient and family, which may include a home visit.

Attending an active participation in clinical team meetings, reviews and

providing advice and social work perspectives. Encourage patient

participation in care plans, reviews and other relevant meetings. Contact

with relatives family and significant others to aid the patient, and where

appropriate the family's, rehabilitation. Regular assessment of patient's

needs. Provide written and or verbal reports to vulnerable adult case

conference and other related proceedings as required. Active involvement in

the planning, preparation and co-ordination of discharge to the community

involving contact with families, significant others and relevant agencies.

Preparing patient for discharge or transfer. Handover of social work

responsibilities to the relevant agencies. Maintain effective clinical

records and patient notes. Contribute towards teaching and training

assistant social workers and student social workers.

Post :Social worker

1 Pratheeksha DE- Addiction Center, Thalassery, Kerala State, India

Weekly hours of work : 37 hours

Period: - August 1999 to July 2000

Take the admission of the client. Interview the family and relatives

friends. Prepare social history of the client. Carry out social work

assessment and reports to the multi -disciplinary team. Use different

therapies like task centred approach, group work and advocacy. Counselling

of individuals and carers, family therapy prevention of substance abuse and

personal development and quality of life. Educate the client regarding the

ill effect of using substance. Participate in community awareness programs

for the prevention of the substance abuse. Educate the school children

regarding the consequence of substance abuse. Organise various programs to

awaken the people about misuse of substance. Adopt certain communities and

continues work for finding out drub abused people and encourage them for

the treatment. Home visits of the clients and make sure clients remain

substance free. Make surveys to have deeper knowledge about the problems.

Get the help of police, other agencies to eradicate the problem of

substance abuse. Conduct follows up programs for the client. Organise

programs like A.A, AL-ANON AND AL -ATEEN. Giving teaching and training for

the student social workers. Maintain clinical records and patient notes.

Participate in supervision and training provided.

Previous Voluntary work

1)Voluntary Work (1991 to 1993) in Rajasthan State, India

Participated in Adult Literacy Program.

2)Voluntary work in Nagpur in 1995 taking tuition to the children living in

slum area and organising community development programmes.

Reference

1.Glen Carter

St.Vincent De Paul Society

Wollongong area Centers Manager

110 Montague Street

North Wollongong, NSW 2500

Ph. 024*******

Mob. 042*******

E-mail- acn1mm@r.postjobfree.com

2. Beverley Warn

Advanced Practitioner Social Worker

Adult Social Care

Nelson Building

White Cross Road

Hereford, HR4 0DG, England, UK

Ph. 004*****-******

Mob.004***********

E-mail - acn1mm@r.postjobfree.com

3.Tracey Ricketts

Health and Independence manager&Lead Nurse community

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Benet Building, Belmont

Hereford, UK

Ph. 004*****-******

Mob. 004***********

E-mail- acn1mm@r.postjobfree.com

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