Mental Health Team Manager
Resume:
PATRICIA MANYIKA
CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST
PROFILE
EXPERIENCE
MARLBOROUGH PRIVATE HOSPITAL
Assistant Psychologist
Key Responsibilities & Qualifications
- Undertaking psychological assessments, formulation, therapeutic interventions, and consultation to support people with specific needs, e.g. challenging behaviour, dementia, autism, mental health issues, and
psychological and emotional difficulties to maintain skills needed for living an ordinary life.
- Actively working with people to implement care plans devised by psychologists,
- Acting as an advocate to ensure there is proper regard for people’s dignity, choice, self-esteem, and racial, cultural, sexual, and religious needs and preferences,
- Carrying out comprehensive assessments, and
planning, implementing, and evaluating the delivery of psychology interventions under the supervision of a psychologist as part of a holistic approach, working in a variety of settings,
- Taking appropriate and immediate action to keep
people safe in a crisis or safeguarding situation, reporting back to a senior colleague in a timely
manner,
- Practicing within the positive behaviour support framework,
- Observing and documenting any changes in the
wellbeing of the people you are supporting, reporting to the professional or team manager any change in
risk or presentation of the person, and updating risk assessments as required,
- Working in partnership with people in other health and social care settings,
- Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with colleagues, other agencies, and people who use services and their families,
- Contributing to clinical audits and research,
maintaining current knowledge of research findings and development within the learning disability field,
- Contributing to the development, implementation, Dedicated and experienced Child
Psychologist with over four years of
clinical experience, providing children
with advanced and effective treatment
programs. Adept in assessing the
mental and behavioral health of
children, keeping records of progress,
and suggesting powerful solutions to
issues. Committed to reinforcing
positive feelings and behaviors in
patients, thus helping children to lead
healthier and happier lives.
CONTACT
ad4zsm@r.postjobfree.com
87 Twickenham Drive
Mt Pleasant,
Harare,
Zimbabwe
WORK SKILLS
Clinical Psychology
Analytical Thinking
Problem solving
Research
Observation
Compassion
Playfulness
Communication
Resilience
PERSONAL INFO
Date of Birth
12 February 1986
Gender
Female
Relationship
Married
Nationality
Zimbabwean
National ID No
63 – 1332846 D 15
LANGUAGE
English
Shona
PROGRAMS
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2019 - 2021
KINGSMEAD NURSERY SCHOOL
Child Psychologist
Key Responsibilities & Qualifications
- Assisted affected children and families to realize happiness and fulfillment in their daily lives, thereby achieving their developmental milestones
- Provided detailed documentation and records of
evaluations and treatments according to in-house
policies
- Educated family members on interventions they can do for their child or how to respond to certain
behaviors
- Coordinated with other child health experts, like child protection workers, pediatricians and social workers to facilitate and ensure the psychological
development of a child
- Organized educational programs to educate
adolescents or teenagers on the repercussions of
high-risk behaviors and ways to adjust to them
- Addressed issues such as depression, bullying, various mental health issues and learning difficulties in
children by providing appropriate psychological
intervention
- Offered recommendations concerning the nature of child custody cases, as well as determine the
suitability of each parent to take the sole custody of a child
EDUCATION
BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY
Zimbabwe Open University
DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC RELATIONS
Zimbabwe Institute of Public Relations
2023
2010
INTEREST
REFERENCES
FUNGAI MHINDO
Nurse-In-Charge
ad4zsm@r.postjobfree.com
Marlborough Private Hospital
16 Woodhall Rd,
Marlborough, Harare
Zimbabwe
PAULINE ZVORWADZA
The Principal
+263 (04) 883 190
Kingsmead Nursery School
1 Kingsmead Road,
Borrowdale, Harare
Zimbabwe
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