Community Development Agent
Resume:
Yussif Mohammed
Community Development Agent
** ****** ******, **-***-8002 ***********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Proactive Community Development Worker, poised to facilitate the community development process by acting as an agent of change in an advisory role focused on helping citizens assess their current situation, identify critical issues and options for the future, weigh those options, create a shared vision and make informed decisions for communities to be more resilient.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Community Development, University for Development Studies (September 2018 to November 2021
Diploma in Integrated Community Development, University for Development Studies. Wa campus (September 2010 to December 2013).
WASSCE: GHANA SEC TECH SCHOOL (SEPTEMBER, 2004-JULY, 2007).
BECE: ST. ANDREWS JHS (JUNE 2004).
WORK EXPERIENCE
NATIONAL SERVICE - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT) OCTOBER 2021 - SEPTEMBER 2022.
TASKS PERFORMED.
Assisted in community sensitization programmes on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Child Marriage in deprived communities to increase awareness among the rural populace on acts of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Child Marriage cases.
Carried out child protection sensitization programmes in the Wa Municipality to promote and protect the rights of the child, child survival and development to eliminate child abuse and child labour.
Assisted in organising community development programmes among the disadvantaged, vulnerable and excluded through the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme (LEAP) to improve and enrich rural life.
Engaged rural communities on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) issues through a collaborated effort with UNICEF to provide the best possible means by which communities use and manage water, sanitation and hygiene in a sustainable manner, preventing open defecation and the outbreak of diseases.
THIRD TRIMESTER FIELD PRACTICAL PROGRAMME, UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (WA CAMPUS) JULY 2010, AUGUST 2012, SEPTEMBER 2018.
ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN
Community entry processes.
Preparation for data collection: instruments, target groups, schedules, responsibilities.
Data collection: Qualitative, Quantitative, Sample and specimen collection.
Problem and Potential analysis using tools such as; Problem Tree, SWOT analysis, Ranking.
Data analysis and synthesis.
Compilation of community profile.
Validation of findings with community members.
Report writing.
Finalization of report.
Preparation for field assessment.
Final assessment.
Editing of reports to include comments by assessors and presentation of field reports.
Community exit processes.
Departure from communities.
Output from the programme include the following:
Detailed profile with quantitative and qualitative information using diagrams, tables, maps, pictures for illustrations.
Development problems of the community as identified with the community.
Development potentials of the community reflecting suggested interventions.
Suggested interventions of the problems identified.
SKILLS
Ability to work with individuals, families and the whole community at large by empowering them to identify their assets, needs, opportunities rights and responsibilities. Plan what they want to achieve and take appropriate action by developing activities and services to generate aspiration and confidence.
Acting as a link between communities and a range of other local authorities and voluntary service providers such as the Police and NGOs.
Acting as a mediator when there is conflict in a community.
Encouraging participation in all activities from the commencement stage to the final episode.
Helping the local people to initiate self-help projects.
Computing skills such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
HOBBIES
Reading
Playing football
Cooking
Listening to music.
REFERENCES
Mrs. Sherika Bashiru
Department of Social Welfare and Community Development
Unit Head.
Wa Municipal (Ghana)
Professor Samuel Bonye
Head of Department
Community Development
University for Development Studies
Wa campus
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