Toluwalope Olojo

Identified social needs of children and helped provide support for change through the case management processes. Launched the teaching of Sex Education, Family Life Education and Child Rights through the use of the UN Save the Children Manual and this has empowered the boys to know their rights. Re-unified boys with their families after they have achieved a 100% self-confidence in who they are and what they want to be and liaised with family members on the provision of emotional and social support.

Created and coordinated a Kid’s Club which served as an avenue for the children to freely express themselves, thereby improving their psycho-social skills, by encouraging independence and developing life skills. Negotiated with social centers through the placing of donation boxes in their reception hall and this contributed to almost 80% relief to the organisation’s financial burden.

Teach the use of English Language and Literature-in-English. Coordinate the school's extra-curricular activity sessions.

• Opened a case file each for the children, thereby achieving a proper documentation of case notes for the organisation. • Created and coordinated a Club which served as an avenue for the children to freely express themselves, thereby improving their psycho-social skills. • Negotiated with school owners to give 20% discount on school fees, while led to a relief in the payment of school fees.

Gave a Pre- and Post-Test counselling sessions for those who came for HIV/AIDS screening. Registered clients for National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), and contacted Health Management Organisations (HMOs) for referral of patients to another hospital. Contacted patients’ relatives in times of emergencies.

Observed how family reconciliation and child custody sessions were carried out for clients. Watched the proceeding of how family cases are settled in the family court.

• Bridged communication gap by standing in as an interpreter into the Yoruba Language during one of the organisation’s Widow’s Medical Outreach. • Delivered a talk on “Ageism and How to take care of Your Health” at the Widow’s Medical Outreach, contributing to 90% awareness on how participants can take care of their health at their old age. • Assisted Children with taking medications based on doctor’s prescriptions, while monitoring and observing their health status.

Gave a talk on Sex Education to students of some secondary schools. Counselled some of the students who needed help and referred them to their school counsellors for further follow-up Observed as community social groups were interviewed for registration.

Supervised Community Self-Help Projects Played advocacy role between the community and government Attended Community Development Association Meetings and wrote report of the meeting attended to my supervisor

Theories of Social Work, Social Welfare Policy, Community Social Work, Psychopathology, Sociology,

German Grammar, German Literature, German History, German Translation European Civilisation, Report Writing, Research Methodology