OMOLARA ADEOTI OJORA
MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER
LAGOS
Summary
Dedicated Social Worker provides exceptional professional care and implements appropriate interventions. Utilizes variety of resources to identify unique needs and assist vulnerable populations. Adept at establishing strong rapport with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Welfare Officer
- Formulated treatment plan strategies with multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive and continuous care plan.
- Maintained regular contact with clients by calling and visiting clients' homes.
- Helped clients develop new coping mechanisms and techniques to drive behavior modification.
- Interviewed clients, families, or groups to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs.
- Updated client documentation for accurate, compliant and current records.
- Advocated for clients to assure respected rights and wishes.
- Helped clients with recognizing and managing mental health concerns through evidence-based interventions.
- Conducted home visits to assess living environment and facilitate access to necessary resources.
- Monitored clients' progress and adapted treatment plans to meet changing needs.
- Evaluated clients' social, emotional and psychological needs to create treatment plans.
- Assisted clients in identifying community resources and connecting with appropriate services.
- Developed and maintained strong relationships with community resources for successful referrals.
- Facilitated group therapy sessions to help clients develop coping skills and improve communication.
- Documented client progress and activities in accordance with agency policies and procedures.
- Administered assessments to identify clients' needs and establish treatment plans.
- Participated in professional development and training opportunities to enhance clinical skills.
- Utilized evidence-based practices to provide effective interventions for clients.
- Participated in interdisciplinary team meetings to coordinate care for clients.
Principal Social Welfare Officer G/L
Onikan Health Centre
- 12
- Reaching out to charitable individuals, philanthropists and religious bodies in rendering assistance to destitute and indigents in the society and hospitals
- Pre and Post Counselling of Patients and Testing on HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections
- Adherence Counseling for Patients living with HIV/AIDS in their treatment
- Pre and Post Counseling in Surgical procedures
- Placement of abandoned or unwanted babies into government approved Homes
- Admission and discharge procedure of indigent and destitute patients
- Conducting Ward Round to interact with inpatients and liaise with Doctors
- Home tracing and Tracking of patients who default in treatment management
- Visiting of Liaison offices in the repatriation of patients to other states.
Senior Social Welfare Officer G/L
General Hospital
- 10
- Monthly Preparation of Statistical data/analysis and Report writing of the activities of the Department
- Conducting Ward Round to have a one on one discussion with in-patients
- Liaising with the medical Director in granting of Hospital Exemptions/weaver for indigent patients
- Assisting in getting prescribed drugs/medication for senior citizens, destitute and indigent patients from the non-paying Pharmacy
- Acting as the next of Kin to destitute patients
- Reuniting and reintegrating destitute patients back to their homes
- Visiting of Liaison offices in the repatriation of patients to other states.
Child Care
Lagos State Health Service Commission, Eti-Osa Ogombo
09.2019 - Current
Assistant Chief Social Welfare Officer
Lagos State Health Service Commission
09.2018 - 09.2019
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- Leading Psychosocial Assessment
- Co-ordination of the department
- Grief Counselling
- Aggressive Advocacy
- After Care Services Reaching out to charitable individuals, philanthropists and religious bodies in rendering assistance to destitute and indigents in the society and hospitals
- Pre and Post Counselling of Patients and Testing on HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections
- Adherence Counseling for Patients living with HIV/AIDS in their treatment
- Pre and Post Counseling in Surgical procedures
- Placement of abandoned or unwanted babies into government approved Homes
- Admission and discharge procedure of indigent and destitute patients
- Conducting Ward Round to interact with inpatients and liaise with Doctors
- Home tracing and Tracking of patients who default in treatment management
- Visiting of Liaison offices in the repatriation of patients to other states.
Senior Social Welfare Officer G/L
Lagos State Health Service Commission, Lagos Island Maternity Hospital
01.2017 - 09.2018
- 10
- Reaching out to philanthropists i.e
- Individuals, Religious Groups, Corporate Bodies and Non-Governmental Organizations in assisting indigent and destitute patients
- Playing Advocacy Role on behalf of patients
- Voluntary Counseling and Testing of Patients on HIV/AIDS and Opportunistic infections
- Placement of abandoned or unwanted babies into government approved Homes
- Conducting Ward Round to have a one on one discussion with in-patients
- Counseling of Women on Family Planning
- Psychosocial Assessment
- Counseling of blood donors and referral back to the laboratory
- After care services rendered to patients after hospital discharge.
Senior Social Welfare Officer G/L
Lagos State Health Service Commission, Randle General Hospital
04.2015 - 12.2016
- 10
- Conducting Ward Round to have a one on one discussion with in-patients
- Liaising with the medical Director in granting of Hospital Exemptions/waiver for indigent and destitute
- Procurement of medication for indigent patients from the Pharmacy
- Pre and Post-Surgical Counseling
- Going on home tracing to addresses given by indigent’s patients for reuniting destitute and reintegrating back to their homes.
Bereavement Counselling
Lagos State Health Service Commission
01.2013 - 04.2015
Social Welfare Officer II G/L
Lagos State Health Service Commission, Onikan Health Centre
Lagos
01.2011 - 12.2012
- Voluntary Counseling and Testing of Patients and Pregnant women on HIV/AIDS
- Counseling of Women on Family Planning
- Counseling of blood donors
- Placement of abandoned or unwanted babies into government approved Homes
- Admission and discharge procedure of indigent and destitute patients
- Conducting Ward Round to have a one on one discussion with in-patients
- Going on home tracing to addresses given by indigent’s patients.
Social Welfare Officer
Lagos State Health Service Commission, Mainland Hospital, Infectious Disease Hospital
Yaba, Lagos
06.2009 - 12.2010
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- Voluntary Counseling and Testing of HIV and AIDS patients
- Counseling of blood donors
- Assisting in procurement of prescribed drugs/medication for patients from the Pharmacy
- Registering and Keeping records of patients with Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases
- After care services and home visits to patients after hospital discharge
Sales/Marketing Manager
AAAO INTERNATIONAL
Lagos
01.2002 - 06.2009
- Formulation of marketing strategy/policy
- Co-ordination of sales/marketing team
- Effective/efficient appraisal of the weekly action plan and report inconformity with the company policy direction.
Agric
National Youth Service Corps, Surulere Local Government
Lagos
01.2001 - 01.2002
Education
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Birrel Avenue High School
Senior Secondary School Certificate - undefined
Federal Government Girls College Sagamu
01.1987 - 01.1992
Certificate of Qualification in Medical/Psychiatry Social Work - undefined
St Mary’s Private School
01.1981 - 01.1986
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree - Sociology
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Africa School Certificate - undefined
West
School Leaving Certificate - undefined
Skills
Crisis Intervention
Referrals and networking
Case management
Teen substance abuse training
Substance abuse treatments
Analytical thinking
Depression and anxiety specialist
Psychosocial assessments expert
Social services
Affiliations
Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Role of Healthcare Workers in Prevention and Control.
Coping with Stress
Improving Customers Service; Healthcare Workers Attitude and Communication
by LAGOS STATE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. 29th – 31st July, 2019
Certificate of Attendance at The First Socio-Scientific Conference with theme: MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE TOOLS: SERIES 1 held at the Surgical Skills Centre. Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba Lagos by ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKERS OF NIGERIA (AMSWON). 6th September, 2018
Certificate of Attendance at the 2011 Annual Conference with theme: THE ROLE OF MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKERS IN A DEVELOPING ECONOMY held at Conference Hall 1, Neuro Psychiatric Hospital Aro Branch by ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKERS OF NIGERIA. 24th-28th October, 2011
Certificate of Participation in the ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON THE’ ERADICATION OF POVERTY IN THE EMERGING MEGA-CITY MOF LAGOS” held at Women Development Centre, Pen Cinema, Agege, Lagos by NIGERIA ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS (NASoW) Lagos State Chapter. 4th June, 20009
Additional Information
- PATENTS/PUBLICATION , Juvenile delinquency among youth ( a case study of two (2) remand homes in Lagos), a research project submitted to the department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Science, University of Ibadan, Oyo State in partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in Sociology, 2000. HOBBIES Reading Listening to music Socializing , EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Certification
Certificate of Qualification in Medical/Psychiatry Social Work : November 2021
Timeline
Certificate of Qualification in Medical/Psychiatry Social Work : November 2021
11-2021
Child Care
Lagos State Health Service Commission, Eti-Osa Ogombo
09.2019 - Current
Assistant Chief Social Welfare Officer
Lagos State Health Service Commission
09.2018 - 09.2019
Senior Social Welfare Officer G/L
Lagos State Health Service Commission, Lagos Island Maternity Hospital
01.2017 - 09.2018
Senior Social Welfare Officer G/L
Lagos State Health Service Commission, Randle General Hospital
04.2015 - 12.2016
Bereavement Counselling
Lagos State Health Service Commission
01.2013 - 04.2015
Social Welfare Officer II G/L
Lagos State Health Service Commission, Onikan Health Centre
01.2011 - 12.2012
Social Welfare Officer
Lagos State Health Service Commission, Mainland Hospital, Infectious Disease Hospital
06.2009 - 12.2010
Sales/Marketing Manager
AAAO INTERNATIONAL
01.2002 - 06.2009
Agric
National Youth Service Corps, Surulere Local Government
01.2001 - 01.2002
Senior Secondary School Certificate - undefined
Federal Government Girls College Sagamu
01.1987 - 01.1992
Certificate of Qualification in Medical/Psychiatry Social Work - undefined
St Mary’s Private School
01.1981 - 01.1986
Welfare Officer
Principal Social Welfare Officer G/L
Onikan Health Centre
Senior Social Welfare Officer G/L
General Hospital
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Birrel Avenue High School
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree - Sociology
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Africa School Certificate - undefined
West