2018 -2019

Tree of Life, Manenberg, Cape Town (part-time).

This position includes:

• Counselling and support of staff at Basila and Crue62 (drug rehabilitation homes for young men and women).
• Counselling teenage girls within the drug rehabilitation programme at Basila.                                                                                                                                                                                               

Hope House Counselling Centre, Bergvliet, Cape Town (part-time).

• Supervision and support of social workers working in the Addiction Programme.

Private Practice Counselling (part-time).

• Individual Counselling.

2012 – 2018

Social Work Programme, Department of Social Development, University of Cape Town – Field Placement Supervisor.

This position included the following responsibilities:

• Psychosocial support and counselling for students within the Field Placement Programme.
• Weekly individual and group academic supervision/support of students.
• Marking of weekly reports and assignments.
• Assessment and grading of students at the end of each semester.
• Liason with staff within the Social Work Department at the University.
• Liason with senior staff at organisations where students are placed to complete 1 year Social     Work  Internships (these included NGOs, schools, psychiatric institutions and hospitals).

Social Work Programme, University of Trondheim, Norway – Field Placement Supervisor.

This part-time position involves the academic supervision and psychosocial support of social work students from Norway, placed in Cape Town to complete a four month fieldwork internship at City Mission (an NGO working with prisoners, ex-offenders and at-risk youth).

Autism Western Cape, Cape Town (part-time).

Supervision and support for social workers working with children and adults living with Autism.

2005 -2011

I spent this phase of my life raising my 4 children, who are presently aged 13, 16, 18 and 20 years old. During these years I was involved in various projects and programmes at their respective schools and within my community. I also developed and facilitated Marriage Preparation Courses twice a year.

1999 – 2004  

During this time I did freelance consulting work in the HIV/AIDS field. This included:

• Mentoring of Healthcare workers involved in an HIV Testing Programme at Guguletu Clinic (2002).
• Writing a chapter on HIV Counselling in the Postgraduate Training Manual for Nursing staff at Red Cross Childrens Hospital (1999).
• Development and Facilitation of HIV/AIDS Training and Counselling Courses for NGOs (1999 – 2004).
• Weekly supervision and support of staff at Think Twice (An NGO providing Lifeskills Training Programmes in schools)(2003). 
• Development of HIV Pre and Post-Test Counselling Protocols used in an International Collaborative Research Project run by the Department of Community Health, UCT Medical School (2001).
• Counselling (Crisis Intervention, Trauma Counselling, Relationship Counselling)

1991 -1998

AIDS Training Information and Counselling Centre (ATICC), Western Cape – Training Co-ordinator.

This position included the development of Curriculum for HIV/AIDS Train-the-Trainer Courses offered provincially, nationally and in Southern Africa. I was also responsible for facilitating these courses, which were between 5 and 21 days and were offered to a range of professionals (doctors, nurses, teachers, social workers, psychologists, human resource managers).

During this time I had various other responsibilities including:

• Co-ordination of  Collaborative Projects  e.g.  Lifeskills Training Programme for Western Cape Schools.
• Member of NGO Boards viz.  AIDS Legal Network (ALN) and Progressive Primary Healthcare Network (PPHCN).  My role also included the recruitment and supervision of staff.
• Supervision of 4^th year UCT Social Work Interns.