Clinical Psychologist/Counsellor at Uganda Prisons Service

Skills

  • Development of training curriculum, training, and support supervision, guidance and leadership skills Ability to manage crisis situations which involve diverse actors and stakeholders
  • Conflict resolution and mediation skills
  • Effective communication skills
  • Very good working knowledge PowerPoint, Excel and Word

Specialties

  • Diagnosis and provision of mental health care including counselling and active case management
  • Specialist expertise in the assessment and management of mental health needs
  • Children’s Accelerated Trauma Therapy (CATT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral therapy (CBT)
  • Policy formulation and development

Experience or goals

  • Designing and delivering trainings on psychosocial issues to different audiences
  • Commitment to continuous learning
  • Facilitation and trainings on mental health in forensic settings at the Staff College, Uganda Prisons Service
Last Resume Update May 18, 2021
Address Kampala, Uganda
E-mail rg.odendi@gmail.com
Phone Number +256772006200

Experience

Uganda Prisons Service
Psychiatric Clinical Officer
Nov 2016 - Current

• Developed training curriculum on mental health and psychosocial issues in Prisons
• Facilitate trainings on mental health in forensic settings at the Staff College, Uganda Prisons Service
• Facilitate continuing professional development to primary healthcare workers at Uganda prisons service
• Conduct assessments and identifying a wide variety of disorders in clients, and formulating suitable treatments strategies
• Help clients define goals and plan action to achieve treatment objectives and adjustment
• Develop and implement treatment plans and therapeutic processes
• Provide supervision, guidance and leadership to other members of the mental health team
• Provide culturally sensitive psychosocial support to individuals, groups, and family members
• Provide active psychosocial support during emergencies to ensure continued well-being of prisoners and staff community
• Facilitate training sessions on mental health, team-building, problem-solving, conflict resolution to ensure that mental health team is abreast of up to date and relevant information
• Contributed to the design of policies and guidelines to increase awareness of important themes to promote metal health and psychosocial wellbeing of inmates, staff and their family welfare
• Training and mentoring of interns from higher institutions of learning including Makerere university, Kyambogo University, Uganda Christian University, Uganda Martyrs University, University of Kisubi among others

United Nations Mission in South Sudan
Corrections Mental Health Advisor
Oct 2013 - Nov 2016

• Conducted psychosocial and mental health needs assessment at the National Prisons Service of South Sudan (NPSSS)
• Developed training curriculum on mental health and psychosocial issues in NPSSS
• Facilitated psychosocial and mental health training for new Corrections Officers UNMISS
• Advised and mentored primary healthcare workers at the NPSSS
• Facilitated training on common psychosocial and mental health problems at the NPSSS
• Developed psychosocial and mental health policy guideline to reform psychosocial and mental health services at the NPSSS
• Developed training manual titled “Emotional Intelligence and Stress Management Training therapy for Staff of NPSSS and other Institutions”

Uganda Prisons Service
Psychiatric Clinical Officer
Oct 2009 - Oct 2013

• Developed training curriculum on mental health and psychosocial issues in Prisons
• Facilitated trainings on mental health in forensic settings at the Staff College, Uganda Prisons Service
• Facilitated continuing professional development to primary healthcare workers at Uganda prisons service
• Conducted assessments and identifying a wide variety of disorders in clients, and formulating suitable treatments strategies
• Helped clients define goals and plan action to achieve treatment objectives and adjustment
• Developed and implement treatment plans and therapeutic processes
• Provide supervision, guidance and leadership to other members of the mental health team
• Provided culturally sensitive psychosocial support to individuals, groups, and family members
• Provided active psychosocial support during emergencies to ensure continued well-being of prisoners and staff community
• Facilitated training sessions on mental health, team-building, problem-solving, conflict resolution to ensure that mental health team is abreast of up to date and relevant information
• Contributed to the design of policies and guidelines to increase awareness of important themes to promote metal health and psychosocial wellbeing of inmates, staff and their family welfare

Adjumani District Local Government
Psychiatric Clinical Officer
Jun 2006 - Aug 2009

• Conducted diagnose, provision of mental health care including counselling and active case management
• Participated in planning, budgeting, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating psychiatric activities
• Referred complicated cases to appropriate tertiary level of care
• Ensured adequate protection of mental patients, relatives and staff involved in patient management
• Developed capacity of other clinical staffs to mainstream mental health in primary health care through continuing professional development and onsite mentorship
• Trained and supervised community volunteer counsellors

Trans-cultural Psychosocial Organisation, Uganda
Psychiatric Nurse
Jul 1998 - Mar 2001

• Diagnosed and provided mental health care including counselling and active case management
• Trained as Trainer of Trainers
• Ensured adequate protection of mental patients, relatives and staff involved in patient management
• Participated in integrated community outreaches providing equitable services to cases in the community including assessment of their psychosocial support
• Provided capacity building of other staffs to mainstream mental health in primary health care through continuing professional development and onsite mentorship
• Trained and supervised community volunteer counsellors

Education

Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda
Advanced Diploma in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Aug 2017 - Nov 2019

Child and adolescent mental health services

Uganda Martyrs University
Master of Science in Clinical and Psychological Counselling
Jan 2016 - Nov 2019

Clinical Psychology and counselling, majoring in Child and adolescent mental health

Uganda Martyrs University
Bachelor of Social Development and Counselling
Aug 2008 - Nov 2011

Social Development and Counselling with major in Counselling Psychology

Butabika School of Psychiatric Clinical Officers
Diploma in Mental Health (Clinical)
Nov 2002 - Dec 2004

Clinical Psychiatry

Butabika School of Psychiatric Nursing
Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing
May 1995 - Jun 1998

Psychiatric Nurse

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