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 |
rg.odendi@gmail.com | |
Phone Number | +256772006200 |
Experience
Psychiatric Clinical Officer
• 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
Corrections Mental Health Advisor
• 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”
Psychiatric Clinical Officer
• 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
Psychiatric Clinical Officer
• 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
Psychiatric Nurse
• 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
Advanced Diploma in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Child and adolescent mental health services
Master of Science in Clinical and Psychological Counselling
Clinical Psychology and counselling, majoring in Child and adolescent mental health
Bachelor of Social Development and Counselling
Social Development and Counselling with major in Counselling Psychology
Diploma in Mental Health (Clinical)
Clinical Psychiatry
Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing
Psychiatric Nurse