BUSHRA FAISAL
Milton,ON
Summary
Knowledgeable, empathetic, and supportive Settlement Specialist committed to work with newcomer families with the vision and mission of Halton District School Board.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Settlement Specialist
HMC CONNECTIONS
08.2018 - Current
- Supported schools in building inclusive and welcoming spaces for newcomer families.
- Gathered resources for Newcomer families.
- Provided support to Newcomer families at assigned stationary school.
- Supported Newcomer families in their transition to Ontario School System.
- Supported coordination of in-school information Sessions for newcomers' families.
- Established partnerships and worked with external organizations to provide service to newcomers and their families.
- Maintained excellent communication with the Principal, Vice- Principal, and ESL teachers.
- Facilitated access to needed referrals and appropriate services in communities where there are barriers due to language, culture, and race.
- Provided referrals linking clients with specific settlement needs to available resources in community.
- Facilitated online and in-person group information sessions for newcomer families.
- Attended school-based events.
- Attended community-based settlement events.
- Able to work flexible hours.
- Maintained a network of local agencies, parents, and school staff.
Educational Assistant
Halton District School Board
01.2016 - 05.2018
- Provided support to help students with special needs to learn and grow.
- Supported student learning objectives through personalized and small group assistance.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Partnered with teacher to plan and implement lessons following school's curriculum, goals and objectives.
- Implemented appropriate breaks throughout day to de-escalate and de-fuse high anxiety and anger situations.
- Provided support and assistance to special education children by implementing inclusive education practices.
- Welcomed Newcomer families with special needs children and assisted teachers to understand cultural differences and taboos in South Asian community.
Placement Student
EMPLOYMENT HALTON
09.2014 - 05.2015
- Assisted clients in achieving their employment goals by identifying barriers and following up on plan of action to achieve employment goals throughout case management.
- Assessed client needs and provided post-settlement services for clients, such as information on housing, Ontario Works applications, career changes, language instruction/interpretation, and other community and government resources.
- Provided information sessions/workshops and referrals to other programs.
- Participated in distributing, collecting, and analyzing participant surveys and other evaluation and tracking procedures.
Head Librarian
Notre Dame Institute Of Education
08.2004 - 05.2012
- Managed library collection of 25,000 books.
- Developed and maintained well-organized catalogue system CONCOURSE, ensuring easy access for students.
- Implemented various technological advances such as computer technology, shared databases, and circulation systems to organize and locate materials efficiently.
- Designed and presented information literacy lessons.
Education
Diploma - SOCIAL SERVICE WORKER
Sheridan Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Oakville, ON06.2015
Master of Arts - LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE
University of Karachi
KARACHI08.1994
Skills
- Social Service Worker Diploma
- More than three years of experience in community based environment
- Experience of working with newcomer and refugee students and families
- Experience of fostering engagement with the newcomer parents
- Ability to speak Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi
- Experience of supporting students and families with traumatic experience
Languages
Urdu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Settlement Specialist
HMC CONNECTIONS
08.2018 - Current
Educational Assistant
Halton District School Board
01.2016 - 05.2018
Placement Student
EMPLOYMENT HALTON
09.2014 - 05.2015
Head Librarian
Notre Dame Institute Of Education
08.2004 - 05.2012
Diploma - SOCIAL SERVICE WORKER
Sheridan Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Master of Arts - LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE
University of Karachi
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