John Keven Jeffery
Toronto,Canada
Summary
Highly motivated individual seeking a position within the Social Work, Community, Work, and Law disciplines; especially within the area of NGOs where I can utilize my communiction skills and intercultural skills to assist in helping the marginialized people within our communities.
Overview
39
39
years of professional experience
Work History
Social Service Worker/Community Worker/Activist
BenWood Enterprises
09.2010 - Current
Proposal Coordinator/Writer
Manantial Neighbourhood Services Inc
01.2009 - Current
- Company Overview: Manantial Neighbourhood Services Inc is an organization focused on community support and development.
- Create proposals and/or edited them before the proposal's finalized submission
- Collaborate with Executive Director on services and programs needed at the agency and ideas concerning the creation of proposals, projects, and services
- Research using Statistics Canada, City of Toronto website, and (ICAD) to gather appropriate data to create proposals and brochures including proposals for new services or programs to access grants
- Write letters on behalf of agency to local politicians and community leaders for support of new services and programs
- Co-facilitated workshops to educate clients on health issues and other matters, assist service users with social issue problems
- Created brochures and media blurbs to promote the messages of various NGOs
- Helped Clients develop Cover Letters and Resumes
- Manantial Neighbourhood Services Inc is an organization focused on community support and development.
Barangay Program Coordinator
Lacturan Elementary School
05.2014 - 09.2015
- Facilitated with local business people, citizens, The Church, the government, and members of the Toronto Filipino community to purchase much needed computers for the school.
- Co-ordinated with Barangay Community Elders in the restoring of school roofs through the fundraising, fiestas, to purchase materials and the negotiation with tradespeople to give of their labour for the school's improvement.
- The implementation of mobilizing the community to come together and improve their community through fundraising, fiestas, to purchase materials and the negotiation with tradespeople to give of their labour for the school's improvement.
Social Service Worker
Manantial Neighbourhood Services Inc
09.2013 - 06.2014
- Company Overview: Manantial Neighbourhood Services Inc is an organization focused on community support and development.
- Developed action plans and casework programs for clients each month
- Secured housing, medical care and supplies, as well as employment for clients by working with various community agencies and government.
- Developed programs for the poor including programs of receiving eyeglasses
- Manantial Neighbourhood Services Inc is an organization focused on community support and development.
Proposal Coordinator
Manantial Neighborhood Services
01.2009 - 01.2014
- Company Overview: Manantial Neighborhood Services is an organization focused on community support and development.
- Placement Intern in the Social Service Worker Program as well as being a continuous volunteer
- Created proposals for submission. Track record of 40% successful attainment of grant funds for agency programs
- Wrote letters on behalf of agency to local politicians and community leaders for support of new services and programs
- Co-facilitated workshops to educate clients on health issues
- Manantial Neighborhood Services is an organization focused on community support and development.
Community Worker
Manantial Neighborhood Services
09.2011 - 06.2013
- Company Overview: Manantial Neighborhood Services is an organization focused on community support and development.
- Outreached to become involved in the community members including Police and Health Providers needs of the clients through workshops
- Assisted in community fundraising and day-to-day activities at the agency
- Networked with community stakeholders to seek donations for agency programming
- Created brochures and media blurbs to promote the message of various NGOs
- Manantial Neighborhood Services is an organization focused on community support and development.
Liaison Officer
Manantial Neighbourhood Services Inc
06.1986 - 12.1996
- Company Overview: Manantial Neighbourhood Services Inc is an organization focused on community support and development.
- Organized the mission's relationship to the business community
- Organized major funding events/proposal writing so the mission could serve the community
- Helped the mission get major funding to purchase a building to serve its needs
- Met with clients and discussed their needs and helped them fill out governmental forms, resumes, other correspondence
- Helped clients get glasses, hearing aids, and other essential needs when Ontario Works (OW) or Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) would disallow them such entitlements
- As a representative of the mission I spoke to the business community, distributors, and manufacturers to get food and other needed supplies donated on a contractual basis
- Manantial Neighbourhood Services Inc is an organization focused on community support and development.
Education
Legal Assistant Certificate -
George Brown College Law Program
Toronto, ON04.2025
Certificate in Spanish -
George Brown College Language Program
Toronto, ON04.2025
Event and Meeting Management Certificate -
George Brown College in Business
Toronto, ON04.2025
Certificate in Fundraising -
George Brown College in Non-Governmental Organization/Charity
Toronto, ON04.2025
Associate of Applied Science - Immigration Law
Academy of Learning
05-2021
Diploma in Paralegal Studies - Paralegal Studies
George Brown College
Toronto, ON12.2019
Associate of Applied Science - Law
George Brown College
Toronto, ON05-2017
Diploma in Social Service Worker -
George Brown College
Toronto, ON06.2014
Diploma in Community Worker -
George Brown College
Toronto, ON06.2013
TOEFL CERTIFICATE - Teaching Overseas English As A Foreign Language
York University
Toronto, ON06.2009
Skills
- CLIENT SERVICES
- CORRESPONDENCE
- DRAFTING LEGAL DOCUMENTS
- MICROSOFT OFFICE
- FUNDRAISING
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Excellent Workshop Facilitator
- Experienced Program Coordinator
- Excellent Research Skills
- Excellent Organizational Skills
- Knowledge of policies
- Social housing
- Shelter system
- Landlord and Tenant Board Process
- Understanding of the Canadian political and legal systems
- Developed skills needed to interpret cases and statutes
- Excellent skills in communication
- Accounting/Financial Skills
- Office Administration
- Alternative Resolution Skills
- Administrative Tribunals
- Advocacy
- Legal Research
- Case Management
- Counseling
- Documentation
- Management
- Problem Solving
Objective Summary
Highly motivated individual seeking a position within the Social Work, Community, Work, and Law disciplines; especially within the area of NGOs where I can utilize my communication skills and intercultural skills to assist in helping the marginalized people within our communities.
Affiliations
- Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP)
Timeline
Barangay Program Coordinator
Lacturan Elementary School
05.2014 - 09.2015
Social Service Worker
Manantial Neighbourhood Services Inc
09.2013 - 06.2014
Community Worker
Manantial Neighborhood Services
09.2011 - 06.2013
Social Service Worker/Community Worker/Activist
BenWood Enterprises
09.2010 - Current
Proposal Coordinator/Writer
Manantial Neighbourhood Services Inc
01.2009 - Current
Proposal Coordinator
Manantial Neighborhood Services
01.2009 - 01.2014
Liaison Officer
Manantial Neighbourhood Services Inc
06.1986 - 12.1996
Certificate in Spanish -
George Brown College Language Program
Event and Meeting Management Certificate -
George Brown College in Business
Certificate in Fundraising -
George Brown College in Non-Governmental Organization/Charity
Diploma in Paralegal Studies - Paralegal Studies
George Brown College
Diploma in Social Service Worker -
George Brown College
Diploma in Community Worker -
George Brown College
TOEFL CERTIFICATE - Teaching Overseas English As A Foreign Language
York University
Legal Assistant Certificate -
George Brown College Law Program
Associate of Applied Science - Immigration Law
Academy of Learning
Associate of Applied Science - Law
George Brown College
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