Nnamdi Ike
Prince George
Summary
Highly experienced public health professional with expertise in child protection, youth and adolescent programming, HIV/AIDS prevention, care for orphans and vulnerable children, gender-based programming, basic care, and community mobilization. Demonstrated skills in facilitation, project design, procurement, logistics management, resource mobilization, and institutional capacity building. Well-versed in advocacy, planning, budgeting, and successful implementation of field-based programs. Solid understanding of monitoring and evaluation processes, data entry using electronic medical record software such as DHIS, LAMIS, NOMIS, and Microsoft packages. Excels in data collection and verification, data quality assessment, data analysis, as well as referrals and linkages with follow-up.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Specialized Caregiver Support Worker
Axis Family Resources
11.2022 - Current
- Support Persons Served living in Specialized Supportive Housing
- Building, and maintaining healthy relationships with, Persons Served through trauma-informed practice
- Promote a positive and healthy environment that supports persons served towards achieving educational, social, and recreational goals while focusing on daily life skills development
- Support Person Served with Resiliency, empathy, and patience while setting and maintaining healthy boundaries during quality service provision
- Support and work with low and high-functioning Persons served with autism, cognitive, and mental health challenges
- Assisted clients with activities of daily living, promoting independence and quality of life.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Administered medications as prescribed, ensuring accurate dosage and timely administration for maximum efficacy.
- Prioritized patient dignity, privacy, and autonomy during all aspects of care provision.
- Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
- Documented detailed daily reports on each client''s progress, informing adjustments in care plans when necessary.
- Assisted in creating safe and supportive environment for clients, fostering sense of security and belonging.
- Guided clients in developing social skills, enabling better interaction with others and reducing feelings of isolation.
Frontline Support Worker
Prince George Native Friendship Center
07.2022 - Current
- Support people who come to the shelter with basic livelihood activities such as feeding, laundry, and personal hygiene
- Support people to get beds to sleep in and stay off the street
- Ensure that shelter users coordinate themselves and coexist peacefully
- Ensure shelter users do not overdose by monitoring and ensuring they don't use within the building
- Ensure the shelter is peaceful and conducive for every user
- Advocate and/or mediate on behalf of clients and participate in Case Management to assist clients in to transition to independence
Housing Support Worker
Active Support Against Poverty
06.2022 - Current
- Help residents with their daily livelihood activities
- Work with residents to provide harm reduction and overdose prevention
- Provide wellness checks and monitor residents to ensure they are safe after substance use
- Support residents with laundry, cleaning and keeping the resident clean
- Support residents with counselling and decision-making
- Connect residents to support and resources in the community on need bases
- Provide the resident with their meals when due and ensure the area is clean after meals
- Provide conflict resolution and transformation as well as support peacebuilding amongst residents
Tenant Support Worker
Connective Supportive Society
05.2022 - 09.2022
- Support residents with counselling and decision-making
- Help residents with their daily livelihood activities
- Work with residents to provide harm reduction and overdose prevention
- Provide wellness checks and monitor residents to ensure they are safe after substance use
- Support residents with laundry, cleaning and keeping the resident clean
- Worked with the Manager to ensure requisition and requests are properly made and inventory properly updated
- Keep the place orderly and look out for quality improvement needs for residents and communicate to management
- Connect residents to support and resources in the community on need bases
- Provide the resident with their meals when due and ensure the area is clean after meals
- Provide conflict resolution and transformation as well as support peacebuilding amongst residents
Surge Consultant Adolescent Services/ Monitoring and Evaluation
AHNI (USAID-funded Epic Project - Surge for Epidemic Control)
10.2021 - 11.2021
- Manage resources and ensure smooth operation of LGA implementation
- Supported the project implementation of the strategies to keep pediatrics, adolescents and youths living with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers in care to attain viral suppression
- Supported the project stakeholder engagement with other implementing partners caring for Orphans and Vulnerable Children and their households
- Supported routine monthly caregiver's forum for caregivers and guardians of vulnerable children
Technical Officer Monitoring & Evaluation, Surge Consultant Adolescent Service and Facility Optimizer
FHI360 (USAID funded SIDHAS Project - Surge for Epidemic Control)
09.2019 - 09.2021
- Design an adolescent-specific strategy for the project to get adolescents in line with the UNIAIDS 95"95"95" goal of optimal care
- Capacity building for staff and volunteers implementing adolescent responsive programs in the project
- Stakeholder engagement and advocacy for adolescent safe spaces in facilities
- The project aims to optimize care for adolescents by designing an adolescent-specific strategy, implementing adolescent responsive programs, and guiding them in life-building skills
- It also involves managing service optimization, ensuring safe spaces, and guiding adolescents in drug-related issues
- Supervise reporting on Electronic Medical Records, ensure daily LAMIS uploads and DHIS entries, and support monthly reporting with data validation and quality checks
Project Research Officer
FHI360 (USAID-funded Youth Power Action SMART Connection Study)
05.2018 - 08.2019
- Supported Youth Power Action adolescents living with HIV research study in Nigeria, providing administrative and technical support, ensuring timely implementation, monitoring activities, and coordinating with local communities and organizations
- Coordinated ethics committee review, budget development, and information management
Technical Officer Mitigation
FHI360 (USAID-funded SIDHAS Project - HIV Prevention Care and Treatment Dept.)
02.2016 - 04.2018
- Provide technical supervision and support to staff, provides training, and provided comprehensive ART services for PLHIV
- Support 28 Community Based Organizations in implementing the SIDHAS OVC program in 124 LGAs in Nigeria, supporting over 91,000 households and 212,000 OVC
- Assist state and local governments in developing HIV/AIDS mitigation strategies, ensure gender-sensitive project implementation, and support child integration into families and off the street
Field Program Assistant
Gembu Center for HIV/AIDS Advocacy Nigeria (USAID Funded TNT Project)
10.2011 - 05.2014
- Contributed to work plans, financial reports, and other reports summarizing project results and evidence
- Supported States, healthcare facilities, and CBOs in yearly workplan development and pipeline analysis
- Worked with government ministries to develop technical reports and guidelines for OVC programming in Nigeria
Education
Diploma Certificate - Social Service Worker
College of New Caledonia
01.2024
Certificate - Monitoring and Evaluation in Global Health
Washington University
01.2021
Master of Science - International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarian Aids Study Center (HASC-Kalu)
01.2019
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
University of Benin
01.2009
Skills
- Medication administration
- Daily living assistance
- Trauma-informed care
- Conflict resolution
- Harm reduction strategies
- Community resource connection
- Crisis intervention
- Social skills development
- Problem-solving
- Documentation
- Case management
- EMR / EHR
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 23 staff members.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Collaborated with team of 13 states and 126 LGAs in the development of orphans and child component of SIDHAS project.
Certification
- Crisis Prevention Intervention Certification, 05/01/22
- Community Living BC Privacy and Information Management, 05/01/22
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skill Training, 05/01/22
- Mental Health First Aid, 05/01/22
- BC Drivers License Class 5, 05/01/22
- Food Safe Training, 05/01/22
- First Aid Training, 05/01/22
- Bits and Bytes of Computing Networks (Coursera/ Google), Ongoing
- Technical Support Fundamentals (Coursera/ Google), 05/01/20
- Community-Based Conflict Transformation and Peace Building (Coady Institute, Antigonish), 05/01/18
- Project Management for Development Professionals (APM Group), 05/01/15
- Gender and Sexual Diversity Training (Health Policy Plus and PEPFAR/USAID), 05/01/20
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Specialized Caregiver Support Worker
Axis Family Resources
11.2022 - Current
Frontline Support Worker
Prince George Native Friendship Center
07.2022 - Current
Housing Support Worker
Active Support Against Poverty
06.2022 - Current
Tenant Support Worker
Connective Supportive Society
05.2022 - 09.2022
Surge Consultant Adolescent Services/ Monitoring and Evaluation
AHNI (USAID-funded Epic Project - Surge for Epidemic Control)
10.2021 - 11.2021
Technical Officer Monitoring & Evaluation, Surge Consultant Adolescent Service and Facility Optimizer
FHI360 (USAID funded SIDHAS Project - Surge for Epidemic Control)
09.2019 - 09.2021
Project Research Officer
FHI360 (USAID-funded Youth Power Action SMART Connection Study)
05.2018 - 08.2019
Technical Officer Mitigation
FHI360 (USAID-funded SIDHAS Project - HIV Prevention Care and Treatment Dept.)
02.2016 - 04.2018
Field Program Assistant
Gembu Center for HIV/AIDS Advocacy Nigeria (USAID Funded TNT Project)
10.2011 - 05.2014
Certificate - Monitoring and Evaluation in Global Health
Washington University
Master of Science - International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarian Aids Study Center (HASC-Kalu)
Bachelor of Science - Microbiology
University of Benin
Diploma Certificate - Social Service Worker
College of New Caledonia
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