Sutirtha Guha
Ottawa,ON
Summary
Passionate, highly effective, energetic and dedicated social worker with an experience of 4 years in data and project implementation. Experienced in child protection with a Master's in Social Work and specialised in Women and Child Development; holding a Bachelor's degree with Honours in English Literature. Presently, a Criminology student at the University of Ottawa
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Interviewer
Elemental Data Collection Inc.
Ottawa, ON
01.2024 - Current
- Conducted structured interviews and recorded audio.
- Contacted consumers from prepared list to conduct interviews to obtain information.
Seasonal Part-time Sales Executive
The Body Shop
Ottawa, Canada
10.2023 - 12.2023
- Assisted customers with finding the right product for their needs.
- Performed cashier duties, such as ringing up sales, processing payments and issuing receipts.
- Handled customer complaints in a professional manner.
- Demonstrated knowledge of store products and services.
Data Officer
Aangan Trust
Bihar, India
08.2022 - 08.2023
- Analyzed large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and correlations.
- Developed strategies to increase public awareness of the NGO's mission and services offered.
- Analyzed data from surveys, focus groups and interviews to inform program development decisions.
- Assessed project performance using quantitative metrics to measure impact of projects.
- Identified areas for improvement, narrowing focus for decision-makers in making necessary changes.
Data and Field Officer
Aangan Trust
Kolkata, India
07.2019 - 06.2022
- Developed strategies to increase public awareness of the NGO's mission and services offered.
- Led programs for adolescent well-being
- Monitored and evaluated various programs run by the organisation
- Collaborated with senior management team to create long-term plans for growth.
- Coordinated with external stakeholders such as government agencies.
- Analyzed data from surveys, focus groups and interviews to inform program development decisions.
- Drafted reports to summarize activities and results achieved by the NGO.
- Led training sessions on child protection strategies in vulnerable communities.
- Analyzed large-scale data and provided necessary solutions and strategies for program planning
- Developed workable solutions for recurring problems for individuals and families.
- Assisted clients in accessing resources such as housing, clean drinking water, free education and government schemes.
- Collaborated with family members to provide comprehensive support services to clients.
- Provided crisis intervention services for clients experiencing acute distress.
- Assessed safety risks for children living at high-risk zones in vulnerable communities.
- Engaged in community outreach and program development.
- Provided on-call supportive counseling services during covid period to children and women in emotional crisis.
- Engaged with schools and other educational institutions to build a proactive community to address child safety.
- Advised families on handling adolescents.
- Used knowledge of successful crisis intervention techniques and supportive problem-solving to achieve treatment goals.
- Maintained and developed community relationships to support various client referrals.
Intern
Society for Public Education Cultural Training and Rural Action (SPECTRA)
Rajasthan, India
04.2019 - 05.2019
- Worked with rural women in self-help groups to enhance livelihood, maintain their passbooks and manage their finances
- Sensitized rural women about health, and make them aware of hygiene and sanitation, teenage pregnancy, domestic violence, trafficking, child labour, bonded labour and related legal and civil right
- Conducted awareness sessions for child education
- Conducted teacher's training sessions on ways to enhance their skills to educate children in that community
Intern
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Kolkata, India
07.2018 - 07.2018
- Gathered data through door-to-door visits on the number of families that use toilets and those who defecate outside; which included data on families having children who often suffer from water and airborne diseases; and assimilated the number of remaining families that are yet to get government-built toilets.
- Sensitized marginalized communities about the need to use toilets and how to maintain hygiene.
- Organized community meetings for awareness of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. This was done separately for men, women, pregnant women and children.
Intern
Women's Interlink Foundation
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
04.2018 - 05.2018
- Provided classes to primary school students from marginalized communities on regular subjects at elementary levels, soft skill development sessions and awareness on health, hygiene and sanitation; moral science and environmental studies to children in 15 learning centres across the city.
- Identifying immediate risks of the children in the centres and reporting at least two cases from each centre to the organization.
- Distributed dry ration to sex workers above 60 years of age and interviewed them on their health conditions based on parameters mentioned by the organization
Education
Incarceration: Are Prisons a Suitable Punishment? -
University of Leeds
07-2021
The Sustainable Development Goals - A Global Transdisciplinary Vision for the Future -
University of Copenhagen
05-2021
Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems: The Nexus between Water, Energy and Food -
Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona
09-2020
Master's of Social Work - Social Work
Vidyasagar School of Social Work (Vidyasagar University)
Kolkata, India07-2019
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - English Literature
Asutosh College (Calcutta University)
Kolkata, India05-2017
ISC (12th grade) -
Auxilium Convent School
05-2014
ICSE (10th grade) -
Auxilium Convent School
05-2012
Qualifying Master's - Criminology
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ONSkills
- Crisis Assessment and Intervention Techniques
- Leadership, Supervision, and Teamwork
- Quantitative and Qualitative data handling and reporting
- Critical thinking and problem-solving
- Grief and Bereavement Counseling
- Child Welfare and Protective Services
- Domestic Violence Intervention
- Capacity Building
- Case Management
- Data Analysis
- Team Building and Management
- Fast Learner
- Microsoft Office
- Project Planning
- Communication Skills
Academic Research
- Misrepresentation of Mental Illness in Television Programmes, Erin McCuaig-Lambrinakos, University of Ottawa, 09/2023, 12/2023
- Child Rearing Practice of Sex Workers: A Study in Reference to the Brothels in Kolkata, Mr. Jayanta Saha Roy, Vidyasagar School of Social Work (Vidyasagar University), 07/2018, 12/2018
Languages
English
Full Professional
Bengali
Native/ Bilingual
Hindi
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Interviewer
Elemental Data Collection Inc.
01.2024 - Current
Seasonal Part-time Sales Executive
The Body Shop
10.2023 - 12.2023
Data Officer
Aangan Trust
08.2022 - 08.2023
Data and Field Officer
Aangan Trust
07.2019 - 06.2022
Intern
Society for Public Education Cultural Training and Rural Action (SPECTRA)
04.2019 - 05.2019
Intern
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
07.2018 - 07.2018
Intern
Women's Interlink Foundation
04.2018 - 05.2018
Incarceration: Are Prisons a Suitable Punishment? -
University of Leeds
The Sustainable Development Goals - A Global Transdisciplinary Vision for the Future -
University of Copenhagen
Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems: The Nexus between Water, Energy and Food -
Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona
Master's of Social Work - Social Work
Vidyasagar School of Social Work (Vidyasagar University)
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - English Literature
Asutosh College (Calcutta University)
ISC (12th grade) -
Auxilium Convent School
ICSE (10th grade) -
Auxilium Convent School
Qualifying Master's - Criminology
University of Ottawa
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