Twisile Kalinga

• Sorted, organized and maintained files.
• Answered and transferred incoming telephone calls, taking messages for various staff members.
• Provided clerical support, addressing routine and special requirements.
• Assisted with projects by applying strong analytical skills and studies.
• Identifying psychological, emotional, physical or social factors that can contribute to criminal behavior by conducting risk assessments
• Interacting with defendants to assist in gaining insight, defining goals and planning action to achieve effective personal development and refrain from criminal behavior.
• Identifying relevant intervention for defendants based on needs assessments.
• Following up weekly with defendants to determine progress and adherence to proposed interventions

• Prepared literature and wrote proposal for, presentations at the American Psychology - Law Association in Philadelphia
• Worked with principal investigators to transcribe interview data of 76 participants focused on the impact of the Sex Offenders Registry
• Coded the data using NVIVO, and performed statistical, qualitative analysis and currently assisting with writing a summary of the findings.
• Gathered, organized and entered data into an excell spreadsheet of over 400+ juvenile lifers assessing the rate of recidivism.
• Gathered, reviewed and summarized literature from scientific journals such as Google Scholar and PubMed related to the study we were conducting.
• Provided comprehensive research assistance and support when developing codes
• Collaborated with mentor to identify relevant questions and determine best methods of data collection in a study aimed at identifying interventions implemented on youths to tackle juvenile delinquency.
• Determined areas of research to increase knowledge in appropriate interventions.
• Conducted document review, organization and quality control of data acquisition to draw relevant conclusions and direct research activities.

• Updated records and prepared reports to outline program actions, results and recommended improvements.
• Counseled research participants regarding problems such as stress, or family situations to improve health.
• Conducted psycho-education to parents about identified signs of cognitive, emotional and developmental problems in children using simple terms.
• Came up with diagnosis and treatment plans for at leas 5 participants who presented with medical or mental health problems
• coordinated with team members to scheduled research participants appointments following assessments and followed up with them in case of missed appointments
• Referred children identified to have cognitive problems to specific doctors for early interventions
• Prepared reports documenting mental health assessments after meeting with and observing children
• Applied cognitive and clinical assessment knowledge to interpret testing and observation results
• Applied play-based strategies to evaluate at least 3 children for various cognitive processes like language, hearing, and problem-solving of babies aged 1 to 24 months using Bayle's III and the Malawi Development Assessment tools.
• Established positive communication with parents by communicating the importance of the evaluations and giving feedback of assessment findings in easy terms.

• Devised and introduced initiatives to promote mental health awareness by conducting radio programs once weekly with Likoma Community radio

● Worked Collaboratively with a team of 2 others to provide medical care under strict time constraints and poor resources to the surrounding community (5,000 residents) and the neighboring country

• Collaborated with a team of 2 others to provide medical care under strict time constraints and poor resources to surrounding community (5,000 residents) and neighboring country
• Interviewed, examined and tested at least 30+ out patients ranging from days old to geriatrics in order to gain necessary information to diagnose and treat medical conditions
• Overseeing and signing off order's for all pharmacy supplies and kept check on inventory levels.
• Evaluated, diagnosed and treated at least 3 patients per day based on mental and physical parameters discovered through interviews and standardized assessments
• Corroborated with head of Likoma police unit to provide counseling services to convicted survivors of suicide.
• Produced monthly financial reports like income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements for presentation to board of directors
• Reviewed in patients admitted with medical conditions, post surgery and those presenting with mental health problems and documented progress in confidential files.
• Performed client assessments and developed treatment plans.
• Provided comprehensive case management services, created treatment plans and referred critical patients to appropriate specialists.
• Guided clients in effective therapeutic exercises integrated from Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

• Interviewed, observed, evaluated and tested patients least 40+ patients per day in the Out Patient presenting with different conditions in order to gain necessary information for medical diagnosis and treatment.
• Routinely attending to HIV and NCD clinics once a week to assess adherence to treatment and identify and treat any opportunistic infections.
• Organized department according to administrative and service guidelines.
• valuated patient and family-specific care appropriate to complexity of problems and available system resources.
• Used intake and screening instruments to conduct assessment of needs and to obtain complete medical history.
• Counseled patients on newly diagnosed health conditions using simple terms and maintenance of existing conditions.
• Ordered and executed various tests, analyses and diagnostic images to provide information on patient condition.
• Rapidly analyzed and responded to critical situations such as cardiovascular, abdominal and neurological in emergency situations.
• Coordinated admissions and transfers of patients to facilities for continuation of care.
• Admitted and treated patients as part of hospital's 24-hour on-call services weekly.
• Conducted advanced procedures such as caesarian section, hernia repair, debridement, wound dressing, catheterization and inserting feeding tubes.
• Updated clinical knowledge and skills through formal and informal continuing education, workshop attendance and literature review.
• Monitored patients on mental health medications and adjusted prescriptions to control symptoms.