Sauda Keita
Child &Youth Outreach Worker at Jean Augustine Centre for Young Women's Empowerment- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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PTSD Awareness, Prevention, and Intervention Training for First Responders
Across BoundariesAug, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
● Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
University of Guelph-HumberMar, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Food Safety Certification Program
Across BoundariesSep, 2021- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Jean Augustine Centre for Young Women's Empowerment
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Canada
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Child &Youth Outreach Worker
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Nov 2022 - Present
• Supports the development and implementation of girls and young women’s programs • Supports a peer-mentorship Youth Advisory Committee • Performs outreach including but not limited to visiting schools, attending community events and conducting participant engagement phone calls • Supports the development and implementation of girls and young women’s programs • Supports a peer-mentorship Youth Advisory Committee • Performs outreach including but not limited to visiting schools, attending community events and conducting participant engagement phone calls
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Agincourt Community Services Association
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Canada
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Drop-In Operations Worker
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Mar 2022 - Oct 2022
● Maintained a safe welcoming community space and clean environment in all areas of the drop-in. ● Supported meal service and volunteers; prepare food, serve and clean-up as necessary. ● Supported the well-being of Drop-in participants through informal counselling, providing meaningful referrals and access to supports, including mental health physician services, foot nurse, ID clinic, Rent Bank and other programs and services both internal and external. ● Maintained a safe welcoming community space and clean environment in all areas of the drop-in. ● Supported meal service and volunteers; prepare food, serve and clean-up as necessary. ● Supported the well-being of Drop-in participants through informal counselling, providing meaningful referrals and access to supports, including mental health physician services, foot nurse, ID clinic, Rent Bank and other programs and services both internal and external.
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Across Boundaries
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Canada
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Mental Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Consumer/Survivor Initiative Coordinator
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Aug 2021 - Feb 2022
● Facilitated the food program by ensuring that the chef has all the ingredients to cook a week of hot meals, resulting in caseworkers providing hot meals to their service users and people who are experiencing homelessness. ● Provided basic needs such as hot meals, groceries & tokens once every two weeks to racialized individuals with mental health issues. ● Collected data and keeping records of participants’ attendance for the virtual programs and encouraging missing participants to attend for their well-being.
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TAIBU Community Health Centre
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Virtual
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IMARA Advisory Committee Member
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Aug 2020 - Sep 2021
● Interpreted complex situations accurately of anti-black racism such as microaggressions, racism, and intersectionality through multiple scenarios and activities resulting in having a better understanding and easily identifying anti-black racism. ● Built a safe and trusting environment for Black youths, aged 15+, facing mental health challenges by not minimizing what they have to say, actively listening and displaying empathy and patience. ● Ability to work collaboratively with participants through group discussions or activities in resulting respecting the diversity of participants, keeping communication open and offering recognition of the contributions of others. ● Disclose personal information that was relevant to the discussions of improving black mental health while maintaining participants' information confidential resulting in participants feeling that their experience was shared by others and building connections with participants.
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Women's Habitat of Etobicoke
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Canada
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Virtual Programming Youth Counsellor
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May 2021 - Aug 2021
● Planned and organized a virtual camp on violence prevention to allow participants to develop healthy relationships, critical thinking and leadership skills.● Developed a 2-week schedule for the virtual camp to ensure participants have a structured schedule with games, mindfulness exercises and meaningful conversations.● Co-facilitated the virtual camp through Zoom and ensured participants were logged in, understood instructions & displayed the virtual activities.
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Placement Coordinator
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Sep 2020 - Apr 2021
● Strengthened knowledge surrounding domestic violence by participating in online webinars such as creating spaces for young Black Men, responding to family violence during COVID-19, managing anxiety & stress in adults & child survivors of trauma etc.● Transitioned an in-person program for young girls into the virtual world by adapting and constructing a 12-week curriculum of a holistic arts-based program and identifying the best online video platform.● Created a safe and supportive environment for young girls ages 16-18 in a virtual drop-in program by being present, engaging and actively listening resulting in the young girls being comfortable enough to be vulnerable and be themselves.
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University of Guelph-Humber
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Canada
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Higher Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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Event & Office Assistant
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Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
● Performed administrative and event support duties; such as folding and stuffing mailing offers, data entry and stuffing event packages with a high-level accuracy & consistency. ● Inputted student information on a secure system ensuring all data is accurate, up to date and remain confidential. ● Provided students with their student ID cards while effectively communicating with employees and students to avoid misunderstanding. ● Performed administrative and event support duties; such as folding and stuffing mailing offers, data entry and stuffing event packages with a high-level accuracy & consistency. ● Inputted student information on a secure system ensuring all data is accurate, up to date and remain confidential. ● Provided students with their student ID cards while effectively communicating with employees and students to avoid misunderstanding.
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Volunteer Toronto
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Canada
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Community Event Coordinator
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May 2019 - Jul 2019
● Provided light, general session attendee registrations & prepared event materials resulting in being equipped to present during events and workshops. ● Warmly & answered incoming telephone calls resulting in supporting clients of their needs and providing the necessary information. ● Greeted and direct visitors politely and professional manner resulting in clients to feeling comfortable to communicate. ● Provided light, general session attendee registrations & prepared event materials resulting in being equipped to present during events and workshops. ● Warmly & answered incoming telephone calls resulting in supporting clients of their needs and providing the necessary information. ● Greeted and direct visitors politely and professional manner resulting in clients to feeling comfortable to communicate.
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Black Academic Success Engagement
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Placement Coordinator
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Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
● Collected information and collaborated with other employees to complete a resource book for the organization. ● Helped facilitate events and workshops resulting in the events and workshops going smoothly while the presenters had the required materials on time. ● Spread program awareness through advertisements and outreach resulting in increasing participants signing up for the mailing list. ● Collected information and collaborated with other employees to complete a resource book for the organization. ● Helped facilitate events and workshops resulting in the events and workshops going smoothly while the presenters had the required materials on time. ● Spread program awareness through advertisements and outreach resulting in increasing participants signing up for the mailing list.
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Education
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2017 - 2021
University of Guelph-Humber
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Social Work
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