Experience

Velos Youth

• Greece
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Housing Integration Project Coordinator

  • Nov 2022 - Present



Vasileios Tiliakos

• Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece

• Training And Development Consultant

  • Mar 2020 - Present



SOCIETY FOR THE CARE OF MINORS AND YOUTH

• • Apr 2022 - Oct 2022

• • Jan 2022 - Apr 2022



Human Value International HR Services

• Greece
• Human Resources

• International Recruiter

  • Sep 2020 - Apr 2022



ANIMA NGO for Mental Health & Social Support

• Greece
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Worker/ Social Pedagogue

  • Oct 2020 - Jan 2022



Terre des hommes foundation

• Switzerland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Supervisor

  • Nov 2020 - Nov 2021



Greek Council for Refugees

• Greece
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Supervisor

  • Mar 2020 - Nov 2021



Athirma

• Greece
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Feb 2018 - Jan 2021



Jacaranda Development UK

• London, United Kingdom

• Associate

  • Mar 2015 - Mar 2020

  • Deliver Social Pedagogy learning and development • Consultancy services • Deliver Social Pedagogy learning and development • Consultancy services



International Rescue Committee

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Responsible for the coordination of Child Protection activities of IRC in Greece• Manage all IRC’s operations and teams of North Greece

• • Dec 2017 - May 2018

• • Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

• • Sep 2016 - Jun 2017



Surrey County Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Social Pedagogue

  • Jun 2016 - Sep 2016

  • Responsible for the implementation of Social Pedagogy in the Fostering Team in Surrey County Council • Responsible for linking the fostering service with residential care • Organize and facilitate Social Pedagogy training events for employees of Surrey County Council and foster carers. • Direct work with children and foster families to prevent placement breakdowns. • Design and implement social pedagogical models that can be used in Surrey County Council’s services. • Responsible for the implementation of Social Pedagogy in the Fostering Team in Surrey County Council • Responsible for linking the fostering service with residential care • Organize and facilitate Social Pedagogy training events for employees of Surrey County Council and foster carers. • Direct work with children and foster families to prevent placement breakdowns. • Design and implement social pedagogical models that can be used in Surrey County Council’s services.



Options Fostering

• Shifnal Shropshire

• Indepedent Foster Panel Member

  • Jan 2015 - May 2016

  Independent panel member specialized in Social Pedagogy. Independent panel member specialized in Social Pedagogy.



Staffordshire County Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Social Pedagogue

  • Jul 2013 - May 2016

  • Responsible for the implementation of Social Pedagogy in the children’s home • Responsible for linking the home with the community • Organize Social Pedagogy training events and large-scale community awareness events for Staffordshire County Council • Organize workshops, projects and activities creating learning opportunities for the looked after young people and offering alternative forms of education. • Design and implement social pedagogical models that can be used in a residential setting. • Supervising staff members Show less



Special Education High School of the Prefecture of Xanthi. (statutory work - full time)

• Genisea, Xanthi, Greece

• Social Worker

  • Oct 2012 - May 2013

  • Responsible for the emotional needs and education in social skills of 25 adolescents with learning disabilities and the development of social bonding among them. • Counselling services with children and their families. • Linking the school with the community • Organize a Comenius exchange programme (EU’s funding programme) with education facilities in Bulgaria. • Implement Social Pedagogy in the school setting. • Responsible for the emotional needs and education in social skills of 25 adolescents with learning disabilities and the development of social bonding among them. • Counselling services with children and their families. • Linking the school with the community • Organize a Comenius exchange programme (EU’s funding programme) with education facilities in Bulgaria. • Implement Social Pedagogy in the school setting.



Association of Families and Friends of Mental Health of the Prefecture of Evros. (voluntary sector –

• Alexandroupolis, Greece

• Social Worker

  • Jul 2012 - Oct 2012

  • Counselling services with mental health service users and their family carers. • Sponsors’ scouting for the Association’s fund-raising. • Community education and awareness programmes promoting mental health and service users’ rights. • Designing and facilitating emotional wellbeing projects for nurseries of the Prefecture of Evros, Greece. • Counselling services with mental health service users and their family carers. • Sponsors’ scouting for the Association’s fund-raising. • Community education and awareness programmes promoting mental health and service users’ rights. • Designing and facilitating emotional wellbeing projects for nurseries of the Prefecture of Evros, Greece.



Centre of Social Education for Children- Adolescents- Adults “Paramythomourmoura” (Private sector -

• Komotini, Greece

• Co-founder – Co-owner/ Social Worker/ Social Educator - Animator

  • Jan 2009 - Sep 2011

  • Counselling services with children and their families • Coaching adolescents and young people with mental health difficulties • Preparing the child for a transition focusing mainly on bereavement and parental deaths • Supervise Social Work Students and newly qualified Social Workers • Managing the centre • Public relations - Linking the centre with the community • Organize and facilitate workshops for children of school age focusing on the development of social and emotional skills. • Design and facilitate social pedagogical workshops for elementary schools. • Design and facilitate museum education programmes. • Design and facilitate large-scale community- engagement programmes for the Municipality of Komotini, such as the Christmas Festivities of 2010. • Organize and facilitate “mother and child/ father and child” workshops. • Produce and present a daily series of informational spots entitled as “Other words to be loved…” for the implementation of Social Education in Parents’ and Children’s everyday life for the Greek National Radio Station Show less



Creative Workshop for Youths of “KESPEM” (Support Centers for the Program “Education of Muslim child

• Komotini, Greece

• Social Worker / Social Educator - Animator

  • Sep 2007 - Jun 2008

  • Organize and facilitate active-citizenship workshops for the empowerment of Muslim children. • Negotiating identities in multicultural settings and working towards the development of social bonding in groups of children through play. • Design and organize community education programmes focusing on anti-racism. • Organize and facilitate active-citizenship workshops for the empowerment of Muslim children. • Negotiating identities in multicultural settings and working towards the development of social bonding in groups of children through play. • Design and organize community education programmes focusing on anti-racism.



Mobile KESPEM (Support Centers for the Program “Education of Muslim children”) of the project “Educa

• Perfecture of Xanthi, Greece

• Social Educator - Animator

  • Oct 2006 - Jul 2007

  • Organize and facilitate active-citizenship workshops for the empowerment of Muslim children. • Teaching Greek using innovative mediums to children of the Muslim, Pomak and Roma Minorities in remote villages of Thrace, Greece. • Responsible for the mobile library. • Organize and facilitate active-citizenship workshops for the empowerment of Muslim children. • Teaching Greek using innovative mediums to children of the Muslim, Pomak and Roma Minorities in remote villages of Thrace, Greece. • Responsible for the mobile library.



University Social Service of the municipality of Aigeiros. (statutory work/ co-funding with the E.U-

• Aigeiros, Greece

• Social Worker

  • Oct 2005 - Dec 2006

  • Manage the university’s social service of Aigeiros • Act as a mentor for Social Work students. • Community development work. • Counseling services. • Manage the university’s social service of Aigeiros • Act as a mentor for Social Work students. • Community development work. • Counseling services.



subproject 5 “Reintegration of Muslim children in education” of the project “Education of Muslim chi

• Prefecture of Rodhopi, Greece

• Social Worker

  • Mar 2006 - Oct 2006

  • Support and empower children to return to school and others not to drop school by a child-centered approach. • Manage and run an after-school club at the village of Meleti which had a very high percentage of children dropping school. • Support and empower children to return to school and others not to drop school by a child-centered approach. • Manage and run an after-school club at the village of Meleti which had a very high percentage of children dropping school.



subproject 6 of the project “Education of Muslim children”. (statutory work/ co-funding with the E.U

• Prefecture of Xanthi, Greece

• Social Worker / Social Educator - Animator

  • Mar 2006 - Oct 2006

  • Act as a consultant for elementary schools’ teachers promoting the new revised books for the education of the Muslim Children • Training elementary school teachers in an anti-oppressive, anti-racism approach in the classroom. • Assisting elementary school teachers of remote villages for the development of social bonding among the students in their classrooms. • Act as a consultant for elementary schools’ teachers promoting the new revised books for the education of the Muslim Children • Training elementary school teachers in an anti-oppressive, anti-racism approach in the classroom. • Assisting elementary school teachers of remote villages for the development of social bonding among the students in their classrooms.



KESPEM (Support Centers for the Program “Education of Muslim children”) in the city of Komotini. (s

• Komotini, Greece

• Social Educator - Animator

  • Apr 2006 - Jun 2006

  • Organize and facilitate active-citizenship workshops for the empowerment of Muslim children. • Teaching Greek using innovative mediums to Muslim children • Organize and facilitate active-citizenship workshops for the empowerment of Muslim children. • Teaching Greek using innovative mediums to Muslim children



Society of Social Psychiatry and Mental Health of Alexandroupolis. (private sector- full time)

• Alexandroupoli, Greece

• Social Worker

  • Jul 2003 - Jan 2006

  • Deputy Manager of a community care home of 15 mental health service. • Member of the Crisis Intervention Team of a Mobile Psychiatric Unit in Rural Areas of Thrace. • Re-uniting the community care home residents with their families. • Train the staff of the psychiatric institute of Petra Olympou and the staff of Stavroupolis Psychiatric Hospital into the De-institutionalization approach and the Social Psychiatry • Deputy Manager of a community care home of 15 mental health service. • Member of the Crisis Intervention Team of a Mobile Psychiatric Unit in Rural Areas of Thrace. • Re-uniting the community care home residents with their families. • Train the staff of the psychiatric institute of Petra Olympou and the staff of Stavroupolis Psychiatric Hospital into the De-institutionalization approach and the Social Psychiatry



School of Second Chance of Alexandroupolis

• Alexandroupolis, Greece

• Social Educator - Animator

  • Oct 2004 - Jun 2005

  (postgraduate internship) • Organize and facilitate a theater’s workshop for 20 trainees (18-65 years old). • Organize and facilitate a radio producer’s workshop for 15 trainees (18-65 years old). (postgraduate internship) • Organize and facilitate a theater’s workshop for 20 trainees (18-65 years old). • Organize and facilitate a radio producer’s workshop for 15 trainees (18-65 years old).



subproject “Psychosocial support of Muslim children 2002 - 2004” of the project “Education of Muslim

• Sapes, Greece

• Social Worker

  • Oct 2002 - Jul 2003

  • Managing the University Social Service of the Municipality of Sapes, Greece. • Counseling services and community development work. • Assisting elementary school teachers of the region dealing with children with behaviour problems. • Managing and running an after-school club for young people who needed help with their education. • Acting as a counsellor in the high school and elementary school of Sapes. • Mentoring of undergraduate students of Social Work of the Department of Social Administration of Democritus University of Thrace. Show less