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Age: 47
Date of Birth: 21.09.1975

Severodonetsk, Luhansk region
Ukraine,
from 2022, Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi region.. (IDP)

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Skype: natashovkun
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Education:
2001-2006 - Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National Pedagogical University,
Faculty: Psychology
Specialty: practical psychologist
In 2014-2016,
obtained a master's degree
Specialty: Management of a social institution
Qualification: head of a social institution

Skills:
• Identifying and addressing critical social, educational, medical facility needs in close cooperation with regional social and medical departments
• The basics of budgeting and business planning
• Successful work experience with heads of social, educational institutions, opinion leaders
• Stress management skills
• Experience in conducting workshops, presentations, organizing conferences trainings, regional groups MHPSS
• Сonducting individual psychological consultations with different categories of the population, using low-intensity interventions
• Implementation of PM+ trainings and supervisions, including day-to-day coordination with trainers, communication with regional and city social , health directors and quality supervision
• Analytical skills, complex thinking
• Communication skills, desire to develop
• The ability to understand different cultural perceptions, especially when working in a multicultural environment.
Experience:
2020.05 – till now

Core responsibilities:
An international non-governmental organization. MHPSS Manager
• Management of MHPSS Officers and psychologists of the MU, coordination of activities, support and assistance in their work, evaluation of performance.
•Is responsible for helping ensure all MHPSS activities are on schedule and implemented with a high quality of care for beneficiaries
•Support the team in the implementation of MdM Mental Health and GBV Guidelines and procedures so all components of the program are consistent and in link with international MHPSS standards
•Assesses needs of training for MdM staff/partners and assist in organizing and/or in providing trainings accordingly on a variety of topics (building skills of psychologists, how to deliver psychoeducation, integration of MHPSS for primary health care staff, reporting, MHPSS for GBV survivors etc)
•Develops and/or adapt specific didactic materials for capacity building and awareness-raising activities on MHPSS and GBV
•Supports the development and maintenance of quality referral pathways for MHPSS needs identified through MdM activities
•Follows up the quality of MHPSS activities through regular field visits and monitoring of data collection processes
•Collaborates and participates, in any field survey, data collection and/or needs assessment organized by MdM in relation to mental health
•When needed, provides psychological support to patients according to MdM protocols to improve mental health conditions of patients and enhance their functionality
Achievements:
Have experience working with primary care medical workers in conducting trainings on the topic of GBV, sessions from the program "Self-help +"/ "Important skills in times of stress"/
Support the implementation of mhGAP trainings and supervisions, including day-to-day coordination with mhGAP trainers, liaison with regional and city health directors and quality oversight.
Implementation of the "Focal Point" program
2019.02-2020.04
Core responsibilities:
An NGO organization.
Head of the project "Help nearby" providing comprehensive assistance to victims of domestic violence and/or gender-based violence through the implementation of the work of the Crisis Center for women victims of violence, with two departments (shelter and day care center), which is implemented with the support of the International Charitable Foundation "Ukrainian Public Health Foundation" as part of the project "Comprehensive approach to solving the problem of violence against women and girls in Ukraine" in the Luhansk region. Experience in coordinating activities with a large number of interested partners.
Achievements:
Planning skills, budget management, project monitoring: develop a document that defines the content and scope of the project. Forming a project team and creating a work breakdown structure. Identifying the tasks that need to be completed to achieve the project goals and the logical sequential integration of such tasks.
Assessment of resource requirements to ensure the completion of tasks.
Estimating the time and cost of tasks.
Developing a calendar plan and schedule.
Developing a budget.
Risk planning.
2018.10–2020.02

Core responsibilities:
Practical psychologist of the Regional Center for Social and Psychological Assistance
• Target category of women and children who suffered from domestic violence.
• Provision of psychological first aid to victims.
• Conducting trainings and awareness raising sessions to strengthen skills and knowledge of coping mechanisms.
Achievements:
Organization and conducting of trainings on Strengthening the effectiveness of intersectoral response and cooperation
in preventing and combating domestic and gender-based violence.
Experience and skills in individual work with the client: conducting individual psychological consultations with different categories of the population, using low-intensity interventions. Working according to EMDR protocols is an innovative clinical treatment with empirically proven effectiveness in working with clients who have experienced psychological difficulties after a traumatic experience. Providing psychological assistance to victims of domestic violence and their family members, conducting diagnostics with victims and children while working as a psychologist at the Center for Social and Psychological Assistance. There is experience in telephone counseling of victims of violence and their family members.
2016.11-2020.04

Core responsibilities:
International Charitable the "Ukrainian Foundation for Public Health"
• head of the Severodonetsk "Mobile Brigade" in the project "Response to the acute humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable women and minor girls who suffered from the armed conflict in the east of Ukraine, which is aimed at providing social and psychological services on the prevention and countermeasures of violence
• Duties - to provide technical supervision of psychologists and social workers through monitoring visits to places and ensure accurate and timely reporting
Achievements:
Conducting information events
Planning and reporting on activities
Search, development and maintenance of relations with partner organizations in the assigned territory
Organization of supervision
The best mobile brigade in Luhansk region
2004. 10. -2018.03
Core responsibilities:
Severodonetsk City Center of Social Services for Family, Children and Youth - head of the social work department. Management of the department of social work, participation in the development and implementation of city programs of psychosocial support for families, children and youth, conducting socio-psychological research on the study of problems of families, children and youth in various spheres of life. Conducted diagnostics, assessment of needs of families/persons who found themselves in difficult life circumstances. Social support of HIV/infected pregnant women.
Achievements:

Тhe skills of conducting psychotherapeutic groups, for 5 years I led mutual aid groups for injection drug users on the basis of the "Trust" office. Conducting psychological groups for children and adolescents, as part of the project "Supporting the stabilization of communities that have suffered the consequences of the conflict in Donbas" (she worked as an involved psychologist in the organization of the NGO "MOM"). I also have experience in conducting mutual support groups for women who have experienced violence
Conducting trainings on the topic "Stabilization of the emotional state of children and parents affected by the military conflict living on the front line." She cooperated as a coach with BF "SOS Children's Village".
She was awarded diplomas of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine
2004.10–1994.07
Core responsibilities:
Nurse practitioner at the Central City Hospital in Severodonetsk, Luhansk region.

Additional training:
2019 -2022
Studies under the "PM+" program, WHO.
"Medicos del Mundo", I have a trainer-supervisor certificate

2021- 2022
Studies under the MHGaP program “Medicos del Mundo”
2019-2021
Full training course EMDR therapist, I have a certificate
2019
"Propaedeutics of mental health disorders. Psychological counseling and psychocorrection of PTSD", Medical School "Luhansk State Medical University", Faculty of Postgraduate Education
2014-2022
Ukrainian "Institute for the Development of Symbol Drama and Deep Psychology" by specialty - psychotherapist using the method of symbol drama (Katathymno - imaginative psychotherapy
2018
Training certificate "Survey of children who have become victims or witnesses of violence", COUNCIL of Europe project "Strengthening and protection of children's rights in Ukraine".
2016
training "Supporting and assisting Trauma affected families", Israel Trauma Coalition
2015
Fundamentals of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy"
2014
"Providing psychological first aid to families with children, children who are/were in the zone of armed conflict and their psychological adaptation to a new place of residence", Kyiv, within the framework of the UN Development Program project.

Additional information:
PC user
Word, Excel, PowerPoint (Confident)
Languages
Ukrainian, Russian (native), English (A1)
Driving license
No.
Ready for business trip
Yes

ADDITIONAL DATA
Willingness to work significantly outside the office. Communicability, responsibility, initiative, purposefulness, flexibility, benevolence, tolerance, ability to learn, ability to work in a team.
Participation in international and national, local projects, public activities, etc. I can carefully assess situations and make decisions in extreme conditions, I am correct, I know how to establish social connections, I am creative.

_______N.O.Shovkun______ Date: 17/05/2023
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