Дмитро

Dmytro Zaiets
Social Worker | Emergency Response
Sumy, Ukraine
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Social worker with a background in emergency medical care and inpatient nursing. Currently working with Caritas Sumy,
conducting community outreach and home visits, collecting information on assistance needs, and supporting applications for
shelter assistance. Experienced in assisting people affected by shelling, communicating in crisis situations, and maintaining
medical and social assistance documentation.

WORK EXPERIENCE
Social Worker - Rapid Response
Caritas Sumy | September 2026 - Present
• Conduct outreach and home visits across communities in Sumy Oblast to understand beneficiaries' circumstances and
assistance needs.
• Complete social assessment forms and collect supporting documents for assistance programmes, both at the office and
during field visits.
• Support the Shelter programme by collecting information on applicants' housing conditions, checking eligibility against
programme criteria, and completing applications for housing repairs, improvements and insulation.
• Participate in rapid response activities following shelling, providing emotional support, hot drinks and light refreshments to
affected people.
• Participate in online team meetings.

Staff Nurse, Interventional Radiology Department with an Interventional Procedure Unit
Sumy Regional Clinical Hospital | June 2025 - May 2026
• Completed admission documentation and maintained patient medical records.
• Provided nursing care to patients, including those in critical condition, with myocardial infarction and cardiac arrhythmias.
• Administered injections, inserted peripheral intravenous catheters and provided infusion therapy.
• Recorded ECGs and monitored blood pressure, pulse and oxygen saturation.
• Prepared patients for interventional procedures and provided post-procedure nursing care.
• Worked 24-hour shifts.

Paramedic
Sumy Regional Centre for Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine | October 2023 - June 2025
• Provided emergency medical care as part of an ambulance crew without a physician in Sumy and surrounding
communities.
• Responded to shelling incidents and provided emergency care to affected people.
• Conducted initial patient assessments and provided care for medical emergencies, including critical cases.
• Completed ambulance call records and maintained medical documentation.
• Communicated with patients and their families in crisis situations.

EDUCATION
Sumy State University
Master's Programme in Physical Therapy - In Progress | Expected graduation: 2028

Sumy State University
Bachelor's Degree in Physical Therapy | 2026

Sumy Professional Medical College
Medical Training Programme: General Medicine | Graduated: 2023

KEY SKILLS
• Communication with people facing difficult life circumstances: listening, identifying needs and explaining assistance
procedures.
• Collection and processing of beneficiary information, eligibility checks, completion of social assessment forms and
collection of supporting documents.
• Office-based assistance, community outreach and home visits across Sumy Oblast.
• Response to shelling incidents, including emergency medical care in a paramedic role and emotional and practical support
with Caritas.
• Prioritisation of tasks and work in challenging and unpredictable conditions.
• Confident use of Microsoft Word and Excel for documents, tables and work-related information.
• Ability to learn new digital tools and adapt to new tasks and workflows.

LANGUAGES
Ukrainian - Fluent | Russian - Fluent | English - Basic

TRAINING AND COURSES
2026
People with Experience of War: Dignity and Interaction; Psychological First Aid; Basic Psychological Support in Wartime;
Getting Through War Together: A Course for Families of Service Members and Veterans.

2025
Management of Common Mental Disorders in Primary Health Care; Infection Prevention and Control: General Principles;
Hand Hygiene as a Core Infection Prevention Measure; Comprehensive Medical Care for Survivors of Gender-Based
Violence, Including Conflict-Related Sexual Violence.

2024
Management of Critically Ill Adult Patients and Advanced Adult Resuscitation; Disaster Medicine; Management of Critically
Injured Patients; Management of Critically Ill Paediatric Patients.

2023
Classical Massage Course.