Олена

KHOMYCH OLENA

February 5, 1984

Lysychansk, Lugansk oblast, Ukraine

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EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION. Master’s Degree
September 2016 - January 2018
Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University

PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY. Master’s Degree
September 2000 - July 2005
Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University

SOCIAL PEDAGOGY. Specialist’s Diploma
September 2000 - July 2005
Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Volunteer Psychologist Certificate in Crisis Psychology.
Providing psychological assistance to victims of the war in Donbas in 2014-2015. IOM
April 2015

Master Trainer Certificate in Education for a Democratic Society and Human Rights Education and Citizenship Development.
Formation of citizenship competencies among future primary school teachers. Swiss-Ukrainian project "Development of citizenship competences in Ukraine - DOCCU"
March-May 2018

Certificate of a PUBLIC ADVISOR. Leadership in Association of Paralegals of Ukraine supported by Renaissance CF
September-November 2018

Master trainer in organizing and conducting self-help peer support groups in Ukraine. GURT Resource Centre supported by
UNDP
April 2019

“Peer to Peer” training on peer support approach in working with veterans and their families organised by IOM
September 2023 – February 2024
WORK RECORDS

August 2023 till present
IOM Ukraine
MHPSS PSYCHOLOGIST in Zakarpattia (Uzhhorod)
Contract category A

April 2022 – July 2023
Frontline Assistant STAFF CONSULTANT G4 on migration and migrant work on the ground. IOM Slovakia Kosice – Michalovce – border crossing points of the Republic of Slovakia with Ukraine

April 2020 – December 2022
DIRECTOR of Lysychansk Preschool Educational Institution (nursery-kindergarten) №2

September 2019 till present
MASTER TRAINER for self-help groups in Ukraine
Coordinator of the educational and methodological direction of the project "Self-help during the war in Ukraine"
GURT Resource Centre
SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)

October 2016 - April 2020
PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGIST Lysychansk Preschool Educational Institution (nursery-kindergarten)" №3

August 2005 - October 2019
TEACHER OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL DISCIPLINES, PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND SOCIAL WORKER
Lysychansk Pedagogical College of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since August 2023, I work as a psychologist in Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia at IOM Ukraine MHPSS programme. I work with IDPs, veterans, their families, frontline workers and local communities in Zakarpattia (capacity building training, psychoeducational sessions, CB activities, support team in integration of MHPSS in CB activities, peer support groups, group and individual consultations). As part of the job assisted in retreats for veterans’ families, held by Joshua Kreimeyer, IOM project

In April 2022, due to the full-scale invasion in Ukraine, I have been working at IOM Slovakia with migrants from Ukraine and local communities, at border and registration transit centres in eastern Slovakia, as well as at Ukraine-Slovakia border crossing points.

In 2021, I participated in the All-Ukrainian Summer School on Spiritual and Moral Education of Children in Preschool Education Institutions (Ministry of Education and Science, CF "Live, Ukraine!").

In 2020, I became a master-trainer on facilitation of peer support group under the GURT Resource Centre programme.

In 2019, I became a Public Advisor of Ukraine, and in 2020 - a mentor for the new Public Advisors of Ukraine and a regional coordinator of the Association of Public Advisors of Ukraine in the Eastern region.

In 2019, I became a mediator for mutual understanding in educational institutions (organized by the NGO "La Strada-Ukraine").

In 2019, I completed the internship programme in Moldova "Regional Leadership Program on Access to Justice".

In 2018, I studied the course "Formation of citizenship competencies of future primary school teachers" and is certified as a master-trainer in education for a democratic society and human rights education and the development of citizenship competencies (Ukrainian-Swiss project "Development of citizenship competences in Ukraine – DOCCU").

In 2017, I worked as a coordinator of the pilot project "Youth Capital of Ukraine" in Lysychansk.

In 2016, I became a member of the Association of Preschool Educators of Ukraine.

From August 2015 to December 2016, I provided socio-psychological, post-crisis assistance to the population of Lysychansk within the framework of the IOM project with the support of the Government of Japan for communities affected by hostilities in Donbas. Also collaborated as a psychologist with the Danish Refugee Council.

In 2013, I became a member of the Association of Art Therapists of Ukraine.

PERSONAL QUALITIES
Able to work in a team and manage a team, stress resistant, action-oriented and committed to achieving shared goals, determined to deliver quality result in client-oriented manner, clear and open in communication
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• Ukrainian and Russian at a native speaker level
• English and Slovak at a good level
• Readiness for business trips and irregular working hours
• Excellent public speaking skills and proficiency in conducting interacting trainings for a large audience in Ukrainian (online and off-line formats)