THEO SILVA
Summary
Dynamic professional with extensive experience ready to excel as a Fishery Officer. Possesses exceptional leadership, problem-solving, and strategic planning abilities, fostering collaboration within teams and adapting to diverse challenges. Recognized for effective communication skills, emphasizing integrity and accountability in all endeavours. Committed to promoting sustainable practices and enhancing the management of aquatic resources.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Reintegration Officer
Serco Wiri Corrections Facility
Auckland
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Is an integration officer working in House 3 wing 4.
- My role was to support them during the process of incarceration
- Mentor junior clinicians in therapeutic techniques and best practices for patient engagement.
Career consultant.
Best Institute of Education.
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Education program towards careers pathways.
- Counseling sections with students presenting personal issues.
- Referral students to others provides regarding family violence.
- Weekly reports to management.
- Home visiting weekly task
- Running education workshops as preparation for the work force.
- Meeting with different Academic providers.
Counsellor for A& D
CADS
01.2006 - 01.2013
- Weekly management plans, and assessment.
- Putting strategies in place to assist clients in moving forward.
- Supervising and assessing height risk clients.
- Educational input for client relapse prevention.
- Fortnightly report writing to upper management.
- Progress assessments.
- Individual counselling sessions.
- Run group processes when is required.
- Assessment withdraws
- Tasks and duties:
Drug and Alcohol Counsellor
Rotorua Island Salvation Army
01.2001 - 01.2003
- Attending meetings for daily structure outline.
- Comprehensive assessments for A/D inventory.
- Counseling sessions – groups and individual.
- Providing education groups progress.
- Fulfilling statistics procedures.
- Attending workshops relapse prevention and family meetings.
- Involvement in recovery church.
- Tasks and duties:
A&D Clinician
Rehab centre Le Berge. France Private Center.
01.1995 - 01.2001
- Focus on recovery
- Meeting with clients and completing assessment process
- Provide support and meeting with families
- Attending meetings with medical team preparing clinical plan with various education inputs such developing alcohol and drugs awareness classes
- Management of the detox process for individuals presenting withdraw symptoms and mental health symptoms
- Attending groups dynamics is part of the therapeutic process input on CBT, focusing on underlining issues such family and relationships- codependency
- Preparing re-entry program on recovery and reinsertion to society by provident support and encourage education.
- Attending Meeting with justice department righting clinical reports and given feedback on progress
- Attending Clinical supervision discussed clinical plans and implementing when request by clinical management is such prevention from driving with substance is part of a program request by the department of justice to release individuals from rehab program monitoring relapse prevention.
- Attending school prevention program with justice department for early intervention in young people
- Task and Duties:
Education
Graduated Certificate - Career Development
Auckland University of Technology
Diploma - Career Development
02-2026
social psychology
University of Belgium
01-1979
Skills
- Able to build relationships and communicate effectible with individuals from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds
- Client centre approach skilled in group and one to one facilitation, delivering an effective quality program to people presenting trauma and difficulties when they arrive to NZ with communication barriers
- Focus on the progress of individuals and groups, with the ability to explain ideas clearly in Spanish all the aspect of cultural issues they are facing and encourage participation wish is part of the reintegration in a new country such NZ is a refugee
- Current knowledge of the issues of been a refugee regarding family issues Our country, particularly individuals, they are being in a detention centre previously to arrive to NZ and willing to recover from the trauma and back to a normal live and new beginning in a safe place
- Professional approach with empathy care an support using the Spanish language wish it's my first language and cultural approach to help to resolve problems cultural barriers for refugees in a new environment
- Strong ability to conduct group information and workshops with professionalism and confidentiality
- Knowledge and understanding of cultural diversity from a social perspective from other cultures such as refugees arrive to NZ
- Extensive experience on teaching and given information how New Zealand it's a country with a cultural diversity
- Demonstrating success results with people who present difficulties to achieve the objective by applying motivation interview successful
- Able to motivate and inspire others to achieve goals and dreams by means of a model motivation interview
- Organized support groups regarding application for work and English courses for new comers
- Proven effectiveness working independently without supervision, or part of a team managing and prioritizing tasks in a multi disciplinary team
- Strategic planning
- Cultural awareness
- Community relations
- Report preparation
- Rule enforcement
- Team collaboration
- Safety protocols
- Risk assessment
- Surveillance techniques
- Crisis intervention
- De-escalation techniques
- Evidence analysis
- Reporting and documentation
- Evidence collection
- Attention to detail
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Organizational skills
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
- Time management
- Written communication
- Multitasking
- Relationship building
- Team building
- Active listening
- Analytical thinking
- Interpersonal communication
- Conflict resolution
- Task prioritization
- Reliability
Accomplishments
I have an extensive experience of working in the mental health and Corrections Facilities which has helped enhance my communication,organisational skills, problem under highly stressful demanding situations. I have a diploma level 6 in social psychology as well as a level 3 offender management from working in corrections. I also have a level 6 careers advisor and a certificate in social studies from Victoria university.
Affiliations
Professional Membership- CANZ.
Certification
Level 6 diploma in careers advisor
Level 6 diploma in social psychology
Level 3 Certificate in mental health and mental illness
Level 3 certificate in offender management
Level 4 in social studies from Victoria university
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Interests
- Outdoor Recreation
- I participate in a variety of outdoor recreational activities
- Cooking
- Getting involved in local advocacy groups to promote positive change in the community
- Offering time and support to shelters for the homeless, women, and animals
- Homelessness Outreach
Timeline
Reintegration Officer
Serco Wiri Corrections Facility
01.2016 - 01.2018
Career consultant.
Best Institute of Education.
01.2013 - 01.2016
Counsellor for A& D
CADS
01.2006 - 01.2013
Drug and Alcohol Counsellor
Rotorua Island Salvation Army
01.2001 - 01.2003
A&D Clinician
Rehab centre Le Berge. France Private Center.
01.1995 - 01.2001
Diploma - Career Development
social psychology
University of Belgium
Graduated Certificate - Career Development
Auckland University of Technology