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SIRAD SHIDANE

London

Summary

I am proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. I am known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. I am committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Language Support Assistant

CCLC

Life Skills Worker

Cross Cultural Learning Centre
01.2009 - Current
  • Provided accurate language support between service providers and clients to facilitate understanding
  • Taught newcomers about life in Canada, including teaching them skills such as how to use stove, refrigerator, and washer/dryer properly
  • Showed newcomers the locations of the grocery stores, shopping centers, and markets, as well as how to go grocery and clothes shopping
  • Guided newcomers around hospitals and schools teaching them about resident safety like using fire exits

Supply Staff

YMCA
01.2020 - 01.2021
  • Worked as supply staff YMCA care for newcomer children

Sales associate

Home Sense
01.2016 - 01.2020

Certified Interpreter

Across Languages
01.2007 - 01.2015
  • Listened, understood, and memorized the content of a statement in one language, then reproduced questions or statements in a different language to allow for accurate translation and good understanding between clients and service providers
  • Used skills such as simultaneous interpretation, consecutive interpretation, and liaison interpretation

Family Home Visitor

London Middlesex Health Unit
01.2007 - 01.2008
  • Informed families about the resources available to them throughout the City of London empowering them with the knowledge to deal with difficult situations
  • Modeled appropriate methods to families on how to interact and appropriately discipline children positively reinforcing good behaviors
  • Mentored mothers on how to use learned skills to find solutions to problems facilitating self sufficiency
  • Coached clients to identify their capacities, achievement, skills and advised them of further training if needed

Education

O.S.S.D. -

Centre for Lifelong Learning
London, ON
01.2012

Health Care Aide Diploma - undefined

Stratford Career Institute
Montreal, PQ
01.2010

Life Skills Worker, Interpreter - undefined

Cross Cultural Learner Centre
London, ON
01.2009

Interpretation Certificate - undefined

Across Languages
London, ON
01.2007

Family Home Visitor Training - undefined

LMHU
London, ON
01.2007

Professional Development Courses - undefined

Childreach
London, ON
01.2007

Skills

  • Effective organizational skills
  • Time management
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Cross-cultural understanding
  • Client communication
  • Strategic Problem-Solving
  • Resource management expertise
  • Advocacy & Mentoring
  • Life Skills Teaching & Instruction

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Somali
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Arabic
Intermediate (B1)

Timeline

Supply Staff

YMCA
01.2020 - 01.2021

Sales associate

Home Sense
01.2016 - 01.2020

Life Skills Worker

Cross Cultural Learning Centre
01.2009 - Current

Certified Interpreter

Across Languages
01.2007 - 01.2015

Family Home Visitor

London Middlesex Health Unit
01.2007 - 01.2008

Language Support Assistant

CCLC

Health Care Aide Diploma - undefined

Stratford Career Institute

Life Skills Worker, Interpreter - undefined

Cross Cultural Learner Centre

Interpretation Certificate - undefined

Across Languages

Family Home Visitor Training - undefined

LMHU

Professional Development Courses - undefined

Childreach

O.S.S.D. -

Centre for Lifelong Learning

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