Lifen Hung

Social Worker

 

A results oriented Community Services professional, with 16 years’ experience in counselling, training and servicing families, newcomers, and women, seeks a position as a

Mandarin/Cantonese Speaking Counsellor

 

Education

Master’s Degree in Social Work Canadian accreditation as equivalent by Canadian Association of Social Work, 2003

Master’s Degree in Social Work Soochow University, Taiwan 1994

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work Soochow University, Taiwan 1991

 

Certification

Member Certificate Ontario Association of Social Workers 2008-Present

Member Certificate of Ontario College of Social Workers & Social 2005-Present

Registration Service Worker

Member Certificate Taipei Association of the Licensed Social Workers 1998-2001

 

 

Experience

Contract Counsellor Living Water Counselling Centre, Canada 2008-Present

• Conduct information sessions and workshops to teach newcomers in developing social adjustment abilities and mental health

• Offer courses and workshops on parenting skills to teach the techniques required in raising children/youth

• Counsel, on a one-on-one basis, family and support groups including family therapy, brief solution focused therapy, grief counselling and play/activity based therapy for individuals, couples and families to improve social/psychological functioning

 

Settlement Worker Scadding Court Community Centre, Canada January-April 2009

• Assisted newcomers and provided support during clients’ initial settlement in Canada, such as information and orientation, translation, interpretation, filling out important forms, supportive counselling

• Offered community workshops to help newcomers adapt and integrate into Canadian society, such as stress management, community resources, Canada child tax benefit

• Provided referral services to newcomers to establish clients’ community network capabilities and family relationship

• Offered settlement services to perinatal program (Great Start Together), to promote pregnant women’s mental health and social adjustment capacities

Volunteer/Trainer Co-operative project by Toronto Chinese Health 2004-2009

Education Committee and Toronto Public Health, Canada

• Designed training programs and trained volunteers to improve skills and methods to help others

• Taught volunteers knowledge of human sexuality and children’s/youth’s sexual development to improve family sex education and parenting skills

• Supervised volunteers in community outreach workshops to enhance family sex education

• Provided community workshops to help parents in training children/youth with knowledge and skills of sexual health

 

Volunteer York Region Preschool Speech and Language Development,

Canada 2007

• Taught parents about children’s speech and language development skills to heighten children’s knowledge of the topics

• Facilitate parent/child early years’ speech and language development programs, through the use of children speech and language workshops and interactive play groups to help parents in facilitating children with age appropriated speech and language skills

 

Facilitator Toronto Chinese Community Services Association, Canada 2004

Facilitator Sandgate-Women’s Shelter of Georgina, Canada 2004

• Conducted clients who are from single parents, abused women and refugees’ support groups to provide methods to use when coping with personal, educational and work concerns

• Facilitated clients to develop positive thinking, parenting skills and feasible solutions for dealing with life challenges and occurrences

• Provided social resources to establish client community network capabilities

 

Lecturer& Counsellor Taiwan Theological College & Seminary, Taiwan 1995-2001

• Taught related social work and counselling courses to build and improve student social work knowledge and problem solving skills

• Improved student social and psychological functioning by providing one-to-one and group counselling on the techniques to use that support a positive attitude and self-esteem

• Organized and facilitated social work related events and workshops to identify effective problem solving approaches for churches and social organizations

• Consulted college teaching staff to identify and solve students’ emotional and social concerns

 

Family Social Worker Taipei City Li-Hsin Charity Foundation, Taiwan 1993-1995

• Counselled, on a one-to-one basis, and conducted support groups for single mother families and children/youth to improve social/psychological functioning and heighten the ability to adjust to life circumstances

• Offered social services and assistance to develop single mother families and children/youth to full capacity and to promote well-being

• Helped children/youth deal with personal, family, interpersonal relationship and schooling concerns to enhance social relationship functioning

• Trained volunteers to lead and reinforce the academic functioning of children/youth

• Mentored single mothers in the use of social resources for accomplishing referral techniques

• Supervised placement students to improve social work knowledge and skills