Elena Chiviyska Email & Phone Number

Warrington, Gb

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Managing a number of projects as part of the organisation’s Health and Wellbeing department, such as the Roma Health Project, part of Europia’s wider Roma initiative, the Salford Impact Fund, the CDC Project and Europia’s LGBTQA+ project, amongst others, contributing to the realisation of the organisation's mission and objectives.Generating creative and engaging ideas for upcoming projects, securing funding through impactful grant proposals, budgeting and resource allocation, tracking project milestones, ensuring activities are in line with original outcomes, and ensuring compliance with the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) guidelines.Collaborating with diverse stakeholders, partners and funders, including the NHS, MFT, Living Well and more, to achieve shared objectives and represent the voices of the underserved communities we support.Managing and motivating volunteers and freelancers, optimising their contributions to project success. Additionally, developing and delivering Mental Health and Safeguarding training for them, alongside some of Europia’s frontline staff members.Leading various projects, ensuring effective coordination, and managing 2-3 different projects at the same time, both short-term projects lasting 3-6 months and longer initiatives lasting for 3+ years.Engaging in client work, focusing on supporting clients with welfare, well-being, mental health and signposting queries.Developing and implementing diverse community engagement activities such as Health Hub, ESOL programs, art workshops, allotment projects, and cooking sessions. Supporting clients with bespoke and cultural interpretation for clients whose level of English is low, ensuring that language is not a barrier when accessing services.Coordinating and managing different cultural events such as Women’s Day Celebration, Romanian’s Blouse Day, and Roma Harvest Day, from event planning to ensuring smooth running on the day.

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom

I worked with Nurse Plus, where I supported service users in the healthcare sector struggling with mental health conditions such as autism, schizophrenia, learning difficulties and dementia, where proper communication, attentiveness, and acting appropriately under pressure have been crucial skills to have.

Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom

I worked with HGS, who are a part of the Students Loan Company, and provide loans for Student Finance England. Working as a customer adviser, my duties were to answer any queries from how to apply for finance to solving difficult situations for the customers.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

Future U are part of the National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP) and I worked with them to help young people across Lancashire to progress into Higher Education and provide useful information about my own experiences of university life. My work consisted of going into schools where I helped with providing information through interactive classes on different employment sectors, giving Life Talks about the university experience, and working with information and data input in the offices of Future U.

Postgraduate Degree, Criminal Investigation

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Forensic Psychology, Upper Second-Class Honours (2:1)

Activities and Societies: 3rd year Forensic Psychology Course Representative, LGBT society, Boardgames society, Psychology society

A Levels

Gcses

Postgraduate Degree, Criminal Investigation