★ Serve adolescents and adults in counseling one day per week at the facility.★ Assess client issues and conduct motivational interviews.★ Facilitate individual therapy sessions, interpret trauma assessment instruments for adolescents, and participate in team meetings in addition to making referrals to community programs.★ Maintain accurate and confidential records.★ Offer exemplary knowledge of the techniques and principles of child and family development, family systems theory, crisis therapy intervention, individual family/group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma response, child abuse, family violence and trauma-focused intervention.★ Encourage clients to express feelings and discuss issues.★ Guide clients in developing skills/strategies for dealing with problems and overcoming dependencies.★ Serve as a client advocate to coordinate services and resolve emergency issues.

★ Deliver direct clinical services to adolescents and adults suffering from suicidal ideation, hallucinations and substance abuse within the ER.★ Recommend appropriate services and assessments.★ Collaborate with the clinical team and medical providers to deliver patient/family advocacy, discharge planning coordination and psychosocial intervention for high-risk individuals. ★ Promote patient/family wellness, including care outcomes.★ Serve as a liaison between the ER and psychiatric floor team to enhance admissions procedures.★ Provide access to hospital/community resources, and manage the performance of graduate/undergrad students.

★ Provided care to patients presenting suicidal, homicidal, hallucination or substance abuse issues, and recommended additional resources and social work advocacy as needed.

★ Delivered comprehension of the psycho-social and emotional needs of the aged while providing services at the skilled nursing facility.★ Made recommendations for patient-specific needs regarding placement after discharge.

★ Prepared cocktails, opened and closed the restaurant, provided management skills, and excellent customer service.

★ Developed skills in social work and psychology to support clients.

★ Delivered compassionate, practical and considerate care for chemically dependent patients within the indigent population.★ Counseled inpatients utilizing the therapeutic community method of treatment, gained insight into the development of treatment plans and case management, researched area housing placement options for clients, and treated patients with addiction, psychiatric and behavioral conditions.

★ Handled all aspects of listing and selling homes while providing customer focused service. ★ Sold new and used vehicles, and coordinated every aspect of the sale or lease for the customer.