In charge of camp enrollments and camper and staff paperwork. Acted as a contact for all camp questions on the off season.

Provide mental health counseling for children, adolescents, and young adults using a variety of theoretical perspectives in individual, group, and family therapy sessions. Manage social skills groups, organizing placement, regularly communicating with clients’ parents, and training group co-leaders.• Facilitate 6-9 social skills groups and 3-7 individual sessions weekly.• Administer assessments measuring nonverbal communication weekly.• Took initiative to identify and acquire a new, upgraded office space for practice.• Receive positive feedback from parents about children’s social skills progress and improved emotional well-being.

Provided case management for Hispanic families, the homeless, domestic violence survivors, and older adults. Acted as a program coordinator for a National Alliance for Hispanic Health program. Trained 10 interns and volunteers and created and implemented 2-3 outreach initiatives per month. •Intensive Case Management of 150 clients per month, 90% of interactions in Spanish.•Managed a team and project that enrolled 50 Latino youths in a Medicaid program monthly.•Implemented a quality improvement plan that improved wait times for clients by 50%.•Initiated, developed, and implemented a stress reduction program for co-workers.•Completed intake assessments and compiled case notes on a daily basis.•Created and executed educational presentations to clientele and to social service colleagues. •Maintained and organized over 300 client files in accordance with grant requirements. •Collaborated with foreign consulates to improve social service access to local immigrants.

Coordinated healthcare, transportation, and end of life services for an older adult client, interacting with the client’s family, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, doctors, and hospitals. • Advocated for client in healthcare settings where there was possible older adult abuse.• Identified a medication problem that possibly caused multiple hospitalizations for the client.

Care Manager for Older AdultsProvided case management and care coordination for older adult, Hispanic, low-income clients, helping clients meet medical, social and basic needs though a long-term care program, as well as, monitored the effectiveness of long-term care providers.• Managed a caseload of 60-70 clients, communicating with 95% of clients in Spanish. • Assessed clients’ needs using state approved assessment tools.• Organized and maintained 70-80 client files according to Medicaid standards. • Compiled detailed notes of casework on a daily basis.• Held the position of “Case Manager of the Month” in the spring of 2009.

Trained with MSWs and LPCs, learning and implementing diverse social work skills.• Developed, implemented, and evaluated psychosocial treatment plans for underserved youth.• Completed psychosocial home evaluations for the Athens Dept. of Children and Family Services. • Created a crisis intervention notebook and consumer handbook for practicing therapists.

Utilized organizational skills by assisting project manager in handling data entry, filing, and proofreading records, reports and forms. Acted as a receptionist, greeting guests and answering telephone lines, as well as, assisted in organizing business lunches.