Brittany V. Thomas Email & Phone Number

Durham, NC, US

Freelance; Various Locations

• Consulted on staff policies and manuals, process improvements, and DEI for health and social service nonprofits
• Strategically advised individual consulting clients regarding accountability, goal setting, negotiation of assignments, rate increases, burnout prevention, and boundary setting and values as they pertain to.
• Served as Subject Matter Expert for Substance Use and Violence Against Women continuing education course
• Graded and provided detailed feedback for student work
• Invited to guest lecture about common writing errors to a remedial writing course for graduate students for a former professor and supervisor
• Performed grant writing and research for a consulting agency

• Developed 4 series of courses, including 19 courses with a total of 24+ hours of training content
• Provided quality assurance of and updated courses two years after development
• Created both series and branching courses that catered to the unique needs of health care professionals, citizens interested in increasing their community impact, educators and school personnel, foster care and.
• Customized protocols and resources within all 10 courses in the CSEC series for national, Georgia, and North Carolina audiences while generating opportunities for replicability in additional states
• Supported integration of 8 types of continuing education units connected to course completion
• Provided strategic guidance on relevant content choices and tone

Remote

• Trained ~1,200 school staff on trauma-informed and healing-centered responses to the needs of K-12 students, sex trafficking of minors, and introduction to sexual violence
• Worked to facilitate adoption of a cohesive K-12 trauma- and racial equity-informed sexual violence prevention curriculum that is derived from an ecological framework and public health perspective
• Developed, reviewed, and/or formatted newly created content for NCCASA Rape Prevention Education toolkits, manuals, and products, including an 2SLGBTQIA+ support toolkit for educators, a human trafficking toolkit for.
• Provided programmatic and administrative support to Rape Prevention Team and Human Trafficking Team including attendance at the North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission conference
• Co-facilitated implementation of a financial assistance program for sexual violence survivors and those who work on their behalf

• Filled a unique role requiring mental health subject matter expertise, technical writing, curriculum design, editing, and graphic design
• Developed a Caregiver Guide for guardians of Native American teens who may need residential substance abuse treatment
• Created 2 series of content that are oriented to the caregivers of youth who are in or have completed residential substance abuse treatment. The goal is to foster increased caregiver-youth communication and connection.
• Generated a website mockup for the statewide agency’s services and supplemental resources in order to facilitate ongoing support for both youth and their caregivers during and after treatment

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Developed ongoing training materials to enable more than 4,700 North Carolina child welfare social workers, supervisors, and administrators to become competent in using a new electronic case management system and.

RTP

• Provided quality assurance across projects and clients
• Designed and refined custom online content and portals for diverse clients in sectors such as manufacturing, criminal justice, and pharmaceuticals
• Worked as part of a collaborative team of media and art developers, instructional designers, and subject-matter experts

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Edited and provided detailed feedback on deliverables for SMEs and instructional designers regarding grammar, consistency, accuracy, and compliance with company and industry style guides
• Designed, developed, and provided maintenance for custom e-learning content for prominent academic and corporate entities, including Global Fortune 500 Companies and top-tier universities
• Worked as part of a cross-functional multidisciplinary team of multimedia developers, instructional designers, technical writers, and subject-matter experts

• Tutored students of Columbia's Master of Social Work program including a significant number of international students who speak English as a second language
• Collaboratively worked with students on issues such as structure, grammar, clarity, content, voice, bias, research, and APA style and formatting using the Socratic method and other strategies based on student needs and.

New York, NY

• Managed and controlled quality of research participant data as well as IRB compliance
• Conducted and managed data entry for multiple databases
• Performed research participant follow-up assessments and exit interviews
• Delivered case manager and computerized domestic violence screening and intervention tools for women in the criminal justice system
• Performed task supervision and ongoing training and support of several levels of interns
• Managed up to $2,000 in office petty cash

New York City

• Co-facilitated group sessions for criminal justice-involved, substance-using women about wellness, HIV prevention, IPV prevention, social support enhancement, and service linkages
• Recruited and engaged criminal justice-involved women into SIG interventions through creation of outreach materials and staff meetings with collaborating agencies
• Collaboratively researched, piloted, and planned implementation of a traditional and a computerized one-session intimate partner violence screening and assessment tool for use in the NYC criminal justice system
• Surveyed and synthesized website information from 50+ NYC NGOs and verified information through personal contact with, and colleague evaluation of, the organizations
• Crafted an enhanced referral manual predictive of increased success in help-seeking behaviors in participants
• Created staff protocols, a participant evaluation form, and tools to assess facilitator adherence to intervention scripts; initiated budget analyses and cost reductions; and updated organizational websites

• Managed implementation of VOICES/VOCES, a CDC-approved evidence based HIV prevention curriculum for African American and Latino women; Conducted and tracked evaluative measures for this program and submitted daily logs.
• Conducted more than 80 HIV Counseling, Testing, Referral (CTR) sessions
• Recruited facilitator for adolescent sexual education programming and provided administrative support in participant recruitment, grant reporting, and budgeting
• Developed Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault curriculum focused on sexual violence prevention for adolescent males; recruited and trained peer mentors for curriculum; managed grant budget and reporting
• Completed HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Instructor training from the American Red Cross; HIV Counseling, Testing, and Referral training from the Indiana State Department of Health; HIV training for family planning.
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Muncie, Indiana

• Generated $6.5m+ in grant funding in less than 5 months through independent and collaborative proposal writing; Received successful funding from a federal stimulus grant and several state and community grants
• Utilized the federal electronic handbook (EHB)
• Organized, edited, and restructured more than 70 organizational policies
• http://www.odbmh.org/

Muncie, IN

• Assisted clients with public benefit applications (healthcare, disability, etc.) and follow-up
• Provided multi-session case management services around issues of medication management, intimate partner violence, access to public housing, home help services, and other needs
• Completed PHQ-9 depression screenings as assistant to LCSW
• Researched and wrote federal and community grants
• Developed and facilitated health education presentations for older adults

• Collected confidential census information through door-to-door contacts and maintained impeccable paperwork through attention to detail

Muncie, Indiana

• Tutored undergraduate and graduate level students, including students with disabilities and students who speak English as a second language
• Collaboratively worked with students on issues such as structure, grammar, clarity, content, and APA style and formatting using the Socratic method and other strategies based on student needs and abilities.
• Attained certification as an Advanced Tutor through the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA)

Master Of Science In Social Work, Program Development And Evaluation, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Interfaith Caucus Leader, Professional Development and Self Awareness Group member, Diversity Committee.

Bachelor Of Social Work, Minor In Women'S Studies, 3.9

Activities and Societies: ● Triota (Women's Studies honor sorority) Secretary ● V-Day Event Publicity Chair ● Co-Presenter of "Hate Speech.