Use communication skills, both verbal and written, to build rapport, convey information, and collaborate with clients and colleagues. Provide empathetic and compassionate connection to individuals and families to understand their challenges. Use critical thinking and problem-solving skills for finding solutions to the challenges clients may face. Encouraging clients to express their feelings and develop insight into themselves and their relationships. Use various therapies to include: CBT, DBT, ACT, EMDR, Solution Focus and Person-Centered therpies to support clients goals. Assessment: Evaluating a client's mental health status, physical condition, and needs. Create treatment planning: Developing and implementing treatment plans based on clinical experience and knowledge.Provide therapy: Providing intensive, time-limited, goal-specific interventions, such as talk therapy, to help clients understand their challenges and develop solutions.Coordination: Communicating and coordinating services with other agencies and providers, such as primary care, schools, and families.Crisis intervention: Responding appropriately in crisis situations and acting as a client advocate to resolve emergency problems.Documentation: Preparing and maintaining treatment records and report

To plan, organize and implement an appropriate instructional program in an elementary 2nd grade learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential. Work is performed under the supervision of the principal.

Provided early intervention programing to children 0-2 and their families. Provided qualification evaluations, and developmental assessments. Worked to education, provide instruction and thearpy to help children reach developmental milestones. Worked with allied agencies for continuation of care.

Prepare mothers for birth through education, support and connection with resources. Work with mother and child to meet physical and emotional needs, and their developmental needs through activities and interactions. Helping parents to set goals for their child's development, and encourage their involvement in the program. Schedule and attend weekly home visits. Developing curriculum that adheres to research-based principles and provides learning opportunities for each child's goals.Assessing progress and continuously assess children's progress and help them transition to preschool and kindergarten. Keeping records to ensure all required documentation and record keeping is completed.

Assessed risk of youth coming into custody to develop comprehensive treatment plans and ensures progress and compliance to the plan. Established and maintained appropriate, professional and caring relationships with client, client’s family and treatment providers. Supervised provision of contracted services by private providers. Supported client’s goals and aspirations by linking youth and families with community resources and attended staffing with allied agencies. Monitored and maintained documentation of clients’ progress of treatment plan objectives.

Serving homeless youth by driving the streets, walk, bicycle and take public transit in Salt Lake County seeking out young people living on the streets. Provided food, clothing, information on community services and encourage kids to come to Volunteers of America's day time Drop-In Center. At the Drop-In Center, homeless street youth can receive basic need items. Young women and men can take care of many of life’s daily activities like doing laundry and taking showers. Meals are served twice daily. Youth can attend classes, receive referrals for human services and participate in ongoing case management. The Center seeks to provide a safe trusting environment for homeless youth and help them begin the process of moving out of homelessness and onto the path of self-sufficiency.

Provided direct care for a young woman who had complete body paralysis. I would feed her through a feeding tube, change her, help shower her, talk with her, provide her entertainment, take her for walks, etc. I also worked in a home with three older male clients who were all mentally disabled. I aided them in fixing meals, cleaning up, supervision and companionship.

I have had many opportunities to work in various positions. These allowed me to learn many skills such as: Office skills of filling, answering phones, accounts receivable, Executive Support and Staff support, organization, multi-tasking, and scheduling. I have done Candy, Clothing, and Service sales. I have taught piano, done massage therapy, cleaned homes and hotels, detailed vehicels and done child care.