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Indigenizing the higher education classroom and curriculum for SW 665 Social Work Cultural Diversity

- Creates, manages, implements and instructs music and songwriting programs in Milwaukee and surrounding communities for youth and staff at schools and community events

- Development of regulations, policies and procedures and work instructions; interpretation of state, federal and tribal regulations; and ensure compliance with Wisconsin State Legislature, tribal regulations and federal law.- Relationship building and communication across all levels of operations and regulatory leadership.- Engage guests regarding complaints and lead gaming investigations; document details of complaints; communicate with guests over the phone; and document results of investigations.

- One-on-one mentorship and advocacy of interns.- Planned, delivered and coordinated mentorship program for tribal employees and tribal members.- Developed and facilitated educational groups on goal setting, budgeting, leadership skills and career planning.- Published articles for employee newsletter.

- Coordinated and managed office organization.- Prepared and monitored departmental budget of over $900,000.- Scheduled internal and external investigations.- Responsible for executive leadership scheduling, travel arrangements, phone calls and correspondence creation.

- Maintained office budget of over $800,000.- Created and implemented an electronic and hard copy filing system for all internal controls and policies.- Timely reporting of all updated and new regulations to the State of Wisconsin Department of Gaming.- Responsible for executive leadership scheduling, travel arrangements, phone calls and correspondence creation.

- Provided clinical chemical dependency treatment programs for adults with primary and secondary chemical dependency diagnosis and co-existing mental health conditions.- Engaged patients during one-on-one sessions, family sessions and group therapy using strengths-based approaches in all aspects of treatment.- Collaborated with multidisciplinary treatment team during staffing huddles, treatment huddles and nurses groups offering treatment planning recommendations and updates of patients.- Reinforced treatment through motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, community reinforcement approach and stages of change.- Observed and assessed patients for suicide ideation using a Suicide Severity Rating Scale (SSRS).- Documented the assessment of patients, advocacy of patient's, determination of resources and patient phone calls.