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Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Jacksonville, Florida

Carrabelle, Florida

• Manages a caseload of fifteen clients, conducts individual counseling sessions once a month, creates engaging objectives and tasks utilizing treatment planners for reference.• Provides counseling using 12-month Individual Service Plans, helping clients develop social skills necessary to lead a productive life.o Conducts lectures for clients in Orientation Phase and Phase One, Two, and Three, using designated Alternative Residential Therapeutic Community curriculums.• Follows ethical application of tasks and responsibilities pertaining to addictions counseling to include clinical evaluation, treatment planning, referrals, service coordination, and clinical staffing’s.• Provides client and community education, group counseling, conducts peer reviews of staff files, and documentation.o Conducts specialty classes on Seeking Safety, Thinking for Change, and Impact of Crime.

Valdosta, Ga

• Counseled parents and children of age on placement goals in order for them to ensure completion in a timely fashion. o Maintained confidential client files; documented meetings, phone calls, and emails in Georgia SHINES system.• Assessed the level of risk to children by conducting face-to-face interviews with the alleged child victims and their caretakers.o Conducted multi-disciplinary meetings with service providers from outside the agencies to discuss obtainable case plan goals and steps for families.• Served as the case manager for children in foster care; ensured that children were placed in permanent stable families.o Supervised visits between children and parents, testified regarding the status of the agency and/or parent’s progress towards the court approved placement goals.o Provided a number of additional support services and developed programs to provide aid to troubled families.

Monticello, Florida

• Facilitated non clinical meetings, educational lectures, client groups, and counseling sessions small and large alike.o Conducts Humanistic Psychology Class and Phase one through three classes• Oversees recreational, educational, and therapeutic activities as defined by the Residential Therapeutic program curriculum.o Expected to provide professional opinion and counsel about client behaviors.• Provide a positive therapeutic approach to recovery, be a professional authority for clients, while maintaining professional boundaries.

• Conducted class sessions on addiction and aggression for 14-18 year old adolescents; mentored male client weekly.• Addressed issues related to domestic violence, substance abuse, feeling unwanted, and behavioral issues. o Maintained confidential client files; documented weekly progress during internship for review by Internship Director.• Engaged in activities at the Valdosta Housing Authority sites with young and elderly residents alike via the Outreach Program. • Conducted Study Skills sessions for 4th grade level students involving memory, listening skills, responsibilities, and study habits.

• Performed administrative and clerical functions for Residential Hall Director, Resident Assistants, and Complex Directors.• Processed and oriented new students during check-in and checkout periods, monitored lobby areas of residence halls during day and night hours.• Served as Valdosta State University Representative responsible for enforcing Housing policy to ensure safety of 200+ students in a coed male and female residence halls.

Cashier, build clientele, work on projects, operated large printer and cutter, and provide customer service

• Performed administrative and clerical functions.• Processed and oriented new students during check-in and check-out periods.• Served as Valdosta State University Representative responsible for enforcing Housing policy to ensure safety of 200+ students in a coed male and female residence hall.

Valdosta, Ga

• Scheduled and conducted room inspections, inventories, and provided room damage assessment reports to Conference Director.• Hosted organizations that stayed within residence halls during summer terms. Maintained and kept inventory on all assigned equipment in the lobby area. • Documented, tracked, and reported all maintenance issues in assigned buildings during summer terms.

Sociology & Anthropology, Sociology And Anthropology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology And Anthropology

Activities and Societies: NAACP