Kerri O'Connor Email & Phone Number

Hwrsd

Agawam, Massachusetts

Western Ma

- Coordinate care plan team meetings; facilitate meetings, safety planning, CANS certified assessor, comprehensive assessments, functional behavioral assessments, strength, needs, and cultural discoveries, and providing support to families in crisis.- Submitting referrals to appropriated providers in regard to mental health needs and community connections.- Work closely with family partners and providers to ensure that goals are being carried out within the care planning process.- Facilitated several individualized team meetings with CBHI services within multiple CSA agencies. Continous communication with several providers and natural supports.- Facilitated based on the National Wraparound principles.- Insurance authorizations.- Networked with several out of state inpatient psychiatric facilities for the youth and families we serve. Coordinated and facilitated large team meetings in residential facilities, DYS facilities, inpatient psychiatric facilities, acute residential facilities, family homes, DCF residential, and DMH residential programs.- Facilitated team meetings in the educational setting, including within the public school districts in Springfield, Chicopee, West Springfield, Palmer, Quabbin Regional, Holyoke, East Longmeadow, Longmeadow, Agawam, South Hadley, and Minnechaug.- Provided support to families and youth in the areas of educational resources and Individual Educational Plans.- Exceeds in all program productivity expectations.- Peer mentor staff in the areas of building morale, coaching in the areas of wrap around principles.- National Certification, Tier One Care Coordinator.

- Assisted students from the ages o 16-25 in regard to job placement services.- Met job placement expectations required by the Department of labor standards.- Instructed employability classes on a daily basis.- Networked with employers from the states of NY, NJ, RI, CT, and MA.- Created work-based learning sites and maintained existing sites.- Counseling, mentoring, and role-modeling in the areas of career development.- Coordinated all leadership programs on center.- Supervised the Student Government Association.- Ensured quality services to the student body and created a normative culture.- Ensured that he Student Government Executive Council met their duties and responsibilities.- Collaborated with all vocational instructors to assist with job placement for their students.- Attended National Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.

East Longmeadoe

Uss Simon Lake, Sardinia, Italy

Performed many sea operations throughout the Mediterranean, including the transits through the Straits of Messina, Straits of Gibraltar, Persian Gulf, and Bonafico. Commended for diligent, hard work in communications and shipboard preservation. Preparations of official visits from several flag officers and foreign dignitaries around the world. Received National Defense Medal and Overseas Service Medal. Performed Sea Operations and Shore Operations in Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Africa, and Turkey.

Carried out the duties and responsibilities of ensuring the safety and security of juvenile offenders. Facilitated life skill groups and daily living skills.

Provided direct Supervision of incarcerated inmates. Worked in segregation unit, Substance abuse unit, pre-trial, and women's units.

Bachelor'S Degree, Criminal Justice And Corrections

Master'S Degree, Psychology

Boatswain, Navy

Basic Training, Navy

High School Diploma