Marsha Aristide Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Provide direct services to clients, including intake, engagement, referral, advocacy, counseling, and follow-up.
• Facilitate group activities for clients on a variety of topics geared to educate, counsel, and support clients in their efforts toward ending their homelessness.
• Help clients obtain vital documents
• Collaborate with other agencies/organizations to provide clients services with mental health, medical, em-ployment, educational, childcare and other providers.
• Develop relationships with outside organizations to recruit experts in various fields who can present in group activities.
• Organize bi-monthly field trips that are educational and/or recreational

• Manage an active caseload of twenty to twenty-five participants
• Develop and update service plans
• Facilitate personal and professional development workshops
• Provide retention services to employed participants
• Write case notes weekly to document all encounters
• Supporting all program activities such as student intakes, orientation, field trips, and onsite events.

Buffalo, New York, United States

• Planned, implemented, and oversaw the administration of club-wide programs/activities that support Youth Development Strategy, grant, and agency requirements as identified by the Director of Grants & Program Initiatives
• Oversaw day-to-day program activities promoting character & leadership, career development, college prep, the arts, sports & recreation for youth, ages 13-21
• Conducted regular meetings with Youth Development Professionals & Prevention Specialists to coordinate curriculum cohesion and delivery
• Create unit and group plans that support a core program area, to assist a diverse group a youth including those with mental health and behavioral issues
• Worked with Senior Clubhouse Director to provide feedback on staff evaluations
• Met with and provided program outcome reports to Director of Grants & Program Initiatives and share feedback

• Met regularly with assigned caseload of up to 40 teens to minimize at-risk behavior and support individual growth and development
• Implemented a variety of appropriate assessment techniques to evaluate the efficacy of prevention measures
• Communicated with parents to identify developmental needs and align experiences accordingly
• Participate in the implementation of other unit activities or group supervision as necessary
• Developed community referral services for identified families with program manager
• Provided guidance and role modeling to members by teaching life skill programs

• Manage and facilitate programs for youth, ages 10-16
• Instruct Smart Girls program to encourage girls to make educated choices
• Plan and implement drugs and alcohol prevention lessons for youth ages 11-13, reinforcing writing
• Created an introduction to American Sign Language program teaching basic skills to students
• Coordinated and participated in youth and teen events in the areas of recreation, arts & crafts and leadership development

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

Associate Of Science - As