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Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Working as part of the North Las Vegas municipal court’s collaborative Community Approach to Rehabilitation and Engagement (CARE) Program team• Working closely with CARE Program defendants to help them obtain substance use resources, counseling, healthcare, stable housing, employment, education, and social services• Collaborating with the court administrator, judicial executive assistants, public defenders, city prosecutors, court clerks and the municipal court judges to develop multidisciplinary treatment programs • Assists in supporting and advocating for identified needs of defendants and incarcerated persons• Conducting peer reviewed psychosocial assessments on defendants to identify and refer high risk / high needs individuals • Monitoring the compliance and success of defendants• Actively participates in court proceedings, trials and sentencing plans• Accurately documenting defendants progress on docket entries • Providing advisory and consultative services related to the CARE Program

Henderson, Nevada, United States

• Actively was involved in the pre-admission and admissions processes• Facilitated discharge planning• Conducted competency evaluations and cognition assessments• Connected aging and disabled patients with medical, income and housing resources• Provided compassionate emotional support to residents and their family members• Provided individual and group therapeutic help when needed

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Conducting comprehensive case management in client’s homes• Managing a caseload of 40 - 50 high needs clients• Navigating the inner workings and penal codes of the child welfare system, foster care, and kinship care bylaws • Facilitating support groups, conducting information sessions, and creating instructional multimedia content• Sustaining positive and professional relationships with community partners such as the Department of Family Services, Division of Welfare and Supportive Services, and the Clark County family courts• Assisting clients with social service financial aid programs such as Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, Urban League childcare subsidies, and Kinship Foster Care applications• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Google Drive, and Salesforce database software systems

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Created trauma informed intensive education/employment/sobriety/safety case plans for clientele • Identified, assessed and recruited eligible clients for transitional housing programs • Brokering, teaching, counseling, and advocating on behalf of clientele • Prepared and distributed program reports to various entities • Transported clients as needed • Coordinated permanency housing options with CPS, DFS, the metropolitan police, and other state agencies • Utilizing the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) in compliance with HUD's client data collection and reporting standards

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Facilitated crisis intervention and emergency de-escalation • Performed juvenile psychosocial assessments and intakes• Liaison work with education, employment, medical, and financial aid community resources • Maintained confidential daily case notes and client records • Coordinated youth engagement activities • Transcribed data entry of social services

• Assessed quantitative and qualitative data for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Used research methodology to compile questionnaires, behavioral risk factor surveillance, community health needs assessments and surveys • Referred trauma counselling resources while adhering to confidentiality and informed consent policies

Henderson, Nevada, United States

• Conducted intake, narcotic detox, suicidal and homicidal ideation assessments • Shadowed cognitive behavioral therapy practice, dialectical therapy, and basic life skills counselling• Completed insurance verification, patient progress notes, and clinical case notes • Assisted with clinical treatment teams, strategic planning, business development conferences, group therapy with adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Shadowed case management, crisis intervention, home visits, and discharge planning• Assisted with mandated reporting protocols, psychosocial assessments, and suicidal screenings• Collaborated with community resource advocacy grant writing, and public policy development• Coordinated community events such as career days, food pantry’s and youth counselling groups.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Organized philanthropic community service • Required proficiency in data entry with Excel and SPSS• Used tele-commerce skills and followed privacy ethics• Raised $15,000 towards grant and scholarship funding

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Training coworkers • Meeting sales quota • Solving customer disputes • Stocking inventory • Cash handling • Arranging displays • Janitorial services

Bachelor'S Of Social Work, Social Work

High School Diploma