Sherika Allen Email & Phone Number

Colonial Heights, Va

A non-profit organization which empowers and inspires individuals by strengthening their minds and helping one another to bring about personal, social and environmental progress.

Colonial Heights, Va

Serving those with mental disabilities

Hopewell, Virginia

Case management; Safety planning for the survivor and the child; Trauma-focused work with children; Educational and therapeutic interventions with the family to increase child welfare and aid in the healing process;Batterer interventions to reduce violent behaviors.

Petersburg, Va

Oversee the day to day operation of the residential facility program working with adults and youth diagnosed with intellectual disabilities; conducts and/or reviews performance evaluations of staff in accordance with policy, understand Medicaid/Licensing Regulations; 24 hour on call and weekends; monitor staff performance and provide supervision; communicates regularly with case managers and guardians; monitor supplies; complete documentations (service plans and person centered plans, quarterlies); participate in Individual Service Plan meetings; make modifications to programs; coordinate services offered to each individual; complete performance evaluations for staff, coaching, policy writing, budgeting, and quality assurance; hiring to include training, orientation, and scheduling.

Petersburg, Va

Provides skills training and other support to persons with serious mental illness in a community setting, to enhance quality of life and promote community integration. Implements service plans; provides independent living skills training and assistance; symptom and behavior management; socialization and interpersonal skills development; medication monitoring; maintains documentation and communicates with other service providers; performs other work as required.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Provide services where youth and family live and function (home, school, and community); Defuse crises, evaluate their nature, and intervene to reduce the likelihood of a recurrence; Provide services for youth ages 7 through 17 years of age diagnosed with mental health illness that are accessible and flexible to their families; Work in tandem with IIH team leader to facilitate the referral and discharge process, producing or obtaining all necessary paperwork, for any and all intensive in-home services needed by assigned consumer; Ensure linkage to needed community services and resources; Provide self-help and living skills training for youth; Provide parenting skills training to help the family build skills for coping with the youth’s disorder; Monitor and manage the presenting psychiatric and/or addiction symptoms; Work with caregivers in the implementation of home-based behavioral supports to include crisis management, individual and/or family therapy, substance abuse intervention, skills training, and other rehabilitative supports to prevent the need for out-of-home, more restrictive services; Advocate on behalf of the family with other providers.

Petersburg, Va

Provide therapeutic services for clients, as appropriate; Provide basic caregiver/parenting interventions which may include: giving directions and instructions, supervision to ensure the child’s safety and well-being; initiating age/maturity appropriate correction, and active listening communications; Interventions designed to improve clients social and community competencies through building or reinforcing daily living skills that will enhance the clients ability to successfully live at home and in his/her community; Individual counseling and support designed to assist clients to engage in, or become engaged in appropriate activities and to minimize impulsive behavior, Implement interventions that provide immediate behavioral support, and to minimize inappropriate behavioral responses; Provide support to and collaboration with client’s caregiver/family, including but not limited to: basic parenting skills, behavioral management training, homemaking skills, child supervision and safety; Case management to include the schedule and/or transport to supervise routine medical or dental examinations. Provide direct, Day Treatment counseling services to identified youth with mental health illnesses ages 14-18 years of age and their families; Create and services on a daily basis-progress notes; Assist in planning of services; Provides parent education and support through weekly contact and documentation; Models and teaches problem-solving techniques, anger management, social development and facilitates psycho-educational groups; Provides a variety of interventions(behavioral and social) to the youth, their homes and community as appropriate; Provides linkage to community based services and support, provides advocacy and support for family with these services

Richmond, Va

Maintain sight and sound supervision of students; Model appropriate behavior; punctuality, decorum, stress management and conflict resolution, develops appropriate adult; child relationship, facilitate learning social community and life skills; Maintain communication with teachers and school officials; Implements behavior management system applied behavior analysis and individual behavior plans; Assist child in practicing effective communication, problem solving, and anger management techniques; Maintain documentation regarding student’s progress as required; behavior notes and school referrals; Use approved behavior technique to work with the student ages 6 through 18 in crisis with mental health illnesses.

Petersburg, Va

Responsible for the control of assigned classrooms, carrying out the lesson plans of the teacher, and meeting the duties of teaching as outlined in laws in policies

Disputanta, Va

Schedule Candidates for interviews; Conduct Orientation and in-processing for new employers; Process payroll for over 100 employees using the automated DOCS Payroll System(DPS); Secure and distribute employee’s payroll; Maintain employee’s accrual and leave balances; Reinforces Progressive Logistics’ leave policy and procedures; Reconcile daily cash deposits received from customers; Oversee invoices for outgoing shipments; Schedules deliveries for incoming shipments; Handle inventory counts and issue receipts for incoming inventory; Generate daily inventory/receiving report and submit to the facility manager.

Associate, Psychology

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Human Services, Marriage And Family

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Psychology