Subrath Shrestha Email & Phone Number

Workbc Metrotown (WCG)

• Maintain confidentiality of records relating to client treatment services, ensuring client completes and signs proper consents and forms.
• Review preliminary needs assessment, determine requirements for career counselling and case management.
• Conduct comprehensive multi-dimensional formal needs assessments and develop individual action plans, review and revise as needed to support client’s sustainable career goal.
• Guide clients in the development of skills or strategies for dealing with their health and mental health problems.
• Determine assessments and facilitate referral process as needed for Psychological, Learning Disability Assessments, Neuropsychological, and Functional Capacity Assessments.
• Coordinate internal and external follow-up services and support as identified in the action plan.

Vancouver-WorkBC City Centre, Vancouver

• Ability to create a welcoming environment for clients with respect and atmosphere of comfort.
• Developed personalized plans that address client’s needs and make use of the targeted services available within the program guideline to client’s applying for Skills Enhancement Training, Customized Employment Service.
• Provided employment counselling to assess client’s job readiness and help reduce their barriers to support career decision-making, job search, and employment maintenance.
• Managed documentation of progress, report writing, & administrative duties relating to clients.
• Monitored client's progress on goal implementation and maintained client documentation in accordance with policies and procedures of the Employment Service Centre.
• Answered client’s inquiries about services, eligibility criteria set by the funding Ministry.

Vancouver, Canada

• Provided employment and settlement counselling services to clients such as job search, health and hygiene.
• Assessed clients with employment and settlement process and referred them to appropriate services.
• Facilitated sessions on job search tools, communication skills, time management, and stress management to clients.
• Delivered training and workshops on employment, settlement, and mental health to newcomers and immigrant population.
• Coordinated with partner and other service providing agencies regarding adjustment support and action plan to assist multi barrier and disabled clients.
• Chaired monthly staff meetings and participated in conferences and seminars related to employment and settlement needs of clients of all ages and backgrounds.

Jhapa, Nepal

• Delivered pre departure orientation sessions to Bhutanese refugees selected for third country resettlement.
• Provided public information campaign in refugee camp communities in partnership with UNHCR concerning the process and services during the resettlement process.
• Provided cross-cultural counselling to refugees departing to Australia, Canada, and the United States.
• Produced monthly and periodic reports on the delivery of pre departure orientations services.
• Designed lesson plans and curriculum for new orientation sessions.
• Conducted 25 refugee case work interviews per week for resettlement consideration.

Greater New York City Area

• Facilitated group sessions to clients with substance abuse and mental health conditions on employment skills, communication skills, time management, and stress management.
• Based on recovery model facilitated group sessions for clients diagnosed with mental health and substance use problems.
• Managed clients in distress, conflicts and challenging situations.
• Conducted daily outreach and home visits in communities to observe client’s treatment progress and employment readiness.
• Administered client’s cases by monitoring and following up with their progress notes and treatment plans.

Connecticut, USA

• Conducted intake sessions including drug and alcohol assessment, suicidal assessments and initial diagnosis.
• Co-facilitated group sessions for clients with substance use and mental health problems.
• Provided CBT, solution focused individual and group counselling for clients with mental health, substance use problems.
• Documented treatment plans, case reviews, referral, and discharge summaries.

Connecticut, USA

• Administered assessments, intakes, and counselling to international students.
• Conducted workshops and facilitated job fairs for international students.
• Assisted Students’ Employment Coordinator with student job leads.

Master’S Of Science, Counselling

Activities and Societies: Graduate with Honors: Chi Sigma Iota Student Member of American Counseling Association (2004-2006)Graduate.

Bachelor’S Of Arts, Social Work

Activities and Societies: Community Development & Research TeamSocial Work Trainee at CONCERN-Nepal; worked in assessing needs and support.