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Street Address Huerta Ct.Alexandria, VA Street Address
Email: EMAIL AVAILABLEPHONE NUMBER AVAILABLESummary of Qualifications:A highly motivated professional with over twenty years of experience in Workforce Development and Peer Support. Adept in working collaboratively with colleagues to accomplish organizational goals as well as delegating tasks and completing assignments within scheduled deadlines. Equipped with excellent customer service and problem-solving skills; able to anticipate problems and proactively devise solutions. Excellent Certified Peer Support Specialist skills with over 23 years of experience.Proficient in:Project Management, Telecommunications wiring, Assessment, Intake, case management, Workforce Development, and Job Development, Employment Specialist, Welfare to Work, Social Service Expertise, Certified Facilitator of support groups such as Peer Recovery Support, WRAP, WHAM, Self-Advocacy, Trauma and Crisis Peer Support and First Aid CPR AED, and Mental Health First Aid, Narcan training, Trainer of Trainers for Pathways to Recovery, intergraded-Forensic Peer Support Specialist Trainer of TrainersSpecial Skills and Abilities:Experienced in completing Management Information Systems (MIS), federally funded JTPA / Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Programs, Titles 2 Titles 3 (5%).;Managed reporting for funding sources.Facilitator of Peer Support groups, WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan, WHAM (Whole Health Action Management, Case Manager, Job Developer, Employment Specialist, and Crisis Peer Support Specialist and Advocacy.Excellent communication skills.Interpreted and explained policy and procedures.Excellent skills in conducting job readiness workshops and presentations. Directed and Presented Employment Readiness Workshops, Job Fairs, and Hiring EventsDirected Youth Center programs with designated resource materials for life skills training on diverse topics and discussions.Outreach, canvassing, and recruitments in L. A. for the WIA Welfare to Work Program, Laurie Mitchell Empowerment and Career Center, and National Council on Aging participants.Designed and implemented short-term certificated programs for the LACC One-Stop Program.Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, prioritize, multi-tasked, excellent team player with managerial and organizational skills.Experienced with Microsoft Office Suites, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, peripherals and components, and systems analysis.Built resumes and cover letters; conducted business site visits to assess the adaptability, confidentiality, and physical, functional, social, and psychological needs of participants.Skills and Abilities Continued:Visited hired participants to their work site to assist with job coaching.Ability to use my lived personal experience of mental illness and experience with expressing and accessing various levels of care.Knowledge of the principles, processes, and components of recovery.Ability to maintain the confidentiality of clinical and medical records.Ability to use my lived experience to further healthy, positive interactions with consumers at differing levels of engagement. Engaging empowerment and empathy for greater wellness.Ability to retrieve, compose, and save progress notes to Credible electronic records.Knowledge of ethics and boundaries as they relate to peer specialist practice.Ability to establish rapport maintain effective relationships and set boundaries with individuals receiving services, staff, and the public.Professional ExperienceArm & Arm Inc.June 2016 to PresentCertified Peer Recovery SpecialistFacilitated Peer groups and one on one.Lead group discussionsLead a variety of recovery workshops.Canvas and performed outreach in various communitiesLead Recovery Focus Groups at the Lamb CenterFellowship Health ResourcesFebruary 2021 / July 2021Certified Peer Recovery SpecialistFacilitated Recovery Group Meetings three times daily.Responsible for providing support services to young adults through geriatric consumers with severe and persistent mental health illnesses through various stages of Recovery.Shared personal recovery experiences to develop authentic/professional peer-to-peer relationships.Demonstrated appropriate therapeutic boundaries.Worked as part of the interdisciplinary team in assisting with face-to-face crisis intervention to aid the peer in managing a crisis, providing short-term intervention to decrease risk, manage symptoms, and maintain safety, and confidentiality.Worked with peers to identify and utilize preferred recovery tools and self-care techniques (i.e., WRAP, WHAM, with individual peers, and peer recovery groups).Communicated treatment-related information, including making recommendations for adjusting treatment plans and goals to the Case-Manager, Mental Health Counselor, or Recovery Coach.Recovery Program Solutions of VAApril 2015 to May 2021Assistant Coordinator at the South County Drop-in-CenterFacilitating recovery-oriented groups.Resource for getting an individuals basic needs met.Providing peer support.Connecting individuals to community support.Opened and closed facilities.Provided transportation to pick up and drop off peers from their homes to the center.Monitored peers as they engaged in activities.Ensured that the facilities were cleaned up daily.Presented out and indoor presentations at community events to inform stakeholders, the community, and peers about our services.Certified Peer Support Specialist / Employment SpecialistJUNE 2012 to August 2017CSB Merrifield PRC/CSB CRSP / CSB Emergency Services / Diversion FirstFacilitating recovery-oriented groups.Resource for getting an individuals basic needs met.Providing peer support.Connecting individuals with community support.Assisting individuals in navigating the mental health and physical health systems.Helping Individuals self-advocate with clinical staff and for services in the manner of their choosing.Cultivating connections with a broad array of services that can assist in recovery and maintaining self-care.Assisting individuals in crisis to be safe and helping them resolve issues relative to the crisis.Supporting individuals in developing new skills such as budgeting and finance management.Supported Employment. Assisting individuals in developing job training skills and in exploring job placement options. Coordinating workshops with designated CSB staff.Laurie Mitchell Empowerment and Career Center, Alexandria, VAAugust 2012 to June 2016Job Developer / Employment Specialist / Peer Support Specialist / Peer SpecialistConducted contact visits with various companies and employment agencies to partner with them for their job available job announcements and vacancies for placements of the LMECC employment-ready clients.Created and attended Job Fairs and Hiring events to network with various companies in the DMV to get available employment status for clients.Contacted various agencies to set up dates and times to do presentations to inform potential clients and businesses about the LMECC services and created a database for Employers and Companies I have networked with.Presented Employment Readiness Workshops for various nonprofits and Peer oriented agencies and Skill Source Centers.Created resumes and cover letters and performed mock interviews for job-seeking clients.Managed client files and cases to follow up with placement and production as well as kept track records on the status reports and reviews of employment and wellbeing.Arrange job fairs, hiring events, and employment orientations with various employers.Implemented Peer Specialist Support and WRAP strategies with employment services.Taught employment readiness and basic computer classes at NVMHIContracted with Fairfax-Falls Church CSB for Employment Support at The Gartlan Center Alexandria, CSB Merrifield, and CSB CRSP Mental Health Springfield, VAEmployment and Peer Support for APHPR, CWC, and SCDIC under RPSVANetworked with VADOC to assist clients with felonies and or misdemeanors to obtain employment through the Federal Bonding Program.Assisted clients who had criminal backgrounds to have their rights restored through the VA Governors Restoration Program.National Council on Aging, Arlington VAAugust 2012 to July 2013Employment FacilitatorPerformed outreach to my assigned community (Fairfax County) to locate eligible participants and facilitated twenty-six training sites for the NCOA program.Case- Management, properly completed all forms to capture accurate and detailed information on each participant and kept updated files and did follow-ups.Collected maintained and submitted proper backup documentation for enrollments, exits, and situations that occur during a participants tenure.Developed Individual Employment Plans (IEPs), and met with participants to develop a plan of goals and activities to help the participant reach unsubsidized employment.Employment Specialist, created resumes, and cover letters and conversed with employers to create and fill job opportunities at my designated training sites for my participants.Recruitment of Host Agencies identified and enrolled new non-profit and government agencies that can serve as a training site.Negotiated on-the-job experience (OJE) opportunities to help participants reach unsubsidized employment.Recertified participants on an annual basis to ensure that they still qualify for the NCOA SCSEP Program.Monitored existing participants quarterly, a go to the training sites to ensure the participant and training site are following the rules of the program.Attended weekly staff conference calls with the Program Director to review the status and progress of each Employment Facilitator.Telecommunications Cable & Wire SpecialistVarious Companies1999 to 2012Los Angeles City College Workforce Education One-Stop SatelliteOctober 1998 - November 2005Case /ManagerInterviewed clients and completed MIS forms for the Welfare to Work (W2W) program under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)Maintained necessary records for reporting to funding sources and management.Conducted Outreach and Recruitment Programs for W2W and directed Youth Center programs.Designed and directed short-term certificate programs.Attended WIA symposiums throughout California and the US and as far as Hawaii.Collaborated with local L.A. One Stops to brainstorm on the effectiveness of special resources for the clients.Performed outreach in the neighborhoods, shopping centers, malls, and parks to inform people about the WIA and Welfare to Work opportunities.Assisted clients with completing high school and graduating with a high school diploma or completing their GED.Assisted clients with the opportunity to go to college and receive their AA degree with a two-year follow-up program to ensure that the clients completed all necessary requirements to become successful candidates.Assisted clients with entrepreneur training and helped them with the proper guidance in information and tools to start their own business.Facilitated weekly Peer Support GroupsRegional Opportunity Partnership (ROP) Los AngelesSeptember 1998 - October 1999Case Manager / Job DeveloperInterviewing clients and completing MIS forms for the Welfare to Work (W2W) program under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)Maintained necessary records for reporting to funding sources and management.Collaborated with local One-Stops to brainstorm on the effectiveness of special resources for the clients.Created resumes, performed mock interviews, and offered government incentives to local businesses for hiring our clients.Westlake One Stop, Los Angeles CASeptember 1996 - September 1998Case ManagerInterviewing clients and completing MIS forms for the Welfare to Work (W2W) program under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).Maintained necessary records for reporting to funding sources and management.Professional Experience Continued:Conducted Outreach and Recruitment Programs for W2W;Collaborated with local One-Stops to brainstorm on the effectiveness of special resources for the clients.MCS Workforce Development, Los Angeles CAJune 1995 - September 1996Job DeveloperInterviewed clients and completed MIS forms for the Welfare to Work (W2W) program under the WIA (Workforce Investment Act).Researched businesses to network with them for available job opportunities for my clients.Established effective techniques for interviewing prospective clients to evaluate marketable skills for employment developing long-term relationships with local businesses.Created resumes, cover letters and performed mock interviews.Networked with non-profit businesses that supplied suitable clothes for my clients for interviews, Dress for Success.Certifications:First Aid CPR Heart Saver CPR AEDMental Health Recovery I and II Learning Mental Health Recovery including Wellness Recovery Action PlanningWRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Planning) Facilitator through the Mary Ellen Copeland CenterMental Health First AidPathways to Recovery ToTWHAM (Whole Health Action Management) Facilitator through the National Council for Behavioral HealthCPRS (Certified Peer Specialist) Developed by the Mental Health Association of SEPA / Fairfax County CSBAdvocacy and Leadership Certification Mental Health AmericaTrauma and Crisis Peer Support SAMHSA, Mental Health AmericaManagement Information Systems Training / Certified through the Community CareerDevelopment Center Los Angeles CALos Angeles CA; Welfare to Work Case Management- An Introduction, June 1999Network Consortium, Los Angeles, CA; One-Stop Workforce DevelopmentCCNA Workforce Development, LACC/ CiscoBICSI Certification LACC Workforce Development, LACCJune 2000 Network Consortium, Los Angeles, CA; Workforce Investment Act - An IntroductionWorkforce Investment Board, Los Angeles, CA; (W.I.A.) Workforce Investment ActAwards:2016 Recovery Specialist of the Year October 2016The Wellness and Recovery Committee2016 Excellence in Advocacy Award October 2016The Wellness and Recovery CommitteeThe Spirit of Excellence Award July 2014Laurie Mitchell Empowerment and Career CenterVolunteer: January 2013 to presentVolunteered at LMECC as a Job Developer, Employment Specialist, and a Peer Support SpecialistVolunteered with the Rising Hope Methodist Church Food PantryVolunteered with Arm & Arm Inc. Facilitating peer recovery groups and canvasing, and outreach.Education:T. C. Williams High School GraduateNOVA Alexandria VA Campus; Business Management and Marketing continuing AALos Angeles City College; Computer Science continuing AA.Virginia Certification BoardReferences:1, MarjaLee Freeman PRSPHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEEMAIL AVAILABLE2. Sandra Carr CPRSPHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEEMAIL AVAILABLE3. Danial AdamsPHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEEMAIL AVAILABLE |
