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Skills

  • Culturally sensitive counseling
  • Managing therapeutic intake assessments
  • PTSD specialist
  • Personality disorder treatment aptitude
  • Behavioral intervention design
  • Multidisciplinary team collaboration
  • Bullying prevention and intervention strategies
  • Family reunification case management
  • Dual diagnoses expert
  • Educational advocacy for behavioral needs

Work Experiences

  • Achieved results over several months.
  • Achieved a 80% reduction in negative behavior incidents.
  • Led clients through effective therapeutic exercises combining Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
  • Collaborated with mental health clinicians to deliver integrated care, resulting in 35% of youth stabilizing their behavior within 6 months.
  • Achieved a 34% improvement in youth satisfaction.
  • Coordinated with local school districts.
  • Conducted intake interviews for new youth program entrants.
  • Prescribed and monitored psychiatric medications and, when necessary, suggested clinical interventions.
  • Achieved results by 2017.
  • Advocated for youth at court hearings, ensuring appropriate services were provided for long-term rehabilitation and reducing reentry rates by 37%.

Summaries

  • Behavioral Youth Counselor with a talent for integrating therapeutic recreational activities, improving social interaction among adolescents by 51%.
  • Strong experience working with clients who have program, framework, and method issues.
  • Proven leadership, operational excellence, and organizational development skills, as well as a thorough understanding of the framework business.
  • Achieved a 26% reduction in juvenile detention cases.
  • Strengths in budget management and team leadership backed up by Mental Health training.
  • Achieved a 36% improvement in program compliance.
  • Clear understanding of risk assessment and stakeholder engagement as well as team leadership training.
  • Dedicated to learning, growing, and succeeding in Mental Health.
  • Behavioral Youth Counselor skilled in multidisciplinary team collaboration, contributing to the development of comprehensive care plans in Portland shelter settings.
  • Balanced clinical interventions and family engagement strategies.

Accomplishments

  • Assessed and updated individualized care plans for 8 clients following multi-disciplinary team reviews, with 21% resulting in better long-term outcomes.
  • Reduced restraining incidents by 66% through the application of proactive behavioral management techniques over three years.
  • Provided vocational skills training as part of a comprehensive therapy plan for 15 clients, resulting in 70% improvement in future job market readiness.
  • Documented and resolved category which led to metric.
  • Developed individualized coping strategies for youth with trauma backgrounds, leading to reduced anxiety symptoms in 17% of clients.
  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
  • Trained 6 new staff on crisis de-escalation tactics, improving overall department response times and reducing client conflict incidents by 43%.
  • Monitored trends in behavioral data and adjusted treatment protocols accordingly, improving measurable outcomes for 10 clients.
  • Supported early screening initiatives, identifying 19% of clients as high risk for future behavioral challenges, facilitating proactive interventions.
  • Conducted biopsychosocial assessments for an average of 17 youth per month to ensure individualized, accurate treatment planning and diagnosis.

Affiliations

  • National Organization of Forensic Social Work (NOFSW)
  • Rotary International
  • Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Coalition (JJDPC)
  • Society for Prevention Research (SPR)
  • American Marketing Association
  • Freemason
  • Association for Play Therapy (APT)
  • National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC)
  • International Council of Nurses
  • Association for Computing Machinery

Certifications

  • Emotional CPR (eCPR) Certification - 2021
  • Registered Behavior Technician (RBT), 2022
  • CompTIA Network+
  • Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB) - 2021
  • Certified Trauma Support Specialist (CTSS) - 2018
  • Trauma-Informed Care Certification 2018
  • Adolescent Behavioral Health Certification from Lakeside Partners - 2022
  • Certified Child and Youth Care Practitioner (CCYCP) - 2019
  • National Council for Behavioral Health Mental Health First Aid - 2020
  • SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)

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