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Skills

  • Aftercare planning
  • Drug diversion understanding
  • Conflict mediation
  • Trained in defensive tactics
  • Empathy in counseling
  • Security clearance
  • Case management and documentation
  • Risk and needs assessments
  • Cultural competence in youth care
  • Adult probation

Work Experiences

  • Collaborated with local mental health agencies to design and launch a process program that successfully reduced anxiety and depression symptoms by 33%.
  • Collaborated with legal defense teams.
  • Collaborated with local mental health agencies.
  • Coordinated with law enforcement, social service agencies, and mental health providers and worked closely with them.
  • Coached at-risk youth in goal-setting strategies.
  • Interpreted data from various assessment tools to determine appropriate level of supervision.
  • Collaborated with family members and legal guardians to ensure juveniles had adequate home support post-detention, boosting reintegration success by 85%.
  • Proposed special community service rehabilitation programs to assist offenders even more.
  • Worked with staff at the institution, local law enforcement, mental health boards, county attorneys, and treatment providers.
  • Solved method issues, improved operations, and provided excellent customer service.

Summaries

  • Adept at designing aftercare transition plans for post-detention juveniles, providing critical support to promote their re-entry into society and reduce recidivism.
  • Addressed long-term rehabilitation needs.
  • Conducted workshops on conflict resolution.
  • Applied cognitive-behavioral therapy.
  • Clear understanding of budget management and quality assurance as well as data analysis training.
  • Bridged communication between probation officers and legal teams.
  • Accomplished at overseeing psychological evaluations and incorporating findings into tailored juvenile treatment plans that address both short-term and long-term rehabilitation needs.
  • Created open communication between victims and offenders.
  • Recognized for motivating management team members to achieve their goals and fostering innovative work environments.
  • Strengths in cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement backed up by Mental Health training.

Accomplishments

  • Provided one-on-one counseling using empathy-driven approaches, leading to improvements in self-reported emotional regulation by 68% over three years.
  • Led a team of 11 youth counselors to successfully implement trauma-informed care, reducing behavioral incidents by 54%.
  • Assessed and revised treatment plans based on family feedback, increasing familial involvement by 50%.
  • Introduced alternative discipline techniques, reducing the use of physical restraint by 81% within 18 months.
  • Analyzed behavioral assessment reports to modify intervention strategies, leading to 18% improvement in youth responses to counseling.
  • Monitored the effectiveness of new therapeutic interventions, contributing to a 27% increase in youth engagement in counseling sessions.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Partnered with local agencies to create aftercare plans, improving re-entry success rates by 80%.
  • Developed and delivered anger management workshops, resulting in a 68% decrease in aggressive incidents over three years.
  • Collaborated with mental health professionals to create individualized plans that contributed to 46% improvement in client outcomes.

Affiliations

  • National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
  • National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN)
  • Certified in Mental Health First Aid for Youth (MHFA)
  • Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ)
  • Member of the Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) Program
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • Toastmasters
  • Society of Women Engineers
  • Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)
  • Project Management Institute

Certifications

  • CompTIA Network+
  • Certified Peer Counselor - Massachusetts
  • Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect
  • CompTIA A+ Technician
  • Juvenile Justice Counselor Certification - Illinois
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Juveniles Certification
  • Certified Anger Management Facilitator - Beacon Labs
  • Professional Crisis Management (PCM) - Summit Group
  • SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)
  • Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) - Lakeside Partners

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