qualification summary

dynamic counselor eager to contribute expertise toward actively supporting diverse communities in facilitating quality counseling/guidance programs focused on optimizing client performance and supporting their diverse needs.

-          counseling: concerned counseling professional with expertise that transfers into grounded experience in comprehensive client centered customer service model that focuses on the needs of students and families.

-          customer service diversity: ability to communicate with ethnically and culturally diverse communities. ability to follow all program policies, procedures, and guidelines including but not limited to client confidentiality and safety, information security, and non-discrimination policies and procedures.

-          leadership: proven ability to lead in a positive direction, including coordination of office-wide training and professional development activities.

career history

 

department of juvenile justice and delinquencies prevention

juvenile court counselor district 19a, 2007 c present

• deliver social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of adjudicated children and their families.
• provide court ordered supervision, counseling, and supportive services to adjudicated juveniles who involving assessment of individual needs and family dynamics.
• plan, develop, and implement supervision and treatment plans designed to ensure compliance with dispositions and effect behavioral change.
• demonstrate considerable knowledge of adolescent development, and family, group, and juvenile delinquency dynamics and intervention techniques.
• exhibit thorough knowledge of a wide range of behavioral, socioeconomic, and psychosocial problems and their treatment.
• increase knowledge of juvenile laws, statutory guidelines, procedures, and requirements, and social agencies and community resources relevant to the program and client needs.

 

department of juvenile justice and delinquencies prevention/stonewall jackson youth development center

intervention behavior specialist, 2003 c 2007

• served as case manager for children with moderate to severe, impairment in social-emotional functioning.
• assisted mental health staff in screening enrolled children to identify children whose behaviors put them at risk for moderate to severe impairment in social, emotional, or learning skills and provided on-going behavioral intervention.
• consulted with social workers, school officials, and the facility director on group and individual behavior management issues; created treatment plans for 96 c 100 juveniles.
• served as part of a behavioral team composed of parent, teaching, and other social service resource staff to develop and implement specific behavior intervention plans for identified children.
• maintained confidential records, case notes, observation reports; and prepared reports.

 

stonewall jackson youth development center

lead behavior specialist, 2001 c 2003

• served as a consultant to social workers personnel and parents of juveniles ages 10-18 (violent offenders unit) adjudicated by the courts.
• developed and implemented programs to remediate behavioral and social problems for students eligible for emotional/behavioral disturbed, intellectually disabled, and autism spectrum disorders program.
• led therapeutic groups of emotionally-behaviorally disabled and intellectually disabled students with severe disruptive behaviors in a less restrictive setting.
• assisted in the development and implementation of behavior intervention plans for general education students, as part of a team.

 

stonewall jackson youth development center

counselor technician, 2000 c 2001

• counseled adjudicated juveniles ages 10-18 within a youth development center with emphasis on prevention.
• worked with individuals and groups to promote optimum mental health during counseling sessions.
• defined and developed a treatment team with information regarding students behaviors while in their living headquarter upon request.
• delivered individual counseling one on one counseling as needed to juveniles during behavioral or emotional break downs. 

 

additional experience

 

preschool teacher for bright mind learning academy, 2000 c 2001

education

 

benedict college, columbia sc ~ bachelor of science criminal justice may 1999

 

nc department of juvenile justice & delinquency prevention ~ certified youth officer october 2000 and certified juvenile court counselor april 2008

 

american college of certified forensic counselors, indianapolis indiana

certified sex offender treatment specialist february 2007

 

chemical dependency center of charlotte nc/course completions

substance abuse, grief and addiction, process of addiction, ethics september 2004

 

charlotte mecklenburg bmt program, charlotte nc

certified behavior modification technician, may 2003

achievements

 

author, dog ear publishing company, indianapolis indiana, 01/2007

publication help me with my child rekindling parent and child relationships - those suffering from wounds and brokenness from past and present experiences

 

statewide employee of the month, 02/2005

department of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention

professional development

gang awareness trainer, stage play writer, intervention and prevention treatment plans, motivational speaker, conflict resolution, youth and adult anger management

 

 

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dear <<courtesy>> <<last name>>,

 

with experience in diverse settings, i have engaged in multiple facets of counseling within urban and suburban environments over the 10+ years of my career. as a result, i am confident that my extensive background in guidance counseling, educational leadership, social service, and teaching would bring new success to <insert name of district>.

 

during my career and due to the level of responsibility included in many of my past positions, it is imperative that i consistently remain actively engaged with educators, administrators, families, other counselors, social workers, and community leaders. as a certified youth officer (october 2000) and certified juvenile court counselor (april 2008) where i consistently nurtured adjudicated students and reinforced the most fundamental of behavior and administrative concepts for students, i offer my educational and experiential expertise and i know i would contribute significantly to your organization. even as a juvenile court counselor, intervention behavior specialist, lead behavior specialist, and counseling technician, i continuously incorporate a constructivism philosophy of implementing various client-centered methodologies and enhancements within the counseling environment.

 

i utilize my past and present experiences with a variety of students; emotionally disturbed, at-risk, learning disabled, and those with distinct behavior issues. i have experience in the other aspects of service including family services, motivational activities, study skills development, individual and group personal-social counseling.

sincerely,

 

 

 

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