Counselor Resume Example Northwoods Ranch And Retreat

COUNSELOR

Professional Overview

Talented Licensed Clinical Social Worker with strong sense of social justice and equality, dedicated to providing effective and empathetic care. With experience in a variety of areas from community based integrations, to inpatient psychiatric hospital, and residential life skills program, seeks to provide successful and supportive care while simultaneously continuing both personal and professional development.

Core Qualifications

Solution Focused Therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Behavioral therapy
Expressive arts therapy

Sensitive
Empathetic
Attentive listener
Excellent interpersonal skills

Accomplishments

"Caught in the Act" Recognition for working above and beyond job expectations at Acadia Hospital in 2011.
"Clinician of the Year", peer recognition, 2014, The Acadia Hospital.

Education

Masters : Social Work, May 2010University of Maine - Orono, ME, United States of AmericaGPA: University of Maine Dean's List GPA: 3.979

Bachelors : Social Work, 2006University of Maine - Orono, Maine, United States of America

GPA: 3.77

Experience

Counselor
February 2015 to April 2016Northwoods Ranch and Retreat - Newport, Maine

Interviewed clients individually and with families to determine what services would best address their needs.
Advised patients on community resources, made referrals and devised realistic treatment plans.
Interviewed patients and their relatives to compile detailed social and psychiatric information.
Communicated with relatives of patients about diagnoses and treatment programs.
Communicated with public social and welfare agencies to obtain and provide information.
Facilitated 4 group therapy sessions per week; psychoeducational, meditations, movement based (martial arts), "call outs"/conflict resolution, discussion based.
Facilitated 2-3 individual sessions per week to monitor student/client progress and mental status, process experience/feelings, and assist in developing personalized plans for moving forward.
Consulted with other professionals regarding the treatment of specific clients.
Completed intake assessments with patients and drafted community re-entry plans following treatment.
Counseled and prepared residents for their transition back into the community.
Developed workable solutions for recurring problems for individuals and families.
Maintained thorough case history records and wrote detailed reports.
Worked with students to develop individual plans to address personal goals/issues or to develop desired skills. ?

Clinician/ LCSW
July 2010 to February 2015The Acadia Hospital - Bangor, Maine

Provide daily 1:1 and group therapy to patients on an adult inpatient unit.
Interviewed clients individually and with families to determine what services would best address their needs.
Assist patients and their treatment teams, consisting of a psychiatrist, a nurse and a clinician, in developing treatment, safety, and discharge planning, as well as helping patients in connecting with needed community resources and support systems in an effort to ensure patient success and stability in the community after discharge.
Responsible for patient follow-up after discharge, call patients in their homes to check on progress, to answer any questions about discharge and to offer additional assistance.
Daily responsibilities include; daily rounds with individual patients which includes therapy and active treatment consisting of linking patients to community resources, providers, and professional/natural support systems; a daily Clinician's group for providing patients with information on safety planning, sleep hygiene, self-esteem building, personal strengths, and recovery focused therapy, among other topics.
Daily contacts include the patient, patient family and community providers, and in patient providers (unit psychiatrists, nurses, supervisors, etc.).

MSW Student Intern
August 2009 to May 2010University of Maine - Orono, Maine

As a Graduate Student in the MSW program at the University of Maine, interned at the Office of Multicultural Programs (OMP), in the Multicultural Center, located on the U Maine campus.
Duties; served as the club advisor for three of the nine student groups housed under OMP (Asian student Association, Latin American Student Organization, Native People's Alliance).
Club advisor duties; assisted club officers in developing cultural programs, volunteer projects, team building activities, as well as group advocacy with student government, and assisted in mediation of intra-organizational conflicts.
Attended leadership development trainings, inter-organizational meetings, staff/faculty meetings, departmental meetings.
Participated in discussion panels about multiculturalism for students and faculty.
Worked closely with co-workers at the Multicultural Center to evaluate the effectiveness of service programs for students under OMP, to conduct a needs assessment of students of color who frequent the Multicultural Center, as well as to develop and deliver educational presentation in various classrooms on campus on the role of multiculturalism in social work and counseling.
Represented supervisor by providing information on supports for students of color to their families during various campus orientation opportunities.

Case Manager
July 2006 to June 2008Community Health and Counseling Services CHCS - Bangor, ME.

Worked for two years in Adult Mental Health Services as a Case Manager or "Community Integration Worker" (CIW).
Visited regularly with clients in office, in their homes, and in community.
Assisted clients with housing, legal, medical, employment, and mental health issues.
Connected clients with community resources.
Assisted with transportation to resources.
Wrote progress reports, and maintained client files.
Assisted clients with developing Individual Services Plans (ISPs), made recommendations and referrals for services on clients' behalf.

Social Work Intern
September 2005 to April 2006Community Health and Counseling Services CHCS - Bangor, ME.

Conducted home visits with clients, accompanied clients to appointments, took them shopping, assessed needs, connected them to community resources, wrote progress reports, helped clients with ISPs, made service recommendations on behalf of clients.

Skills

Healthcare: computerized charting, sobriety planning, discharge planning, safety planning
People skills: great bedside manner, enthusiastic people person, advanced problem-solving, great organizational skills, multicultural knowledge/experience, expertise in cross-cultural practice, knowledgeable of LBGTQ issues
Therapeutic skills: active listening, motivational interviewing, client centered approach, strengths based, solution focused, creative problem solving, distress tolerance, normalizing, mitigating stigma, eclectic therapeutic approach/multiple therapeutic models;its, holistic approach/consideration

Languages

Studied and spoken Spanish for over 20 years. Highly fluent.

Interests

Martial Arts, Latin Dance, Language, Guitar, Reading, Writing, Travel, Food, Cinema, World Cultures

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Northwoods Ranch and Retreat
The Acadia Hospital
University of Maine
Community Health and Counseling Services CHCS

School Attended

University of Maine

Job Titles Held:

Counselor
Clinician/ LCSW
MSW Student Intern
Case Manager
Social Work Intern

Degrees

Masters : Social Work , May 2010
Bachelors : Social Work , 2006

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