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YOUTH & FAMILY COUNSELOR/ADVOCATE

Summary

Empathetic and culturally sensitive Youth Worker and Teaching Assistant offering 10+ years of employment and volunteer experience in early childhood education and teen-centered organizations and facilities. A highly knowledgeable of key child development, cognitive behavior technique, and standard coping skills. Eager to pursue a career path social services field to help children foster a sense of personal responsibility, autonomy and success in the development of their social, educational, vocational, and personal goals.

Skills

De-escalation of children in crisis
Documentation and Report writing
Active Listening and Responding
Public speaking in groups of staff and children

Building & maintaining rapport with clients and professionals/social workers
Patience
Group leadership

Experience

Paraeducator, RISE Program , 10/2020 to Current
Company Name – City, State

Plan and execute meetings to connect high school staff, community members, parents and students with community resources and services
Provide mentorship and restorative interventions aimed at preventing suspensions and expulsions, and keeping youth in school
Provide individualized supports and interventions such as Check & Connect to track student's academic progress and behavioral health
Use systems such as Powerschool, Excel, Google Teams and Zoom to document student's activities and progress

Youth & Family Counselor/Advocate, 01/2017 to Current
Company Name – City, State

Cared for and supervised youth ages 12-17 with emphasis on maintaining health and safety at all times, monitored behavior in individual and group sessions and intervened with appropriate redirection when necessary.
Advised and mentored children and helped to foster improved levels of self-worth and confidence, strengths based perspective, as well as decreased negative issues through introduction of new coping skills, effective communication with staff and recreational and self-care activities.
Maintained a caseload of youth which required preparation of thorough, accurate and well-edited documents and progress reports for client files and for communication and internal needs between clients and professionals including other advocates, social workers, counselors, teachers, and probation officers, as well as providing referrals and resources for at-risk youth.
Advocated for youth's educational needs by providing homework assistance to residents and making formal presentations for Educational and Enrichment trainings during weekly staff meetings.
Used cognitive behavior therapy to assist youth in recognizing and redirecting poor habits.

Childcare Assistant Teacher, 08/2014 to 04/2015
Company Name – City, State

Organized and led activities and play-based strategies to promote physical, mental and social development in infant, pre-toddler, toddler and preschool classrooms.
Modeled positive behaviors by using positive reinforcement methods and a strengths-based approach, as well as provided instruction in other social development behaviors such as personal autonomy in play with others.
Made healthy, well-balanced breakfasts and lunches and prepared bottles for up to 15 children at once.
Encouraged curiosity, exploration and problem-solving appropriate to children's development levels.

Daycare Provider, 03/2014 to 05/2014
Company Name – City, State

Independently established exceptional care to groups of up to 10 children between ages 0 and 10 in safe, supportive and welcoming environment.
Performed customer service by signing children in and out of facility, maintaining communication and rapport with parents using daily reports, using cash register and taking phone calls.
Vacuumed, cleaned bathrooms, mopped blacktops, cleaned toys, play equipment, dishes and other surfaces to keep facility sanitary.
Observed play activities to identify positive behaviors and areas in need of improvement, implementing behavior redirection where appropriate.

Childcare Assistant Teacher, 08/2011 to 12/2011
Company Name – City, State

Maintained supervision of indoor and outdoor classroom environments with attention to observations of individual needs and added support of children.
Organized and led activities that promoted physical, mental and social development, as well as play-based strategies and enhanced sensory abilities that gave children access to numerous textures and shapes. These often included water and materials found in nature.
Supervised up to 15 children on field trips to local parks, restaurants and eateries during which social skills were modeled and implemented.
Maintained daily records of individual activities, behaviors, meals and naps.
Clearly outlined rules and positive reinforcement techniques to resolve conflict.

Education and Training

Bachelor of Arts: Children's Studies , 12/2019
Eastern Washington University - City, State

Minor in Psychology
Minor in Sociology
Dean's List Honoree (2012-2013, 2014)
National Society of Leadership & Success Member

Certifications

-Department of Defense Child Abuse Training Program
-CASA Guardian Ad Litem Certification
-Religious Education Instructor Certification
-Blood Borne Pathogens Training
-Trauma Informed Services Training for Homeless Service Providers

-CPI Certification

-Catechism Certification

Additional Information

Internship

3/2016-6/2016 Daybreak Youth Services - EWU Children's Studies Intern
I interned at Daybreak Youth Services, a treatment facility for adolescent girls with the goal of understanding the integrated treatment model, dialectical behavioral therapy and building relationships with community supports to help teens in treatment. I observed the clients and participated in their daily routines of school, recreational activities, and group therapy sessions until I was prepared to model DBT skills in areas such as Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and other appropriate skills when crisis arose during their daily life. Other duties included engaging in and supervising group outings and events and documenting the clients' demonstration of DBT skills and providing verbal and written feedback.

Volunteer in Schools 03/2014-06/2014 Medical Lake High School -Reading and Math tutor
I worked as a scheduled and on-call tutor for high school freshman and seniors in subjects such as reading comprehension and math. For 4 months I created and implemented individualized lesson plans, study guides and practice tests for students in preparation for testing, including the ASVAB test and reading comprehension packets as a study guide to the novel Holes for another student.

10/2016-5/2017 Cheney High School -Mentor, Communities In Schools
I mentored students at Cheney High School and participated in group academic and recreational activities facilitated by a student-mentor relationship in which discussed and made plans to create short term and long-term goals, explore career plans. Mentoring sessions were organized by group activities and discussions followed by 1-1 mentoring sessions.

Resume Overview

School Attended

Eastern Washington University

Job Titles Held:

Paraeducator, RISE Program
Youth & Family Counselor/Advocate
Childcare Assistant Teacher
Daycare Provider

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts : Children's Studies , 12/2019

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