Elise Gerhart

Counselor/Advocate at Huntingdon House
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(386) 825-5501
Location
State College-DuBois Area

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Experience

    • United States
    • Public Safety
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Counselor/Advocate
      • Dec 2016 - Present

      Direct service position, full-time, varying schedule Offering trauma-informed counseling and advocacy for adults and children who are survivors of domestic violence Providing crisis counseling both in-person and over the phone Providing individual goal-oriented counseling and group counseling Administering emergency shelter program service and rapid rehousing program service Providing client advocacy in the legal, housing, medical, public welfare, and social security systems Partnering with other service-based organizations and businesses to provide financial and other assistance Using broad-based knowledge of available community and governmental resources to offer referrals for further assistance. Show less

    • United States
    • Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Campaign Fellow
      • May 2018 - Nov 2018

      Temporary, remote, campaign-specific position, largely self-directed Working with the Earthworks Energy Campaigner to support grassroots groups on the front lines of campaigns to stop Energy Transfer Partner's oil and gas pipeline projects Engaging and supporting a wide range of grassroots and coalition partners to participate in campaign activities, including conference calls, trainings, meetings, and in-person actions and events Conducting research for the campaign Working with the Earthworks team and coalition partners to generate content for the StopETP.org website Generating social media content for the StopETP Campaign as needed Conducting outreach to enroll new partners to join the campaign Participating in regular campaign meetings and calls Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • Editor-in-chief, The Valley Log
      • Dec 2015 - Apr 2016

      Salary, approximately 30 hours/week, largely self-directed Oversight of publication of The Valley Log, a weekly print newspaper serving southern Huntingdon County and portions of Fulton and Mifflin counties Finding local subjects of interest, attending community events, and engaging with the public in professional interviews Using knowledge of local histories, activities, interests, and events to set editorial direction and tone of the newspaper Creating 1-2 cover stories per week, including original photographs Maintaining social media page: https://www.facebook.com/thevalleylog Taking sports photographs and managing weekly high-school sports updates Editing/Proofing of contributions from columnists, maintaining relationships with columnists Organizing and disseminating information such as local events calendar, community meetings, classifieds, and police log Communicating with advertising manager Working with graphic designer to complete newspaper layout Meet weekly with supervisors to maintain cohesiveness within the Joseph Biddle Publishing Company family of publications Show less

Education

  • Humboldt State University
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Creative Writing
    2008 - 2012
  • Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
    Paralegal Certificate, Legal Assistant/Paralegal
    2016 - 2016

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