Emily Rubin, MSW, LSW
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Credentials
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Certificate of Completion: Chainsaw Safety & Felling
Illinois Arborist AssociationApr, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Case Management Certification
AIDS Foundation of ChicagoMar, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
40-hr Crisis Intervention Training Certification
YWCA Metropolitan ChicagoMar, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Healthy Relationships Training of Facilitators
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionFeb, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
INSTI® HIV-1/HIV-2 Antibody Test
bioLyticalDec, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Naloxone Administration for Opioid Overdose
Chicago Recovering Communities CoalitionDec, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Integrated Rapid HIV/HEP C Testing with Prevention Counseling
Colorado Department of Public Health and EnvironmentJan, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Youth Mental Health First Aid USA
National Council for Behavioral HealthJan, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
IM+CANS (Illinois Medicaid CANS) [Lifespan]
Praed Foundation Collaborative Training Website (TCOM)Aug, 2021- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Gardeneers
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United States
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Farming
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1 - 100 Employee
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Public Health AmeriCorps Service Member
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Feb 2023 - Present
- Support the coordination and execution of farm operations for Homan Rails Farm and school and community sites on the West- and Southside of Chicago. - Maintain about twenty sites by demonstrating skills in garden bed construction and maintenance, weeding, pest control, composting, mowing, mulching, seeding, transplanting, watering, harvesting, felling, hoop houses/season extenders and organizing supplies and equipment to uphold standards of cleanliness, efficacy and aesthetic. - Conduct the successful implementation of Chicago Grows Food home garden installations, through coordinating, delivering and installing garden beds, soil and plants while offering horticulture advice and information to community members. - Deliver engaging hands-on educational programming to elementary and junior high school students, fostering an appreciation for nature, sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship, while actively supporting nutritious eating habits. - Provide daily care, feeding, and maintenance for a flock of 10 chickens, ensuring their health, well-being, and comfort, in addition to collection and distribution of eggs. Show less
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Chicago Tomato Man
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Tomato Plant Distribution Assistant
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May 2023 - May 2023
- Prepared tomato plant orders for shipment, including packaging, labeling, and documentation. - Conduct quality checks to ensure the plants meet established standards before dispatch. - Collaborate with the distribution team to ensure timely and accurate order fulfilment. - Assist in loading and unloading tomato plants and delivering to respective sites. - Aid with the coordination and execution of tomato plant distribution activities. - Support the distribution team in resolving any customer inquiries or issues promptly. - Participate in maintaining accurate records of orders, inventory, and distribution activities. Show less
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TPAN
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United States
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Individual and Family Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Support Services Coordinator
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Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
- Advance the health of people living with HIV (PLWH) by providing programs and services through the "HIV Care Continuum" to support clients in achieving and/or maintaining viral suppression.- Deliver Ryan White Part A medical case management services to ~41 static clients while reducing health disparities and barriers to medication and treatment adherence.- Retain client in medical care, while assisting clients in obtaining oral healthcare, medication assistance, financial assistance for out-of-pocket medical, dental and mental health costs, and utility and rental assistance, substance use and mental health treatment, employment assistance, access to food, legal services and assistance apply for public benefits.- Monitor and input client data in Provide® Enterprise, Athena Health and CaseWorthy (e.g., eligibility assessments, medication & insurance premium assistance applications, rental assistance applications, individualized care plans, document case notes, appointments and viral load/CD4+ count labs, etc.) Show less
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HIV Medical Retention Specialist
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Jun 2020 - Mar 2022
- Delivered Ryan White Part B non-medical case management services to ~21 dynamic clients whohave disengaged, are at-risk of falling out of care or attempting to re-engage in care.- Connected and retained client’s in medical care by providing support and services that met client’s basic needs.- Ameliorated client’s crises and provide stabilization, for 3-6 months, before transferring to medicalcase management.- Provided walk-in clients a safe and judgment-free space, determine their needs, establisheligibility and complete enrollment and required documentation. Show less
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JCFS Chicago
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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100 - 200 Employee
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Clinical Intern
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Aug 2021 - Apr 2022
- Provided individual psychodynamic therapy to six clients, ages 12-17, and diagnosed clients with a variety of disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression, and adjustment disorder) and dealing with a range of presenting challenges (e.g., death/bereavement/loss, peer and family relationships, and identity development.) - Performed the full range of clinical duties with supervisor support, including the gathering and analysis of data, formulation of assessment and treatment plans, within the context of critical thinking, and implementation of the treatment for routine and complex cases. - Completed record keeping functions and other administrative duties as required by JCFS, including written treatment documentation within the required time frames. - Facilitated a two-day program for 300+ students about teen dating abuse and sexual violence as a prerequisite for viewing a visual and auditory installation representing survivors experiences, called The Clothesline Project. - Provided support for teen leaders and participants during an intensive three-day program called Operation Snowball. Show less
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YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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100 - 200 Employee
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Crisis Hotline Volunteer
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Oct 2020 - May 2021
-Completed the Illinois state- recognized 40-hr Crisis Intervention Training Certification. -Gained comprehensive crisis intervention trainings and skills: history of sexual violence and rape culture, privilege and oppression, rape trauma syndrome, vicarious trauma, trauma-informed approach, feminist approach, intersectionality, mandated reporting, consent; active listening and empathic communication skills, self-harm and suicide crisis intervention, intervention strategies with children and adolescents and hospital rape kit procedures. -Provides confidential and anonymous assistance, emotional support, advocacy and referrals/linkages for survivors of sexual violence for 8-16 hours a month. Show less
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Association House of Chicago
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United States
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Individual and Family Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Community Health Specialist
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Nov 2019 - Jun 2020
- Certified by bioLytical to administer 60-second INSTI HIV-1/HIV-2 Rapid Antibody tests and provide Center for Disease Control(CDC) guided harm reduction counseling and linkage to care. - Qualified by the CDC to facilitate small-group interventions for people living with HIV to focus on developing and practicing coping skills to enable participants to make informed, healthy and safe decisions regarding disclosure and sexual behaviors. - Completed field records and provide case management for non-reactive test results, reactive and previously reactive participants who’ve fallen out of care, therefore ensuring participants receive culturally competent, equitable and client-centered support, medical care and behavioral services. - Advocated for our most vulnerable and at-risk target population (High risk heterosexual, cis-gender, Black men and women ages 25 and up)by learning and understanding barriers to access, engagement and adherence by integrating into the community and utilizing intensive interventions like contraception distribution, sexual and reproductive health rights and education, behavior change and risk-reduction counseling, treatment as prevention advocacy and the HIV testing mobile unit. - Led outreach and HIV, PrEP, nPEP and STI educational activities in community areas recommended by our Community Advisory Board like sober-living and transitional facilities, shelters, entertainment venues, social services facilities and more to raise awareness, educate and test in order to prevent further HIV transmissions and acquisitions. Show less
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Permaculture Volunteer
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Apr 2019 - Aug 2019
Cimo de Vila Celorico De Basto, Braga, Portugal - Joined a self-sustainable commune of highly spirited individuals at Cimo de Vila, a 6 hectare, certified organic & sustainable farm in the middle of Barroso and Marão Mountain ranges. - Participated in various farm tasks like: digging garden beds, planting, weeding, watering, mulching, working in the greenhouse, compost making, picked flowers, clearing land, preparation for market day, cooking unconventional yet edible plants to distilling lavender and rosemary for essential oils. -Methodologies included: Biological pest control, composting/vermicomposting, crop rotation, ecological farming, green manure, and mulching (without chemicals or pesticides.) Quinta da Fornalha Castro Marim, Faro, Portual - Volunteered for 40 hours a week at Quinta da Fornalha harvesting hundreds of black and white figs, categorized, and weighed them for shipment to Spain and France for the auction; additionally, learned to turn the "ugly" figs into jams and truffles. - Attended to the herb, vegetable and fruit gardens all around the farm in order to assure the plant's health and farm's self-sufficiency. - Worked closely with eco-tourists and environmental enthusiasts to foster an environment built for education, empowerment, sustainability and green living. Show less
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Peace Corps
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United States
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International Affairs
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700 & Above Employee
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Youth in Development and HIV Capacity Building Specialist
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Aug 2016 - Sep 2018
-Successfully completed a 2-year Peace Corps service in Mokgomane, a rural village in southeastern Botswana as a HIV/AIDS Capacity Building Volunteer. - Effectively wrote and successfully received and managed a grant for $2,500.00 from the United States Ambassador's Special Self-Help Fund for the development and implementation of a play space to assist in the mental, emotional, physical and social growth of over 180+ primary school students. - Assisted in writing a PEPFAR small grant and was awarded $658.00 to host a GLOW (Girls and Guys Leading Our World ) Camp which provided 45 youth the opportunity to explore, reflect and discuss in a safe space about various life skills that included: goal setting, decision making, self-empowerment/self-esteem, sexual and reproductive health, abuse, etc.; life skills that gave our students tools to protect themselves while simultaneously lowering their risk of spreading HIV. - Facilitated life skills lessons through Grassroot Soccer-a grassroots initiative that uses soccer to educate, empower, and mobilize youth to live healthily and inspire them to become leaders in their communities, and PACT (Peer Approach to Counseling Teens) Club. - Organized the library, collected books and mobilized teachers and students to utilize the library to the fullest potential in the hopes of strengthening the student's literacy skills. Show less
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Northern Colorado AIDS Project
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United States
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Mental Health Care
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Harm Reduction and Case Management Intern
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Jan 2016 - Jun 2016
-Trained and certified by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, for HIV/HCV Rapid Testing: Risk Adjusted Counseling and Referrals. -Provided client-based care for 20-40 hour work week, with more than 200 clients within the Syringe Exchange/Access Program, food bank, case management, HIV/Hepatitis C(HCV) testing and counseling. -Facilitated one-on-one harm reduction sessions, HIV/HCV testing and pre and post counselling, material assembly, research, grant writing, event outreach, HIV/HCV 101 presentations, food bank organization, assist clients via phone and in the reception area in order to advance the health equity and justice of our clients. -Based on various assessment, monitoring and evaluation tools, we were able to measure our client’s behaviour that put them at higher risk for contracting HIV and other STI’s thus referring them to various services and programs like PrEP, PEP, mental health services, domestic violence and homeless shelters and case management. -Independently advocated for and with people living with HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ community, and people experiencing homelessness through rhetoric and action, facilitated dialogue surrounding healthy sexual relationships, behavior change and HIV/HCV and other STI prevention strategies, linkage to care and education thus becoming proficient in meeting the evolving needs of clients. -Created a first of its kind organizational health services outpatient brochure to link harm reduction and case management clients to hundreds of dental, medical, and mental health resources. Show less
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NFTY in Israel
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Israel, Czech Republic and Poland
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Youth Educator
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Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
-Responsible for the care, education, safety and security of 53 American youth, ages 16 to 17, traveling through Poland, Czech Republic and Israel. -Challenged and immersed the students into Israeli culture [five weeks duration] to be culturally aware, self-aware, and confident about traveling, learning about their ancestral history and have meaningful discussions with citizens from different countries, ethnicities and religions. -Conversed with students in Hebrew, to make them feel comfortable speaking with locals and become knowledgeable about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. -Certified by an Israeli security and training consultancy agency on how to properly react in emergency situations in regions of conflict. Show less
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Jewish United Fund
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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200 - 300 Employee
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Creative Art Therapy and Life Enrichment Services Department Intern
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Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
-Participated in an eight-week professional development internship as a Lewis Summer Intern for the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago. -Educated in transferable vocational skills such as networking, resume building, public speaking and leadership development . -Developed various activities for the Creative Arts and Life Enrichment Department at Lieberman Senior Center. -Balanced resident dignity and independence with safety concerns. -Participated in an eight-week professional development internship as a Lewis Summer Intern for the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago. -Educated in transferable vocational skills such as networking, resume building, public speaking and leadership development . -Developed various activities for the Creative Arts and Life Enrichment Department at Lieberman Senior Center. -Balanced resident dignity and independence with safety concerns.
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Columbine Health Systems
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United States
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Facilities Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Social Work Practicum Student
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Aug 2013 - May 2014
-Mentored elderly resident with Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia for 50 hours over four months at New Mercer Commons Assisted Living facility. -Re-established relationship and built rapport each meeting due to short-term memory loss. -Observed and conversed with residents with more advanced dementia. -Mentored another elderly resident with Neurofibromatosis 50 hours over five months. -Created goals with resident's in order to improve resident's self esteem and outlook. -Mentored elderly resident with Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia for 50 hours over four months at New Mercer Commons Assisted Living facility. -Re-established relationship and built rapport each meeting due to short-term memory loss. -Observed and conversed with residents with more advanced dementia. -Mentored another elderly resident with Neurofibromatosis 50 hours over five months. -Created goals with resident's in order to improve resident's self esteem and outlook.
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Colorado State Campus Corps
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Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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At-Risk Youth Mentor
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Aug 2013 - Dec 2013
-Advised and instructed youth 6 hours a week on a multitude of ways to express emotions healthily, reach full potential in academics and importance of respecting his/her body. -Wrote progress reports for youth’s probation officer. -Tutored mentee in Math, English and History and life skills. -Learned the importance of a mentorship is for myself as mentor and for my mentee who had been through traumatic experiences, which affected her daily life and learning to empower herself and overcome such challenges Show less
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Education
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2021 - 2022
Aurora University
Master of Social Work -
2012 - 2016
Colorado State University
Bachelor of Social Work -
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DIU Libertas International University
International Relations and Diplomacy
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