Experience

Community Living Services

• Consumer Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Support Coordinator

  • Jan 2015 - Present



Macomb County Community Mental Health

• Autism Benefit Case Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2018



St. Vincent's Catholic Charities

• Lansing, Michigan Area

• Mental Health Therapist

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  - Conducted assessments for families, couples, and individual adults and children. - Developed person centered treatment plans and elicited referrals to local agencies. - Co-facilitated psychotherapy substance use groups through the Michigan Department of Corrections. - Conducted counseling services to children in a school setting. - Experience with intensive case management services. - Completed departmental trainings on implementation of therapeutic techniques and participated in Utilization Reviews. Show less



Community Mental Health Authority of Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Relief Family Support Worker

  • May 2011 - Aug 2013

  - Provided community and home-based support services to children and families who were diagnosed with developmental disabilities and severe emotional disturbances. - Developed skills in assessments, case management, advocacy, and crisis interventions. - Established client’s strengths to maximize independence and problem solving skills to complete goals and objectives. - Provided support services to individuals, families, and peer-aged groups (summer camp). - Responsible for progress notes, participating in monthly supervision, and conceptualizing cases with the client’s therapists weekly. Show less



Family Counseling and Psychiatry

• Okemos, MI

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - May 2012

  - Participation in ongoing staff research, which includes entering data into SPSS. - Mentoring a child with mental disabilities, emphasizing on reading comprehension and writing skills. - Involved in conducting a social skills group for children who struggle with social relationships. - Participation in ongoing staff research, which includes entering data into SPSS. - Mentoring a child with mental disabilities, emphasizing on reading comprehension and writing skills. - Involved in conducting a social skills group for children who struggle with social relationships.



MSU Adolescent Diversion Program

• East Lansing, MI

• Youth Advocate

  • Jan 2011 - Aug 2011

  - Provided individual services to youths and their families, who have had involvement with the justice system. - Assessed a youth one-on-one in an 18-week intervention, which included crisis intervention and case management. - Responsible for conducting progress notes, grievances, and community outreach. - Advocate training focused on the use of behavioral contracting and advocacy to create behavior modification and resource attainment within the youths’ environments. - Provided individual services to youths and their families, who have had involvement with the justice system. - Assessed a youth one-on-one in an 18-week intervention, which included crisis intervention and case management. - Responsible for conducting progress notes, grievances, and community outreach. - Advocate training focused on the use of behavioral contracting and advocacy to create behavior modification and resource attainment within the youths’ environments.