Experience

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  Pinnacle Treatment Centers, Inc.

  • Pomona, California, United States

  • Counselor 2

    • Jul 2021 - Present
    • Pomona, California, United States

    Patients receive evidence-based treatment at a Pinnacle facility but continue to live at home.

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  Telecare Corporation

  • United States
  • Mental Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Crisis Intervention Specialist

    • 2019 - Dec 2021

  • Peer Support

    • Oct 2019 - 2019

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  Anka Behavioral Health, Inc.

  • Riverside, Ca

  • Mental Health Rehab Worker

    • Apr 2016 - Oct 2019
    • Riverside, Ca

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  Parents & Friends

  • La Porte, IN.

  • House Monitor/Team Leader/DSP

    • Aug 2011 - Sep 2015
    • La Porte, IN.

    Worked with Team Leaders to insure proper set up and functioning at various sites in the organization.

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  Whites Residential & Family Services formerly Christian Haven, Inc

  • Wheatfield, IN.

  • Youth Care Specialist

    • Jan 2007 - Jul 2011
    • Wheatfield, IN.

    White’s Residential & Family Services is a nonprofit social services organization that works to redirect, rebuild and restore children, teens and families through emotional healing, personal development and spiritual growth.

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  Pacific Clinic

  • Family Case Manager

    • 2002 - 2006

    Promotes an environment that is strengths-based and family-centered.Encourages clients to meet needs through matching strengths with tasks.Assesses systems effectiveness in meeting the individual needs of each client.Works in conjunction with community providers to assist clients in meeting goals.Connects the client and family to community resources maximizing information from the strengths-based assessment.Provides field contacts at home, school, and the community to promote stabilization and further support.Under the direct supervision of the Program Director, assists in the identification of triggers to escalation, and provides suggestions to the treatment team.Collaborates, as a member of the treatment team to address the client needs advocating for stabilizing services and connecting the consumer to beneficial resources within the community.Supports medication compliance.Works as part of a multicultural team sensitive to the cultural and linguistic needs of the consumer/family.Documents all services for Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal/EPSDT pursuant to funding source directives, Pacific Clinics’ protocol and HIPAA compliance requirements.Completes all documentation within the timelines established by the Program for service delivery.Models Pacific Clinics’ approach, mission and core values in all communication and correspondence.Promotes an environment that is strengths-based and family-centered.Completes all charting and paperwork within 48 hours of service delivery.

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  Christian Haven Homes, Inc

  • House Parent/Youth Care Specialist

    • Jan 1999 - Jan 2002

    Directed and managed a residential care unit for wards of the State of Indiana in a non-profit organization. Implemented the restructure of a residential unit where ten teen-age boys lived to successfully create a safe and caring environment. Recreational facilitator.Planned and supervised off campus activities.Facilitated weekly group sessions.Collaborated in treatment team conferences to monitor boy's progress, which focused on family reunification.

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  Christian Haven, Inc

  • Youth Care Specialist

    • 1999 - 2002

    Traditional family residential care and transitional living for boys age 10-18

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  Cornerstone Community Outreach

  • Program Director

    • Jan 1994 - Jan 1999

    Designed and directed an after-school program for up to one hundred at-risk youth by creating a safe environment to do homework, meet friends, and find a listening ear. Continued to build the program according to the needs of the children, which included the following.Applied and received funding through grants.Launched the Big Buddy mentor program.Set up monthly & annual recreational events.Extended the program to include summer activities.