Lakesha Kuhn
Case Manager at Aurora Mental Health Center- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Aurora Mental Health & Recovery
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United States
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Mental Health Care
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200 - 300 Employee
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Case Manager
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Mar 2020 - Present
• Provide comprehensive and psychosocial services designed to improve or maintain client’s ability to function effectively. • Help clients evaluate strengths and symptoms and facilitate in setting clients setting their own goals and plans for appropriate services. • Help clients make use of appropriate employment opportunities, vocational rehabilitation services, or supported work environment where appropriate. • Ensure company standards as a high quality care provider through the implementation of high quality hair and exceptional customer service • Model characteristics of dependability and responsibility • Assume responsibilities of Lead case manager in her absence. • Documenting notes utilizing computer program Smartcare for notes.
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City of Aurora
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United States
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Juvenile Court Program Assistant
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Mar 2020 - Present
Focus on counseling youth, behavioral management and administration procedures. • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, program participants. • Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing handle sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy. • Educating and improving youth in order to strengthen families and increase public safety. • Utilize courts system for documentation as well as excel for monthly reports on clients on case load Focus on counseling youth, behavioral management and administration procedures. • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, program participants. • Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing handle sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy. • Educating and improving youth in order to strengthen families and increase public safety. • Utilize courts system for documentation as well as excel for monthly reports on clients on case load
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Centennial Peaks Hospital
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Mental Health Technician
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Jul 2019 - Mar 2020
Work with members of multi-disciplinary teams in leasing milieu activities and goals • Assisted in patient assessment, monitoring and documenting care. • Participated in development and implementation of patient treatment plans. • Maintain a caseload of a minimum of 20 clients/week • Attend monthly all-staff meetings • Maintain accurate client records and schedules Work with members of multi-disciplinary teams in leasing milieu activities and goals • Assisted in patient assessment, monitoring and documenting care. • Participated in development and implementation of patient treatment plans. • Maintain a caseload of a minimum of 20 clients/week • Attend monthly all-staff meetings • Maintain accurate client records and schedules
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Jefferson Hills - Aurora
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United States
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residential counselor
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Oct 2018 - Jul 2019
Educate youth on program processes and rules at facility. • Participate on interdisciplinary team , coordinate care and ensure compliance with treatment plans • Initiate low level intervention and manage crisis situations. • Carry a mixed caseload of young adults and families • Meet with young adults a minimum of one time per week • Hold family sessions with each family 3 times a week • Provide on-call crisis support to clients 24/7 (rotating on-call schedule) • Implement suggestions of interventions provided by supervisor and/or consultant in a timely manner to be reflected in the next treatment plan cycle • Participate weekly in all supervision exercises to ensure the appropriate conceptualization and implementation of treatment • Conduct on-going assessment of needs from a strength-focused, solution-based perspective • Engage and align young adults and families to elicit full participation in treatment
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Laradon
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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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Residential Counselor
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Jan 2019 - Jun 2019
• Provide life skills training and support to youth living in residential setting. • Prevention and management of crises to provide safe environment. • Execute duties according to rules and regulation of licensing agencies. • Help patients develop coping skills and distraction techniques to manage Mental Health • Facilitate therapeutic groups experiences • Use active listening skills to individually process day-to-day issues that patients struggle with (behavior noncompliance on and off the unit, self-doubt) • Provide psycho-education about related issues to patients and their familial/social support system. • Promote appropriately supportive relationships between patients
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US Army
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United States
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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Supply Sergeant
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Nov 2012 - Nov 2018
Served as company supply sergrant for a company 200+ personnel to conduct high quality training for lower level personnel that resulted in efficient turn-over of senior management with minimal discrepancies. • Prepare and brief all organizational monthly, quarterly and yearly budget reports. • Manage a supply and property accountability program with over 100-line items and net worth of 30 Million. • Supervised and performed duties involving request, receipt, storage, issue and accountability. • Prepared and organized supply records and utilized computer application to account for equipment. • Inspected and provided monthly reports based on supply maintenance and readiness of the equipment. • Awarded excellence for maintaining outstanding command supply discipline program as well as physical security.
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Education
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Webster University
Master of Arts - MA, Mental Health Counseling -
Canisius College
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Criminal Justice and Corrections