Mental Health Counselor

• Mar 2020 - Present

o Providing mental health treatment, rehabilitation and support services to identified clients with severe and persistent mental illness; o Social, interpersonal relationship, and leisure-time skill training, as well as substance abuse services and support with activities of daily living; o Facilitating education, support and consultation to clients' families as required. o Providing mental health treatment, rehabilitation and support services to identified clients with severe and persistent mental illness; o Social, interpersonal relationship, and leisure-time skill training, as well as substance abuse services and support with activities of daily living; o Facilitating education, support and consultation to clients' families as required.

Infantry Soldier

• Jan 2010 - Present

Training with the CAF Army Reserves has provided me with multiple opportunities to develop leadership and team-building skills. As a Section Commander, I am responsible for the supervision and evaluation of teams comprising 8-10 members at a time. I am an active member of my unit, and along with the standard training schedule, I routinely engage in both recruitment events and public duties. As President of our Junior Ranks' Mess Committee, I strive to promote camaraderie and morale between Junior members through the planning of various social events, and open discussions about their perspective of their experiences and opinions on training progression. Show less

Case Manager

• Dec 2018 - Mar 2020

"Shepherds of Good Hope is one of the largest not-for-profit organizations dedicated to meeting the needs of homeless and vulnerably housed in Ottawa. Many of the people who access the programs and services at Shepherds of Good Hope suffer from mental health challenges, trauma and addictions." - Interact, engage, build rapport, and establish a working with relationship with the clients, using a best practice approach to client engagement in a High Acuity shelter;- Meaningful engagement involving assisting clients in getting housing ready and connecting them with the appropriate supports to do so; - Preparing clients to become Housing Ready; - Helping the clients navigate the social services system;- Maintaining reports for statistics, updating case notes, managing client files and participating in weekly team meetings; Show less

Frontline Worker

• Dec 2017 - Dec 2018

"Shepherds of Good Hope is one of the largest not-for-profit organizations dedicated to meeting the needs of homeless and vulnerably housed in Ottawa. Many of the people who access the programs and services at Shepherds of Good Hope suffer from mental health challenges, trauma and addictions." The main role of a Frontline Worker is to establish a professional relationship with the clients for the purpose of meeting the residents’ and program’s needs; ensuring respect, dignity, individuality of each resident and staff member. This is accomplished through;- Engaging with the clients in order to establish rapport and ensure open communication between residents and staff;- Maintaining a daily communication log, writing reports and ensuring the proper filing of pertinent documentation;- Maintaining a sanitary and secure working/living environment;- Applying principles of harm reduction by providing access to clean SITE material and referral to necessary resources Show less

Administrative Assistant

• Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

Interventionist

• 2011 - 2012

Le Parados' mission is to welcome and house women and their children who have been victims of conjugal violence. Duties included crisis intervention, education of the cycle of violence, client programming and building professional working relationships with both clients and team members. I conducted formal and informal interventions with the clientele, as well as Active listening through the 24/7 SOS Violence Conjugale help line. Le Parados' mission is to welcome and house women and their children who have been victims of conjugal violence. Duties included crisis intervention, education of the cycle of violence, client programming and building professional working relationships with both clients and team members. I conducted formal and informal interventions with the clientele, as well as Active listening through the 24/7 SOS Violence Conjugale help line.