A Bit About Me
Transparency is everything. Most see growing up in a struggling poverty stricken single parent household as a negative. However, as life continued, retrospect has given me the ability to notice the abundance of positives. Living in Newark, New Jersey was indeed hard, however, it opened my eyes to my purpose. Watching close family and friends struggle along with the rest of the community pushed me to strive for change.
There are huge gaps between policies and the people. One major problem is the lack of information. Growing up in Newark gave me the ability to see that this problem needs to be addressed.
Professional Experience
Adolescent Counselor/Floating Supervisor
March 2020 - Present
Behavioral Health Counselor
May 2018 - March 2020
Campus Ambassador/Future Corps Leader
January 2016 - May 2018
● Supervise 2-16 adolescent residents in shelter due to DCPP involvement along with behavioral and mental disabilities.
● Rotate as Shift Supervisor and manage the entire Youth Shelter with staff, children, and administration present.
● Provide assistance with school work, coping skills, along with chores throughout the shelter.
● Provide one on one counseling with adolescents demonstrating behavioral issues or difficulties adjusting to shelter.
● Document and file court reports in the database to promote transparency from the shelter to the County of Morris.
● Communicate and work with administrators in order to provide transportation and activities for the consumers.
● Supervise 5-10 consumers with diagnoses including paranoid schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, personality disorders. etc., utilizing de-escalation tactics and performing crisis intervention as needed to ensure safety and well-being of residents and staff.
● Monitor and document medication administration and provide medication education to consumers.
● Organize and lead daily groups, meetings, and activities promoting intellectual, physical, and social engagement of consumers with consideration to their individual and collective capabilities.
● Submit weekly and monthly progress notes documenting behavioral, emotional, and psychological progress of consumers in accordance with individual goals and objectives identified in each consumer’s Individual Recovery Plan.
● Coordinate with social workers, psychiatrists, nurses, nutritionists, etc. to deliver appropriate services and interventions to consumers and communicate issues that may require their involvement.
● Act as a liaison between Newark high school students and the Rutgers-Newark campus in efforts to encourage and motivate Rutgers-Newark students and faculty to become mentors
● Attend community activism meetings to brainstorm with organizations to develop incentives
● Designed a program to incorporate Rutgers-Newark, Essex County College, as well as NJIT in efforts to raise the amount of college mentors
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