Angela Leath

Serve as a trainer for the Mental Health First Aid Instructor Certification Program.

Serve as a trainer for the Mental Health First Aid community course.
Assist in monitoring Mental Health First Aid Instructor social media platforms including approving posts, flagging and/or removing inappropriate content, answering questions on fidelity and facilitation concerns posted by instructors, directing instructors to resources, and posting engaging content on common topics.
Serve as a SME for curricula development projects and content, including but not limited to, creating documents, PowerPoint slides, and writing, reviewing and editing content.
Join and observe community classes for quality assurance.
Mentor new Instructors.

Assist with training and providing feedback to our new National Trainers as they move through our on-boarding process.

Establish clear expectations for student behavior and performance during their practicum placement with the Southern Nevada Community Health Improvement Program.

Maintain a positive learning environment conducive to academic success.

Address conflicts and challenges promptly while maintaining a respectful and inclusive learning atmosphere.

Relate and integrate the objectives of the UNLV School of Social Work to the objectives of the Community Health Improvement Program.

Assist students in formulating comprehensive educational plans through their individual Learning Contracts and evaluations.

Develop an orientation program to familiarize students with the organization.

Select appropriate cases, objectives, learning tasks, and assignments for the students.

Conduct monthly continuous education trainings for students.

Assign written work (process and summary recordings, psychosocial summaries, case notes, etc.) and review them students on a weekly basis.

Provide feedback students on a weekly basis regarding performance and progress in meeting the goals of their learning contract.

Communicate with the students, Directors of Field, and/or Field Liaison any issues or problems as soon as they are identified.

Participate in training seminars for all agency-based field instruction.

Facilitate Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid curriculum to students in the Community Health Worker program.

Facilitate Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid curriculum to community members as assigned by the College of Southern Nevada.

Develop and implement a robust and fluid mental health, traumatic event, substance use, and diversity training program.

Develop, manage, and oversee the Critical Incident Stress Management Program, the Peer Support Program, and the Chaplaincy Program.

Serve as the Department Behavioral Health liaison in the community.

Stay up to date on data, interventions, and innovations regarding first responder mental health and resilience.

Provide continuous stress management education, substance use education, suicide prevention and intervention education, emotional support, and resources to all department staff and family members.

Teach stress management, Post traumatic stress and traumatic event management, and suicide awareness classes at the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue  Recruit Academy.

Create a safe environment for employees and family members to feel comfortable reaching out for help.

Maintain confidentiality.

Keep the executive staff and management team informed on organizational climate and provide support for initiatives as needed.

Develop and maintain relationships with community partners.

Provide mental health education classes to community members.

Developed and managed Combat and Operational Stress prevention, outreach, and management programs for Soldiers while deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Participated in elite outreach and prevention missions providing behavioral health briefings to Military Leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Provided traumatic event management, behavioral health care and combat and operational stress management to Soldiers and leadership while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Developed an anger and stress management training curriculum for Soldiers while serving in Afghanistan.

Served as the Combat and Operational Stress Control clinic supervisor in Afghanistan.

Served as the supervisor for an Army PTSD program in Ft. Bliss, TX.

Developed trainings for Soldiers on a vast range of topics for implementation during Sergeants Time Training.

Served as the Equal Opportunity Representative and the Army Retention Representative for over 100 Soldiers.

Created and delivered quarterly sexual assault and sexual harassment trainings, suicide prevention trainings, and anger and stress management trainings for over 40 Soldiers.