Annah "AJ" Brown
Butte,USA
Summary
Experienced social services professional with strong commitment to fostering positive outcomes and enhancing community well-being. Adept at providing support, advocacy, and resources to diverse populations while maintaining high ethical standards. Demonstrates collaborative approach, adaptability to changing needs, and focus on delivering impactful results. Skilled in case management, crisis intervention, and effective communication.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Social Worker Licensure Candidate/ Mental Health Therapist
Deep Roots Counseling
09.2024 - Current
- Provide individual and group therapy to clients with various mental health issues, facilitating support and skill-building
- Develop and monitor treatment plans, coordinate resources, case management, and advocate for clients' needs within the community
- Assess and respond to crisis situations, ensuring client safety and access to immediate support
- Work with a multidisciplinary team to coordinate comprehensive care and maintain up-to-date knowledge of best practices in mental health treatment
Owner/Operating Director
Open Doors Education and Consulting LLC
02.2019 - Current
- Developed, designed, and facilitated curriculum instruction focused on diversity, conflict resolution, sexual health advocacy and education, and relationship strengthening through marketing initiatives, and course and workshop programs
- Provided couples and individuals with consulting and coaching services through motivational interviewing, task centered interventions, dialectal behavioral skills training, and solution-based therapy techniques
- Account manager of financial activities utilizing QuickBooks
- Ensured ethical and legal reporting of income, payment of taxes, and general budget oversight
- Career Highlight: Diversity training for Human Resource Development Council Head Start staff and another training on successfully working from home for the largest plumbing company in North America
Addiction Counselor Licensure Candidate/ Licensed
Community, Counseling and Correctional Services Inc.
08.2023 - 09.2024
- Offer therapeutic counseling in accordance with program standards and as directed and overseen by the Clinical Supervisor
- Provide evaluations, individual and group counseling sessions, interventions, referrals, trauma-informed care, and other services based on client needs
- Participate in presenting Prime for Life Training and help with that program as required and wanted
- Career Highlight: Continuing to be the LAC for Butte Silver-Bow Family Drug Court working with high risk/ high need parents with drug charges and CPS involvement to rehabilitate he enrolled parents, address recovery needs, work with an interdisciplinary team, under the district court judges oversight, to attain treatment goals and address needs to end cycles of poverty and trauma for individuals with substance use disorders and their families
Addiction Counselor Licensure Candidate
Alcohol and Drug Services of Gallatin County
01.2023 - 07.2023
- Offered therapeutic counseling in accordance with program standards and as directed and overseen by the Clinical Supervisor
- Provide evaluations, individual and group counseling sessions, interventions, referrals, trauma-informed care, and other services based on client needs
- Assisted with program development and implementation of additional Outpatient Treatment activities
- Collaborated with other staff to develop, maintain, and present various educational and outreach programs
- Participated in presenting Prime for Life Training and helped with that program as required and wanted
- Career Highlight: Overhauled the current outpatient program and allocated multiple peer-reviewed curricula to create a unique curriculum tailored specifically to maintain the therapeutic integrity of the program while delivering up-to-date modalities
Behavioral Sciences Graduate Assistant
Western New Mexico University
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Company Overview: (virtual position)
- Disciplined, organized, and detailed to provide a variety of administrative duties for the School of Behavioral Sciences, including support to research new academic programs that would best meet the industry’s needs and fulfilled upcoming hiring trends related to behavioral science in rural, vulnerable, and unrepresented areas
- Utilized visionary, leadership, and resourceful skills to research projects for the School of Behavioral Science programs concentrating in Psychology, Criminal Justice, and Law Enforcement (Police Academy)
- Dedicated to solutions fostering resourcefulness to provide student advocacy and ensure their academic success, technical assistance and support to students, faculty, and staff, and support to faculty as a teaching assistant in courses
- Career Highlight: Revived the Criminal Justice Club after it being dormant for two years as well as advocated for a students who needed financial assistance with educational materials
- (virtual position)
Beyond the Birds and the Bees Internship
BridgerCare
06.2018 - 08.2018
- Company Overview: https://www.bridgercare.org/education
- Assisted in creating curriculum for the second “Puberty Class” for Bridercare class for preteens and middle school-aged children
- The curriculum helps prepare the individuals to think critically about boundaries in romantic and platonic relationships while addressing sexual education talking points in a holistic and comprehensive approach
- Career Highlight: Writing the curriculum was the highlight of my undergraduate, I worked independently the majority of the semester and was very pleased to have the curriculum approved and is now taught yearly by BridgerCare
- Https://www.bridgercare.org/education
Habilitation Technician and Case Manager
Aware Inc.
02.2016 - 05.2018
- Directly supervised residents while ensuring their health and safety
- Maintained a supportive and therapeutic environment
- Assisted with training programs for basic living skills, independent living skills, and vocational skills
- Prioritize individual needs in different settings and implement individual programs
- Help clients cope during an escalation
- Accommodate clients with challenges presented in dual diagnosis and administer medication appropriately
- Career Highlight: Gained skills and workshop training on Applied Behavioral Analysis to serve clients better
Education
Master of Science - Social Work
Western New Mexico University
Silver City, NM08-2024
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT12-2020
Skills
- Case management
- Conflict resolution
- Client advocacy
- Social services
- Multidisciplinary team collaboration
- Crisis intervention
- Motivational interviewing
- CPR, first aid, AED
Timeline
Social Worker Licensure Candidate/ Mental Health Therapist
Deep Roots Counseling
09.2024 - Current
Addiction Counselor Licensure Candidate/ Licensed
Community, Counseling and Correctional Services Inc.
08.2023 - 09.2024
Addiction Counselor Licensure Candidate
Alcohol and Drug Services of Gallatin County
01.2023 - 07.2023
Behavioral Sciences Graduate Assistant
Western New Mexico University
01.2022 - 12.2022
Owner/Operating Director
Open Doors Education and Consulting LLC
02.2019 - Current
Beyond the Birds and the Bees Internship
BridgerCare
06.2018 - 08.2018
Habilitation Technician and Case Manager
Aware Inc.
02.2016 - 05.2018
Master of Science - Social Work
Western New Mexico University
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Montana State University
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