Anthony Simmons
Riverside,CA
Summary
Single father with an 18 year old daughter in college. Hard working, teachable, 5+ years of work experience and a proven knowledge of back office operations, confidential correspondence, and customer service. Aiming to leverage my abilities to successfully fill the Counseling, Social Work, Parks, Post Office role at your company. Frequently praised as hard-working by my peers, I can be relied upon to help your company achieve its goals. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level position. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Empathetic Counseling Intern known for connecting with clients, maintaining comfort and promoting progress during sessions. Easily collects information about patients through conversations, questions and in-depth interviews. Excellent observational and analytical skills with great insight into patients' mental state.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
COUNSELOR/INTERN PASTOR
Harvest Christian Fellowship
07.2014 - 04.2019
- Complete and maintain accurate records or reports regarding the patients' histories and progress, services provided, or other required information
- Counsel clients or patients, individually or in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, or making changes
- Develop client treatment plans based on research, clinical experience, and client histories
- Supervise or direct other workers providing services to clients or patients
- Follow progress of discharged patients to determine effectiveness of treatments
- Confer with family members or others close to clients to keep them informed of treatment planning and progress
- Act as liaisons between clients and medical staff
- Coordinate activities with courts, probation officers, community services, or other post-treatment agencies
- Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, and supporting clients or patients
- Develop, implement, or evaluate public education, prevention, or health promotion programs, working in collaboration with organizations, institutions, or communities
- Provide clients or family members with information about addiction issues and about available services or programs, making appropriate referrals when necessary
- Modify treatment plans to comply with changes in client status
- Instruct others in program methods, procedures, or functions
- Train or supervise student interns or new staff members
- Conduct chemical dependency program orientation sessions
- Participate in case conferences or staff meetings
- Coordinate counseling efforts with mental health professionals or other health professionals, such as doctors, nurses, or social workers
- Review and evaluate clients' progress in relation to measurable goals described in treatment and care plans
- Interview clients, review records, and confer with other professionals to evaluate individuals' mental and physical condition and to determine their suitability for participation in a specific program
- Plan or implement follow-up or aftercare programs for clients to be discharged from treatment programs
- Assess individuals' degree of drug dependency by collecting and analyzing urine samples
- Intervene as an advocate for clients or patients to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations
- Attend training sessions to increase knowledge and skills
- Maintain confidentiality of records relating to clients' treatment
- Assess patients for risk of suicide attempts
- Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives, helping them to develop insight into themselves or their relationships
- Collect information about clients through interviews, observation, or tests
- Guide clients in the development of skills or strategies for dealing with their problems
- Develop and implement treatment plans based on clinical experience and knowledge
- Fill out and maintain client-related paperwork, including federal- and state-mandated forms, client diagnostic records, and progress notes
- Prepare and maintain all required treatment records and reports
- Evaluate clients' physical or mental condition, based on review of client information
- Collaborate with other staff members to perform clinical assessments or develop treatment plans
- Refer patients, clients, or family members to community resources or to specialists as necessary
- Act as client advocates to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations
- Modify treatment activities or approaches as needed to comply with changes in clients' status
- Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, or supporting clients or patients
- Evaluate the effectiveness of counseling programs on clients' progress in resolving identified problems and moving towards defined objectives
- Discuss with individual patients their plans for life after leaving therapy
- Meet with families, probation officers, police, or other interested parties to exchange necessary information during the treatment process
- Plan, organize, or lead structured programs of counseling, work, study, recreation, or social activities for clients
- Learn about new developments in counseling by reading professional literature, attending courses and seminars, or establishing and maintaining contact with other social service agencies
- Plan or conduct programs to prevent substance abuse or improve community health or counseling services
- Coordinate or direct employee workshops, courses, or training about mental health issues
- Supervise other counselors, social service staff, assistants, or graduate students
- Gather information about community mental health needs or resources that could be used in conjunction with therapy
- Monitor and authorize entrance and departure of employees, visitors, and other persons to guard against theft and maintain security of premises
- Write reports of daily activities and irregularities such as equipment or property damage, theft, presence of unauthorized persons, or unusual occurrences
- Call police or fire departments in cases of emergency, such as fire or presence of unauthorized persons
- Answer alarms and investigate disturbances
- Circulate among visitors, patrons, or employees to preserve order and protect property
- Patrol industrial or commercial premises to prevent and detect signs of intrusion and ensure security of doors, windows, and gates
- Escort or drive motor vehicle to transport individuals to specified locations or to provide personal protection
- Operate detecting devices to screen individuals and prevent passage of prohibited articles into restricted areas
- Answer telephone calls to take messages, answer questions, and provide information during non-business hours or when switchboard is closed
- Monitor event activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and laws, satisfaction of participants, and resolution of any problems that arise
- Confer with staff at a chosen event site to coordinate details
- Inspect event facilities to ensure that they conform to customer requirements
- Coordinate services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing and event security
- Consult with customers to determine objectives and requirements for events such as meetings, conferences, and conventions
- Signal or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads, in order to ensure safety of workers and materials
- Test rigging to ensure safety and reliability
- Attach loads to rigging to provide support or prepare them for moving, using hand and power tools
- Select
- Load weights and sizes, facilities, and work schedules
- CT gear such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according
ASSOCIATE MANAGER
Big Lots Inc.
02.2010 - 03.2014
- Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers, and responding to customer inquiries and complaints
- Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers
- Resolve customer complaints regarding sales and service
- Oversee regional and local sales managers and their staffs
- Plan and direct staffing, training, and performance evaluations to develop and control sales and service programs
- Determine price schedules and discount rates
- Review operational records and reports to project sales and determine profitability
- Monitor customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts
- Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection
- Itemize and total customer merchandise selection at checkout counter, using cash register, and accept cash or charge card for purchases
- Receive, open, unpack and issue sales floor merchandise
- Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise
- Pack customer purchases in bags or cartons
- Take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished
- Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or using computer
- Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards
- Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock, and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors
- Read source documents such as canceled checks, sales reports, or bills, and enter data in specific data fields or onto tapes or disks for subsequent entry, using keyboards or scanners
- Compile, sort and verify the accuracy of data before it is entered
- Compare data with source documents, or re-enter data in verification format to detect errors
- Resolve customer complaints or answer customers' questions regarding policies and procedures.
Manager
Farmer Boys
03.2006 - 12.2010
- Train workers in food preparation, and in service, sanitation, and safety procedures
- Compile and balance cash receipts at the end of the day or shift
- Perform various financial activities such as cash handling, deposit preparation, and payroll
- Control inventories of food, equipment, smallware, and liquor, and report shortages to designated personnel
- Resolve customer complaints regarding food service
- Estimate ingredients and supplies required to prepare a recipe
- Supervise and participate in kitchen and dining area cleaning activities
- Purchase or requisition supplies and equipment needed to ensure quality and timely delivery of services
- Observe and evaluate workers and work procedures to ensure quality standards and service, and complete disciplinary write-ups
- Specify food portions and courses, production and time sequences, and workstation and equipment arrangements
- Forecast staff, equipment, and supply requirements based on a master menu
- Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure efficient service and conformance to standards
- Assign duties, responsibilities, and work stations to employees in accordance with work requirements
- Analyze operational problems, such as theft and wastage, and establish procedures to alleviate these problems
- Perform personnel actions, such as hiring and firing staff, providing employee orientation and training, and conducting supervisory activities, such as creating work schedules or organizing employee time sheets
- Recommend measures for improving work procedures and worker performance to increase service quality and enhance job safety
- Perform food preparation and serving duties, such as carving meat, preparing flambe dishes, or serving wine and liquor
- Record production, operational, and personnel data on specified forms
- Develop equipment maintenance schedules and arrange for repairs
- Evaluate new products for usefulness and suitability
- Greet and seat guests, and present menus and wine lists
- Schedule parties and take reservations
- Present bills and accept payments
- Conduct meetings and collaborate with other personnel to plan menus, serving arrangements, and related details
- Assess nutritional needs of patients, plan special menus, supervise the assembly of regular and special diet trays, and oversee the delivery of food trolleys to hospital patients
- Develop departmental objectives, budgets, policies, procedures, and strategies.
HVAC-R TECHNICIAN
ER Block HVAC-R
04.2003 - 01.2005
- Observe and test system operation, using gauges and instruments
- Adjust valves according to specifications and charge system with proper type of refrigerant by pumping the specified gas or fluid into the system
- Test lines, components, and connections for leaks
- Dismantle malfunctioning systems and test components, using electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic testing equipment
- Adjust or replace worn or defective mechanisms and parts, and reassemble repaired systems
- Braze or solder parts to repair defective joints and leaks
- Perform mechanical overhauls and refrigerant reclaiming
- Keep records of repairs and replacements made and causes of malfunctions
- Install expansion and control valves, using acetylene torches and wrenches
- Install wiring to connect components to an electric power source
- Mount compressor, condenser, and other components in specified locations on frames, using hand tools and acetylene welding equipment
- Schedule work with customers and initiate work orders, house requisitions and orders from stock
- Supervise and instruct assistants
- Estimate, order, pick up, deliver, and install materials and supplies needed to maintain equipment in good working condition
- Cut, bend, thread, and connect pipe to functional components and water, power, or refrigeration system
- Lay out reference points for installation of structural and functional components, using measuring instruments
- Read blueprints to determine location, size, capacity, and type of components needed to build refrigeration system
- Lift and align components into position, using hoist or block and tackle
- Fabricate and assemble structural and functional components of refrigeration system, using hand tools, power tools, and welding equipment
- Insulate shells and cabinets of systems
- Drill holes and install mounting brackets and hangers into floor and walls of building
- Determine project requirements, including scope, assembly sequences, and required methods and materials, according to blueprints, drawings, and written or verbal instructions
- Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines on material, such as roofing panels, according to drawings or templates, using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, and rulers
- Fasten seams or joints together with welds, bolts, cement, rivets, solder, caulks, metal drive clips, or bonds to assemble components into products or to repair sheet metal items
- Install assemblies, such as flashing, pipes, tubes, heating and air conditioning ducts, furnace casings, rain gutters, or downspouts in supportive frameworks
- Convert blueprints into shop drawings to be followed in the construction or assembly of sheet metal products
- Fabricate or alter parts at construction sites, using shears, hammers, punches, or drills
- Maneuver completed units into position for installation, and anchor the units
- Select gauges or types of sheet metal or nonmetallic material, according to product specifications
- Transport prefabricated parts to construction sites for assembly and installation
- Drill and punch holes in metal, for screws, bolts, and rivets
- Maintain equipment, making repairs or modifications when necessary
- Finish parts, using hacksaws or hand, rotary, or squaring shears
- Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, or smooth surfaces, seams, or joints of assembled parts, using hand tools or portable power tools
- Install or replace machinery, equipment, and new or replacement parts and instruments, using hand or power tools
- Examine and test machinery, equipment, components, and parts for defects to ensure proper functioning
- Position vehicles, machinery, equipment, physical structures, and other objects for assembly or installation, using hand tools, power tools, and moving equipment
- Adjust, connect, or disconnect wiring, piping, tubing, and other parts, using hand or power tools
- Clean or lubricate vehicles, machinery, equipment, instruments, tools, work areas, and other objects, using hand tools, power tools, and cleaning equipment
- Assemble and maintain physical structures, using hand or power tools
- Apply protective materials to equipment, components, and parts to prevent defects and corrosion.
Education
High School Diploma -
Palm Adult Education
Riverside, Ca07.2021
Skills
- Administration
- Social Work
- Counseling/Therapy
- Teaching
- Community Outreach
- Resource Counseling
- Group Support
- Event Planning
- Volunteer Supervision
- Homeless Assistance
- Foster Parent
- Motivational Interviewing
- Relapse Prevention
- Multicultural Competence
- Self-care strategies
- Suicide Prevention
- Intervention Planning
- IT Work
- Strong Customer Service
- Kind, respectful, and self aware
- Creativity
- Critical Thinker
- Problem Solver
- Efficient
- Troubleshooting skills
- Documentation And Reporting
Timeline
COUNSELOR/INTERN PASTOR
Harvest Christian Fellowship
07.2014 - 04.2019
ASSOCIATE MANAGER
Big Lots Inc.
02.2010 - 03.2014
Manager
Farmer Boys
03.2006 - 12.2010
HVAC-R TECHNICIAN
ER Block HVAC-R
04.2003 - 01.2005
High School Diploma -
Palm Adult Education
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