Empathetic and spiritual professional with a desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised or in a team environment.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Addiction Counselor
Rosecrance Jackson Centers
Sioux City, IA
11.2023 - Current
As an addiction counselor on the residential adolescent unit, my duties are to comply with documentation standards and privacy laws, conduct weekly individual sessions, conduct daily group therapy sessions, conduct weekly or bi-weekly family sessions, fill out documentation for insurance companies and legal system, provide case management for clients, and create a spirituality group for clients.
Certified Prevention Specialist
Rosecrance Jackson Centers
Sioux City, IA
02.2021 - 11.2023
As a certified prevention specialist, I worked under the State Opioid Response Grant and served nine counties in Northwest Iowa. The following are some of the highlights of the work that I did; teaching varying subject classes to over three hundred people annually, organizing the first overdose awareness day activities for the company, participate in multiple community resources fairs, and teach clients about stigma and how to overcome it.
Director of Youth Ministry
Sun Prairie United Methodist Church
Sun Prairie, WI
06.2016 - 11.2017
As the Director of Youth Ministry, I oversaw all activities for youth (grades 6-12). I planned and led worship, preached during worship, organized fundraising, organized mission trips and spiritual retreats, created curriculum, trained volunteers, and met with parents and youth.
Education
MASTER OF ARTS - PUBLIC MINISTRY
GARRETT-EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
EVANSTON, IL
05.2020
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - YOUTH MINISTRY
GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY
GREENVILLE, IL
12.2015
Skills
Public Speaking
Creativity
Flexibility
Empathy
Active Listener
Teamwork
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Case Management
Client Advocacy
Certification
Iowa Board of Certification, Temporary Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, #t24040
Iowa Board of Certification, Certified Prevention Specialist, #PS22009
Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI), Blue Card Certified, #NCI2892F8C
CPR/Basic Life Support, Certified, e-Card Code #235418934445
Professional Activities
10/2024, Break out speaker, Call to Action: How People of Faith Can Change Stigma, national Addiction and Faith Conference
09/2023 - Current Rosecrance Jackson Alumni Ambassador
01/2023 - Current Rosecrance Jackson’s Recovery Enhancement Committee
06/2022 - Current Rosecrance’s Global Recovery Enhancement Committee
02/2022 - Current Rosecrance’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Committee
10/2021, Speaker, Primary Prevention Strategies to Address Opioid Use at the Community Level, Law Enforcement Training, Orange City, IA
Affiliations
Trained storm spotter
1st degree black belt in Taekwondo
Cooking
Writing poetry
Create art (i.e jewelry, resin, paintings)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Addiction Counselor
Rosecrance Jackson Centers
11.2023 - Current
Certified Prevention Specialist
Rosecrance Jackson Centers
02.2021 - 11.2023
Director of Youth Ministry
Sun Prairie United Methodist Church
06.2016 - 11.2017
MASTER OF ARTS - PUBLIC MINISTRY
GARRETT-EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - YOUTH MINISTRY
GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY
Iowa Board of Certification, Temporary Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, #t24040
Iowa Board of Certification, Certified Prevention Specialist, #PS22009
Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI), Blue Card Certified, #NCI2892F8C
CPR/Basic Life Support, Certified, e-Card Code #235418934445
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