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Education
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Hi, I’m

BRITTANY JOHNSON

Woodbridge,VA

Summary

To further a rewarding career as a crises mental health professional for the advancement and stabilization of youth, adults, families and communities.

Overview

14
years of professional experience

Work History

United Methodist Family Services - Leland House

Acting Director
05.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Provides regular supervision to all staff in the form of face to face, virtual, individual and group meetings, to analyze and develop solutions both interpersonal and agency wide
  • Participates in community engagement to expand the scope of the program and elicit resources
  • Facilitate clinical and other weekly treatment team meetings with youth counselors, therapists, nurses, and psychiatrist
  • Coordinates all schedules and services to ensure therapeutic treatment interventions are being delivered
  • Participate in clinical and administrative on-call duties for crises stabilization and all program residents
  • Performs tours of the program, screenings and intakes of new residents as well as follow up with families and community providers

Safe Counseling LLC

Therapist
02.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Engage in on-going self-exploration and growth related to individuals experiencing crises or otherwise disruptive thoughts and behaviors
  • Utilizes trauma informed care models and assess/addresses the needs of individuals of all ages
  • Offers supportive counseling and assigns activities to build confidence, skill and self regulation
  • Takes part in community outreach initiatives
  • Provides evidence-informed crisis intervention
  • Completes suicide/self harming risk assessments to cause suicide prevention

UMFS Leland House

Program Manager
02.2022 - 03.2023

Job overview

  • Provides regular supervision in the form of observation, face to face supervision, and in the moment feedback to assist youth counselors through analyzing problems and developing solutions
  • Model appropriate interactions for and with staff through interactions with youth, parents of youth, internal and external professionals
  • Facilitate weekly treatment team meetings with youth counselors and therapists
  • Create and manage youth counselor schedules and trouble shoot coverage of shifts as needed
  • Audits the daily treatment intervention logs to maintain accurate documentation of daily activities
  • Screens, trains/oversees on all intakes procedures

Behavioral Health and Wellness Center

ABA Technician
03.2022 - 02.2023

Job overview

  • Provides one-on-one ABA therapy to children in-center and in-home
  • Implements BCBA developed treatment plans that are unique to each child and assists in updating treatment goals
  • Runs skill acquisition programs with clients using ABA and Verbal Behavior Analysis
  • Collects data and graph data as instructed using technological programs, such as behavioral software
  • Maintains and protects the well-being of all clients during treatment sessions and when emergency crisis situations arise.

UMFS

Youth Counselor
07.2021 - 02.2022

Job overview

  • Maintained sight and sound supervision of all youth to maintain a safe and supportive therapeutic environment
  • Maintain a working knowledge of youth's background, family and community
  • Actively engage with youth in therapeutic residential and community based activities
  • Effectively created and carry out scheduled therapeutic interventions
  • Respond adequately to emergencies and potentially unsafe situations with clients
  • Monitored youth behavior and offered guidance and support for positive change as well as crises intervention

Arc of Central Chesapeake

Mentor
10.2019 - 03.2021

Job overview

  • Works alongside case workers, therapist, and healthcare providers as well as family members, to develop a realistic and measurable Individualized Education Program (IEP) for an individual with special needs
  • Completes necessary documentation for the care team
  • Coordinate, implement and monitors delivery of individual's IEP goals
  • Works to integrate individual into the community as well as give back to the community through various volunteer efforts that are accomplished daily
  • Demonstrates and assists with activities of daily living as well as medication and money management
  • Engages individual in physical activities to strengthen the body and to help overcome some physical inadequacies

Dove Pointe

Residential Counselor
07.2017 - 02.2021

Job overview


  • Carries out activities based on each individual's behavior plan and ultimate behavioral goals
  • Redirects potentially adverse behaviors and deescalates crisis situations
  • Addresses behavioral and emotional needs of residents through activities and interventions, increasing resident socialization, interpersonal and social skills
  • Communicates behavior choices to residents by outlining positive and negative consequences of choices
  • Collaborates with various agencies and service providers to facilitate care coordination and information sharing
  • Resolves conflicts by performing in-time crisis intervention and enforcing discipline and behavior metrics.

GoGetters, INC

Intensive Residential Counselor
06.2015 - 10.2019

Job overview

  • Provides 24/7 monitoring and support to mentally ill individuals while they are recovering in intensive housing
  • Writes progress notes and IRP's to keep track of member's progress and create a plan of action that will assist member's reach personal and healthcare goals
  • Addresses behavioral and emotional needs of residents through activities and interventions, increasing resident socialization, interpersonal and social skills
  • Assists residents in adhering to treatment plans by setting up medical appointments, arranging transportation, coordinating services and providing emotional support
  • Communicates behavior choices to residents by outlining positive and negative consequences of choices
  • Counsels residents in group and individual sessions to assist in overcoming dependencies and adjustments to life.

Dove Pointe

Day Program Coordinator
01.2016 - 07.2017

Job overview

  • Provided activities that were educational, physical, and stimulating to children, aged 5-21, with various disabilities
  • Worked in residential homes that served children above and under the age of 21 with services being provided around the clock to meet their individual behavioral and medical needs
  • Functioned in crisis intervention and prevention
  • Provided respite care for parents
  • Supervised all in-center staff
  • Daily assigned tasks and responsibilities to in-center staff
  • Handled the billing, invoices, and banking
  • Dealt with behavioral issues/crises and helped staff deal with behaviors as well.

DORS

Vendor
01.2016 - 12.2016

Job overview

  • Provided services for a visually disabled person going through a professional internship
  • Provided transportation to and from rotation sites
  • Provided guidance around facilities
  • Explained each visual aspect of the competencies that were to be fulfilled
  • Took notes on the information presented during interviews, lectures, conferences, classes and in-person interactions
  • Set-up different activities such as: information tables, information packets, and presentations.

Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)

Undergraduate Researcher
01.2013 - 05.2014

Job overview

  • Developed a survey concerning eating habits and preferences during breakfast
  • Distributed the survey in classrooms and lounge areas
  • Analyzed the data to present it to the University's research mentors, UMES community, and at the annual Scholar Con conference
  • Carried out research
  • Presented research to program mentors
  • Created surveys/questionnaires for campus wide distribution
  • Participated in community service.

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Physical Plant

Office Assistant
01.2012 - 12.2013

Job overview

  • Worked out of the Director's office
  • Filed documents
  • Answered phones
  • Closed out work orders
  • Accepted work requests
  • Radioed campus emergencies to physical plant supervisors
  • Typed various documents
  • Acted as receptionist when needed
  • Coordinated travels plans for the Director
  • Managed emails and the Director's calendar.

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Physical Plant

Dietetic Research Assistant
01.2011 - 01.2012

Job overview

  • Compiled marketing information and prepared Power Points and social media posts
  • Prepared and distributed informational packets
  • Wrote social media posts and updated online information
  • Observed treatments and the discussion of intervention plans
  • Planned and prepared information for health seminars.

Somerset County Head Start

Extension Research Assistant
09.2011 - 12.2011

Job overview

  • Worked at the Somerset County Head Start program as a result of a grant bestowed for the purpose of data collection
  • Served food to Head Start children
  • Weighed left-over food to calculate consumption
  • Read to children
  • Assisted with learning activities, distributed and assisted children with taking surveys
  • Assisted with planning learning activities
  • Gathered children's demographic information
  • Analyzed survey data, scored it, and uploaded it into a database

Education

Liberty University
, Lynchburg, VA

Master of Science from Community And Public Health; Crises Counseling
05.2018

University of Maryland Eastern Shore
, Princess Anne, MD

B.S. in Human Ecology; Dietetics Chemistry Minor, cume laude
05.2014

Skills

  • Group Counseling
  • Mental Health Support
  • Rapport Building
  • Behavior Management
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Crisis Management
  • Individual Counseling
  • Trauma informed care
  • Parent and caregiver rapport
  • Behavior Modeling
  • Positive Reinforcement

Timeline

Acting Director

United Methodist Family Services - Leland House
05.2023 - Current

Therapist

Safe Counseling LLC
02.2023 - Current

ABA Technician

Behavioral Health and Wellness Center
03.2022 - 02.2023

Program Manager

UMFS Leland House
02.2022 - 03.2023

Youth Counselor

UMFS
07.2021 - 02.2022

Mentor

Arc of Central Chesapeake
10.2019 - 03.2021

Residential Counselor

Dove Pointe
07.2017 - 02.2021

Day Program Coordinator

Dove Pointe
01.2016 - 07.2017

Vendor

DORS
01.2016 - 12.2016

Intensive Residential Counselor

GoGetters, INC
06.2015 - 10.2019

Undergraduate Researcher

Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
01.2013 - 05.2014

Office Assistant

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Physical Plant
01.2012 - 12.2013

Extension Research Assistant

Somerset County Head Start
09.2011 - 12.2011

Dietetic Research Assistant

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Physical Plant
01.2011 - 01.2012

Liberty University

Master of Science from Community And Public Health; Crises Counseling

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

B.S. in Human Ecology; Dietetics Chemistry Minor, cume laude
BRITTANY JOHNSON