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Colleen Boswell

peer specialist
New Bedford,MA

Summary

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.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Peer Specialist

Community Counseling Of Bristol County
04.2022 - Current
  • Extended outreach and marketing efforts to educate stakeholders in community about programs and services offered.
  • Helped students develop organizational, time management and study skills.
  • Worked with individuals to help understand and overcome personal, social or behavioral problems affecting educational or vocational situations.
  • Delivered supportive and knowledgeable counseling to students with academic or personal concerns.

Recovery Support Worker

Fellowship Health Resources (FHR)
05.2020 - 04.2022
  • Maintained client confidentiality and adhered to HIPAA guidelines.
  • Supported clients with compassionate, empathetic face-to-face counseling.
  • Documented case management activity for accurate, reliable records.
  • Assessed individuals' needs and planned bespoke recovery programs to achieve personalized goals.

Residential Counselor

Comprehensive Mental Health Systems
12.2017 - 06.2020
  • Monitored and documented client progress toward meeting goals and objectives.
  • Addressed behavioral and emotional needs of residents through activities and interventions, increasing resident socialization, interpersonal, and social skills.
  • Encouraged clients to develop self-advocacy skills and to become active participants in own treatment plans.
  • Resolved conflicts by performing in-time crisis intervention and enforcing discipline and behavior metrics.

Therapeutic Mentor/Therapeutic Support Staff Member

High-point Treatment Center
08.2015 - 05.2017
  • Documented patient information, treatment plans, and patient responses.
  • Guided clients in development of skills and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques.
  • Developed and implemented intensive individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behavior and other psychosocial issues.
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and deliver treatment plans and patient care.

Lead Behavioral Counselor

Child And Family Services
07.2009 - 07.2015
  • Participated in interdisciplinary staff meetings to implement research-based changes and assess treatment plans.
  • Conducted patient intake assessments and interviewed families to gather psychiatric histories and develop treatment plans.
  • Implemented psychological interventions and coordinated community resources to assist clients' in community integration.
  • Counseled clients individually to provide strategies for becoming aware of strengths and adjusting socially to environments.

Education

Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts

Bristol Community College
Fall River, MA
05.2017

Skills

  • Building Effective Relationships
  • Positive Reinforcement Strategies
  • Peer Support
  • Social Interaction
  • Reminder Calls
  • Mental Health Referrals
  • Behavior Modeling
  • Emotional Support
  • Community Resources
  • Listening Actively

Timeline

Peer Specialist

Community Counseling Of Bristol County
04.2022 - Current

Recovery Support Worker

Fellowship Health Resources (FHR)
05.2020 - 04.2022

Residential Counselor

Comprehensive Mental Health Systems
12.2017 - 06.2020

Therapeutic Mentor/Therapeutic Support Staff Member

High-point Treatment Center
08.2015 - 05.2017

Lead Behavioral Counselor

Child And Family Services
07.2009 - 07.2015

Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts

Bristol Community College

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