Debra Hills

Compassionate and dedicated mental health professional with 2+ years of experience supporting diverse populations through case management, counseling, and advocacy.

• Navigate complex social systems to ensure client well-being, addressing unique needs, empower clients, and foster positive change.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments to identify clients' needs, strengths, and support systems, creating tailored intervention plans to address emotional and social challenges.
• Provide individual and group counseling to clients, helping them develop coping skills, improve self-esteem, manage anger, and foster positive relationships.
• Collaborate with healthcare providers, educators, and community resources to create a coordinated support network for clients, ensuring access to appropriate services.
• Maintain detailed case records, documenting progress and updating care plans in compliance with confidentiality and ethical standards.
• Facilitate crisis intervention and advocacy services, connecting clients with emergency resources and offering guidance during critical situations.

• Oversee the daily operations in Classifications (Property, Laundry) and the Booking Dept., supervised 15 employees
• Maintain the scheduling of days off and vacation time for the employees
• Daily communication with the public and other law enforcement agencies
• Processed inmates by taking photographs and fingerprints.
• Wrote daily reports and maintained logs of inmate activities and behaviors.
• Processed visitors and attorneys arriving to see prisoners.
• Conducted physical searches of prisoners and premises in search of weapons and contraband.
• Physically restrained prisoners during prisoner altercations using leverage holds and legal force.
• Attended to feeding, housing, and physical well-being of inmates.
• Processed prisoners through appropriate identification and documentation processes as part of facility booking procedures.
• Enforced rules and regulations to maintain order among inmates.
• Provided counseling and guidance to inmates to boost well-being.
• Prepared reports to document incidents and violations.
• Interviewed inmates to obtain information and evidence.
• Investigated and responded to incidents of inmate misconduct.