Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Timeline
Generic

Denard Nimmons

Brooklyn,NY

Summary

Results-driven Youth Development Leader with 5+ years of experience overseeing program operations, staff performance, and behavioral intervention strategies. Proven ability to mentor and coach teams, coordinate programs, and enforce security procedures while maintaining a safe and structured environment. Recognized for strong judgment, strategic communication, and ability to foster positive youth development through educational workshops and individualized support. Skilled in building collaborative relationships across multidisciplinary teams and driving program outcomes. Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Youth Development Specialist

Crossroads Juvenile Center (ACS)
09.2022 - Current
  • Supervised, mentored, and evaluated Youth Development Specialists; scheduled staff coverage, enforced compliance with safety protocols, and assumed leadership roles during supervisor absences.
  • Facilitated group counseling, vocational programming, and individualized safety plans, supporting youth in achieving emotional growth, social skills, and career readiness.
  • Responded to crises using verbal de-escalation and least-restrictive interventions, debriefed staff and youth after incidents, and maintained a safe and supportive environment.
  • Coordinated youth meals, recreation, and educational programming; collaborated with DOE, vendors, and courts; and prepared reports and requisitions to ensure smooth operations.
  • Participated in interdisciplinary meetings, led anti-bullying and violence-reduction initiatives, and fostered a safe, structured residential environment.

Youth Development Specialist

Crossroads Juvenile Center (ACS)
09.2019 - 09.2022
  • Facilitated group counseling, interactive activities, and educational workshops serving over 100 at-risk youth annually, supporting emotional and social development while collaborating with DOE and vendors to implement secure detention programming.
  • Provided intensive supervision, career readiness curriculum, and life skills training to emotionally and behaviorally challenged children and adolescents, building positive relationships and promoting independence through guidance and support for .

Juvenile Counselor/Program Counselor

Administration of Children Services (ACS)
07.2017 - 09.2019
  • Assisted adolescents with improving relationships, social skills, increasing self-awareness, and developing appropriate expressions of feelings and life skills necessary for transitioning back into the community
  • Partnered with unit reports to document shift activities including logs, incident reports, progress reports and other communication material as needed updating database with daily progress notes and group notes
  • Communicated with adolescents and teenagers to discuss and recognize problems providing solutions and intensive counseling designed to help them learn to live successfully at home and within the outside world
  • Provided services on the streets through mobile outreach through engaging in conversation with teenagers of different ages providing resources, basic needs supplies, safety planning, and relationship building
  • Identify and expanded our list of resources by networking and attending various community meetings in attempts to connect with resource services that would benefit to adolescents and teenagers outside of counseling services

Special Officer

NYC Department of Homeless Services
02.2016 - 07.2017
  • Conducted security tours, monitoring CCTV and CCURE access control cameras, alarms, and radio traffic providing subject matter expertise and oversight for risk-related findings stored within the records system
  • Checked for unsafe conditions, hazards, unlocked doors, security violations, and unauthorized persons inspecting all areas of building, equipment, access points for suspicious activity and working conditions
  • Called the police or fire departments in cases of emergency, such as fire or presence of unauthorized persons, operating detecting devices to screen individuals and prevent passage of prohibited articles
  • Operated and maintained a two-way communications system to remain in constant radio contact with other security personnel checking emergency exits, and security lighting to ensure they are working properly
  • Completed incident reports for all significant incidents and monitored other guards on site for productivity and quality handling any issues, concerns, or problems with professionalism within the company

Education

General Equivalency Diploma -

Cassadaga Job Corps
Cassadaga, NY
10.2003

Timeline

Associate Youth Development Specialist

Crossroads Juvenile Center (ACS)
09.2022 - Current

Youth Development Specialist

Crossroads Juvenile Center (ACS)
09.2019 - 09.2022

Juvenile Counselor/Program Counselor

Administration of Children Services (ACS)
07.2017 - 09.2019

Special Officer

NYC Department of Homeless Services
02.2016 - 07.2017

General Equivalency Diploma -

Cassadaga Job Corps

Similar Profiles

CREATE PROFILE