Doressa Roberts
Mullins,SC
Summary
Dedicated and adaptable professional with a proactive attitude and the ability to learn quickly. Strong work ethic and effective communication skills. Eager to contribute to a dynamic team and support organizational goals.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Counselor I, Transition Counselor
SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department
10.2024 - Current
- Prepare and assist eligible South Carolinians with disabilities to achieve and maintain competitive employment by coordinating services to include vocational counseling, guidance, and direct job placement.
- Conduct and coordinate communication assessments, vocational assessments, career exploration, and job preparation instruction, and design an individualized plan for employment (IPE).
- Complete caseload management activities weekly.
- Guiding individuals in exploring career options, developing job search skills, and preparing for interviews.
- Building relationships with local businesses, employers, and service providers to access relevant support for consumers.
- Representing consumers' needs and advocating for necessary accommodations or services.
- Providing emotional support, addressing concerns, and helping consumers manage transition-related stress.
- Working with parents, teachers, employers, and other professionals involved in the consumer's transition process.
Program Coordinator II/Plant Manager
SC DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS
03.2019 - 09.2024
- Liaison for Midcon Cables, a partner and contractor of SCDC that builds wire harnesses for their customers, Boeing, Raytheon, Honeywell, the Department of Defense, BAE, and Lockheed Martin.
- Manages an industrial operation in a correctional setting at Evans Correctional Institution while supervising and teaching inmates to be team players, along with communication and organizational skills that can be utilized upon their release.
- Supervise 2 assigned SCDC personnel, 6 contract workers, and over 61 inmates.
- Select and interview potential employees, supervise, and train in the position.
- Review policies and procedures with SCDC staff and contracted staff related to the overall operation of the institution.
- Prepare or write various reports relating to any proposed changes in our operational procedures and rules for prison industries.
- Ensures that equipment is properly maintained, and submits needed work orders.
- Establishes a safe and healthy work environment in accordance with state and OSHA guidelines.
- Maintains high quality control, and performs various administrative functions.
- Coordinates activities with the Division of Industries and institutional personnel.
- Manages an industrial operation in a correctional setting while supervising and teaching inmates to be a team player along with communication and organizational skills
- Complete process for hire and termination of inmate workers
- Enter the inmate’s working hours in the SCIES System/Citrex.
- Organize profile folders for all prison industry employees.
- Complete hard copies of inmate working hours on the Payroll Authorization Form.
- Assist the correctional officer with any security issues and inmate count.
- Contact or communicate with different departments of the institution for inmate workers who may be working during business hours and may need assistance
- Order needed supplies to SAP/SCEIS through employee self-service
Industry Supervisor
SC Dept. of Corrections
06.2017 - 03.2019
- Assist with managing an industrial operation in a correctional setting while supervising and teaching inmates to be a team player along with communication and organizational skills
- Supervising/directing the work of 85 inmate employees
- Assist with completing the process for hire and termination of inmate workers
- Assist with entering the inmate's working hours in the SCIES system.
- Assist with organizing profile folders for all prison industry employees.
- Assist with completing hard copies of inmate working hours on the Payroll Authorization Form.
- Assist the correctional officer with any security issues and inmate count.
- Contact or communicate with different departments of the institution for inmate workers who may be working during business hours and may need assistance
- Assist with ordering needed supplies to SAP/SCEIS through employee self-services
Adjunct Instructor
northeastern Technical College
01.2017 - 08.2017
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate students on topics such as the foundations of financial planning, managing basic assets, managing insurance needs, and investment planning.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Evaluate and grade students' classwork, assignments, and papers.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
Case worker
SC Dept. of corrections
02.2012 - 06.2017
- Evaluate inmates’ records to determine eligibility for institutional assignments, custody levels, treatment programs, and employment.
- Coordinates and implements an equitable classification system for a caseload of approximately 250 inmates.
- Interview inmates regarding their general institutional adjustment or related problems.
- Responds to the inmate’s request through the kiosk system and/or orally or in writing.
- Documented all documents that pertain to inmates' incarceration.
Correctional officer
SC Dept. of corrections
11.2010 - 02.2012
- Conduct head counts to ensure that each inmate is present.
- Enforce policies, rules, and regulations. Also, respond to emergencies.
- Monitor the conduct of prisoners in the housing unit, or during work or recreational activities, according to established policies, regulations, and procedures.
- Inspect the conditions of locks, window bars, doors, and gates to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
- Inspect facility for security breaches, fire hazards and unsanitary
- Counsel inmates during disagreements.
- Work with other staff members.
- Search for contraband, weapons, drugs, and evidence of rules violations.
- Read post orders daily.
Clinician/Crisis Intervention Assistant
Marion county school district
09.1998 - 06.2010
- Worked with individuals who display problematic behaviors
- Documented all actions and interventions used for students.
- Create reports detailing interventions and responses.
- Work with individual students or small groups to conduct instructional exercises assigned by the teacher.
- Assist in maintaining a neat and orderly classroom.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Assist the teacher in preparing instructional materials and classroom displays.
- Assist in removal of disruptive or aggressive students from the classroom
Education
Master of Arts - Human Resource Management
Webster University
12.2013
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Criminology
Coker College
05.2011
Skills
- Communication
- Dependability
- Organization
- Prioritizing
- Technical Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Leadership
- Counseling
- Office administration
- Building rapport
- Intervention planning
- Career counseling
- Case management proficiency
- Client records management
- Case management and documentation
- Client advocacy
- Crisis response
- Adolescent counseling
- Anger management
- Treatment Planning
- Client counseling
- Intake assessments
Accomplishments
- Employee of the Month
- Can Do Awards
Affiliations
- SCCA Member
- PREA committee member
- Sunshine Fund Coordinator (Supporting Staff during Bereavement)
Certification
- Certified Class II officer
Timeline
Counselor I, Transition Counselor
SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department
10.2024 - Current
Program Coordinator II/Plant Manager
SC DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS
03.2019 - 09.2024
Industry Supervisor
SC Dept. of Corrections
06.2017 - 03.2019
Adjunct Instructor
northeastern Technical College
01.2017 - 08.2017
Case worker
SC Dept. of corrections
02.2012 - 06.2017
Correctional officer
SC Dept. of corrections
11.2010 - 02.2012
Clinician/Crisis Intervention Assistant
Marion county school district
09.1998 - 06.2010
Master of Arts - Human Resource Management
Webster University
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology, Criminology
Coker College