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Erin Muller

Scotia,NY

Summary

Determined School Counselor with success in helping students achieve educational goals and personal well-being. Talented in meeting the objectives of the counseling program by providing preventive education, advocacy, mediation and counseling to students. Sensitive to socioeconomic and cultural difference of students.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work History

School Counselor

Oxford Hills Middle School
08.2024 - Current
  • Maintain positive relationships with students, faculty and administration.
  • Partner with parents and guardians to promote student success in school environment.
  • Provide support to students with academic or personal concerns.
  • Advocate for students to access available resources.
  • Work with individuals to help understand and overcome personal, social or behavioral problems
  • Identify and address concerns of incoming students and parents.
  • Provide group counseling focusing on social skills, healthy relationships, anger management
  • Provide crisis intervention in response to emergencies
  • Facilitate ROX (Ruling Our Experiences) program for girls. The first of it's kind in Maine!

School SW/Guidance Counselor

RSU 56
04.2020 - 08.2024
  • Provide weekly, in-class instruction related to social/emotional health and academic success to grades K-5th
  • Meet with students individually to address social/emotional, academic, personal and/or family issues
  • Collaborate with administrators and teachers in the development of academic and behavioral interventions

Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor II

Maine Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
10.2013 - 04.2020
  • Provide vocational counseling to transition age youth with disabilities focusing on career and post-secondary preparation
  • Assess student's interests, skills, abilities and barriers to help identify a career path and support needs
  • Facilitate career exploration workshops focusing on career preparation and career decision making
  • Collaborate with schools, parents, case managers, mental health and medical providers
  • Coordinate services and make referrals
  • Data collection and management

Social Caseworker II

Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families
01.2012 - 10.2013
  • Provided specialized case management to families involved in the child welfare and court system due to child abuse/neglect, truancy, wayward and disobedient petition
  • Presented documentation and testified at Family Court Hearings
  • Interviewed family members to obtain family history and assess needs
  • Developed and implemented individualized care plans based upon assessments
  • Data collection and management

Family Service Care Coordinator

Family Services of Rhode Island
04.2010 - 01.2012
  • Assisted children and families at risk of involvement with the child welfare system
  • Collaborated with families, professionals, community and natural supports to develop and implement service plans
  • Facilitated Family Team Meetings
  • Referred family members to appropriate services
  • Data collection and management

Case Manager

Wood River Community Health Center
04.2007 - 04.2010
  • Assisted patients with applying for SSDI, Medicaid, SNAP and Prescription Assistance Programs
  • Case conferenced with medical and clinical staff
  • Data collection and management

Senior Career Counselor

Exeter Job Corps
11.2004 - 04.2007
  • Personal and career counseling focused on students' vocational, educational and personal goals
  • Developed career plans with students based on vocational and educational assessments
  • Create and implement interventions to address student barriers to success
  • Case conferenced with educational and vocational staff to address student barriers and needs
  • Facilitated Peer Mediation training
  • Recipient of two awards based on job performance and student satisfaction

Outreach Counselor/Program Coordinator

Stopover Services of Newport County
04.1994 - 11.2004
  • Provided intensive individual & family counseling and mediation to adolescents and families in crisis, including truant, runaway and homeless youth
  • Provided individual & group counseling and case management to students in Special Education with behavioral issues
  • As coordinator of the Youth Diversionary Program, managed program budget, synthesized and reported monthly and yearly statistics, provided staff training, and acted as the liaison between Stopover Services, state agencies, school systems, police departments, family courts
  • As After School Arts Program Coordinator for at risk youth, recruited instructors and provided program oversight to ensure quality programs and attainment of performance measurements

Education

Master of Arts - Rehabilitation Counseling

Salve Regina University
Newport, RI
08.2013

Bachelor of Science - Social Work

Salve Regina College
Newport, RI
05.1991

Skills

  • Listening actively
  • Classroom guidance
  • Group therapy facilitator
  • Mediation and crisis intervention
  • Compassionate
  • Solutions-focused
  • Social and emotional health

Timeline

School Counselor

Oxford Hills Middle School
08.2024 - Current

School SW/Guidance Counselor

RSU 56
04.2020 - 08.2024

Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor II

Maine Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
10.2013 - 04.2020

Social Caseworker II

Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families
01.2012 - 10.2013

Family Service Care Coordinator

Family Services of Rhode Island
04.2010 - 01.2012

Case Manager

Wood River Community Health Center
04.2007 - 04.2010

Senior Career Counselor

Exeter Job Corps
11.2004 - 04.2007

Outreach Counselor/Program Coordinator

Stopover Services of Newport County
04.1994 - 11.2004

Bachelor of Science - Social Work

Salve Regina College

Master of Arts - Rehabilitation Counseling

Salve Regina University

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