Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Volunteer
Certification
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Eman Alkaheli

Richmond,CA

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

AmeriCorps Member

Huckleberry House
San Francisco, CA
08.2023 - Current
  • Provides counseling to youth from diverse backgrounds, including undocumented youth and youth with experiences of CSEC (Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children)
  • Supports youths and their families using trauma-informed care, harm reduction and motivational interviewing skills
  • Collaborates with youth to create safety plans to either reunify with family or consider next steps if going home is not a safe option
  • Performs case management duties, including advocacy, referrals to other community-based programs and communications with agencies such as Child Protective Services and Child Crisis.

Health Career Connection Intern

National Alliance on Mental Illness
Concord, CA
06.2023 - 08.2023
  • Advocated for more culturally designed services for Middle Easterners through the National Alliance on Mental Illness
  • Translated several pamphlets on mental health, mental illnesses, and resources into Arabic and distributed them to the Middle Eastern Community
  • Designed a Middle Eastern Transitional Age Youth (TAY) support group in Arabic and English.

Near-Peer Ambassador

Richmond Promise
Richmond, CA
02.2022 - 05.2023
  • Engaged with youth in high schools to better support their transition to college
  • Assisted youth with the fulfillment of scholarship and financial aid applications
  • Collaborated with youth of various ages and cultural differences.

In-Patient Support Specialist (Volunteer)

Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center
Oakland, CA
01.2022 - 05.2022
  • Provided services and support to women with various phobias and disabilities to ensure a smooth and happy appointment
  • Used strong interpersonal communication skills to convey information to others despite various language barriers
  • Maintained a clean and kind environment to meet the needs of vulnerable patients.

Jumpstart Corps Member

Jumpstart Children First
San Francisco, CA
10.2021 - 05.2022
  • Earned 200+ hours at an early education-inclusive preschool
  • Developed professional skills while working with 25 children and their families
  • Built partnerships with families to support them best.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Child and Adolescent Development

San Francisco State University
05.2023

Skills

  • Collaborated with unhoused, at-risk, and CSEC youth
  • In-depth experience and fluency with Child Protective Services
  • Harm-reduction approaches and strategies
  • Crisis assessment and intervention
  • Intake assessments
  • Trauma-Informed Systems of Care
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Bilingual: Arabic and English

Volunteer

Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center, Oakland, CA, In-Patient Support Volunteer, 01/2022, 05/2022, Provided services and support to women with various phobias and disabilities to ensure a smooth and happy appointment., Used strong interpersonal communication skills to convey information to others despite various language barriers., Maintained a clean and kind environment to meet the needs of vulnerable patients.

Certification

  • Adult Mental Health First Aid, Karina De Leon and Claire Enemark, 2023
  • Equity and Engaging Youth Impacted by Sex Trafficking and Exploitation, FYSB and RHYTTAC, 2023
  • Compassionate Supervision De-Escalation Strategies and Techniques, FYSB and RHYTTAC, 2023
  • Suicide Prevention: Understanding the Issue and Screening for and Understanding Warning Signs in Work with Youth, Kevin Conboy, MSW, 2023
  • Youth Mental Health First Aid, Yasmin Irfani and Deanna Robinson, 2023
  • Harm Reduction, PYD, and Trauma Informed Care, FYSB and RHYTTAC, 2023
  • Confidentiality 101 for Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs, FYSB and RHYTTAC, 2023
  • SAMHSA Efforts to Support Youth Experiencing Homelessness, FYSB and RHYTTAC, 2023
  • Pediatric First Aid, CPR, AED, American Heart Association, 2023
  • Boundaries, Boundaries, Boundaries, Darn those Ethical Boundaries When Working with System Involved Youth, Pamela Parkinson, PHD, LCSW, 2023

Timeline

AmeriCorps Member

Huckleberry House
08.2023 - Current

Health Career Connection Intern

National Alliance on Mental Illness
06.2023 - 08.2023

Near-Peer Ambassador

Richmond Promise
02.2022 - 05.2023

In-Patient Support Specialist (Volunteer)

Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center
01.2022 - 05.2022

Jumpstart Corps Member

Jumpstart Children First
10.2021 - 05.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Child and Adolescent Development

San Francisco State University

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