Jennifer Andersen
Preston,ID
Summary
I consider it a privilege to currently work as a Marriage and Relationship Coach. Through Stronger Because Coaching I successfully help my clients achieve their relationship goals through effective communication and emotional management.
I independently developed a comprehensive curriculum using both digital and in-person formats.
I engender cooperation, problem-solving, and commitment to clients and continue, always, to improve.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Marriage and Relationship Coach
Self-employed, Stronger Because Coaching LLC
01.2018 - Current
- Become deeply familiar with common relationship challenges and solutions
- Create lessons, workbooks, online modules, worksheets, activities, live events, emails addressing relationship challenges and solutions
- Use client feedback to simplify and teach communication and emotional management skills in a variety of ways
- Design and edit web pages, videos, PDFs, and online modules
- Independently create curriculum for topics such as setting boundaries, managing expectations, managing emotions, effective communication, decision making, etc.
- Independently decide which content is to be taught in person versus in digital or workbook form
- Adjust information from books, podcasts, webinars, training events to fit an easy-to-understand lesson
- Balance asking questions with teaching
- Listen with curiosity and engagement without judging, assuming, or adopting a personal agenda
- Coach complex topics through personalized and personable conversation
- Incorporate active-learning exercises live or by assignment
- Seek out and receive feedback and mentorship as needed
- Use electronic communications for client calls, conferences, and online events
- Guide a client from beginning: not knowing how to get help, to end: successfully accomplishing their relationship goals
- Use clear communication to jointly problem-solve with clients and professionals
- Create a climate of trust, empowerment, and cooperation with clients
Community-based Rehabilitation Specialist/Supervisor
Priestley Mental Health
11.2012 - 05.2018
- Supervise community-based rehabilitation specialists (CBRS) in Preston
- Create and facilitate weekly training and courses for CBRS workers
- Create, organize, facilitate, and present relationship training for community professionals and paraprofessionals
- Cooperate with, support, listen to, and empower employees under supervision
- Receive direction and feedback from supervisor
- Lias with a large variety of professionals to ensure proper support for client
- Check and verify that personal and employee paperwork is in compliance with state regulations
- Create, organize, facilitate, and present personal relationship teaching and support to adults, youth, and children in community
- Listen to feedback from clients, sometimes who are very frustrated, and help problem-solve with them in a calm, professional way
- Make decisions regarding employee support, training or release and implement
- Adjust curriculum to meet the understanding of age and development level of child through adult
- Develop active-learning activities for clients
- Create and maintain social media postings for the agency
- Work with staff to receive feedback and make revisions to postings, trainings, and leadership
- Write grants
- Engender cooperation and team work between agencies, professionals, and individual family members
- Participate in and lead weekly and monthly staff meetings
- Ability to work and monitor self with little supervision but accept and receive feedback when given
- Take initiative to seek opportunities to help others in the community, create a plan of action, and execute it
- Conflict resolution
- Streamline documentation
- Develop a compassionate and trusting relationship with clients that enables a healthy coaching relationship
Social Worker III
State Of Washington DCFS
11.1996 - 05.1998
- Investigate child abuse allegations, assess risk, and create a plan of action for child's protection
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for care coordination of resources for clients, crisis and permanency planning, and follow through with plan
- Educate families on available community resources and connect them with critical services
- Interview clients and families to assess situations, limitations and issues to implement appropriate services
- Keep court-ready documentation for accurate, compliant and current records
- Support clients and families with empathy and compassion during difficult times
- De-escalated stressful situations
- Advocate for clients to ensure their rights, safety, and well-being
- Improve client well-being by conducting comprehensive assessments and developing personal intervention plans
- Maintain regular contact with clients by calling and visiting clients' homes
- Conduct home visits to assess living environment and facilitate access to needed resources
- Monitor clients' progress and adapt treatment plans to meet changing needs
- Foster a supportive work environment where crisis and high-stress is frequent
- Encourage client engagement in treatment plans by building trusting relationships
- Provide crisis intervention services for clients experiencing acute issues
- Work closely with teachers and administrators to create supportive environments
- Assist clients in navigating the legal system
- Provide expert testimony in court
- Prepare and counsel adults and children regarding separation of family members and loss trauma
- Supervise visitation between children and adult family members in a way that creates a feeling of cooperation
- Provide psychosocial summaries, home studies, and other appropriate correspondence with outside agencies
- Participate in weekly staff meetings
- Maintain a high level of training and competence
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology, Family Science Minor
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah12.1993
Skills
Effective, calm, and professional communication
Group cooperation and problem-solving
Highly receptive to feedback and coachable
Friendly, kind, and assertive
Trustworthy
Team member and developer
Highly, independently motivated
Healthy interpersonal relationships
Even tempered
Organized
Willing to learn and ask questions
Accomplishments
Written and published (as of November 2024!) a book through Covenant Books that helps parents learn how to teach their children emotional resilience.
Certification
Professional, Certified Life Coach through The Life Coach School. This required a year of intensive instruction, practice, testing, and application.
Timeline
Marriage and Relationship Coach
Self-employed, Stronger Because Coaching LLC
01.2018 - Current
Community-based Rehabilitation Specialist/Supervisor
Priestley Mental Health
11.2012 - 05.2018
Social Worker III
State Of Washington DCFS
11.1996 - 05.1998
Bachelor of Science - Psychology, Family Science Minor
Brigham Young University
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