Leigh Flisher

• Serve meals to clients with mentally illness that are unhoused.
• Provide emotional support to clients who are unhoused, and connect them with the community.
• Communicate with clients that are unhoused regarding personal matters, orders, comments, and complaints.
• Observe clients to anticipate any additional needs, supports, and respond to requests.

• I mentored a mother who was temporarily unhoused in one-on-one sessions to support and encourage her to reach her goals.
• Educated residents and families about available services and resources.
• Helped facilitate the intake process for new residents.
• Currently, I provide emotional support, housing resources, and services as needed to the alumnae.

• Counseled pregnant women who are unhoused on available resources within the community that could help meet their needs.
• Assessed clients' needs, developed service plans, and monitored progress towards housing and employment goals.
• Attended court hearings as a representative of the organization when needed.
• Transitioned clients to transitional housing based on progress or needs.
• Developed individualized birth plans with input from clients.
• Provided case management services including intake, assessment, crisis intervention, advocacy, referral and monitoring of families.

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• Conducted crisis counseling sessions.
• Referred clients to outside social service providers to address psychiatric and personal issues.
• Implemented therapeutic plans for each child and recorded the child's progress in the case file.
• Diagnosed clients using DSM-IV criteria.
• Led group therapy sessions consisting of four youth, focusing on grief.
• Assessed and wrote treatment plans and weekly progress notes for each of the six clients assigned to the caseload.
• Conferred with parents and guardians, teachers, and administrators to resolve clients' emotional, behavioral and academic problems.
• Communicated regularly with family members and significant others during the treatment process.
  

• Created and supervised the implementation of Calvary Christian's community service programs at the Westside Children's Center, Children's Bureau, Union Rescue Mission, Westside Food Bank, Harvest Home, Soldier's Angels, Sunrise Senior Living, and Operation Christmas Child.
• Collaborated with community leaders, organizations, and public agencies to promote Calvary Christian's community service programs.

• Created and implemented developmentally-appropriate curriculum that addressed all learning styles.
• Distributed quarterly educational assessments, similar to report cards to each parent.
• Developed professional relationships with parents, teachers, directors and therapists.
• Worked closely with the site director, family care workers, classroom teaching team and other specialists.