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Linnette Simensen

Trenton

Summary

Dedicated Crisis Line Worker at Community Health Alliance, with 29+ years experience, skilled in crisis de-escalation and resource navigation. Proven ability to provide compassionate support and maintain client confidentiality while documenting critical information. Successfully promoted peer leadership and monitored therapeutic progress, ensuring a safe environment for clients in recovery, while employed as a residential assistant.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Crisis Line Worker

Community Health Alliance (Sojourner Recovery Services)
07.2019 - 01.2025

Answering calls from people in crisis, helping to de-escalate.

Giving referrals for various relevant services.

Documenting call information.

Requesting/supplying information for other service providers (police and other emergency

workers, social services, etc.)

Working with frequent callers in a sensitive and

structured manner.





Residential Assistant

Sojourner Recovery Services
04.2009 - 07.2019

. Did client admissions.

  • Promoted and sustained organic leadership by maintaining positive peer-leader relationships and supporting goals of each resident.
  • Observed and documented resident progress, reporting recorded metrics to house manager.
  • Tracked therapeutic recovery progress goals, logging any variances for potential treatment response.
  • Monitored and recorded clients taking medications.
  • Maintain safe physical environment for clients.

Education

3 Years Worth of Coursework - Social Work

Miami University
Oxford, OH

Skills

  • Boundary setting
  • Compassionate support
  • Peer support
  • Client confidentiality
  • Mental health awareness
  • Resource navigation
  • Conflict de-escalation
  • Verbal communication
  • Call handling
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Documentation proficiency
  • Motivational interviewing

Timeline

Crisis Line Worker

Community Health Alliance (Sojourner Recovery Services)
07.2019 - 01.2025

Residential Assistant

Sojourner Recovery Services
04.2009 - 07.2019

3 Years Worth of Coursework - Social Work

Miami University