Nicholas Parham
Bronx
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Building Support Staff
Fountain Houses
New York
08.2024 - Current
Peer Specialist
Serviced of the Underserved
07.2023 - Current
- Provide peer services on site to people living in the shelter that are at risk of harm from drugs and alcohol
- Provide recovery support services to individuals identified as at risk
- Provide coordination of treatment and transitional planning as needed
- Provide harm reduction education and awareness to shelter staff and clients on a regular basis: presentations, office hours, signage, etc
- Work collaboratively to encourage and support individuals identified as at risk
- Work collaboratively to meet project deliverables and achieve overall project goals
- Assist with making referrals to harm reduction, substance use, primary care, mental health care, pain management or other as needed
- Support linkage to care, return to care, retention in care
- Accompaniment to appointments and supporting access to tele-health services
- Treatment adherence support (reminders, check-ins etc)
- Support discharge and transition planning
- Documentation and reporting of services delivered (in CARES)
- Participate in Community of Practice and Learning of others in this role citywide (facilitated by DHS and OASAS)
- Embracing Creative Narratives: Peer Specialists need to be able to understand, share and discuss multiple frameworks for understanding life experiences such as psychosis with participants and the rest of the S:US team
- Peer Specialists intentionally use language in the service of listening to understand and making space for complex personal stories of recovery and resilience
- Advocacy: Peer Specialists advocate with and for program participants both in the larger community and on the team
- Co-Creating Support and Wellness Tools: Collaborate with participants to clarify their personal visions and develop their wellness toolkit
- Along with other team members, Peer Specialists support participants in strengthening their self-awareness, building life skills, and connecting to resources and community outside of the S:US team
- Team Communication: Peer Specialists maintain open and frequent communication with the team
- This includes reporting safety and other concerns to the team
- Peer Specialists will also keep notes on visits with program participants as required by the provider agency
- In the spirit of peer support, co-collaborating on reporting with the program participant is encouraged
Support Worker
AHRC NASSAU
02.2024 - 03.2025
- Company Overview: People enjoy working in our amazing family of companies! Our staff at AHRC Nassau have incredible longevity because so many employees have a connection with the people they work with! We support our employees who aspire to move up the ladder through training and educational resources
- Support people—train as an essential worker to empower and assist people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to achieve their goals
- Paid Training!
- People enjoy working in our amazing family of companies! Our staff at AHRC Nassau have incredible longevity because so many employees have a connection with the people they work with! We support our employees who aspire to move up the ladder through training and educational resources
Direct Support Professional
Ahrc New York City
New York
03.2024 - 07.2024
- Instructed family members on how to provide bedside care.
- Instructed individuals in self-advocacy skills to increase autonomy and decision making abilities.
- Helped clients communicate with loved ones by typing written messages and relaying verbal messages.
Sales Advisor
Office Depot
01.2021 - 12.2022
- Provides exceptional customer service by performing duties as cashier, provides logistics support, stocking, restocking, down stocking, inventory control, cleaning the store and protecting company assets
- Performs merchandise-related activities to ensure merchandise presentation guidelines are met through implementing plan-o-gram changes and updates, merchandise set and price changes
- Sets weekly ads, including price changes, and any associated updates to store signage
- Follows the established sorting and stocking guidelines and completes freight processes
- Ensures freight sorting area is organized and setup in accordance with guidelines
- Scans, investigates and fills inventory lows and outs daily
- Proactively acknowledges and engages every customer to ensure a positive customer experience
- Utilizes and understands the selling program to promote the sale of the best solution as well as additional product and/or services solutions
- Maintains awareness of planned advertisements and promotions
- Able to evaluate the customer’s needs to determine what additional offerings or services that a customer may need in addition to determining if a customer should be referred to the Contract Sales organization
- Works to develop personal selling skills and specialized product knowledge through sales and service tools provided
- Drives Technology, Tech Services, Furniture and Print sales by supporting all related current programs, new product launches and special initiatives
- Ensures compliance with company policies, procedures and practices; and supports company loss prevention efforts
Enumerator
US Census Bureau
01.2020 - 12.2020
- Explain the objectives of surveys and their procedures to people who are to be interviewed
- Interpret interview questions to assist people in understanding them and providing eloquent answers
- Assist people in filling out survey forms and explain items on survey forms
- Double-check information on survey forms or information pads to ensure the accuracy of information
- Identify and report any issues that may arise while attempting to obtain valid data
- Compile, record, and code information derived from specified forms into a predefined database
- Ensure that the supervisor is kept informed of completed assignments and progress
- Analyze the authenticity of the information provided by ensuring direct contact with each family member within a family
Education
Nicholls State University -
Nicholls State University
01.2020
High School -
Thibodaux High School
Thibodaux01.2018
Skills
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Salesforce Knowledge
- Intrapersonal Skills
- Time management skills
- Organization skills
- Multicultural Understanding
- Dependable
- Team player
Volunteer History
Thibodaux Volunteer Fire Department, 01/01/20, 12/31/21
Timeline
Building Support Staff
Fountain Houses
08.2024 - Current
Direct Support Professional
Ahrc New York City
03.2024 - 07.2024
Support Worker
AHRC NASSAU
02.2024 - 03.2025
Peer Specialist
Serviced of the Underserved
07.2023 - Current
Sales Advisor
Office Depot
01.2021 - 12.2022
Enumerator
US Census Bureau
01.2020 - 12.2020
Nicholls State University -
Nicholls State University
High School -
Thibodaux High School