A Counselor with an extensive background in connecting with adults and families through strong relationships and empathy. Seeking a responsible and challenging position with an organization where my work experiences will have a valuable application and utilization to reach and support the growth of a company.
Hi, I’m
Ruth Y. Julien
Stanhope,NJ
Summary
Overview
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Bethel Haitian Baptist Church
Director of Ministries
01.2008 - Current
Job overview
- Recruited, trained, and coordinated workers for Children's Ministry (CM) classes and events, worship services, and Gateway programs
- Worked cooperatively with all staff and volunteers
- Provided a warm, friendly, and learning environment for children and families
- Used appropriate child development knowledge to best meet the needs of children in curriculum selection, child discipline, classroom grouping, etc
- Communicated counseling needs of the children’s program to church leaders as appropriate
- Coordinated and provided leadership in developing and implementing a young family outreach ministry focused on families
- Led women group counseling
- Provided case management to families in need
- Attended monthly team meetings, weekly staff meetings, and monthly session meetings
- Participated in the team annual budget estimating process
- Served as a Sunday school teacher
Eleos Family Services
IIC Counselor
01.2024 - 12.2024
Job overview
- Provided intensive in-home and community mental health services to youths and families
Sevita
Group Home Manager
01.2022 - 12.2024
Job overview
- Oversaw the day-to-day operation of the home
- Provided supervision, counseling, and assistance with daily living activities to youths
- Maintained budgets and optimized expenses
- Prepared regular reports for upper management
Mind Body-Inner Self, LLC
Virtual Mental Health Counselor
01.2021 - 12.2023
Job overview
- Assessed and treated clients' mental and emotional health disorders, relationship issues, and life challenges
- Executed risk assessments
- Ensured detailed and appropriate documentation
- Utilized evidence-based interventions
- Established therapeutic alliances with patients and families
- Handled routine case review meetings to review and discuss client progress, ensuring consistent implementation of treatment plan goals/objectives
Community Care Behavioral Health
Counseling Internship
01.2019 - 12.2020
Job overview
- Confidently established therapeutic relationships and provided ongoing mental health treatment and assessments
- Utilized evidence-based interventions/protocols, including individual, group, or couple therapy, when evidence supported a modality for maximizing outcomes for specific diagnoses/populations
- Demonstrated initiatives and processes that support continuous quality improvement in patient care and education
- Established therapeutic alliances with patients and families
- Provided therapy in individual and group sessions for co-occurring mental health, trauma, and personal growth-related concerns
- Provided family and/or couples therapy services in designated situations
- Conducted regular case review meetings to review and discuss client progress, ensuring consistent implementation of treatment plan goals/objectives, and promoting team involvement in problem-solving/resolution
Genesis Educational Center
Head Teacher
01.2013 - 12.2015
Job overview
- Ensured high-quality programs through program development, evaluations, and ongoing training of staff
- Implemented a curriculum based on the needs of the children as well as daycare principles
- Developed everyday lesson plans designed to nurture and stimulate each child
- Supported each child’s family in being involved with the child’s daily progress and communicated with them on daycare policies and any issues
- Created a nurturing and stimulating environment for each child’s learning and growth
- Carried out child assessments on a regular basis to ensure that each child is getting the best possible care the center can provide
- Strictly observed each child for signs of child abuse or neglect, injuries, illness, and similar problems, and reported to the Director
- Sustained communication with parents or guardians about each child
- Maintained a database of each child’s progress – both educational and behavioral
- Delivered first aid when needed, ensuring an environment in which fear is minimized
- Assisted with classroom observations and technical support
- Responsible for maintaining all staff and child participant files
Education
Liberty University
PhD – Doctor of Community Care & Counseling
06.2024
University Overview
Pillar College
M.A. – Counseling from Magna Cum Laude
12.2019
University Overview
Kean University
B.A. from Early Childhood Education and Sociology
05.2009
University Overview
Skills
- Verbal and written communication
- Strategies and goals
- Negotiation
- Rules and regulations
Qualifications Summary
Qualifications Summary
- Experience in intake and assessment, crisis intervention, suicide intervention, and individual/group counseling.
- Demonstrated success working with people of diverse backgrounds, working styles, nationalities, and races.
- Skilled communicator with the ability to effectively convey meaning through speaking and writing, with a proven ability to quickly and thoroughly learn new skills.
- Ability to communicate clearly and professionally in a positive manner.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, capable of interacting with a variety of personalities.
- Strong work ethic focused on accomplishing tasks/projects as smoothly and effectively as possible.
- Skilled family counselor with excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
- Certified Grief Counseling Specialist (CGCS).
- Core Competencies: Psychological Evaluations, Client Care and Relations, Problem Resolution and Decision, Crisis Intervention and Case Management
Languages
Creole
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
IIC Counselor
Eleos Family Services
01.2024 - 12.2024
Group Home Manager
Sevita
01.2022 - 12.2024
Virtual Mental Health Counselor
Mind Body-Inner Self, LLC
01.2021 - 12.2023
Counseling Internship
Community Care Behavioral Health
01.2019 - 12.2020
Head Teacher
Genesis Educational Center
01.2013 - 12.2015
Director of Ministries
Bethel Haitian Baptist Church
01.2008 - Current
Pillar College
M.A. – Counseling from Magna Cum Laude
Kean University
B.A. from Early Childhood Education and Sociology
Liberty University
PhD – Doctor of Community Care & Counseling
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