SHALISE J. RAY
Clinically trained service-oriented wellness professional with years of experience providing services for individuals to promote optimum mental health. Highly adaptable with a concentrated expertise in developing and fostering integral, effective stakeholder relationships. Experience working with diverse, underserved transient homeless populations, at-risk high school, and college students enabling them with means to be successful.
Work History
SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER
2 Months- Assisted with intellectual preparation and provided Social Studies and supplemental content curriculum to 100 7th-grade students
- Organized Advisory Group and restructured Guided Reading group of select students strategizing short and long-term goals to increase declining reading levels
- Supported IEP students while working closely with in-house Social Worker to provide additional support services
- Established and supported positive, educational environment for student learning
- Devised lesson plans reflecting student educational, cultural, and language diversity
SOCIAL SERVICES SPECIALIST
1 Year 11 Months- Providing holistic, social, and emotional support to staff and student development
- Organized and facilitated 8 workshops annually for staff and student development
- Provided crisis intervention, guidance, and supportive counseling to over 75 students in 2 years
- Assisted clients in accessing services and benefits by providing education and information about community resources, successfully assisting students in acquiring needed aid
- Used evidence-based practices such as motivational interviewing to create individualized service plans for 40 students
- Created and maintained opportunities for office-wide wellness through projects, programming, and psychoeducation
- Spearheaded implementation of new intake systems, allowing for increased flow in productivity by 25%
CLINICAL PRACTICUM INTERN
4 Months- Supplied social, emotional, and behavioral services to 25 at-risk youth aged between 14 and 18 years to support optimal mental health wellness
- Received trained clinical supervision, both in individual and group setting
- Supported on-site school counselor with 25 students and their transition throughout pipeline to college
- Managed caseload and safeguarded clinical documentation throughout placement duration
CLINICAL PRACTICUM INTERN
1 Year 7 Months- Provided immediate triage and crisis management to at-risk, homeless women population
- Received trained clinical supervision, both in individual and group settings
- Created curriculum and was responsible for facilitating 3 weekly group therapy sessions
- Assisted with forming and maintaining relationships with outside providers that service and provide resources to homeless and transient population
Education
Master of Arts - Forensic Psychology
- Dean's List 2014
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Skills
Websites
Certification
• Education Beyond Borders, 2020
• Coping with Loss during the Current Pandemic, 2020
• COVID -19 Community Conversations: Mental Health, Equity & Resilience, 2020
• Young Black Lives Matter "Ringing the Alarm on Black Youth Suicide”, 2020
• Crisis Management: Skills for De-Escalation and Preventing Vicarious Trauma, 2020
• Mental Health First Aid, 2019
• Post-Graduate Training in Trauma Competency for the 21st Century, 2019
• Suicide Prevention Coalition of Long Island Symposium, 2018