Sharquilla Howard
Zebulon,NC
Summary
Forward-thinking Program Coordinator with excellent planning and problem-solving abilities honed over progressive program specialist industry career. Confidently organizes, manages, and improves programs for changing demands. Decisive leader with exceptional understanding of operational priorities.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Specialist (Substance Abuse Prevention)
Insight Human Services
Durham, NC
05.2015 - Current
- Coordinate staff training, evaluation, and development to keep operations in line with program plans, education and awareness on alcohol, tobacco and other explicit drugs.
- Plan, implement, and evaluate Youth Prevention Education (YPE) your NREP curriculums provided by the state in traditional and nontraditional schools grades k-12 .
- Conduct drug tests in Middle and High schools related to substance use on campus.
- Work closely with Family and Dept. of Juvenile Justice if students are transferred to facility.
- Upload and develop work related content that is posted monthly onto social media platforms.
- Provide accurate assessments and effective treatment/Prevention for youth.
- Education courses and one on one mentorship to decrease the chances of further involvement in the Juvenile Justice System through partnerships with local community agencies.
- Provide vocational opportunities to allow youth to view the future for success detours that involves creating a plan around personal and educational goals.
- Community outreach concerning drug trends and at risk youth in low income communities.
- Implementation of the Lock Your Meds (LYM) campaign to reduce the sigma and increase the awareness of safe storage.
- Serve as the agency representative on several committees, collaboratives and advisory boards.
- Network with prevention providers, social service agencies, and stake holders within the region to include prevention, intervention, treatment, mental health, etc.
- Assist in providing orientation or information sessions for parents, teachers, staff or administrators in target area school and community sites when requested.
- Document all program activities as required and submit program reports and records according to the agency's established deadlines using Microsoft, office, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
- Collect data from over 300 families and perform research projects around these families and crafted reports that will help with orange county community health assessment.
- Facilitating peer support groups that focus on substance abuse prevention and awareness.
- Help community members resolve complex issues such as providing resources for health concerns, treatment placement, and free medications for uninsured.
- Maintain positive relationships with community groups and referral coordinators to give clients the best access to services.
- Evaluate the abilities and needs of each client to help them set realistic goals with successful rehabilitation plans.
- Identified barriers to employment and recommended strategies to overcome issues such as inflexible schedules and transportation problems.
- Assist with balancing resource constraints, timelines, and operational objectives to implement program timelines.
- Implementation and Facilitation of educational presentations in traditional and nontraditional settings.
OUTREACHCOORDINATOR, Durham T.R.Y
01.2012 - 05.2018
- Helped craft, communicate and/or implement multiple environmental strategies around Awareness, Enforcement, and Policy to prevent substance use among youth and adults
- Coordinated substance abuse prevention initiatives designed to promote the organization and its services to the community
- Attend training, seminars, workshops, and classes to achieve required credentials and continuing education to acquire CSPAC certification as required by the agency
- Developed relationships with community leaders and served as the organization's liaison with various constituents
- Served as liaison between student volunteers and partner organizations to ensure students were assigned and fulfilling their commitments and maintain partner relationships
- Implemented marketing and promotion tactics for social media sites
- Developed slogans/quotes and uploaded onto agency website
- Tracked and reported on community data to substantiate recommendations
- Encouraged ambassadors to complete recruitment and program awareness work to drive community engagement.
RESEARCHASSISTANT, Public Health Education
01.2014 - 05.2014
- Assessed campus and community needs for infectious disease prevention
- Developed an assessment tool, collected and managed data analysis
- Implemented a condom distribution program utilizing condom dispensers in four residence halls and in traditional and non-traditional community settings
- Served as resource for the SAMHSA North Carolina Central University C3 project
- Developed reports and analyses to communicate research progress, trends, and conclusions
- Skilled at detecting, resolving issues, and understanding and analyzing data
- Reviewed and abided by all regulatory and compliance requirements in all experiments
- Collected, extracted, and entered data with high degree of accuracy and conducted literature searches
- Assisted research leadership in oversight of support staff and budgets
- Organized the research data into easily searchable databases for modeling and analysis
- Screened subjects to determine their suitability as study participants and coordinated all related documentation, including informed consent
- Supported projects by handling the compilation and entry of all research points and supporting documentation.
Education
Master of Science - Public Administration
North Carolina Central University
Durham NC12.2017
Master of Science - Public Health
North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC05.2014
Skills
- Case planning
- Group behavior and dynamics
- Needs analysis
- System enhancement
- Report preparation
- Expense tracking
- Assess needs
- Build work skills
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Client Home Visits
- Client and Family Interviews
- Client Needs Assessment
- Maintaining Client Records/plans
- Program Evaluation and Improvements
- Youth Advocacy
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Office
Timeline
Program Specialist (Substance Abuse Prevention)
Insight Human Services
05.2015 - Current
RESEARCHASSISTANT, Public Health Education
01.2014 - 05.2014
OUTREACHCOORDINATOR, Durham T.R.Y
01.2012 - 05.2018
Master of Science - Public Administration
North Carolina Central University
Master of Science - Public Health
North Carolina Central University
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