Program Director
Program Director: Tennessee Community Counseling Service - Chattanooga, TN, November 2019 to Present.
Managed staff at M and M Mars in Cleveland, TN since June 2015.
Responsibilities: Attendance, assisting in staffing the floor, and monitoring associates on the production floor. Data work relating to work orders.
Accomplishments: The ability to be flexible relating to days and night shifts.
Enhanced social skills to effectively communicate and interact with diverse individuals
SMX - Chattanooga, TN, 2013 to 2015
- Mentor/Team leader
- Orientation for hiring.
Completed all data intake, interviews, and presented PowerPoint presentation to new hire associates.
Restoration Counseling, Athens - Athens, TN, December 2011 to December 2012.
- Family, aftercare, and group counselor.
- Performed drug screens as required.
- Attended court procedures related to client probation or DCS.
- Interview clients, review records, conduct assessments, or confer with other professionals to evaluate the mental or physical condition of clients or patients.
- Collaborate with counselors, physicians, and nurses to plan or coordinate treatment, drawing on social work experience and patient needs.
- Counsel clients in individual or group sessions to assist them in dealing with substance abuse, mental or physical illness, poverty, unemployment, or physical abuse.
CADAS Counseling Agency, Chattanooga - Chattanooga, TN, July 1999 to November 2011.
- Counsel clients in individual or group sessions to assist them in dealing with substance abuse, mental or physical illness, poverty, unemployment, or physical abuse.
- Interview clients, review records, conduct assessments, or confer with other professionals to evaluate the mental or physical condition of clients or patients.
- Collaborate with counselors, physicians, and nurses to plan or coordinate treatment, drawing on social work experience and patient needs.
- Monitor, evaluate, and record client progress with respect to treatment goals.
- Assist clients in adhering to treatment plans, such as setting up appointments, arranging for transportation to appointments, or providing support.
- Modify treatment plans according to changes in client status.
- Counsel or aid family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, or supporting the client or patient.
- Increase social work knowledge by reviewing current literature, conducting social research, or attending seminars, training workshops, or classes.
- Plan or conduct programs to prevent substance abuse, combat social problems, or improve health or counseling services in the community.
- Supervise or direct other workers who provide services to clients or patients.
- Develop or advise on social policy or assist in community development.
