VICTOR VELOZ
ST THE DALLES,OR
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
REGIONAL MANAGER
BRIDGES TO CHANGE
01.2023 - Current
- Leading a team of mentors, engagement specialist, house manager, housing specialist and maintenance worker in Wasco County
- Oversee three sober living programs and one rental house for sober living
- Working with community partners, Wasco County
- Probation and Parole, Center for Living to better serve our recovery community
- We also volunteer through the Columbia Gorge Food Bank to serve our Indigenous community along the river and our houseless communities in Sherman County, Wasco County and
- Hood River County
- Maintain budget and spending, working with our finance department to oversee budget and funding expectations
- Developing relationships with Community
- Partners.
PROGRAM MANAGER
BRIDGES TO CHANGE
05.2021 - 12.2022
- Leading a team of engagement specialists, mentors and housing specialists
- Overseeing a sober living transitional program house and two sober living rentals, that can house for a total of ten participants in our program house and twenty tenants in our rentals
- The team works a lot on outreach in the following communities, Sherman county, Wasco County and Hood River County, serving our houseless communities and our Indigenous communities along the river
- We help participants get to services they are in need of locally or in need of transport to another county for detox or treatment services.
PROGRAM SUPERVISOR
BRIDGES TO CHANGE
05.2010 - 04.2020
- Leading a team of mentors and house managers in Wasco County
- Oversee two sober living rentals, one for men and one for women, also oversee one transitional program housing for men, that is supported by Wasco County Probation and Parole and their clients
- We provide the mentors to assist and serve all the tenants and clients that are in our housing, to meet all the needs they have to be successful in their recovery.
CERTIFIED RECOVERY MENTOR, BRIDGES TO CHANGE
07.2018 - 04.2020
- Working with clients of probation and parole, that are in our housing program for individuals coming out of prison, local jail or houselessness that are in need of recovery
- Helping and walking alongside the clients to achieve their goals and independent living, restoring families and relationships, learning how to cope with daily life struggles and continue in their sobriety
- Leading by example how to maintain and be successful in a life of sobriety and making right choices.
01.2004 - 01.2010
Education
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID - undefined
Current
CERTIFIED RECOVERY MENTOR - undefined
MARCH 2019
Skills
- People Skills
- Compassion
- Willingness
- Working with the houseless community
- Working with the Indigenous community
- Leadership
- Problem Solving
- Crisis Intervention
- DEI
- Community Partnership
- Communication
Timeline
REGIONAL MANAGER
BRIDGES TO CHANGE
01.2023 - Current
PROGRAM MANAGER
BRIDGES TO CHANGE
05.2021 - 12.2022
CERTIFIED RECOVERY MENTOR, BRIDGES TO CHANGE
07.2018 - 04.2020
PROGRAM SUPERVISOR
BRIDGES TO CHANGE
05.2010 - 04.2020
01.2004 - 01.2010
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID - undefined
CERTIFIED RECOVERY MENTOR - undefined
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