Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Research
Activities Affiliations
Awards
Volunteer Experience
Languages
Timeline
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Yolanda Zavala Enriquez

Sinking Spring,PA

Summary

Dedicated and enthusiastic professional with one year and a half of experience working with youth population. Helping to multicultural individuals to attain a healthier lifestyle, A bilingual, creative, caring, compassionate, organized individual, who demonstrates leadership abilities, good problem-solving skills, and with a great desire to make a difference in other people's life.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Youth & Young Adult High Risk Program

Berks Counseling Center
09.2022 - Current
  • Provided community-based interventions to youth individuals with severe mental disorders
  • Use evidence-based inter and multidisciplinary interventions: PCT, CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, MI, and Multicultural approach, and Trauma Informed Care
  • Providing individual therapy, crisis on-call, interdisciplinary treatment planning, assessments, case management, and family support
  • Identified and prioritized treatment needs and formulated appropriate treatment plans.

Internship experience

Berks Counseling Center
- 08.2022
  • Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program
  • Provided community-based interventions to youth individuals (16 to 26 years old) with severe mental disorders
  • Use evidence-based multidisciplinary interventions to support clients with psychological disturbances, developed & facilitate the Housing Skills Group, and helped clients to get independent and to reach their fullest potential
  • Trained in the ACT model, Bipolar, and Borderline Personality, and Schizophrenia Disorders
  • Trained and applied Trauma informed Care, multidisciplinary interventions, and cultural competency

Case manager

Berks Counseling Center
01.2019 - 06.2022
  • Provided intense case management to patient with duan and mental health
  • Utilize a multidisciplinary approach by coordinate treatment and services with psychiatrist, therapist, peer specialist, primary care providers (PCPs), and wellness department
  • Assisted and monitoring patient with attaining their goas and finding resources such as housing, basic needs, employment, education, social and emotional support, and referrals to other agencies and services
  • Provided patient with emotional support using compassionate care, motivation interviewing, reflective listening, and supportive caring
  • Provided assessment and intakes

Internship experience

Berks Counseling Center
08.2020 - 05.2021
  • Clinical experience
  • Shadowed clinicians while providing therapy, group counseling, and intakes
  • Provided individual assessments such as the National Outcome Measurement (NOM), crisis plans, treatment plans and Biopsychosocial assessment
  • Trained to use Credible (Behavioral Health Software); Observed and assisted counselors in individual therapy sessions, supportive group counseling (Mix Anger Management groups, housing skills and Women DUAL groups), and Tele-psychiatric assistant
  • 100 hours in Trauma Informed Training, psychoeducational therapy; Motivational Interviewing (MI); and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Assisted with agency’s projects.

Internship experience

Heartland Hospice
- 12.2017
  • Provided company, read, promoted conversation, made inspirational cards, and listened to hospice patients to provide a sense of comfort and help relieve their mood
  • Responsible for paperwork, file auditing, recording meetings, assisting with completing patient’s data information while maintaining HIPPA standards of client’s confidentiality

Senior Wellness Center: Activity and coordinator

Hispanic Center Daniel Torres
01.2010 - 01.2014
  • Provided bilingual services such as educational activities and food distribution to a diverse and multicultural community; Coordinated programs and activities such as exercise, arts and crafts, nutritional, safety practices; Conducted psychosocial support programs which helped seniors increase interpersonal skills and mental health; Collaborated in providing programs like Healthy Steps “Train-the-Trainer” that helped senior to avoid home accidents and state in better physical health

Education

Master’s Degree in Social Work -

Walden University
Minneapolis, MN
08.2022

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Applied Psychology -

Pennsylvania State University Berks Campus
Reading, PA
12.2018

Skills

  • Project Support
  • Workflow Optimization
  • Interpersonal and Social Skills
  • Report Writing
  • Client Relationships
  • Presentations
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Problem-Solving
  • Outstanding Communication Skills

Research

The Role of Parent Education Level, Religiosity, Socio-economic, Zavala, Y. & Lindsey, E. W., under revision, The Higher Education Council of Berks County (HECBC), Reading, PA, 19th Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Conference, Spring 2018, Presented a poster and answered questions about the research, methods, and findings

Activities Affiliations

  • Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Reading, PA, 2015, 2016, Participate in campus projects such as “Committed to Complete” career degree attentiveness, cleaned the campus and garden improvements and violence against women awareness; Attended monthly club meetings and decision making in planning activities, fundraisers (baking and selling) to help low-income communities
  • Reading Area Community College, Reading, PA, Spring 2016, Participated in faculty interviews for science and communication and provided feedback to directives from candidate’s presentation

Awards

Pennsylvania State University, Reading, PA, Dean’s List 2017-2018 Pennsylvania State University, Reading, PA, Glenn and E. Jane Moyer Family Scholarship Spring 2017 Reading Area Community College, Reading, PA, Dean’s List 2014-2016 Reading Area Community College, Reading, PA, ESL Academic Excellence Award Spring 2016

Volunteer Experience

  • Heartland Hospice, Wyomissing, PA, Friendly visitor / Volunteer, Spring, Summer 2018, Provided assistance to patients that suffered from terminal disease. Offered good listened, read, made inspirational cards that provided a sense of comfort and relieved mood
  • Volunteer interpreter, Translated health professional Doctor-Patient information when interviewing for illness diagnostic

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Youth & Young Adult High Risk Program

Berks Counseling Center
09.2022 - Current

Internship experience

Berks Counseling Center
08.2020 - 05.2021

Case manager

Berks Counseling Center
01.2019 - 06.2022

Senior Wellness Center: Activity and coordinator

Hispanic Center Daniel Torres
01.2010 - 01.2014

Internship experience

Berks Counseling Center
- 08.2022

Internship experience

Heartland Hospice
- 12.2017

Master’s Degree in Social Work -

Walden University

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Applied Psychology -

Pennsylvania State University Berks Campus
Yolanda Zavala Enriquez