Cristian Caraballo

Experience

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  University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  Jun 2016 - Dec 2019

  • Work with the Student Union department staff to provide clients services.• Prepare weekly schedule & daily tasks of up to 10 student staff.• Coordinate and lead in the oversight of set-ups of Union events.• Report client requests and needs to the supervisor in a timely manner.• Participate in the execution of designated events hosted in the Union. • Organized rooms for various events and functions.• Maintained positive customers relations and provided superior customers services.• Demonstrated quality telephone and business communication skills.• Trained student staff in the ins and outs of their daily tasks.

  • Assistant Manager

    Jul 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Student Worker

    Jun 2016 - Jul 2019
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  Acadiana Treatment Center

  Aug 2020 - Feb 2021

  Behavior Health Associate

  Demonstrate a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety and provide excellent customer services.Ensure the well-being of patients and provide a positive, supportive and structured environment.Responsible for conducting safety checks and ensuring that supervision is conducted at 15 minute intervals, as noted in special precautions, or in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines as needed.Document timely, accurate and appropriate clinical information in patient's medical record.Assist in providing a safe, secure and comfortable environment for patients, significant others and staff.Interact routinely with patients, observe behaviors and communicate significant observations to nursing staff.May oversee or assist patients with activities of daily living, including toileting, bathing, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, meals, snacks, hydration and changing bed linens. May obtain patient's vital signs, height and weight as assigned and document in patient record.Facilitate patient educational-rehabilitative groups which cover a variety of topics including social skills, coping skills, anger management and independent living skills.Engage patients in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.Complete and maintain required documentation. Assist with follow-up and paperwork as required on incidents and events that may take place in the facility. Show less

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  Vermilion Behavioral Health Systems

  Feb 2022 - Jul 2022

  Técnico de salud mental

  • Demonstrated a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety and provide excellent customer services.• Ensured and the well-being of patients and provided a positive, supportive, and structured environment.• Conducted safety checks and ensuring that supervision is conducted at 15 minute intervals, as noted in special precautions, or in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines as needed.• Documented timely, accurate and appropriate clinical information in patient's medical record.• Assisted in providing a safe, secure, and comfortable environment for patients, significant others and staff.• Interacted routinely with patients, observed behaviors and communicated significant observations to nursing staff and clinical staff.• Oversaw and assisted patients with activities of daily living, including toileting, bathing, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, meals, snacks, hydration and changing bed linens. • Obtained patient's vital signs, height and weight as assigned and document in patient record.• Facilitated patient educational-rehabilitative groups which cover a variety of topics including social skills, coping skills, anger management and independent living skills.• Engaged patients in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.• Completed and maintained required documentation. Assist with follow-up and paperwork as required on incidents and events that may take place in the facility. Show less

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  Northern Illinois University

  Jul 2022 - now

  The Graduate Assistant for Well-Being provides intervention, response, and support for residential students whose behavior has raised concern in the community and/or on campus. Serve as a point of contact for students and staff and manage first-response situations as well as ongoing case management strategies. This position is directly supervised by an Assistant Director of Housing and Residential Services. This is a live-in position and involves a level of accessibility and accountability to all students and staff members.Duties:• Participate in an on-call rotation to assist HRS staff with response to students exhibiting distress, mental health issues, roommate conflicts, anxiety, identity-based concerns, or other stressors as deemed appropriate. • Work collaboratively with HRS staff to schedule and conduct intervention meetings with students to determine appropriate referrals and coaching strategies. • Work collaboratively with HRS staff to perform follow-up meetings with students who exhibited behaviors or substance use concerns that lead to hospitalization or other medical response to confirm campus resources, support, and strategies for re-engagement in the community.• Provide ongoing support and maintain case notes as needed for students of concern including outreach, advocacy, resource access, and referral to campus and community agencies. • Assist in assessment tool development and implementation of assessment information for the purpose of determining effectiveness with clients.• Participate in HRS and Student Affairs training and professional development. • Participate in departmental and divisional committees. • Serve as a representative of HRS at various programs, training sessions, and outreach activities. • Adhere to all university and departmental training and confidentiality requirements. Show less • Provide adult individual, youth, couples, and family counseling to clients from the university's student body and the local community.• Manage 6 – 10 client such as individual, couples, youth and family.• Conduct comprehensive assessments of clients to identify presenting issues and treatment needs.• Develop treatment plans and goals collaboratively with clients, focusing on relational and family dynamics.• Receive supervision from AAMFT approved licensed Marriage and Family Therapists supervisors (MFTs) to enhance clinical skills and knowledge.• Participate in group supervision and case presentations to discuss and receive feedback on client cases.• Maintain detailed and confidential case notes for each client session, including assessment, progress, and treatment plans.• Collaborate with the supervising MFT and clinical team to ensure continuity of care for clients.• Assist in coordinating referrals to other services or specialists when necessary.• Provide psychoeducation to clients about family dynamics, communication, and coping strategies.• Ensure that all documentation, including client records and treatment plans, adheres to legal and ethical guidelines.• Adhere to ethical guidelines and standards set by professional organizations such as the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).• Demonstrate cultural competence by respecting and valuing the diversity of clients and their families. Show less • Counsels, advises, and refers residents on personal and academic matters.• Creates intentional efforts to interact with students and provides opportunities for student growth and development using the residential curriculum.• Supports the mission, policies and procedures of the department and university.• Promotes and develops an inclusive and academically supportive community.• Actively participates as a member of the area team, along with additional graduate residence hall directors, residence hall directors, complex coordinators, office support staff, community police officers, faculty coordinators, Campus Dining Services staff, and facilities staff.• Seeks opportunities to work collaboratively with departmental, divisional and campus partners through committees, liaison relationships and other interactions.• Collaborates directly with faculty advisors and house coordinators for the living-learning communities housed in the residence halls as appropriate.• Collaborates with other staff within the complex and across Housing and residential services to ensure consistently sharing best practice.• Assists with summer conference operations.• Assists with the management of hall facilities and budget.• Works collaboratively with the office support staff to manage building occupancy.• Supervises five to 10 community advisors.• Assists with the selection, training, development and evaluation of student staff.• Establishes and maintains regularly scheduled office hours.• Adjudicates low-level violations of university and Housing and Residential Services policies.• Responds to crisis and emergency situations and communicates necessary information appropriately.• Participates in area on-call duty rotation including weeknights, weekends and break periods when the university may be closed.•Assists staff members in assessing student needs and providing strategies through use of the residential curriculum to effectively meet those needs. 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  • Wellbeing Graduate Assistant

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Graduate Student Marriage and Family Therapist

    Jan 2023 - Jun 2024

  • Graduate Hall Director

    Jul 2022 - Jul 2023
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  Adventure Works of DeKalb County, Inc.

  May 2023 - now

  Marriage And Family Therapy Intern

  • Conduct youth, group and family therapy sessions with clients in particular the use of adventure therapy techniques and principles. • Conduct comprehensive assessments to evaluate the mental, emotional, and relational needs of clients.• Plan, and Faciliate group intervention with a focused in Adventure Therapy or Experiental Modality for assigned youth group with co-facilitator.• Develop personalized treatment plans that integrate adventure-based activities with traditional therapeutic approaches to address specific goals and challenges.• Facilitate adventure-based therapy and outdoor therapy groups, ensuring the physical and emotional safety of clients.• Manage a caseload of 6 – 8 clients, including individuals and families, and lead at least one youth therapy group with 10 participants.• Empower clients to take on challenges and push their comfort zones within the adventure therapy context.• Provide emotional support and guidance to help clients build self-esteem, self-confidence, and resilience.• Maintain accurate and confidential records of client sessions, assessments, and treatment plans• Provide Wellbeing Workshop in Spanish to the community to enhance knowledge and skills to parents and individuals.• Participate in weekly individual and group supervision to continue to expand your clinical skills and knowledge while offering individual, family, and group services• Participate in monthly DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) training to enhance cultural humility, which is applied in counseling sessions and organization's goal and mission. Show less