Helene San Pedro-Estrada

Experience

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  New Directions for Children, Youth, Adults and Families Inc.

  Jul 2009 - Jan 2014

  Community Resource Worker

  I have started my career in the social services field through New Directions, working as a community support worker. I have had the opportunity to learn all that is required to make for a sustainable non-profit that serves people with physical and cognitive disabilities living independently in the community, provide support and direct life skills program, manage group activities centred in the community, manage our lounge services/day program that caters community inclusion, recreation, lunch programs, and other services that concentrate on meeting the basic needs and developing peer relationships among the participants/clients of the program.Majority of the people we support are Indigenous folks residing in Inner City Winnipeg who are diagnosed with Autism, FASD, Asperger's, and other developmentall disabilities. Show less

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  Winnipeg School Division

  May 2012 - Jan 2014

  Educational Assistant

  As a substitute educational assistant, I have had the chance to work with children/students with physical and cognitive disabilities, ranging from Nursery to High School, centred on children who attend inner city schools.Also, I primarly worked in the IPSA (Individualized Programming in Specialized Adapted Setting) -- Junior Autism Classroom at Grant Park High.

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  Main Street Project Inc.

  Feb 2013 - Jun 2015

  Crisis Intervention Worker

  As a Crisis Intervention Worker in the Detoxification Unit, my job entails a great sense of empathy and awareness towards clients battling their drug and/or alcohol addiction, whereby I am able to provide assistance and brief counselling services for Winnipeg's most vulnerable people. In addition to working in our non-medical detoxification unit, I am also trained in the Crisis Unit/Shelter Area, and the Intoxicated Person's Detention Area (IPDA).As a CIW, I support my clients through in-house counselling that centres to their personal recovery, including supplementation of information about the availability of the different addiction treatment programs and other necessary resources, including life skills programs and physical and mental health facilities, depending on their individualized care plans. I am trained to complete intake assessments for incoming clients, to complete client care and pre-discharge checklists, as well as to review their individual detoxification discharge plans.Due to this opportunity, I am able to hone skills and knowledge in addictions. Show less

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  Selkirk Mental Health Centre

  Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

  Activities Coordinator

  As a member of an interdisciplinary team, consisting of the resident Occupational Therapist, and Psychiatric Nurses, my job entails in the provision of quality services to persons experiencing mental illness and/or acquired brain injury following SMHC's Principles of Psychosocial Rehabilitation.Under the clinical direction of the Occupational Therapist and the administrative direction of the Coordinator of Patient Services, it is my duty to carry out specific and rehabilitative interventions for patients based on treatment goals and plans developed by the patient and the treatment team. This includes conducting specific assessments, providing education for patients on an individual or group basis focusing on teaching independent living, vocational and social skills. Show less

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  Government of Manitoba

  Apr 2014 - Jan 2017

  Correction Officer

  As a Juvenile Counselor, one of my job functions is to be an integral part of a team in a provincial juvenile correctional institution that provide continuous care and rehabilitative counselling to a group of behaviorally and emotionally-challenged youth in a restrictive environment.

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  Marymound

  Apr 2015 - now

  Youth Drug Stabilization Worker
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  All Nations Coordinated Response Network CFS

  Oct 2017 - Jan 2018

  Assessment Specialist
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  Southeast Resource Development Council Corp.

  Jan 2018 - Feb 2022

  Regional Coordinator

  The Success Through Advocacy and Role Modelling (STAR) is an FASD Prevention Program that offers support to pre & post-natal women (up to 1 year after birth) to support healthy pregnancies and lifestyles. STAR provides services to Indigenous women living in First Nations on-reserve communities across Manitoba: Roseau River, Cross Lake, Norway House, Nelson House, SERDC, SCTC & KTC communities. We are a client-centered program that links participants with a mentor who assists them in identifying and achieving goals related to wellness. Mentors offer non-judgmental 3-year mentoring, advocacy, and emotional support to women who are not effectively engaged with community resources. Mentors are women from the community who have overcome similar issues that STAR clients are confronted with. Cultural safety of language, family ties, and cultural and spiritual acceptance are focal points of the program, which also aims to ensure clients are linked to appropriate services including assessments, referrals, follow-up, and other services are accessible despite the geographic barriers that Indigenous communities face.STAR Program participants are supported to set their own goals, with encouragement given to develop a trusting relationship with available resources on- and off-reserve. Show less

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  Southeast Resource Development Council Corp.

  May 2022 - now

  Harm Reduction Response On-reserve (SE Tribal communities) STAR Program (FASD Prevention: SERDC Health Services)

  • Program Coordinator

    Feb 2023 - now

  • Clinical Supervisor

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Health Educator (Harm Reduction)

    May 2022 - Feb 2023
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  Heartworks & Heroes

  Jun 2024 - now

  Founder

  Heartworks & Heroes"Nurturing our hearts, empowering our inner heroes."Our mission is to empower individuals, families, and communities through innovative, instinctive, inspirational, and culturally-centred psychotherapeutic/ counselling/ mental health consulting services.Our vision is to provide holistic mental health + wellness services in Manitoba and beyond Canadian borders, known for our compassionate care and diverse therapeutic modalities/ approaches.Our services are offered to:✨️ Individuals/ 1-1 counselling✨️ Couples counselling✨️ Corporate group therapy✨️ Individual goal setting✨️ Corporate strategic planning✨️ Proposal writing + presentation skills supportWe are here for your personal + professional relational growth 🌿We can't wait to meet you!#heartwork #mindfulmovement #mentalhealth #psychotherapy #counselling Show less

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  Udynamics Therapeutic Wellness Center & Addiction Recovery Clinic

  Jul 2024 - now

  Clinical Therapist