Experience

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  Neighbors grove child development center

  Jun 2006 - Oct 2007

  Daycare director

  • Act as principal for children with behavioral issues• Serve as mediator between staff and parents when issues arise• Increased revenue for the daycare by going out into the community and reaching out to families with children from birth – Pre-school.- Grew the daycare from 78 children to capacity of 141.

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  Neighbors grove wesleyan church

  Jul 2006 - Jun 2008

  Assistant pastor (children)

  • Established Sunday morning children’s ministries to children from age 3 – 5th grade. As a result increasing the likelihood of families with children to attend our church.• Serve as the head of the Children’s ministry.• Volunteer as needed with other church activities.

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  Nc mentor

  Nov 2007 - Jun 2008

  Direct support professional

  • Worked one on one with mentally ill clients and their families’ in the home to learn parenting and coping skills.• Assisted school students to manage their behaviors and concentrate on academic goals.- Empowered the children to be able to have an open dialog with their parents / guardians thereby decreasing the behaviors and bring cohesion back to the families.

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  East gate church of nazarene

  Jun 2008 - Oct 2011

  Assistant pastor (children)

  • Transformed Sunday morning worship from to an engaging and dynamic media driven service for 1st grade – 5th grade children. This brought in several new families and a lot of children from the community as well.• Started new program to reach families with pre-school children by renovating a classroom and giving it an extreme makeover designed with the pre-k child in mind, thereby bringing in new families with pre-school children• Improved record keeping of children’s ministry contact from the outdated paper system to a computerized record of attendance and contacts with families. Show less

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  Support systems llc

  Nov 2011 - Dec 2012

  Qmhp

  • Taught self-help skills in the community, such as shopping, budgeting, behavior management, accessing community resources, etc.• Worked one on one with mentally ill clients• Used talk therapy with individuals to assist them through therapeutic catharsis.- Wrote quarterlies, annuals, progress notes; got the individuals in touch with services and resources in the valley to care for themselves and pay their bills.

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  Roanoke city school district

  Dec 2012 - May 2013

  Special education instructional assistant

  Counsel and Tutor students in the classroom who are struggling with schoolwork thus decreasing the workload for the teacher.Assist the special education instructor with teaching, grading and lesson planning so that she could focus on other students who required more attention. Fill in as a substitute teacher as needed by the principal. Assist with bus loading and unloading and ensuring safety for the children.Reporting safety issues to the principal in regards to school and playground defects. Show less

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  Strengthening our system llc

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

  Mental health technician

  Assisting adults with mental health disabilities with activities of daily life in their own homes. Assisted the individuals in their homes with cleaning thoroughly, budgeting, comparison shopping, choosing, preparing, and cooking healthy food options, medication management and how to handle being in public and interacting with others in an appropriate manner,

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  National counseling group

  Dec 2015 - Jun 2016

  Intensive in-home counselor

  Assist children, adults, and families with creating harmony, living within boundaries, Creating a healthy stable peaceful home life, and activities of daily life. Empowered parents to feel that they can handle their child's behaviors and assisted them with discipline ideas. Equipped and enabled children and teens to feel that they could discuss their feelings and thoughts with their caregivers and not feel judged.

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  Innovative community solutions ltd

  Dec 2016 - Jan 2018

  Residential counselor

  Assisting adults with mental health disabilities with activities of daily life in 5 group homes. Assisted the adults in the homes with making everyday life choices of how to best spend their money; choose better food options; how to handle conflict; improve their self-esteem; and how to handle everyday situations out in public.

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  It's about time!

  Jan 2018 - Mar 2018

  Congregate residential manager

  Oversee day to day operations of all residential support programs; scheduling of staffing; perform individual assessments prior to program entrance; supervise, develop, integrate and coordinate ISP’s quarterly & annual review; monthly supervision; liaison with staff; liaison with individual & family members; recruiting, screening, & hiring staff; monthly supervision meetings of employees and supervisors; ensure compliance with DBHDS, Medicaid & Human Rights

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  Family insight, p.c.

  Mar 2018 - Oct 2018

  Intensive in-home counselor

  I assist children and families with mental health diagnoses to become more harmonic, loving and supportive of one another in order to create a better home environment for all involved.

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  Mainstream mental health inc

  Apr 2018 - Oct 2021

  Lmhp

  Assisting adults with mental health disabilities with activities of daily life.

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  Phillips family enterprises

  Dec 2021 - now

  Mental health consultant

  I am here to assist you and your company with improving your reputation as well as improving your ability to help those in need in the community to reduce homelessness and unwillingness to participate in your services.

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  Cerebral

  Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Resident in counseling

  Counseling everyday normal people with life struggles.

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  Rivers of hope counseling

  Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Resident in counseling

  Counseling everyday people

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  Anderson counseling services

  Mar 2022 - Aug 2022

  Resident in counseling / qmhp staff supervisor
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  Abt associates in brief therapy

  Aug 2022 - Nov 2023

  Resident in counseling

  Outpatient therapist Resident in Counseling

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  Horizon behavioral health

  Dec 2023 - now

  Resident in counseling

  Outpatient Counseling to children, teenagers, adults, couples, and families.