Tasha Stuart-Shuman, BSW, QMHA-I

Experience

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  Abbott Alumni Center at Pacific University

  Jan 2018 - May 2018

  Community Engagement Ambassador

  I worked in the Office of Alumni Engagement at Pacific University and gave campus tours to middle schoolers.

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  Forest Grove Temporary Emergency Shelter

  Jan 2018 - May 2018

  PM and Overnight Support

  -worked evening and overnight shifts at an emergency weather shelter in Forest Grove-greeted and checked in guests-set up mattresses, tables, and bedding-served food to guests-socialized and ate with guests-sanitized surfaces and spaces after use

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  New Avenues for Youth

  Aug 2019 - Apr 2020

  -worked overnights 5 days a week, 11 PM-7:30 AM at Robinswood, a 30-90 day placement facility for foster kids 9-18 years old- provided emotional support to youth having trauma responses-facilitated “Plan B” conversations with kids after they had emotional or physical reactions to situations that violated the boundaries of the other youth-wrote Behavior-Intervention-Outcome (BIO) notes documenting interactions with youth and the service provided-wrote Incident Reports (IRs) and Suspected Child Abuse Reports (SCARs)-performed wellness checks on all youth every 30 minutes throughout the night-performed Enhanced Supervision (ES) checks on youth at risk for self-harm every 15 minutes-advocated for youth needs to supervisors-debriefed events of each night during shift change-cleaned and sanitized the whole facility Show less -worked as an on-call employee at New Avenues For Youth, covered shifts at Drop-In (a drop-in center for homeless youth), SMYRC (Sexual Minority Resource Center), Transitional Housing (transitional housing program for homeless youth), and Robinswood (a foster youth placement)-engaged with youth at Drop-In while they had a hot meal and accessed other services, including clothing closet, laundry, and showers-checked in LGBT youth at SMYRC groups, cooked food for youth, actively listened to youth, facilitated access to clothing closet, facilitated activities and discussions-wrote Data Assessment Plan (DAP) notes, Incident Reports (IRs), Missing Persons Reports in Transitional Housing, helped youth with homework, cleaned communal spaces-supervised youth at Robinswood, facilitated groups, outings, meals, intervened when conflict between youth arose, wrote Behavior Intervention Outcome (BIO) notes and IRs Show less

  • Overnight Youth Advocate at Robinswood

    Feb 2020 - Apr 2020

  • On-Call Youth Advocate

    Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
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  Janus Youth Programs, Inc.

  Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

  Relief Youth Care Specialist

  -covered day, swing, and overnight shifts at Imani House, a group home for teenage boys age 13-18 who have perpetrated sexual violence -supervised clients during mealtimes, chores, exercise, free time, school work, and on outings- facilitated treatment groups where youth held each other accountable for not following program expectations, and skills groups-administered medications and documented on MAR charts

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  HOPE REFUGE INC

  May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Direct Care Staff

  -supervised teenage girls 12-18 that have experienced sex trafficking-transported girls to outings and appointments-coordinated activities that could be implemented in a group home setting-wrote incident reports and documented client activity-administered medications to clients-provided conflict de-escalation and crisis intervention services for clients

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  SARC

  Aug 2021 - May 2022

  -confidential advocate to sexual assault survivors via 24 hour crisis hotline

  • Community Education intern

    Oct 2021 - May 2022

  • Crisis Intervention Intern

    Aug 2021 - Oct 2021
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  Outside In

  Oct 2021 - now

  -Provided initial and ongoing assessments of youth and facilitate the development of a service plans with eachparticipant.-Monitored youth participation in other services (employment, education, basic needs and activity services, andshelter) and progress on action steps including participation in homeless youth resources.-Coordinated with Benefits Enrollment Specialists and SNAP Outreach Coordinator to monitor medical insuranceand SNAP coverage.-Make referrals and, as needed, for recovery-oriented supports including mental health and substance usedisorders treatment.-Participated in regular communication with Youth Department and Homeless Youth Continuum staff, includingcoordination via in-person, e-mail, phone contacts, and meetings.-Collaborated with housing authorities and landlords to successfully move residents into permanent housing with emergency housing vouchers and project-based housing vouchers Show less -covered day and swing shifts in program -provided emotional support to residents in Transitional Living Program-completed progress notes documenting every individual interaction with clients-completed room checks, assisted clients with chores, completed room condition reports with residents exiting program-cleaned and staged empty rooms/units for new residents-collaborated with housing case managers and housing program manager-provided immediate response to residents via 24 hour housing cell-completed housing log documenting last time residents were seen Show less

  • Housing Case Manager

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Resident Services Navigator- Transitional Housing

    Oct 2021 - Mar 2022