Kim Smith-Stanley

Experience

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  Communities In Schools of San Antonio

  Sept 2006 - Aug 2010

  Case Manager/Counselor

  • Provided psycho-social assessment which included, academic performance, social skills, attendance, behavior, and basic needs through a case management model. Created treatment plans that provided students with holistic care which included social service support, drop-out prevention and intervention services and clinical counseling. • Excelled in providing individual, crisis and group counseling to resilient adolescents and their families through a variety of counseling approaches including solution focused, cognitive behavioral and person-centered approaches. • Fostered and maintained relationships with students, parents, school faculty and collaboration with community partners. • Provided college and career counseling and career assessment. • Facilitator for agency wide Reality-Oriented Physical Experiences (ROPES) and other outdoor recreational and therapeutic activities. • Wrote and developed the agency training protocol for suicide assessment with children and youth. Show less

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  Central Presbyterian Church,

  May 2013 - Aug 2018

  Associate Pastor

  • Planned, organized, and led meaningful and inclusive worship services and developed and delivered thought-provoking and timely sermons. • Served as interim Solo Pastor from February 2015 – May 2016, responsible for leadership and oversight of church operations and administration. • Provided high quality, short and long term spiritually integrated counseling and pastoral care to youth and adults across diverse demographics, inside and outside the church community using a person-centered approach, unconditional positive regard, deep listening and spiritual care. • Created and implemented The Central Mission, a social service program for people who are experiencing homelessness and/or living in poverty. Successfully organized and provided administration and management of The Central Mission including the supervision and mobilization of professional staff and volunteers. • Began partnership with The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work as an internship placement for master’s level social work students. Provided direct, onsite supervision for the social work interns. Show less

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  Round Rock Presbyterian Church

  Aug 2018 - Apr 2023

  Head of Staff Pastor

  • Provide administrative oversight and leadership of the church including day to day operations, strategic planning, and project and people management. • Serve as moderator of Session, the Church’s Governing Board providing vision and leadership. • Plan, organize and lead meaningful and inclusive worship services and develop and deliver thought provoking and timely sermons. • Provide high quality, short and long term spiritually integrated counseling and pastoral care to youth and adults inside and outside the church community using a person-centered approach, unconditional positive regard and deep listening.• Lead and teach classes on eco-spirituality and justice, anti-racism and dismantling systemic racism training, social justice through a theological lens. • Lead community engagement activities including project management, relationship building and operational oversight. Some of which include the Afghan Family Resettlement Program, ongoing support of housing and food programs in the local community, church wide mentoring for young adults moving out of the criminal justice system, church wide reading program for elementary students behind in their literacy skills and development, community partnership and ongoing relationship with Trinity Place, housing for low-income seniors. Show less

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  Trinity Center Inc

  Mar 2023 - now

  Staff Counselor