Gary James Austin

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San Antonio, TX 78212

Phone: Hm: 210-***-****

Mobile: 210-***-****

E-mail: Personal: acgg6f@r.postjobfree.com

Education

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Antonio, Texas

Masters in Counseling, G.P.A 3.93

1999-2001, St. Mary's University San

Antonio, Texas

B.A. Counseling and Human Services:

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Counseling

GPA 3.52

1996-1999, San Antonio College San

Antonio, Texas

A. A., Substance Abuse & Mental Health Counseling

Presidential Honors Program GPA 3.9

Leadership

Vice president Peer Educators, San Antonio College 1996-1997

President Peer Educators, San Antonio College 1997-1999

Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society's Bridges to Healthy

Communities Health and Wellness Officer, A.A.C.C., Beta Nu Chapter

1997-1999

Achievements, Community, Awards, Scholarships

Phi Theta Kappa International's Distinguished Member Hallmark Award; 1998;

Panel member on PBS, KLRN-TV "Close to Home" Community Initiative Panel on

Youth and Drugs 1998

Texas Association of Student Special Services, Distinguished Student Leader

Award 1999;

Honors Program Full Scholarship, San Antonio College; Graduate Speaker, San

Antonio College Commencement Ceremony May 1999; Phi Theta Kappa

Scholarship, St. Mary's University; Guest speaker on Homelessness and

Substance Abuse, July 24-29th 2006 "Joy in Our Town" on KHCE TV 23 San

Antonio Educational Television Inc.;

Selected for Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

and Who's Who at University of Texas, San Antonio 2008; Community

Networking/Outreach; Health Fairs, Christmas Under the Bridge for the

Homeless

Project Member SEEK Advisory Counsel on HIV/ Substance Abuse at Center for

Health Care Services

Positions Held

Center for Health Care Services

San Antonio, Texas

August, 2009 to June, 2014

4 yrs.' as Caseworker II, Genesis Program TCOOMMI

Oversee a caseload of Probation and Parole consumers who have mental and/or

medical impairments.

Provide case management services to include continued assessment of mental

status as well as supportive individual counseling: coordinating schedules

for substance abuse and lifestyle groups and working with the offender in

meeting treatment plan goals.

Work closely with Probation and Parole Officers to coordinate services to

meet the needs of the Offender, establish goals to move the offender to

successfully completing probation/parole.

Working with Drs. and nurses, I help the offender to meet scheduling

demands for continued psychiatric evaluation of their progress and

achieving medication management of their particular illness. I also ran

anger management groups for several months at MIOF, using CBT to help the

consumers to find better ways of handling situations that frustrate them.

Transferred to Crisis Care Center, August 2013 to June, 2014.

Work as LPHA to assess voluntary and involuntary persons, establishing the

severity of suicidal, homicidal, and decompensating behaviors and staffing

with psychiatrists to provide appropriate level of care

CentroMed, San Antonio, Texas

May, 2002-April 2008

Substance Abuse Educator/Licensed Social Worker

Individual Supportive Counseling, Dual Diagnosis, Process, and lifestyle

Groups for clients with mental health and substance abuse issues

Present Substance Abuse Education and Relapse Prevention/Life Skills Groups

Case Management

Administered Behavioral Health Screenings and Assessments

Developed curriculum for Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse and Relapse

prevention program

Referral System for Substance Abuse Services

Project Development of Substance Abuse Criteria to Monitor Performance

Indicators and to meet Grant Goals

San Antonio College San Antonio,

Texas

1997-1999

Office Manager for Student Assistants Program

Assistant to Roberto Flores, Program Coordinator Student Assistant Program

Coordinate the Peer Educators Training and Certification

Represent San Antonio College at city, regional and State drug and alcohol

awareness seminars

Presented Orientation seminars to all incoming students on the dangers of

Alcohol and Other Drugs of abuse and Healthy Lifestyle choices, including

education on HIV/AIDs and other sexually transmitted diseases

Assisted in the Re-designed of Student A.O.D./ Lifestyle Survey for San

Antonio College Research Department

Computer Proficiencies

Systems: Windows: XP/Vista/8.1

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Publisher

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel Basics.

Licenses and Certificates

Licensed Professional Counselor 2010-present

Licensed Social Worker L.B.S.W., 2003-present

LCDC-CI 11/19/2002-11/19/2007

References

Available upon request

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