Mental Health Service

Oscar Mendoza

**** **** ******* ******, *******, IL 60640

Phone: 312-***-****

E-mail: ***********@*****.***

Education and Training

Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL Addiction Studies Certificate

July 2012

Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL Master of Divinity December 2009

St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL Bachelor of Arts Major: Sociology July 2007

Community Counseling Centers of Chicago, Chicago, IL Mental Health First Aid USA 2012

Deer Rehabilitation Center, Chicago, IL Effectively Facilitating as Agents of Change 2012

Mujeres Latinas en Acción, Chicago, IL Domestic Violence 2011

Cross-Cultural Interpreting Services, Chicago, IL Medical Interpretation 2011

Work Experience

Chicago Lakeshore Hospital, Chicago, IL 2012-Present

Team Leader/Mental Health Counselor

• Facilitate therapeutic groups and activities for people experiencing mental health

problems and substance abuse.

• Help clients establish goals consistent with achieving and maintaining recovery.

• Promote client knowledge, skills, and attitudes that contribute to a positive change in

substance use behaviors.

• Provide emotional support to patients by listening, encouraging, and conveying

information.

• Supervise therapeutic milieu including the promotion of safety by providing precaution

rounds and provision of assistance to patients.

Claretian Missionaries USA Province, Chicago, IL 2002-2012

Service Professional

Assignments:

Avance Counseling, Chicago, IL

Advocate/Counselor

• Educated clients about the effects of substance use disorders and domestic violence on

the family, couple, and/or significant other.

• Delivered prevention and treatment educational programs by facilitating discussion and

identifying, creating, and modifying relevant educational material to meet the needs of

the client.

• Made consistent therapeutic responses when the clients’ behavior was inconsistent with

stated recovery goals.

Mary Ward Center, Chicago, IL

ESL Tutor

Instilled in students positive attitudes and confidence toward learning.

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• Facilitated creative or supplementary material within the usual lesson format.

Catholic Campus Ministry, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

Pastoral Associate

• Taught students life skills and assisted them in identifying and practicing behaviors

associated with long-term maintenance of healthy interactions.

• Planned and presided catechetical and spiritual formation programs that helped

establishing community building.

John Paul II Newman Center, Chicago, IL

Campus Minister

• Offered spiritual encouragement to students and helped them develop spiritual strength.

• Listened attentively to students’ concerns and encouraged them to harness their immense

gifts and talents.

Skills

• Fluent in Spanish and English.

• Able to participate in conflict resolution, problem solving, mediation, and negotiation.

• Excellent communications skills.

• Able to convey warmth, respect, and genuineness in a culturally appropriate manner.

• Able to establish trust and rapport.

• Able to stay focused and remain professional at all times while helping to maintain a

calm and relaxed atmosphere.

• Able to establish and maintain nonjudgmental, respectful relationships with clients and

service providers.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher).

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