|Derek Bastian |

|*** Leighigh Dr., Swansea, IL *2226 |

|618-***-**** or 618-***-**** |

|abgftq@r.postjobfree.com |

|Objective |Counselor |

|Profile |More than 25 years experience as a community worker |

| |More than 24 years as a senior pastor |

| |5 years experience as a youth pastor |

| |Ordained Iterant Elder in The African Methodist Episcopal |

| |Church 1992 |

| |Licensed to administer last rites and funerals, perform |

| |marriages and conduct sacramental functions, such as |

| |consecrate and serve communion and baptisms |

| |Pastoral care experience with hospice and hospital setting |

| |through role as pastor and CPE |

| |2 units Clinical Pastoral Education |

| |Work well with diverse groups in urban or rural settings |

| |Comfortable counseling and ministering to patients with |

| |mental health illnesses |

| |Adept at creating or participating or representing |

| |organization in memorial settings |

| |Confident in capacity to produce worship experiences for |

| |special needs of organization |

| |Ability to create programs that meet needs and make them |

| |fully operational |

| |Goal-oriented individual with strong leadership capabilities |

| |Organized, highly motivated, and detail-directed problem |

| |solver |

| |Proven ability to work in unison with staff, volunteers, and |

| |board of directors |

| |Ability to counsel and guide people in crisis |

| |Work well with youth |

| |Good at follow up and follow through |

| |Ability to help others achieve their leadership potential |

| |Ability to teach and train staff, volunteers and clients |

|Education |St. John's College High School, Stapleton Gardens, N.P. |

| |Bahamas |

| |120 Credit Hours, Psychology/Sociology, Edward Waters |

| |College, Jacksonville, Florida |

| |B.A., Business Administration, William Penn University, |

| |Oskaloosa, Iowa |

| |Completed Master's of Professional Counseling, Lindenwood |

| |University -Belleville, IL |

| |2 Units of Clinical Pastoral Education with Veterans |

| |Administration Medical Center |

|Relevant Experience & Accomplishments |

|Program Coordination |

|Successfully established After School Program entitled Safe Village Learning|

|Enrichment Programs in Des Moines, Iowa that served 85 students week days |

|and 100 students daily for the summer from the first day school closed to |

|the last day before it reopened. |

|Successfully established a housing program for homeless women and children |

|entitled The Transformation Center that housed 19 families for 2 years to |

|help create stability and security. |

|Increased annual budget from $225,000 in 1998 to $350,000 in 2007 and |

|increase assets of organization by $2 million dollars |

|Managed 7 full-time employees, numerous part-time temporary workers and |

|volunteers |

|Grant writing, secured funding for numerous programs and services |

|Designed services, programs, activities and ministries |

|Counseled youth on behavior, choices and defining career and work-related |

|goals and |

|Objectives |

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|Management/Supervision |

|Directed recruitment and retention of directors, staff, clients and |

|volunteers |

|Trained, supervised and evaluated staff, coached improvement management |

|skills |

|Resulted in multilateral staff achievement of work objectives |

|Managed and developed over 50 volunteers into goal-oriented, cohesive group |

|Managed and trained 10 ministers in pastoral responsibilities and demands |

|Established a healthy marriage group which supported more than 10 couples |

|Established a singles group to focus development, growth and self-esteem |

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|Employment |Therapist Internship, Touchette Regional |April-Nov.-2|

| |Hospital Behavioral Health Intensive Outpatient |012 |

| |Program, Centreville, IL | |

| |Conducting psychotherapy and psychoeducational | |

| |groups, individual counseling, intake |2012-Present|

| |assessment, treatment planning | |

| |On-Call Chaplain, SSM Healthcare System, St. | |

| |Louis, MO | |

| |Administering to the spiritual, emotionally and | |

| |psychological needs of patients and their |2011-Present|

| |families, including: prayers, listening, being | |

| |present, support, spiritual counseling, last | |

| |rites, grief support, comfort care, Advance | |

| |Directives, organ donation discussion with | |

| |families |2007-2011 |

| |Pastor, Transformation Christian Center, East | |

| |St. Louis, IL | |

| |Preaching, teaching, family counseling, | |

| |training, board responsibilities, fund raising | |

| |and management, hiring, recruiting volunteers | |

| |and membership, establishing community | |

| |partnership with other organizations | |

| |Pastor, Saint Luke African Methodist Episcopal | |

| |Church, East Saint Louis, IL | |

| |Preaching, teaching, family counseling, | |

| |training, board responsibilities, fund raising | |

| |and management, hiring, recruiting volunteers | |

| |and membership, establishing community | |

| |partnership with other organizations | |

| |Pastor, Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal |1999-2007 |

| |Church, Des Moines, | |

| |Iowa | |

| |Preaching, teaching, family counseling, | |

| |training, board responsibilities, fund raising | |

| |and management, hiring, recruiting volunteers | |

| |and membership, establishing community | |

| |partnership with other organizations. | |

| |Pastor, Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal|1998-1999 |

| |Church, Galesburg, IL | |

| |Preaching, teaching, family counseling, | |

| |training, board responsibilities, fund raising | |

| |and management, hiring, recruiting volunteers | |

| |and membership, establishing community | |

| |partnership with other organizations | |

| |Teacher's Assistant, Belleville Township High |1994-1998 |

| |School District 201, Belleville, IL | |

| |Assisted students that were diagnosed | |

| |emotionally handicapped, behavioral disorders, | |

| |physically handicapped | |

| |Pastor, Bethel A.M.E. Church, Brookport, IL |1994-1998 |

| |Pastor, St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Metropolis, IL | |

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| |Preaching, teaching, family counseling, | |

| |training, board responsibilities, fund raising | |

| |and management, hiring, recruiting volunteers | |

| |and membership, establishing community | |

| |partnership with other organizations | |

|Community |NAACP, Member |

|Involvement |Former, St. Luke A.M.E. Apartments, President, Board of |

| |Directors |

| |Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Member |

|Honors & |Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Keynote Speaker and Award, East |

|Awards |St. Louis, IL 2008 |

| |Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Keynote Speaker, Des Moines, Iowa |

| |2001 |

| |Enterprise Empowerment Zone Community Partner 2006 |

| |Annie Casey Foundation Making Connections Neighborhood |

| |Partner Award |

| |Chosen in 2007 to be 1 of 30 pastors and community leaders in|

| |Des Moines, IA to have an intimate forum with then |

| |Presidential Candidate Barack Obama |

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