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Mental Health Substance Abuse

Location:
Hampton, VA, 23666
Posted:
October 12, 2010

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Resume:

Sandra J. Magill

*** ********** ****

Hampton, Virginia 23666

Email: ********@*****.***

757-***-****

Summary of Experience:

Over 16 years post graduate experience as licensed substance abuse and

mental health professional, including 8.5 years working overseas with the

Army in Germany, and stateside with the Air Force in Virginia

Clinical supervisor for Military and Family Life Consultant Victim

Advocates (MFLC VA) at 19 Family Advocacy Programs across the US involving

46, daylight and on call advocates, and six Special Operations Command

consultants (SOCOM MFLC) at SOCOM locations within CONUS

Expertise with military protocols, customs and culture including helping

military members and families deal with stress about deployments,

redeployments, separating from the military, family relationships re:

school, divorce, violence and maltreatment, substance abuse and mental

health issues

Extensive background in program administration, operation and technical

planning as seen in role as Executive Director (ED) for substance abuse and

mental health facility, program manager for EAP work and consulting with

over 25 companies over a 15 year period of time, and by working

successfully with adolescents in creating, directing and planning an after

school program designed to increase developmental assets as they

participated in a volunteer community involvement program

As ED, wrote policies and procedures that successfully allowed for full

licensing and accreditation as both an outpatient substance abuse and

mental health facility, prepared and executed budgets and proposals for

continued funding, and hired, trained and mentored professional staff (of

five to ten employees) for over a ten year period of time.

Experienced with employee management, workplace interface with human

resources, safety, security, and overall employee concerns

Provided general adult educational and career development counseling to

both military and civilian personnel who were preparing to leave/retire

from the military

Designed, implemented and managed individual, family, and group counseling

and educational services to explain and provide information resulting in

customers being better able to make good decisions based on information and

services received

Knowledgeable of Employee Assistance Program policies and protocols in risk

management areas such as: substance abuse, DOT, workplace violence, ADA

mental health accommodations, and FMLA

Work History:

Clinical Supervisor

MHN Government Services

514 Butler Farm Road

Hampton, Virginia 23666

4/28/08 to Present

Director: Marilyn Navarro 571-***-****

SME NSPS/Special Projects

HQ IMCOM-Europe

MPRI Contractor

Heidelberg, Germany

January 2, 2007 to March 31, 2008

Supervisor: Barbara Russell- DSN: 370-6887

ACAP Counselor

Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP)

Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany

June 1, 2006 to December 22, 2006

Supervisor: Cathy Banks- DSN: 385-2697

ASACS Counselor, Mannheim American HS

SAIC/Adolescent Substance Abuse Counseling Services

Mannheim, Germany

September 16, 2002 to May 26, 2006

Principal: Sharon O'Donnell DSN 385-4092

Program Director

HealthWorks EAP and Mental Health Services

Bangor, Maine

November 22, 1999 to August 23, 2002

Executive Director

Northeast Care Foundation

Bangor, Maine

March 1988 to October 1999

Education:

University of Maine, Orono, Maine Master of Arts, Liberal Studies

(1993)

University of Maine, Orono, Maine Bachelor of Arts, English (1973)

University of Maine, Orono, Maine Teacher Certification (1974)

Licenses and Certifications: All are current

Maine Teacher's Certification (K-8) since 1975

Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor in Maine (LADC) since 1981

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Maine (LCPC) since 1994

Master Addictions Counselor (MAC) since 1996

Professional Trainings and Memberships

Corporate Crisis Intervention Level I and Level II, 1998 and 1999

Threat of Violence Consultation Level I and Level II, 1998 and 1999

Advanced Threat of Violence Training, May and August, 2002

Maine Association of Alcohol and Drug Counselors (MAADAC)

National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)

Employee Assistance Professional Association (EAPA)

Published:

Women as a Special Population, 1981

Alcohol and Research World, authored article with Dr. Thorpe and Mary Jane

Bush, 1983

Thesis: Predictors for Successful Outcomes in one Outpatient Substance

Abuse Facility, 1993

National Trainer for Crisis Management Inc. (CMI) since 1998. Was chosen

over 250 other applicants to be trained to present two-day trainings to

other Master's and PhD level clinicians on Corporate Critical Incident

Response and Threat of Violence Consultation. Was one of the first

responders for CMI to New York City on September 12, 2001. Worked as a

consultant for five large corporations for 2.5 weeks in NYC.

As a National trainer for Crisis Management International, in Atlanta,

Georgia, rewrote the 16 hour training for corporate crisis response and

then trained it in cities across the U.S. including: New York City, Mobile,

Alabama, Charleston, South Carolina, Chicago, Illinois, Minneapolis,

Minnesota, and Washington, D.C.



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