Mental Health High School

Katia Reynolds

Email: abpkpd@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Bloomfield

State: CT

Zip: 06002

Country: USA

Phone: 860-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

Mental health professional driven to help others overcome personal obstacles. Comfortable working autonomously or in a team-based setting.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from University of Connecticut, Storrs CT 1/2001 to 5/2006 (Human Development and Family Studies)

Job History / Details:

Professional Summary

Mental health professional driven to help others overcome personal obstacles. Comfortable working autonomously or in a team-based setting.

Skill Highlights

De-escalation techniques

Skilled at facilitating daily groups

Exceptional problem solver

Medicaid familiarity

Psychiatric population familiarity

CPR certified

PMT certified

Certified to administer medication

Superior communication skills

Experience with dual diagnosis individuals

Professional Experience

January 2007 to Current

Community Mental Health Affiliates New Britain, CT

Recovery Specialist

Communicate with other internal and external providers to ensure consistency and accessibility to requested/needed services.

Provide therapeutic intervention services to adults using individual and group treatment.

Supervise self- administration of clients medication daily.

Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.

Efficiently gathered information from families and social services agencies to inform development of treatment plans.

Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.

Collaborated closely with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services.

Developed comprehensive treatment plans that focused on accurate diagnosis and behavioral treatment of problems.

Taught clients anger management techniques, relaxation skills, impulse control, social skills, emotional coping skills and functional living skills.

Consulted with psychiatrists about client medication changes, issues with medicine compliance and efficacy of medications.

August 2008 to Current

Windsor Independent Living Association Windsor, CT

ADL Counselor

Assist and educate clients on how to perform daily tasks

Checked facility for open windows, locked doors, malfunctioning smoke detectors and other safety hazards.

Monitor clients safety and well being

Administer medication to clients daily

Engage client in fun and stress relieving activities.

Collaborated closely with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services.

Executed appropriate risk-assessment and mitigation strategies.

Education and Training

May, 2006 University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut

Bachelor of Science Human Development and Family Studies

Member of West Indian Student Awareness Organization

Law and Ethics course

Human Services coursework

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