SOCIAL SERVICES
Resume:
Ari Anne Cerdas
Bayonne, NJ 07002
*************@*****.***
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ari-anne-cerdas/30/492/b2a
Dear Hiring Manager:
I would like to thank you in advance for taking the time to review my resume.
My current objective is to continue my full-time work in the social service field. My current minimum salary requirement is $55,000 however that amount is negotiable.
I have worked over the last 25 years in a variety of public, government, and private social service agencies, both not-for-profit and for profit. Some of the clients I have served include adults and children with mental illness, dual diagnosis, individuals in the correctional system, and persons with HIV/AIDS. Some of those positions I have held include therapist, case manager, agency business manager, allocating and monitoring budgets, overseeing and writing grants and RFPs, and overseeing agencies that were the recipients of said RFPs and grants. I started as a direct care client worker and was promoted throughout my career to middle management and a supervisor of a significant number of staff members. I was a Certified Mental Health Professional from the State of Florida Certification Board. I have been described as resourceful, organized, and a results-oriented social services worker with multi-tasking dexterity and an exceptional amount of industry experience. During my career I have shown the capability to solve problems, the ability to develop and execute statewide pilot program strategies, as well as state and individual agency policy and procedures, the ability to maintain quality assurance, and the ability to prioritize a workload all with a high level of confidentiality and efficiency. I have been a successful intermediary, and am confident to perform as part of a team, with cross-functionally or independently as the situation dictates. I have been described as a valuable leader, cooperative team member, and a versatile employee. In addition to being in the social service industry, I also have worked in the retail industry and in the catering industry over the last 25 years.
I am currently working on obtaining my Masters Degree in General Psychology/Addictions Counseling, and have attended graduate school in the past.
Again, I thank you in advance for taking the time to review my resume.
Sincerely,
Ari Anne Cerdas
Ari Anne Cerdas
381 Avenue C, Apt 1
Bayonne, NJ 07002
*************@*****.***
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ari-anne-cerdas/30/492/b2a
Objective: To continue my full-time work in the social service field. Minimum salary requirement: $55,000 (neg). My experience is concentrated in the social work field with exposure to MICA and HIV clients, children and families, the legal system and contracts. I have 25 years of experience, with over 10 years of management experience, including supervisory and mid-level positions. I am currently working on obtaining my Masters Degree in General Psychology/Addictions Counseling, and have taken many graduate level courses in the past.
Name of Current Employer: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark, St. Lucy’s Homeless Shelter, 2016 - current.
*Substance Abuse Specialist and Case Manager in a homeless shelter. The clients on my caseload include both active substance users and those in different phases of recovery, along with other high risk individuals not in treatment, and trying engage them to enter supportive and/or recovery and addiction services with local community providers. Independent living and moving clients from the shelter system into their own residence is also the goal, as is employment and reentry services when applicable. Responsibilities also include intake procedures including completing all mental health and substance use/abuse intake assessments on new clients upon arrival, reporting statistics to state funders, providing referrals for clients to chemical dependency and mental health treatment, benefits and medical care, and other services where applicable, providing follow up for clients sent for referrals, and escorting clients to referral appointments where needed, all within the realm of providing therapeutic and case management services. This also includes determining resources needed to meet the individualized needs of consumers in the assessment process; developing and implementing a comprehensive treatment plan; identifying program needs, service gaps, and recommending strategies; supporting the ongoing coordination of services and supportive systems to ensure continuity of care; maintaining client records; reviewing and updating client evaluations; completing reports of services provided; meeting with families and treatment providers when applicable, as well as staff of various community agencies and programs involved with the client; developing strategies for moving the client back into the community; maintaining records of aftercare and follow-up progress; attending delegated pre-discharge and discharge meetings if applicable; providing individual and group education, guidance, and support for MICA and HIV positive clients; providing crisis intervention services to clients; assisting in client’s aftercare planning and follow-up; and evaluating client's progress on a minimum of a weekly basis.
Name of Current Employer: Gerson Lehrman Group, 2008 – Present.
Participate in phone consultations and surveys with organizations that pertain to my expertise within my field. Compensation is fee based on the project.
Name of Previous Employer: Hudson Valley Community Services, 2015 - 2016.
*Program supervisor for a temporary grant funded outreach program that identifies and links substance users to medical and drug treatment and other social services. The mobile team I supervised conducts street outreach targeting IDUs, sex workers, MSM, and others at risk of HIV/HCV infection, and offer harm reduction services, HIV and HCV counseling and testing, and referrals to services for clients in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam Counties. Responsibilities also included driving the team vehicle when necessary, state reporting to funders including the AIDS Institute, identification of program needs, service gaps, and recommend strategies, support the ongoing coordination of services and supportive systems to ensure continuity of intervention, monthly reporting to agency administration, providing referrals for clients to chemical dependency treatment, benefits, medical care, and other services where applicable, providing follow up for clients sent for referrals, and escorting clients to referral appointments where needed. I supervised 3 employees while in this position.
Name of Previous Employer: Resources For Human Development, Inc. Woodland Park, NJ. (RHD, Inc.) 2012 - 2015
* MICA Case Manager for a community based apartment treatment program that contracts with the NJ Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services & Medicaid, to provide case management services for mentally ill adults in a community based apartment residential treatment setting. This included:
determining resources needed to meet the individualized needs of consumers in the assessment process and coordinate community support activities for consumers; take all necessary actions in assuring the development and implementation of comprehensive service plan; identification of program needs, service gaps, and recommending strategies; support the ongoing coordination of services and supportive systems to ensure continuity of intervention; support the maintenance of the consumer records, review and update consumer evaluations, complete reports of services provided, and all other clinical and administrative records; perform home visits, meet with families, staffs of various agencies and programs, and develop strategies for maintaining the consumer in his/her community setting; maintain records of aftercare and follow-up progress; attend delegated pre-discharge and discharge meetings; provide individual and group education/guidance/ support for the sobriety of MICA consumers; provide crisis intervention services to consumers; assist in consumer aftercare planning and follow-up; evaluate consumer's progress and report to funders/referral sources as requested.
Name of Previous Employer: One Stop Rents, Clifton, NJ. 2011 - 2012.
* Floor supervisor and Customer Service Manager for an apartment rental referral company.
Name of Previous Employer: PSCH, Inc. Elmont, NY. 2010 - 2010.
* Area Coordinator and Supervisor for a community based apartment treatment program that contracts with the NY Office of Mental Health (OMH) & Medicaid to provide case management services for mentally ill adults in a community based residential treatment setting. I supervised all case managers (5) in this position, as well as part time counselors (10), and responsibilities mirrored counseling work completed at RHD, Inc.
Name of Previous Employer: Housing Works, Inc., Women's Health Center, Brooklyn, NY 2009 - 2010.
* Intake/Outreach Coordinator and Supervisor in a women's health center serving women, men and families with HIV. I supervised the Outreach Program and volunteers. Responsibilities mirrored work completed at RHD, Inc., as well as intake procedures mirrored at G4S Youth Services. Just prior to resigning I was being considered for a position in the newly formed Bridges to Access Department.
Name of Previous Employer: G4S Youth Services, Sago Palm Academy Pahokee, FL. 2002 - 2008
* Intake Assessments Coordinator, State Demographic Statistics Monitor, in an adolescent Level 8 residential correctional facility run by a private corporation contracted by the Department of Juvenile Justice. Responsibilities mirrored counseling work completed at RHD, Inc., as well as completing all mental health and substance use/abuse intake assessments on new inmates upon arrival.
* Prior to being promoted to this position I was a clinical counselor on several housing units including working with sexual offenders, general felony offenders, and substance abuse offenders. Responsibilities mirrored counseling work completed at RHD, Inc.
Name of Previous Employer: Community Education Centers Newark, NJ. 2001 - 2002
* Sexual Offender Therapist in an adolescent male correctional residential facility. Responsibilities mirrored counseling work completed at G4S Youth Services.
Name of Previous Employer: Volunteers of America Newark, NJ 2000 - 2001.
* Family Therapist for an adoptive & foster care program where children were placed for short or long term foster care or adoption. This program utilized Wraparound Procedures and the Boys Town Common Sense Parenting Model. Responsibilities mirrored counseling work completed at RHD, Inc.
Name of Previous Employer: Passaic County Department of Mental Health, Paterson, NJ. 1996 - 2000.
* State of New Jersey, Civil Service Certification Coordinator, Supervisor & Business Account Manager for Passaic County, NJ, & the State Department of Health & Human Services Youth Incentive Program, designed to keep children, ages 0-18, out of long term, usually out of state residential placement & in the least restrictive, most appropriate community based setting. This program utilized Wraparound Procedures. I supervised the Case Assessment Resource Team members and DMH employees.
Name of Previous Employer: Carrier Foundation, Belle Mead, NJ. 1995-1996.
* Residential Technician, Youth Services Counselor in a transitional residential facility specializing in the treatment of mentally ill, chemically abusing adolescents.
Name of Previous Employer: Bergen County Division of Family Guidance, Teaneck, NJ. 1993-1995.
* Youth Group Worker, Activities Coordinator, Resource Counselor in a female group home.
EDUCATION
Northcentral University, Prescott, Arizona, 9/15-current. Currently working on a Masters Degree in General Psychology/Addictions Counseling.
Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, 9/98 - 5/00, completed graduate coursework in Counseling, Educational Leadership and Human Development/Substance Abuse
Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey 9/91 - 5/93
BA, Psychology/Substance Abuse
EXAMPLES OF TRAININGS I’VE ATTENDED & CERTIFICATIONS RECEIVED:
Available upon request.
References:
Alice McDonald, Supervisor, G4S Youth Services: 561-***-****
Rickie Grant, Facility Administrator, G4S Youth Services: 561-***-****
Ken McClain, Supervisor, VOA: 201-***-****
Kathy Castor, Co-Worker, G4S Youth Services: 407-***-****
Melissa Perez, Co-Worker, RHD: 973-***-****
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