Alexa Lenning, MSW (Expected ****)

**** * ****** **. ******, WA 98406 ac6977@r.postjobfree.com 206-***-****

Education

University of Southern California Expected December 2018 Master of Social Work Los Angeles, California Concentration: Children, Youth, & Families

Washington State University September 2012-May 2016 Bachelor of Science, Psychology Pullman, Washington

Certifications CPR and First Aid Certified

Relevant Experience

Bridges: A Center for Grieving Children January 2018-December 2018

Master of Social Work Intern Tacoma, Washington

Organize and co-facilitate children’s support group, age ranging from 4-18 years old.

Organize and co-facilitate adult traumatic loss support group.

Other responsibilities include helping to prepare and participate in the summer grief camp, helping to prepare for fundraising events, rewriting the activity manual for volunteers, and new volunteer training.

Completed 1,000 hours of placement

Bridges: A Center for Grieving Children August 2016-January 2018

Support Group Volunteer Tacoma, Washington

Organize and co-facilitate children’s support group, age ranging from 4-18 years old.

Experience working with diverse groups of children, varying in age, who have experienced a loss of parents and siblings in various ways.

Completed 146 hours of group facilitation with children 4-18 years old.

Tacoma General Hospital: Cancer Center August 2016-November 2016

Cancer Clinic Volunteer Tacoma, Washington

Responsibilities include providing support to patients undergoing chemotherapy and their families, serving lunch, stocking stations, and supporting nurses.

Experience working with diverse ages, genders, and severity of illness

Alternative to Violence of the Palouse April 2015-May 2016

Domestic Violence Advocate Pullman, Washington

Volunteer for the twenty-four hour domestic abuse and sexual assault hotline.

Completed 508 hours of advocacy based counseling over the twenty-four hour hotline for domestic abuse and sexual assault survivors

40 hours of training on domestic violence and sexual assault

Responsibilities included providing support and in-person advocacy based counseling, as well as support after business hours on the hotline.

Relay for Life June 2014-May 2016

Committee Member Seattle, Washington

Online committee member involved in running the social media account for the West Seattle Relay for Life event and outreach to the community.

Greendot Violence Prevention September 2015-May 2016

Campus Violence Prevention Volunteer Pullman, Washington

Responsibilities include attending bystander and violence prevention trainings, films on sexual assault on campus, gender-based violence talks, and marches for the support of sexual assault survivors.

30 hours total of co-facilitating trainings and workshops on violence prevention for Washington State University students

Experience working with diverse communities included working with students from different cultures, backgrounds and experience with violence on campus.

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