Mental Health Support

Jo Ella Coleman, M.A., CPC-I, PPS

Clinical Professional Counselor Intern #651

Pupil Personnel Services Credential #170237376

**** ***** **** **. *** Vegas, NV. 89113

707-***-**** ● *******.****@*****.***

EDUCATION

Sonoma State University, 2012-2015

●Master of Arts, Counseling

●Pupil Personal Services Credential (PPS)

●Community Mental Health Counseling (CMHC)

Sonoma State University, 2007-2009

●Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

Santa Rosa Junior College, 2004-2007

●Associate of Arts, General Education

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mobile Assessment Counselor: Seven Hills Hospital, Henderson, NV. August 2018-Present

●Represent the hospital by creating relationships with various community partners.

●Perform mobile mental health assessments in order to determine level of treatment needed.

●Coordinate with community partners, hospital intake medical staff and patient to arrange further mental health treatment.

●Utilize counseling skills to accurately assess current mental health status and advocate accordingly.

School Counselor/Advisor: Taylor Mountain Elementary School, Santa Rosa, CA. January 2018-June 2018

●Meet 1:1 with students to support social, emotional and academic success

●Consult with teachers, principal, school psychologist, speech therapist, and office staff, and family members in order to support students

●Provide crisis management

●Participate in Student Study Team (SST) meetings, 504 Plan meetings, and Individual Education Plan (IEP) meetings

●Conduct violence and suicide risk assessments

●Facilitate conflict management conversations

●Conduct classroom lessons on a variety of topics

Sonoma County Behavioral Health: Crisis Stabilization Unit, Santa Rosa, CA. December 2017-July 2018

●Triage individuals for mental health crisis

●Perform Mental Health Crisis evaluation

●Communicate with community resources, detox facilities, local shelters in order to provide support to clients.

●Refer client to inpatient hospitals, prepare packets for hospitalization, and interact with ambulance company for client transportation

●Collect collateral information from clients loved ones

●Consult with other clinicians, management, peer support specialists, and senior office assistants.

Sonoma County Behavioral Health: ACCESS Team, Santa Rosa, CA. July 2017-December 2017

●Conduct initial mental health assessments

●Provide ongoing case management to moderate to severe mentally ill adults

●Provide crisis support

●Assess walk-in client for mental health needs

●Collaborate with clinical team consisting of psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, clinicians, management team, registered nurses, senior client support specialists, peer advocates, and senior office assistants.

Mobile Support Team: SOS Counseling/Sonoma Department of Health Services SCBH, Santa Rosa, CA. April 2016-July 2017, March 2018-July 2018

●Crisis Intervention

●In-field crisis assessment

●5150 Welfare Code documentation

●Provide community resources

●Respond with law enforcement to community members

●Utilize databases to document interactions with individuals

●Attend monthly trainings

●Work closely with a team of clinicians, Alcohol and other Drug specialists, and management.

Support Specialist III: Buckelew Programs, Santa Rosa, CA. June 2015-April 2016

●Medi-Cal billing

●Activity of Daily Living Support

●Medication Education

●Crisis Intervention

●Social/Community Skills

●Facilitated Co-Occurring Disorder Recovery Group

CMHC Counseling Trainee with Humanidad Therapy and Education Services: Lawrence Cook Middle School, Santa Rosa CA. August 2014-June 2015

●Individual Counseling

·Personal/ Social issues

●One Circle Group Facilitator

·Girls Circle Curriculum

●Renewal Room Adviser

●Client/Student Advocacy

Pre-Service School Counselor: Sonoma Valley High School, Sonoma, CA. August 2013-June 2014

●Individual Counseling

·Personal/ Social issues

·Crisis Counseling

·Academic Advising

●Group Counseling

·Academic Success

●Development of Support Personnel Accountability Report Card (SPARC)

●Participation in Every 15 Minutes Program for Junior and Senior students

●Support with Pre-scheduling presentations for incoming freshman

●Worked with reclassified 9th grade students

Pre-Service School Counselor: Dunbar Elementary School, Glen Ellen, CA. August 2013-June 2014

●Individual Counseling

·Personal issues

·Social issues

●Group Counseling

·2nd Grade Boys Group

·4th/5th Greif Group

·5th Girls Friendship Group

·Siblings Group

●Classroom Guidance

·2nd STEP Program

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Relief Counselor, Progress Foundation, Santa Rosa CA (May 2013-2015)

Family Support Specialist, St. Vincent’s School for Boys, San Rafael CA (March 2010-Nov 2012)

Group Counselor, St. Vincent’s School for Boys, San Rafael CA (Nov 2004- March 2010)

Team Leader, St. Vincent’s School for Boys, San Rafael CA (Jan 2006-Sept 2007)

Associate Parent, The Children’s Village, Santa Rosa CA (Sept 2007-June 2009)

Group Counselor, Sunny Hills Children’s Garden, San Rafael CA (Jan 2001-Nov 2004)

●Support client’s daily living

●Monitor client’s medications

●Conduct individual and group counseling

●Maintain Medi-Cal billing notes

●Teach appropriate social skills

●Supervise community activities

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND DEVELOPMENT

●Challenges of Youth Conference (April 2018 SCOE)

●Minor Consent, SCBH (January 2017)

●AMRS (Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (2016

●California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)

●American School Counselor Association (ASCA)

●Assessing and Treating Children Experiencing Problems with Bullying and Suicide- David Love, MFT 2015

●Law and Ethics Conference – Redwood Empire CAMFT 2015

●One Circle Foundation Training -2015

●Court Appointed Supervised Visitation Monitoring – 2015

●Santa Rosa Junior College High School Counselor Conference- SRJC 2014

●Sonoma State University Counselor Connection Workshop- SSU 2013

●University of California: School Counselor’s Conference- UC Davis 2013

●College Board Counselor Conference- SFSU 2012

ADDITIONAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

●Review of 5150’s and Other Legal Holds in Mental Health

●Experience with students grades K-12

●14 years working in residential treatment facilities

●Works well as part of a team

●Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills

●CPR/First Aid Certified

References available upon request

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