Education and Employment Specialist

Raymond Gardner

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Education

Bachelors of Science; Criminal Justice Administration, 2013

Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta Ga.

Qualification

- Progressively plan implemented interventions intended to increase productivity of client

- Dynamic leader with the ability to change the culture of a workplace and workflow.

- Intentional use of data to improve performance

- Courageous, strategic, and direct communication

- Ability to resolve discrepancies and overcome challenges and obstacles to organizational success

-Profound ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing

- Sound judgement regarding the appropriateness of guarding confidentiality to protect the privacy of colleague and clients

-Seek and utilize resources to inform and contextualize personal work and performance

-Profound efficiency in work ethic and best practices

- Profound ability to resolve customer complaints and concerns.

- In depth ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports.

Accomplishments & Certifications

-Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Training

-Motivational Interviewing

-Mental Health 1st Aid

-Risk assessment

-Anger management

Work Experience

11/ 2018- Present: Intern Supervisor; First Place For Youth:

-Train, mentor, and motivate staff and new hires

-Oversee interns and daily tasks

-Create learning experiences to catapult young professionals into leaders

-Provide quarterly evaluation of interns and assist in the creation of professional development plan

-Onboarding of new hire orientation

-Conduct Interviews, select ideal candidates, and assist with new hire orientation

10/ 2018- Present: Direct Service Action Group (DSAG) Committee Member; First Place For Youth:

-Reconstruction/ Modernization of best practices

-Implementations of new policies

-Implementations of new pilot programs

-Collaborative efforts to develop and implement best practices, participating in research

-Creating opportunities for innovation with alliance of team members

-Establish the framework of agencies core competencies to improve work flow and productivity

-Identify trends/ patterns and recommend possible course corrections to remediate

-Create curriculum to ensure staff receive integrated, coherent, learning experiences that contribute towards personal and professional learning and development

-Analyze and track qualitative data and predictive behavior

-Streamline new implementation of policy and best practices to improve productivity

7/2017- Present: Education and Employment Specialist/ Life Coach- First Place For Youth:

- Provide targeted employment and education to clients related to specific talents and skills of individual

- Cultivate client skills and resources to secure career advancement and employment

- Provide extensive understanding and skill procurement in traditional school, post- secondary, and alternative education systems

- Influence, teach, and motivate clients to access untapped potential and production

- Maintain, progress, and analyze case load of 45 clients

- Facilitate confidential counseling sessions, while providing both directed and goal oriented support

- Establish and maintain external collaborations with individuals and businesses to develop future opportunities

7/2016- 7/ 2017, Special Education Specialist- Sierra School of Solano:

-Knowledge of and ability to apply methods of behavior analysis and functional analysis of behavior

- Developed & implemented a curriculum incorporating electronic configurations in the classroom

- Managed case load ranging from 10-20 clients with individual services

- Administered & planned individualized service plans, annual, tri- annual, and six- month reviews

- Collaborated with fellow counter parts and constituents, to better serve assigned clients

- Utilize multi- lingual counterparts to ensure the advancements of client services

- Created client IEP (individual educational plans), implementing specified curriculum and services with a targeted focus

- Monitored client progress and continually updated progress through multiple sharing platforms

- Supervise and develop client appropriate strategies based on needs & services

- Assist and lead in the rehabilitation process of service plan evaluation

- Assess and implement change to business effective functions with service and productivity improvement

6/2014-6/2016 Teachers Assistant- Sierra School of Solano:

-High proficiency in individual specified treatment

-Effective, safe transportation of patients and products

-Evaluate students’ abilities, interests, and personality characteristics to determine strengths and deficits, using assessments, tests, and interviews

-Provide crisis intervention to clients when difficult situations occur

-Allowed clients to thrive academically despite their individual area of challenge

6/2013-2014 Child Crisis Counselor (mandated reporter) (group home setting)

-Monitor clients that displayed violent and aggressive behavior

-Organize outings with high- risk clients and mental health issues

-Administer psychotropic medicines to clients

-Efficient in managing heavy case load

-High efficiency in articulation with school districts, social workers, psychologists, therapists, and advocates

-Help clients cope with emotional, mental, physical, abuse/ neglect, and behavioral disorders

Internships

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)- Criminal Justice Professional

-Monitored Fulton County & Municipal court cases involving domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse/ neglect

-Report significant data to track individual cases and important trends to improve policies & procedures within the justice system

-Implement community based programs

-Facilitate awareness initiatives to spread statistics pertaining to Drunk Driving

-Create and organize technical portions of core and supplemental underage drinking and drunk diving prevention programs for targeted populations at state and local level

Court Systems Monitor/ DUI

-Followed court watch guidelines in the courthouse and attended court proceedings

-Monitored court cases and follow up with outcome

-Work with local law enforcement agencies and government officials to implement more strict DUI laws and policies

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