Manager Management

RESUME

Katherine Koselka Robredo, LCSW

Phone: 719-***-****

**************@*****.***

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

I have been a Clinical Social Worker since 1981. I have excellent

clinical skills including diagnosis, treatment planning and therapy skills.

I am very experienced in program management and program development. I

teach and have developed a variety of life skills classes to include Covey

Seven Habits Programs, Facilitator skills classes and marriage and teen

programs. I have excellent facilitation, presentation organizational and

writing skills. Highly experienced in community relations and outreach

activities.

Private Practice, 1465 Kelly Johnson Blvd, suite 360, Colorado Springs,

CO 80920

August 1998 - Present

. Mental health practice specializing in marital and family therapy

and treating individuals with depression and anxiety disorders.

Clinical expertise includes PTSD, Traumatic Brain injury (mild), Pre

and post deployment issues. Work with adults, adolescents and

children.

. Provide clinical assessment and diagnosis as well as record keeping.

In addition to being a therapist I teach various workshops and

provide staff training and consultation for corporations, schools

and military bases.

. Special Consultant with federal department of Health and Human

Services Office of Refugee Resettlement to provide technical

assistance for marriage strengthening grants awarded to refugee

organizations under the Healthy Marriage Initiative program.

. Develop programs and staff training. Classes I have developed

include "Marriage includes parenting too!" " Healing Post-traumatic

Stress through relationships" and "Facilitating From the Heart". I

have developed the "Warm it Up" facilitators skills training

program which includes workbook and web based teaching. I teach and

conduct workshops to train facilitators to teach psycho-educational

classes.

. Review panelist on several Administration for Children and Families

(ACF) grants including compassion capital grants, domestic violence

program grants, marriage strengthening grants and at-risk youth

grants.

. Provide Military Family Life Consultant services for MHN providing

counseling for military members and families. Provide on-demand

reintegration programs for Acctive duty and National Guard units.

Provide resiliency training for military and families. Have been

assigned in CONUS and OCONUS.

Family Advocacy Specialist: Army Community Service, Fort Carson, CO

January 1997 - August 1998

. I was responsible for developing and teaching a variety of life

skills and psycho-educational classes for military members and their

families. Classes include Living With 10-15 Year Olds,

Strengthening Step-Families, PREP: Relationship Enhancement, The

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People/Families, Deployment Support

Groups and a number of other classes.

. I provided counseling services for individuals, couples and

families. Responsibilities also included liaison with a number of

on-base and civilian agencies.

. Provide crisis counseling

. Maintain records and all paperwork.

. Attend Family Advocacy case Management team meeting at military

regional hospital and provide recommendations on disposition of

Family Advocacy cases.

Family Advocacy Outreach Manager: Peterson Air Force Base, CO

August 1992 - January 1997, 254th Medical Group Clinic, Peterson AFB Co,

. As Outreach Manager for the Family Advocacy Program, my

responsibilities included the development and management of all FAP

prevention programs.

. I developed and taught a variety of life skills classes including

Family Life Skills, Parenting Programs, Couples Groups, Stress

Management, Time Management, New Parent Support Program and a

variety of other programs.

. I provided individual, marital and group counseling for military

members and their families. During nine-month gap of Family

Advocacy Officer billet, I served as acting Exceptional Family

Member Program Manager.

. Additional duties included liaison with military and civilian

agencies both on and off base.

Social Worker: Navy Family Service Center, Yokosuka, Japan

April 1991 - April 1992:

My responsibilities included providing individual, marital, family and

group therapy for active duty military and their family members, crisis

intervention, diagnostic assessment and treatment planning. I was also

responsible for program development and taught a number of life-skill

classes including parenting skills, self-esteem, stress management, inter-

cultural relations and a variety of other classes. I provided liaison with

on base agencies and served as a consultant to a Japanese Psychiatric

hospital.

Social Worker: Navy Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan

April 1990 - April 1991:

I worked in the Family Advocacy Program providing individual, marital,

family and group therapy to high-risk family advocacy clients.

Responsibilities included diagnostic assessment and treatment planning and

crisis intervention. Responsibilities also included medical social work

duties and home visits. I developed and taught numerous life skill classes

and worked closely with on base agencies such as Child and Youth Services

and the Family Service Center.

Case Management Supervisor: Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar Naval Air

Station, San Diego, CA

August 1989 - April 1990:

Responsible for daily management of discharge housing unit at a Navy

correctional facility. Supervised a staff of military and civilian

counselors, correctional treatment specialists and quarter's supervisors.

Conducted psychological evaluations and treatment plans for all newly

assigned inmates. Developed intensive treatment program for sex offenders.

Coordinated preparation of parole and clemency packages. Instrumental in

start-up of new unit, developed operating procedures and staff training

manual.

Social Worker: Navy Family Service Center, Miramar Naval Air Station, San

Diego, CA

March 1989 - August 1990:

Provided individual, family and group therapy for Navy personnel and their

families. Conducted assessments and treatment plans. Developed and

presented classes and workshops for customers and staff. Provided liaison

with military and civilian collateral agencies.

Clinical Director: Navy Family Service Center, Rota, Spain

September 1987 - March 1989:

Managed the counseling program at Navy Family Service Center.

Responsibilities included budget preparation, staff supervision and program

development. Provided individual, family and group therapy for Navy

members and their families. Developed programs and taught a number of life

skill classes. Maintained clinical case records and correspondence.

Worked closely with overseas Department of Defense Dependent Schools

presenting classes and groups for students and staff development.

Director, Social Work Services: Navy Hospital, Rota, Spain

May 1986 - September 1987:

As Director of Social Work services I was responsible for the clinical and

administrative management for the Social Work department. Duties included

providing therapeutic services for active duty military members and their

families, case management, maintaining clinical records, correspondence,

liaison with collateral agencies, implementation of the Family Advocacy

Program and medical social work services. I

Supervised clinical and administrative staff. Administered annual budget

for department. Developed "safe haven" emergency shelter program and

trained and supervised volunteers to work within that program.

Social Worker: Navy Hospital, Bremerton, Washington

May 1985 - May 1986:

Responsibilities included providing individual, family and group therapy

to clients involved in the Family Advocacy Program. Provided on-going

counseling services and crisis intervention. Responsible for diagnostic

assessment, treatment planning and program development for the FAP. As

medical social worker, was involved in discharge planning and other

medically related services

Social Worker: McChord Air Force Base, Washington

March 1984 - May 1985

Provided clinical services for clients with substance abuse problems.

Duties included diagnostic assessment and individual, family and group

therapy services. Developed comprehensive treatment program for adult

family members and children. Collateral duties included Chief Equal

Employment Opportunity (EEO) for the base.

Work experience previous to Civil Service career was primarily in child and

family clinical services in mental health centers in Washington.

Information will be provided upon request.

EDUCATION

. Master of Social Work (MSW), 1981, University of Washington, Seattle,

WA.

. B.A., Anthropology/Sociology, 1977, University of California, Santa

Barbara, CA.

Certifications:

. Academy of Certified Social Workers, 1984-present

. Licensed Clinical Social Worker, State of Colorado, 1997-present

. Certified Step-Family Counselor, Step-Family Foundation of America,

2000

. Licensed Facilitator, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,

1996-Present

. Certified Facilitator: PREP: Fighting For Your Marriage, PREP, Inc.,

1991

Professional Associations

. National Association of Social Workers, 1979-present

VOLUNTEER

Advisory Board Member, Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples

Education, Past.

Board Member, Colorado Springs Assets for Youth, Past

Board Member, Colorado Communities in Schools, Past

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Institute and workshop presenter, Smart Marriages, 1998-present

Presenter, National Conference on Fathering, 2004

National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1999

Zero to Three Early Childhood National Conference, Dec, 2006

Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood National ACF Conference, 2007

PUBLICATIONS

Guest columnist twice in 2004/.2005/2008 Ladies Home Journal "Can This

Marriage Be Saved"

Social Work Today: Warm it up Facilitator Skills

National Healthy Marriage Resource Center: On-line webinars and on-line

Facilitator Training. Several "tip sheets" on topics such as depression,

deployment and infidelity.

Featured in several local and national newspapers on marriage issues to

include The Gazette, The Dallas News and USA Today.

References available upon request

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