Assistant Technician

DONTE M. RANDALL, CADCII, CCJAP, CAMS

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Lithonia, GA 30038

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PROFESSIONAL/ Atlanta VA Medical Center

Decatur, GA.

Psychiatric Nursing Assistant January 2012-Present

40hrs/wk Full-time

. Collaborate in daily report with multidisciplinary team

to establish patient treatment, including NPO (ECT, lab

test, and procedural assignments

. Collect and record patient vital signs, accucheck, and

weight data

. Report blood pressure deviation and abnormally low or

high blood sugar

. Assist with patient scheduled test and procedures

including (X-ray and dental.)

. Monitor and report patient's behavior and mood, i.e.

increasing agitation, disruptive behavior, and self

destructive behavior to initiate immediate intervention

. Prepare and maintain hospital equipment including

restraints, vital sign and accucheck devices

. Collect urine samples for urinalysis and drug screening

Fulton County Superior Court

Atlanta, GA.

Legal Assistant/ Behavioral Health Technician/ Employment

Acquisitionist

(Accountability Court/ Drug Court) October 2009-

June2012

40hrs/wk Full-time

. Collaborate with multi-disciplinary team to provide

appropriate treatment

. Serve as primary contributor to the design and

implementation of the Accountability Court Bench book

. Conduct skills training in home and community

. Participate in strategic planning, designing, and

implementation of a literacy/employment/vocational

policy for Accountability Court participants

. Facilitate gender specific group for men to address

positive identity and character standard psycho-

education for adults to address risk factors to

treatment outcomes

. Maintain community resources for community

transitioning

. Serves as an agency liaison to the community,

establishing relationships with Atlanta Workforce,

Atlanta Homeless Coalition, Georgia Council on

Substance Abuse

. Document and file participants' information for

administrative record keeping purposes

. Complete progress notes to address goals and objectives

. Coordinate the New Market Tax Credit (CDFI Fund)

initiative to attract investment capital to low income

communities, creating Jobs for ex- offenders

. Recruit potential participants utilizing program

criteria and screening procedure

. Provide instruction for participants during orientation

. Arrange assessment materials during participant intake

. Prepare court reports for presented participants

progress

. Facilitate Thinking for a Change curriculum

. Serves on committees responsible for implementing

Trends and Innovation/ best practices Clinical/legal as

well as technology advancement, and community outreach

. Reestablish client benefits

. Facilitate and bridge partnerships with employment

agencies such as new Hope Strive and Atlanta Center for

Self Sufficiency (ACSS)

. Link participants to housing, appropriate treatment,

and transitional services

Dismas Charities, INC.

Atlanta, GA.

Correctional facility Counselor Jan 2008-Nov 2008

40hrs/wk Full-time

. Establish and maintain community relations with outside

law enforcement agencies, district courts, and the

Bureau of prisons

. Conduct initial intake assessment and release evaluation

o Implement the SPIN Surveillance System and analyze

results in a scientific fashion to determine

program placement

o Score results with precision and accuracy,

Identifying protective and risk factors for

participants

o Assist participants in establishing short-term and

long term goals

o Develop objectives and action steps for each goal

o Monitor progress by documenting action step

completed by each client

. Prepare written referrals for local health clinics and

hospitals.

. Maintain community relationships with mental health

and, drug/alcohol aftercare Clinicians

. Maintain community relations with local faith based

organization and employers

. Enforce mandated federal Bureau of prisons

restrictions and court orders

. Design and implements job readiness and transitioning

skills curriculum

. Prepare individual release plans for clients by

evaluating their independent living skills, cognitive

skills, social influences, attitude, and employment

marketability

. Provide basic consultation for clients regarding

successful transition into society

. Prepare release reports for federal Bureau of prisons

and state agencies

St. Jude Recovery Center

Atlanta, GA.

Addiction Recovery Trainer Nov 2007- Dec

2011

40hrs/wk Full-time

. Monitor and communicate individual progression with the

treatment team

. Facilitate relapse prevention groups

o Document participants' goals and objectives

o Participate in weekly treatment team meetings

o Prepare case notes to evaluate the participant's

involvement in program activities as well as the

effectiveness of the program

Georgia Regional Hospital (Adult Forensic/ Correctional

Program)

Decatur, GA.

Forensic/ Correctional Health March 2006-

Dec 2011

Technician 40hrs/wk Full-time

. Implement program treatment plan for psychiatric

patients

. Ensure MH/DD/AD clients' adherence to the clinicians

stabilization and treatment plan

. Assist patients with ADL training

. Participate in progress to evaluate a patient's

competency to stand trial

. Ensure continuity of education among adolescents

. Analysis patient case studies

. Implement Behavioral safety training as a certified

specialist

Forensic/Correctional May

2013- Present

Substance Abuse Counselor 40hrs/wk Full-

time

. Provide group and individual counseling to inmates who

have been found incompetent to stand trial or Not

guilty by reason of insanity

. Make recommendations for high security inmates'

treatment, which include antisocial personality

disorder, substance abuse, and/or Mental illness.

. Maintain the security of the correctional institution

. Designed and implemented a 12 week Substance Abuse

lesson planned Curriculum for state wide usage.

Peachford Behavioral Hospital

Atlanta, GA.

Mental Health Technician June 2006- Dec

2011

40hrs/wk Full-time

Observe patients and communicate findings to various levels

of management

. Implement treatment plans for various behavioral health

problems including, substance abuse, depression, crisis

stabilization, adolescent emotional problems

. Implement educational classes for program compliance

. Ensure nutritional and medication adherence

RESEARCH/

The Identity Orchestration Research Lab

Morehouse College

Atlanta, GA. 2011 October-Present

16hrs/wk Part-time

Research Assistant

. Editorial Consultation for the Gordon Commission

. Research Wave 1 analysis for the study, emerging Black

Men in the age of Obama

. Continued development of the published conceptual review

Black Males, "Church: and Supplementary Education:

General Considerations

. Data collection/analysis for the text I Ain't No Joke:

idenity orchestration through the narratives of hip-hop

lyricism

EDUCATION/ Morehouse College

Atlanta, GA.

Bachelor of Arts - Major: Psychology

Thesis: Cocaine Dependent Relapse Predictors

PRESENTATIONS/ Randall, D and Braithwaite, H. Cocaine Dependent Relapse

Predictors. Directed Studies, 2008.

Randall, D and Stansbury, K Early Childhood Development.

Psychobiology Thesis, 2008.

Randall, D and McCray, A Human Cytoglobin Aligned with Hemoglobin

Alpha. Morehouse Bioinformatics, 2008.

TRAINING/ CADCII ( Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor), CCJAP

(Certified Criminal Justice Addictions Professional), CAMS

Anger Management certified, PMAB,First Aid/CPR, Behavioral

Safety, CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention), Psychiatric

Medication, Nutrition, Case Management, Critical Incident

Reporting, Treatment Planning, Strategic Planning, IRB

certified (Institutional Review Board/human subject

training)

RELATED

SKILLS Extensive hardware knowledge including Macintosh, IBM, PC and

clones

Extensive software knowledge including SPSS (Statistical Package for

the Social Sciences), SAS (Statistical Analysis System),

WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

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