Mental Health Human Resources

Mona Acayturri

Phone: 940-***-****

E-mail: ****.*********@*******.***

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position with your company in which I can utilize my education,

training, and field experience to help clients in their personal growth,

behavioral development, and problem resolution allowing for my continued

professional growth.

EXPERIENCE

Right Step; Euless TX

March 2013-May 2015

Recovery Advocate Coordinator

1. Assigns, directs, schedules and supervises residential Recovery

Advocates for all assigned programs.

2. Oversees and ensures smooth operation of the client residential

structure, schedule and treatment milieu for all assigned programs.

3. Assisted Recovery Advocates are engaged in appropriate and

effective client observation by continuous training.

4. Implements and maintains all policies, procedures and processes

that ensure the physical, behavioral and emotional safety of all

clients.

5. Regularly acts as a residential trainer, role-model and mentor

including evaluating and providing feedback to all supervisees.

6. Monitored incident reports, admission packets and client

satisfaction reports.

7. Communicates orally with management, co-workers and the public in

face-to face, one-to-one, and group settings.

8. Schedules employee work times to maintain adequate and efficient

client, activity and facilities supervision at all times in

compliance with licensure and accreditation requirements.

9. Helps develop and maintain adherence to a departmental budget in

conjunction with the finance and human resources.

10. Provides hands on assistance with the adolescents program to assist

with daily operation.

11. Facilitate groups.

12. Met with clients to provide one on one crisis intervention.

13. Completed admissions.

14. Attended treatment team to assist with client's treatment plan and

discharge recommendations.

15. Used iCIMS database for employment hiring.

16. Awarded "Rock Star" of the Month.

SANTE CENTER FOR HEALING: Argyle, TX June 2009-

March 2014

Mental Health Technician, Mental Health Technician Supervisor, and New Hire

Trainer

17. Monitor patient detox by taking vital signs and conducting detox

assessments.

18. Transport patients to and from outside appointments.

19. Manage patient crisis containment.

20. Act as liaison between Clinical Department and Nurse's Station

Department.

21. Responsible for attending daily treatment team meeting and

transcribing pertinent topics for clinical team.

22. Obtain and enter admission and maintenance biometrics on all

patients. Obtain height, weight, vital signs, BAC, and ketones as

required to assigned patients. Documents the results in electronic

medical records and reports any concerns or abnormalities to the

medical staff.

23. Facilitate recovery groups for residential patients.

24. Work with electronic records systems to chart patient information.

25. Facilitate admissions and discharges of residential patients.

26. Provide support to patients with eating disorders during meal time

by following the stage program.

27. Coordinated client's admission by gathering key medical and

psychological information to better assist clinical staff in

client's treatment plan, conduct client's belonging

search, completed with client all necessary admission paperwork,

and work to integrate new client into the therapeutic community.

28. Awarded employee of the month on multiple occasions.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: Denton, TX

February 2008-October 2009

Mother's Day Out Teacher

29. Facilitated daily class assignments.

30. Taught and cared for eighteen preschool children in a classroom

setting.

31. Guided children through creative activities.

PACIFIC CLINICS SIERRA FAMILY CENTER: Glendora, CA March

2001-December 2006

Mental Health Worker and Chemical Dependency Specialist

32. Coordinator for the Substance Abuse Program school base.

33. Provided family case management.

34. Provided direct intervention in the home and community for clients

and family.

35. Provided direct intervention to adults and children with dual

diagnosis.

36. Facilitated groups for clients.

37. Taught meditation techniques and other skills to decrease anxiety.

38. Coordinated with doctors, social workers, and probation officers to

streamline client care.

39. Conducted psychosocial assessments and developed individualized

treatment plans.

40. Facilitated school based programs for students in crisis.

41. Met all new admits, conduct admission assessment, provide

therapeutic interventions to ease client anxiety, provide initial

supportive contact, provide support to family members of the

admitting client, coordinate client admission process.

PROMISES RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER: Malibu, Ca January 2001-

January 2006

Mental Health Technician

42. Monitored clients in detox level of care.

43. Monitored vital signs.

44. Performed daily charting on client progress in treatment.

45. Recognizes crisis situations and provides appropriate interventions

based on training and experience.

46. Escorts clients to appointments or other related client activities.

47. Monitors client self-administration of medication.

TRAINING

Collaborative Problem Solving; Facilitated by Stuart Ablon, Ph.D.

2014

Daring Way; Facilitated by Bren Brown, Ph.D., LMSW

2014

First Aid and CPR Certification; Facilitated by The American Heart

Association 2013

Crisis Prevention Intervention; Facilitated by The CPI Institute

2013

Overcoming Eating Disorders; Facilitated by The Elisa Project

2012

Cultural Diversity Training; Facilitated by The University of Southern

California 2001

EDUCATION

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

2012-Present

Degree: Towards a Bachelors of Social Work

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF ADDICTION RECOVERY RESOURCES 2003-

2004

Degree: Certification Addiction Specialist

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