Service State University

Taniqra

Payne

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Charleston, WV 25311

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Skills

Excellent counseling skills

Knowledge of emotional, mental disorders and substance abuse issues among youngsters

Skilled in assessing and meeting needs of teenagers

Ability to provide psychological care and assist adolescents in crisis situation

Strong communication, organization, and administration skills

Experienced in group and individual counseling, group facilitation

Ability to create and implement personalized treatment programs for teenagers

Skilled in planning and implementing educational activities

Experience

Kanawha County Youth Report Center/ Correctional Counselor II

October 2014 – September 2016, Charleston, WV

Supervise, monitor, interact with, and coordinate interaction between abused and troubled youth clients.

Recommend services for program participants that promote empowerment through mental health counseling.

Create staff moral by facilitating or co-facilitating in-service training and workshops for all staff.

Prepare and deliver detail reports on individual residential youth clients and their treatments.

Trained and performed Safe Crisis Management techniques on youth clients when necessary.

Providing intensive counseling designed to help youth clients learn to live successfully at home.

Experience with relevant populations such as at-risk or inner-city youth, mentally or behaviorally challenged adolescents and teenagers.

Assist with, or prepare report such as probation summaries or court ordered presentence investigations.

Develop, monitors, and amend offender transition plans in line with re-entry programs and services.

Establish collaborative network with relevant partners to provide support, pre and post release services for offenders which involve family members and community resources and social service agencies.

Kanawha County Youth Report Center/ Correctional Case Aide

January 2014 – October 2014, Charleston, WV

Communicated with adolescents and teenagers to discuss and recognized problems.

Assist and provide with education alternatives and job applications.

Provided linkage to government assistance and community resources.

Documented youth’s negative and positive progress to implement enhanced approaches.

Interacted, supervised and mentored emotionally challenged youth.

Collectively managed and resolved crisis conflicts.

Developed strong time management and organizational skills by ensuring all program participants were actively participating in applicable activities.

Education

WVSU- West Virginia State University/ Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice.

JANUARY 2011 - MAY 2014

Curriculum: Learnt procedure by which criminal conduct is investigated, evidence gathered, arrests made, charges brought, defenses raised, trials conducted, sentences rendered and punishment carried out.

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