MARTINA MILLER

ANTKOWIAK

Personal Info

Phone – 702-***-****

Email – Martina.miller.antkowiak@

gmail.com

Technical Proficiencies

Strong proficiency in Microsoft

Office Suite: Excel Word

PowerPoint Outlook Project

Publisher

Proficient English, Swedish, German

Basic Spanish

Education, Honors &

Activities

Master of Science

– Psychology

Walden University

Minnesota 2021

Master of Arts

– African Studies

Copenhagen University

Copenhagen, Denmark 2012

Bachelor of Arts

– Peace and Conflict Studies

Malmoe University

Malmoe, Sweden 2010

Fellowships, Trainings &

Volunteerism

ToT Trainings (Trainer of

Trainers)

Youth Work Method

– Youth Work Methods Training

Weikart Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan 2019

Counseling Trainings

Mental Health First Aid USA

– Mental health for young people

National Council for Behavioral

Health

Las Vegas, Nevada 2018

Victims Advocate

– LGBTQ+ Victims of Crimes

Advocacy

The Center Advocacy Network

Training

Las Vegas, Nevada 2018

Relevant Skills Summary

Intercultural and counseling competence, Education & Direct Services

• Regularly train and present information to an international staff, effectively delivering educational materials both orally and in writing, instructing and training volunteers, and mitigating conflicts as they arise.

• Providing support, counseling, and referrals to victims of violence and individuals in crisis.

• Led community engagement initiatives for After- School All- Stars, OhSnap Sweden, Botkyrka, Stockholm, and Uganda. Communicating with diverse groups and individuals, applying tact and courtesy, and adjusting my communication approach to appropriately fit the needs of the situation.

• Managed a diverse workforce in Las Vegas and Stockholm where I continuously received feedback about my management skills, service deliveries and intercultural competence. Implementation & Organization

• Administering and implementing social service education programs across several inner-city schools in Las Vegas, Botkyrka Sweden and Rinkeby- Kista SDF Sweden, adhering to federal, state, and local laws, and providing instruction and training to staff and volunteers in both roles.

• Identifying and resolving procedural and operational issues for After- School All- Stars Las Vegas, I created new innovative in person and web-based trainings and tools to measure how to improve program quality with streamlined trainings.

• Created, implemented and revised programs for After-School All-Stars, Botkyrka Sweden, Mpower, Karsby International School, Oh Snap Sweden and Rinkeby-Kista SDF Sweden, recommending and implementing organization goals.

Professional Experience

Counselor II Lakeview – 40hours/week

Milton, FL 2021

Counselor in a CAT (Community Action Team). CAT operates as a “hospital without walls” where we are working in Santa Rosa County to provide services to children between the age of 4- 21 and their families. The work we do is trauma informed. As a counselor II I have clinical therapy, conduct quarterly peer-reviews, responsible for Psychosocial assessments, suicide and homicide screenings and assessments, CFARS, NCFAS, ACE and Resilience, DBT and TF-CBT certified, creating and updating recovery plan, safety plans and to coordinate care with stakeholders to support person served’s recovery, operating the 24/7crisis telephone and responding to crisis in the community as needed. Program Development Specialist After-School All-Stars -40hours/week Las Vegas, NV 2019

Responsible for trainings, evaluations and quality improvement of After School All-Stars

(ASAS)Las Vegas and 250+ employees. ASAS is a national nonprofit after-school program that operates in fourteen inner-city schools across the Las Vegas valley. ASAS serve at-risk youth and their families. I oversaw programs for roughly 6500 students, ensuring that federal and organizational goals are met regarding both the quality of services delivered and the number of youth reached.

• Developed a webinar series for training of all employees in Youth Work Method

• Observed all our programs through the Youth Program Quality Assessment Program Manager After-School All-Stars -40hours/week Las Vegas, NV 2017 – 2019

Developed relationships and manage after-school programs at fourteen inner-city schools across the Las Vegas valley for at-risk youth to keep them safe and able to develop free of negative outside stimuli. Personally overseeing programs for roughly 1000 students, ensuring that federal and organizational goals are met regarding both the quality of services delivered and the number of youth reached.

• Manage 70 licensed teachers and their immediate supervisors, developing strong relationships with site administration, students, parents, and outside stakeholders.

• Oversee program budgets for five sites, totaling roughly $670K. Fellowships, Trainings &

Volunteerism Continued

Certified in MI

– Motivational Interview Technique

MINT (Motivational

Interviewing Network of

Trainers)

Botkyrka, Sweden 2016

Social Services Trainings

ABC Trainer

– Psychology of learning and

parenthood

ABC, PLUS Stockholm

Botkyrka, Sweden 2015

Educational Trainings

RFSU Sexual Health Educator

– Sex ed. Educator (K-12)

RFSU Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden ● 2013

Social Services Volunteerism

Victims Advocate and volunteer

– The Center LV

Las Vegas, Nevada 2018- (current)

Volunteerism

SNAP program (food assistance)

– Three Square

Las Vegas, Nevada 2016- 2018

Educator– financial literacy

– Junior Achievement

Las Vegas, Nevada 2016- 2017

Professional Experience Continued

Site Coordinator Champions - KinderCare -40hours/week Las Vegas, NV 2017 – 2017

Hired to lead diverse team of teachers and run before and after school at a Charter School. Fostered a high-producing work environment by applying strong interpersonal skills and program management ability.

• Managed a site of 140 elementary and middle school students, successfully recruiting and retaining families, all program evaluations and deadlines on time and under budget. Social Worker (Områdessekreterare at Resursenheten) Botkyrka, Sweden - 40hours/week Stockholm, Sweden 2015 – 2016

Social Services Botkyrka Department description: Resursenheten partners with schools, police and government agencies to work preventative and provide resources for young people between 14 years-22 years old and their families. With Resursenheten, I coordinated multiple projects, often with competing priorities and tight deadlines. The most nation wide known project is: MVP (Mentors in Violence Prevention), an American peer-to-peer violence prevention program. My main duties were;

• Counselled over 100 ”at-risk” high school students in 4 schools in Stockholm.

• Facilitated and quality improved “Safer internet” program for parents. Monitored program progression after the initial introduction for 6 months.

• Collaborated with department teams to develop annual financial and narrative progress reports and present these to the corresponding politicians. Saved over

$10,000.

• Facilitated lectures including instruments, guidelines, presentations, advocacy documents, best practices and lessons learned in the areas of violence prevention and gender equality to stakeholders in the entire Stockholm region.

• Supplied Ministries of Education and other national decision makers with policy guidance and technical support for development and monitoring of new and revised legislative frameworks. Ensured that these comply with regional and international human rights instruments and standards.

• Coordinated with 10 senior advisors of social services, 20 decision makers, 8 Ministries of Education, and 120 Swedish Police officers in the areas of Violence Prevention and Gender equality.

• Developed a package of advocacy documents on the estimated adolescent prevalence of ill health and criminality and its associated risk factors amongst adolescents in Stockholm, including policy recommendations.

• Prepared the financial budgets for MVP departments projects and distributed them. Responsible for over $500K

Educator Karsby International School -40hours/week Stockholm, Sweden 2014 – 2016

Taught grades 1-5 using blended learning approach. Implemented Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) and “Taget” programs at Karsby International.

• Designed and led MVP and Taget (violence prevention program for grades K-6) project scope, approach, and timeline, then organized focus groups and community meetings, conducted surveys, analyzed outreach results, and created a presentation of findings with recommendations for social services, “Resursenheten”. Educator and Program Developer Mpower -10hours/week Stockholm, Sweden 2014 – 2016

Facilitated trainings, coached new trainers, coordinated operations and development, which included: community outreach and engagement, event planning and marketing, volunteer management, board communication, and providing the board with recommendations. Developed relationships with individuals from numerous government agencies, private companies, and non- profits, increasing Mpower’s visibility by conducting targeted events and outreach.

• Launched new training modules program, most positive evaluation feedback to date and doubled its membership base within the first year. General Director and Co-Founder, OhSnap Sweden -10hours/week Stockholm, Sweden 2014 – 2016

• Developed the Gender and Norm critical methodology for the program.

• Lecturer.

• Prepare and distribute the financial budget.

• Provided technical support in the development of the program. Capturing not only the essential elements of the program but also the monetary costs and benefits of various youth empowerment programs. The goal was to emphasize the importance of scaling-up investments in the girls that participate in the program for sustainable human and economic development.

Youth Worker Rinkeby-Kista SDF Fritidsgardar -40hours/week Stockholm, Sweden 2012 – 2014

• Developed activities and possibilities to enhance life skills and youth empowerment together with the youths in the ages of 10-16 years old.

• Supervised young adolescents in their first governmental “seasonal” job.

• Created a model to employ adolescent females from this area to investigate what the municipality can improve to attract more females at the youth centers, make the area safer for young women etc. This model has been successfully used after I left this position.

• Prepare and distribute the financial budget between three youth centers and different activities.

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