Outreach Specialist Community
Resume:
Laverne Jones
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Professional Summary
Dedicated and service-oriented Community Outreach Specialist with planning, coordination and implementation skills. Passion for utilizing Sports and Fitness as intervention to help diverse at-risk youth to prevent drop-out, improve personal health, wellbeing and encourage academic learning. Adept at coordinating community resources to meet the critical needs of youth and adults. Able to maintain a consistent positive and respectful attitude toward all citizens and local/state authorities. Core Qualifications
● 6 years of experience in social services as Assistant Chemical Dependency Counselor.
● 7 years as Certified Personal Fitness and Sports Technical Instructor for schools, clubs and individuals.
● Successfully work as an Athletic Coach in elementary, middle and high school-based programs.
● Experienced with dropout and relapse prevention, juvenile justice, intervention strategies.
● Work effectively with teachers, coaches, staff, and community to coordinate team approach.
● Ability to work with people of diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
● Well-developed interpersonal skills and the ability to work as a member of the team. Experience
Personal Fitness & Community Sports Outreach Specialist 3/2009 – Present MADSkills Sports & Fitness Pasco, WA
● Lead outreach to schools, coaches, parents, churches for youth sports camps and clinics.
● Coordinated strength and agility training classes for individuals, groups and sports teams.
● Assistant football and basketball coach, coordinate team activities at various middle and high schools.
● Assess current student needs and motivate towards personal and team success.
● Address social, emotional and resource needs of at-risk students.
● Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.
● Forged collaborative partnerships with community businesses and agencies. Assistant Chemical Dependency Counselor 02/2003 – 3/2009 Casita Del Rio Kennewick, WA
● Successfully managed and counseled 28-Day Group Program graduating 50 participants.
● Developed substance abuse and mental health assessment/treatment options and plans.
● Daily use of group facilitation skills, fulfill case management duties, maintained confidentiality.
● Utilized strong organizational skills to maintain effective working relationships with schools, students and parents, general public resource support.
● Followed strategies for delivering, monitoring and evaluating program-wide and targeted services.
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