C h a r z e t t a S a n d s

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Mental Health Professional

Compassionate, highly professional and dedicated mental health aide experienced in serving underserved and underprivileged populations. More than 20 years of experience in identifying, developing, and implementing strategies to meet clients’ cognitive, social, emotional and physical needs. Expertise

Empathic Listener Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

(CPR)

individual & Group

Counseling Sessions

Interdisciplinary treatment

planning

Individual & Group Mental

Health Education

Customer Service Objectives &

Strategies

Individual Treatment

Service Plans

Behavior Modification

Management

Crisis Intervention

Techniques

Initial Psychological Clients

Assessments

Discharge Plan Creation Psycho-Social Interviews & Case History Preparation

Mental Health Principles &

Practices Expert

Collateral Treatment Intake Screening Process Mutual Support Group Facilitation

Professional Experience

Coordinator Innovative Emergency Management Morrisville, NC 2022-2023 Contracted with State of California to work with government agencies and private sector organization to improve disaster, preparedness, response, recovery, and strengthen homeland defense, counter terrorism, public health, cybersecurity, and public agency performance.

Plan and coordinate the activities of immigration and refugee populations.

Responsible for supervision, time keeping, and schedule management of 25 shelter workers.

General data entry; intake, case management notes in database, and reporting

Shelter tasks: shelter related duties, such as receiving and organizing meals and supply deliveries.

Connecting individual/families with internal and external community/government resources; such as legal and health, while enrolled in the program.

Case Aide Volunteers of America El Cajon, CA 2020-2022 Volunteers of America is a nonprofit organization founded in 1896 that serves underprivileged populations throughout the United States.

Provides supportive living assistance at Carlton G. Luhman Center

Assist the population of 40 mentally disabled male adults

Distribute medication (Prescription or PRN’s) as directed and chart in daily medication logbook as given

Perform daily logging and data entry

Report and record any unusual incidents immediately regarding resident behavior, filling out incident reports when necessary and making written note of it in the resident’s progress notes

Daily written documentation of resident behavior

Prepare and serve meals and follow up with the cleaning of the kitchen and dining room areas Personal Caregiver for Aging Parent San Diego, CA 2015-2019 Served as a full-time, in-home caregiver for my mother. Managed the daily medical, financial and legal affairs for parent. Provided meals and managed mother's medication intake. Coordinated daily memory care and general health with medical team and rehabilitation facility staff. Supported mother’s emotional and cognitive health through various therapy and treatment methods.

Deputy Probation Officer County of San Diego San Diego, CA 2014 - 2015 Helped offenders in San Diego County fulfill their probation by employing various monitoring techniques and arranging additional services as may be required. Served as an intermediary between judges and offenders, tracked probationers' progress and made recommendations.

Maintained continuous contact with minor offenders, their guardians, and all relevant criminal justice stakeholders

Conducted random drug tests, reported suspected child abuse to Child Protective Services, and testified in juvenile offense court cases

Monitored minor offender’s compliance with court orders and returned the minor to the juvenile court relative to probation violations

Provided the court with proper documentation and recommendations Social Services Specialist Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility Detroit, MI 1995 - 2014 The Juvenile Detention Facility is a secure placement, which helps bridge a youth’s movement from the Juvenile Court System to the Wayne County Juvenile Justice System. The Juvenile Detention Facility has 194 beds and houses about 160 juveniles daily.

Administered the contact visitation services program for psychiatric residents; conducted interviews with program residents; participated in multidisciplinary mental health team member training; conducted social histories for residents; and verified grievances of residents and performed related duties as required

Provided counseling services for juvenile residents confined to the detention facility

Provided individual and group counseling to residents experiencing emotional, social, and legal problems; Conducted social history interviews to determine resident’s participation for “in-house” detention programs

Liaison and advocate for residents regarding problems or questions experienced during incarceration and performed related duties as required; Conducted new resident orientations, performed resident counseling, presented/explained court summons to residents

Investigated disciplinary hearings and grievances of residents; Assisted counselors and social workers at Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility School and performed other duties as required

Managed agency program planning and goal setting relative to position guidelines; collected and applied appropriate data; Evaluated program resident’s progress and conferred with supervisor for timely follow-through; Compiled and produced statistics and submitted required reports to Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility management

Provided services for facility residents involving family interventions, client advocacy, information, and referrals; Established and maintained resident and collateral contacts in homes, community and the facility office; balanced respective rights, opinions and feelings of residents with facility and court policies Psychologist Intern Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility Detroit, MI 2013 - 2014

Conducted initial evaluations of juvenile offenders requiring psychiatric care; assisted inter-disciplinary team approach in providing treatment, planning, treatment planning maintenance and updates for juvenile case assignments Education

Master of Humanistic and Clinical Psychology Michigan School of Professional Psychology Farmington Hills, MI

Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI

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