Support Staff Recovery Specialist

Location:

Tulsa, OK, 74133

Posted:

July 04, 2024

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Daniel J. Grimes, D. Min., M. Div., CCC, AGRMS

**** ***** **** **** ****** Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133 Mobile: 918-***-**** Email: *********@***.***

I am a versatile and resultsdriven administrator, educator, chaplain, leader, trainer, consultant, facilitator, with exceptional communication and people skills with proven abilities and broadbased competencies.

EDUCATION

Central Bible College – Springfield, Missouri 1982

Bachelor of Arts – Biblical Studies

Oral Roberts University – Tulsa, Oklahoma 1988

Master of Divinity

Oral Roberts University – Tulsa, Oklahoma 1995

Doctor of Ministry

ECCLESIASTICAL AFFILIATIONS

Ordained The Vineyard USA 2021

Free Methodist Elder in the Mid-America Conference 2005

Ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church 1991

CERTIFICATIONS

Grief Recovery Method / AGRMS Advanced Grief Recovery Method Specialist January 2023

National Association of Veterans Affairs Chaplains / Certified Clinical Chaplain December 2021

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Grief Recovery Center of Oklahoma – Tulsa, OK (FTE) January 2023 – Present

Founder / Grief Recovery Specialist

Serving as a grief recovery specialist educating individuals and groups about how to understand and process grief and loss of all types including death, divorce, broken relationships, career and health loss.

Live Well Hospice – Bixby, OK (FTE) June 2022 – April 2023

Hospice Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator

Serving as the Chaplain providing spiritual guidance, and care for the patients and their families as well as the agency team and support staff.

Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center – Muskogee, OK (FTE) January 2021 – June 2022

Resident Chaplain – Clinical Pastoral Education

Served as a Resident Chaplain providing spiritual care for the VA patients and their families as well as the health care team and hospital staff. Completed 6 unit of ACPE certified Clinical Pastoral Education.

Humanity Hospice – Edmond, OK (FTE) July 2020 – January 2021 / (PTE) January 2021 - Present

Hospice Chaplain

Served as the Chaplain providing spiritual guidance, and care for the patients and their families as well as the agency team and support staff.

Oklahoma Department of Human Services – Tulsa County, OK (FTE) December 2019 – August 2020

Child Welfare Specialist II

Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry – Tulsa, OK (FTE) September 2016 – December 2018

Chaplain at the Family Safety Center

Provided emotional and spiritual support for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Provided emotional and spiritual support for the staff through work related secondary trauma.

Wrote and was awarded grants in 2018 for $40K and 2019 for $90K from VOCA (Victims of Crime Act) for an interfaith chaplain position at the Family Safety Center in Tulsa, OK.

Carter Healthcare and Hospice – Bartlesville & Tulsa, OK (FTE) September 2015 – October 2019

Hospice Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator

Served as the Chaplain & Bereavement Coordinator providing spiritual guidance, and care for the patients and their families as well as the agency team and support staff.

Emmanuel Free Methodist Church – Janesville, WI (FTE) October 2009 – June 2014

Lead Pastor

Led the congregation to focus on the mission of the church to minister to the community through various outreach ministries.

Rock County Youth Services Center - Janesville, WI (PTE) January 2014 – July 2014

Youth Specialist

Served as a youth specialist providing guidance, programming, and care for adjudicated juveniles at the facility formerly known as the Juvenile Detention Center in Rock County Wisconsin.

Mercy Hospice / Mercy Health Care System - Janesville, WI (PTE) May 2011 – March 2013

Hospice Chaplain & Bereavement Coordinator

Served as the Chaplain & Bereavement Coordinator providing spiritual guidance, programming for the Grief Care Support Group, Music Therapy and care for the patients and their families as well as the agency team and support staff.

Seminole Congregational Methodist Church – Seminole, OK (FTE) June 2005 – October 2009

Lead Pastor

Led the congregation to focus on the mission of the church to minister to the community through various outreach ministries.

Honor Companies – Tulsa, OK (FTE) August 2006 – December 2007

Management Consultant, Sr. Project Manager, General Manager, and Trainer

Successfully managed small, medium, and large projects for Honor Products, LLC, a manufacturing company, first as management consultant and later General Manager to its sister company Green Country Aircraft Exhaust, Inc.

Managed enterprise resources and proactively led a management staff of 8 and a production crew of 32 involving production aspects from material procurement to on-time delivery that improved from 72% to 95%.

Project management analysis, evaluation, and recommendations for improved business management; including production flow and efficiency, facility management, corporate culture, daily production status meetings, cost management, procurement of on-time delivery, shipping and receiving, project management, and resource management.

Managed the design, development, implementation and maintenance of the corporate web sites.

Oral Roberts University – Tulsa, OK (FTE) January 1997 – June 2007

Associate Professor of Church Leadership

Successfully taught over 20 different course titles in the School of Arts and Sciences and 2 graduate level courses.

Managed, initiated, and led a department wide re-evaluation of degree plans and curriculum.

Participated in 174 hours of continuing education on various types of technology software to be utilized in the virtual as well as traditional classroom for technology-based teaching.

Developed and implemented an effective cross-cultural study abroad program in Nizhni Novgorod, Russia for undergraduate ORU students and made trips there in 2004 and 2005.

Brush Creek Youth Ranch, Inc. – Jay, OK (PTE) May 2000 – November 2002

Executive Director

Proactively managed all phases, from initiation to close-out, of the residential childcare and substance abuse programs for adolescent males with an annual budget of over $400,000 coordinating 12 employees to provide all services (including clinical, nutritional, and recreational) required by the Oklahoma accrediting agencies.

Achieved agency certification from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services as a Residential Childcare Facility and contracted to provide services for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse for three separate programming permits.

First United Methodist Church – Tulsa, OK (FTE) June 1994 – January 1997

Minister with College Students and Single Adults

Coordinated all programs and activities for college aged and single adults including education, spiritual formation, and recreation.

Actively participated in an $8.5 million capital campaign over an 18-month period.

Programming efforts included: training, seminars and workshops, a medical mission to Ulyanovsk, Russia and a college and team to Tijuana, Mexico.

The Wesley Foundation: Campus Ministry – Weatherford, OK (FTE) June 1991 – June 1994

Executive Director

The Wesley Foundation, the United Methodist Student Center on the campus of Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, OK.

Coordinated all programs and activities for college students both traditional and non-traditional including leadership development, spiritual formation and guidance, and recreation.

Provided oversight for a capital campaign to raise $150,000 and served as the board of directors’ representative to the General Contractor and daily construction supervisor during the process of the remodeling of the facilities.

Made two trips to Ulyanovsk, Russia (1992 and 1993) to plan and implement the applied research project for doctorate degree.

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP

Instructor / Southwestern Oklahoma State University – Weatherford, OK 1992-1993

Associate Professor of Church Ministry / Oral Roberts University – Tulsa, OK 1997-2007

Undergraduate & Graduate Courses in the School of Theology and Mission

Member Board of Trustees / Central Christian College of Kansas – McPherson, KS 2005-2009

Member of Governance Committee

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor / Oklahoma Wesleyan University - Bartlesville, OK 2007 - 2009

Undergraduate Courses in the School of Adult and Graduate Studies

Biblical Perspectives

New Testament Survey

Philosophy and Christian Thought

Associate Professor of Church Ministry / Oral Roberts University - Tulsa, OK 1997 - 2007

Undergraduate Courses in the ORU Department of Theology

Introduction to Youth Ministry

Youth Culture and Faith Development

Pastoral Care of Families with Youth

Outdoor Adventure and Camping in Youth Ministry

Introduction to Evangelism

Biblical Foundations of Evangelism

Evangelism in the Local Church

Media and Technology in Ministry

Christian Leadership

Mission Among the Poor

Christian Faith and Ministry

Biblical Counseling

Care Counseling in the Local Church

Seminar in Theological Research

Sermon Preparation and Preaching

Advanced Preaching

Senior Paper and Practicum

Graduate Level Courses in the ORU School of Theology and Mission

Introduction to Theology

Preaching & the Healing Ministry

Instructor / Southwestern Oklahoma State University - Weatherford, OK 1992 - 1993

New Testament Survey

Life of Christ

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

Management Training

Oklahoma State University - AS 9100 Rev. B. Internal Auditing Course (2.0 ASQ Re-Certification Units)

Project Management Institute – PMP - Project Management Professional Certification Course

Technology in Education Training

174 hours of technology in education training through Tulsa Technology Center’s Eighth Floor 2005 to 2006. Technology Lead Teacher Training, Level III Telecommunications Training Academy, Advanced Web Page Development Utilizing FrontPage 2000, Web Animation: Flash 5, MS PowerPoint: Animations, Research on the Internet Course, MS PowerPoint Hyperlinks, Library of Congress: Utilizing the Site, Image Mapping with Inspiration Basics, INTEL Teach to the Future Program, Palm PDA Basics, MS Office, MS Project, MS Word: Enhancing Your Skills 1, MS Word: Enhancing Your Skills 2, MS Word: Newsletter, Photoshop: Tips & Tricks 1, Photoshop: Tips & Tricks 2, Photoshop: Tips & Tricks 3, Internet Combo Course, MS Excel: Student Projects.

Police Chaplaincy & Crisis Intervention Training

Stress Management, Death Notification, Introduction to Law Enforcement Chaplaincy, Responding to a Crisis, Ceremonies and Events, Legal Liability and Confidentiality, Ethics, Responding to a Crisis, The Law Enforcement Family, Substance Abuse, Suicide, Responding to an Officer Injury/Death, Sensitivity/Diversity, Backup for the Homefront, Organizational Toxicity, Chaplain Self Defense I & II, Meth and Other Abused Drugs I & II, CPR/AED I & II, Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement Personnel, Gangs, Bomb Squad and the Chaplain, Pastoral Crisis Intervention I & II, Incident Defusing & Debriefing.

RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Dissertation:” Introducing Spiritual Formation Concepts to Russian University Students Using the Walk to Emmaus Model” 1995

ACADEMIC COMMITTEES & ACTIVITIES

Member Board of Trustees / Central Christian College of Kansas - McPherson, KS 2005 - 2009

Member of Governance Committee

Developed a Summer Russian Study-Abroad Program for pre-ministry students of the Undergraduate Department of Theology in the ORU School of Arts and Sciences.

Participated in a 6-Week Russian Studies Program with Students from ORU. May 3 thru June 12, 2004

Wrote a $2 million grant proposal to the Lilly Foundation to establish a Center for Vocational Development at Oral Roberts University.

Served on the development committee for the “Journal of Christian Scholarship” produced by ORU Faculty Members. Fall 2004

Served as a member of the Academic Committee of the Undergraduate Department of Theology in the ORU School of Arts and Sciences.

In my work both in the Undergraduate Theology Department and the Graduate School of Theology and Missions, I have had many opportunities to work creatively in course improvement and curriculum development. In the Undergraduate Theology curriculum, I worked revising and updating courses.

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

Represented ORU as a guest professor of Systematic Theology for two weeks at Livets Ord “Word of Life” University in Uppsala, Sweden. 1997

Represented ORU in a Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Russian Studies Program at the University of Nizhni Novgorod in Russia with a group of faculty members from other CCCU schools.

Represented ORU and made three presentations on the topics Biblical Worldview and Christian Scholarship at The International Conference on Humanism & Spirituality in Education in Nizhni Novgorod, Russia. May 2004

Presentation at the Child Abuse and Neglect: Fostering Hope Conference on the Tulsa Campus of the University of Oklahoma entitled, “Faith Based Approaches to Child Maltreatment Interventions” in April of 2016.

LAW ENFORCEMENT CHAPLAIN CREDENTIALS & EXPERIENCE

Member of the International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC) 2009 – 2018

Volunteer Police Chaplain – Janesville, WI 2009 – 2014

Certified Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Trainer 2013

Juvenile Detention Center – Youth Specialist - Janesville, WI 2013 – 2014

Volunteer Police Chaplain – Jay, OK 2001 – 2003

Volunteer Police & Fire Chaplain’s Corp - Tulsa, OK 1994 – 1995

Volunteer Firefighter - Weatherford, OK 1991 – 1994