Youth Specialist Development

SAMMY MAYS, JR

Severn, MD ***** 571-***-**** *****.**@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/sammy-mays-jr-61463a52

YOUTH SPECIALIST

Dedicated and seasoned Youth Specialist with a superior record of successful community service and engagement. Adept at working with a wide variety of community demographics to formulate beneficial programs and issue resolutions. Able to maintain a consistently positive and respectful attitude toward all citizens and local and state authorities.

Core Qualifications:

●Evaluate client's cognitive abilities, physical, and emotional needs to determine inventions

●Acquired and implement behavioral management and care plans

●Serve group meetings and provide information

●Consult family members on social, educational, criminal, or drug history

●Supply information or refer family members to the public, private, or community services

Accomplishments:

●Received a Certificate of Appreciation from New York State Senator John E. Brooks (8th Senate District) for participation and contribution as a guest speaker at the Living with Hope Community Day, August 2019

●Received a Certification of Recognition as a guest speaker on New Faces Women’s Empowerment Group Event, Town of Hempstead, New York, August 2019

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Youth Development Representative - New Beginnings Youth Development Center - Laurel, MD

Jul 2018 - present

●Provide direct supervision, guidance, rehabilitation, safety, and security of all youth in custody

●Manage confidential and sensitive case files and classified records

●Implement and participate in cultural, academic, and recreational programs for the youth in custody

●Communicate with residents and guide general life skills and treatment options

●Attend family treatment team meetings and engage informal family relationships

●Documents in daily logs, incident reports, and investigations on security in the facility

●Provide physical and visual safety and security protection of visitors, employees, and residents

●Provide guidance and training of new hires to reinforce Agency Positive Youth Development skills

●Participate in daily group sessions and provide face-to-face counseling

●Manages confidential and sensitive case files and classified records.

●Use DYRS Safe Crisis Management to deescalate conflicts, tensions, and flights

Hall Lead/ Residential Counselor - Strategic Behavioral Health Center - Garner, NC

Nov 2014 – Mar 2015

●Enforced rules and regulations to make sure of a smooth and orderly operation of a juvenile maximum psychiatric facility

●Assisted residential coordinator with supervision and management of RAs within the assigned unit and the RC’s absence administer shift reports

●Assisted with treatment team (CFT), room changes, managed goal setting and town halls, managed structure activities (psycho-social/educational skills)

●Managed behavior management system

●Organized residential equipment and supply inventory

●Assisted in reduction of restrictive interventions

●Assisted in staff training, publish, and distributed all required documentation

Direct Support Professional - Estelle Place, LLC - Woodbridge, VA

Aug 2011 – Dec 2012

●Observed residents’ attendance, progress, attitudes, and accomplishments and recorded and maintained information of client’s records

●Encouraged patients and attended to their physical needs to facilitate the attainment of therapeutic goals

●Reported to supervisors or therapists of any changes in patient’s behavior

●Managed intradepartmental infection control and equipment security

Nightclub Security - King Protective Services - Norfolk, VA

Apr 2009 – Jul 2011

●Established security for entertainers (local/famous) on tours and at local nightclubs

●Ensured the premises were safe and that everyone has a legal right to be there

●Guarded against property damage and managed a staff of other guards

●Maintained the order among patrons

●Prevented against theft or vandalism

●Controlled threatening situations

●Coordinated with the local law enforcement officials.

Nightclub Security -Patriot Protective Services - Norfolk, VA

May 2006 – Apr 2009

●Provided security services for customers and club members

●Provided escort to the customer and guests

●Maintained control of the situation of verbal or physical attacks or accidents and personnel Deployed and followed safety procedures

●Prepared reports on incidents and accidents

●Coordinated with the local law enforcement officials

Volunteer Youth Mentor - God City Promotions - Hampton Roads, VA

Dec 2006 – Jul 2011

●Established a ‘Boys to Men’ program for at-risk youth in the community

●Developed a personal and positive rapport with the youth

●Assisted the youth to establish goals such as making good grades, attending college, or obtaining a trade

●Assisted with life action plans such as long-term goals

●Encouraged the youth to make positive life decisions

●Provided the youth with resources in the community to meet short/long term goals

Juvenile Corrections Officer - Nassau County Juvenile Detention Center - Westbury, NY

Dec 2006 – Jul 2011

●Guarded inmates in a maximum-security facility with established regulations and procedures

●Secured prisoners in transit between jail, courtroom, prison, or other points

●Monitored youths and performed physical headcounts to ensure that all youth in the facility were accounted for at any given time

●Recorded information such as inmate identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance and kept daily logs of prisoner activities

●Searched prisoners and cells for valuables, and other contraband such as weapons or drugs.

Assistant Football Coach - Malverne Union Free School District – Malverne, NY

Aug 2000 – Mar 2004

●Provided training direction, encouragement, motivation, and nutritional advice to prepare athletes for games

●Assisted the head coach in planning, organizing, and conducting practice sessions

●Explained and reinforce safety rules and regulations

●Instructed individuals or the team in sports rules, game strategies, and performance principles such as specific ways of moving the body, hands, or feet to achieve desired results

Juvenile Corrections Officer - Rikers Island Correctional Facility - East Elmhurst, NY

Mar 1996 – Jun 2004

●Conducted headcounts to ensure each adjudicated youth was accounted for

●Monitored conduct of adjudicated youth in the housing unit, during work, or recreational activities according to established policies and regulations

●Inspected conditions of locks, window bars, doors, and gates to ensure security and prevent escapes

●Recorded information such as inmate identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance and kept daily logs of prisoner activities

●Searched prisoners and cells for valuables, and contraband such as weapons or drugs

●Secured inmates during transportation to a court or other court appointments

WORK HISTORY

Shift Leader -Taco Bell - Morrisville, NC – Oct 2017 – Dec 2017

Delivery Service Manager - Carolina Home Furniture & Bedding - Raleigh, NC – Sep 2017- Oct 2017

Furniture Delivery Driver/Helper - Hagerty’s Furniture Company - Raleigh, NC – Aug 2016 - Sep 2017

General Laborer - Labor Finders - Raleigh, NC – Jun 2016 – Sep 2016

Foreman - Tradesmen International - Warsaw, NC – Jun 2015 – Jan 2016

Forklift Operator - Butterball, LLC - Mt. Olive, NC - Apr 2015 – Jul 2015 (SEASONAL)

EDUCATION

High School Diploma – Winona Vo-Tech High School - Winona, MS – Jun 1991

CERTIFICATIONS

●First-aid and CPR certified

●Certified Armed and Unarmed with Arrest Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia

●Certified SO for the District of Columbia

●Licensed and bonded in the Commonwealth of Virginia to carry firearms

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