Mental Health

Canaan Keith Carr

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CORE COMPETENCIES

Social Services

Case Management

Detailed and Organized

Empathetic

Crisis Management

Community Outreach

Active Listening

Working with Adolescents

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD OF MIDDLE GEORGIA

Case manager, CSST (Community Social Service Tech), PP, July 2019 – present

Teach individual curriculum based on the sources of strength wheel.

Document all contact with clients.

Develop clients coping skills.

Lead groups for adolescent boys.

Equipped to respond quickly and appropriately to mental health crisis situations.

HARTWELL FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Youth Pastor, July 2017-July 2019

Tripled the size of the youth group within two-year period.

Planned events, youth services, parent meeting, and teach weekly.

Be intentional with youth and their families.

Recruit volunteers and vision cast goals within the church.

Connect with youth through different social media platforms.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA WESLEY FOUNDATION

Youth-Sparrow’s Nest/Connect Intern, Aug 2015 – May 2017

Serve youth at the Sparrows Nest through leading groups.

Lead small group of eleventh and twelfth grade guys.

Connect University of Georgia students to different ministry opportunities.

Mentor college students through weekly one on one and group meetings.

Manage college student volunteers through leadership training and discipleship

LIFEWAY CHRISTIAN RESOURCES FUGE CAMPS, NASHVILLE, TN

Bible Study Leader, May 2014 – July 2016 (seasonal)

Responsible for 30+ students each week for 7 to 8 weeks.

Facilitated debriefing sessions after each program, to explore group dynamics and connect team members’ experiences to real-life situations at home and school.

Oversaw the mental, physical, spiritual care of campers, to provide a safe environment for holistic growth.

Responded to crisis situations when occurred.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Athens, GA

Bachelor of Science: Psychology, Dec 2015 GPA: 3.4/4

Employee of the year for work as tutor in the America Reads program.

Hope Scholarship beneficiary from 2010-2015

Dean’s List, Spring 2015

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Developmental Psychology

Motivation Education

Psychopathology

Social Psychology

Abnormal Psychology

REFERENCES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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