Alexander Lochetto

480-***-**** adru4m@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-lochetto-ba368014a Peoria, AZ

OBJECTIVE

Award- winning behavioral health manager with extensive experience in child welfare, group homes foster care, special needs patients, and life skills rehabilitation facilities. Experienced implementing different treatment programs for adolescents, alcoholic recovery, seniors. Autistic and mentally challenged adolescents and adults, highly resolute and conscientious. Establishing and maintaining therapeutic relationships with patients and assisting with the maintenance of the milieu Managing all clinic records and reports in their units. Proven history in fostering long-term relationships and providing quality care and therapeutic services. Refined ability to instruct and lead in life skills education with solid firsthand crisis management aptitude.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Counseling

Crisis Management and Intervention

Relationship Building

Therapeutic Treatment Plans

Knowledge of DES/CPS System

Practice in Family Assessments

Behavior Modification

Treatment Plan Knowledge

Communication Resource Specialist

Foster Care System Reports

Adolescent Child Development

Ethic client populations

Effective Communication Skills

Counseling Alcohol Rehabilitation

Suicide & Depression Reports

Caseworker experiences

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Behavioral Health Technician April 2022 to Present

Happy Acres Children’s Homes, Peoria, AZ

Responsible for maintaining to clients and staff with cohesive family units, enduring manner that considers safety maintaining communications to selected support team members. Assisted clients through milieu environmental surroundings, through identifying gender, and teaching mentally illness clients how to work through daily problems.

Provides clients with religious-like attitude, by maintaining good role model, through identifying spiritual educational needs for Hach client’s activities supporting positive interactions such as bible studies.

Supervise and oversee daily living routines of clients, (i.e., wakeup, mealtimes, school, activities, events, chores, homework, appointments, and Hygiene) for HACH clients.

Works directly maintaining on going communication with staff, by providing Mental Health Interventions, as well physical interventions to clients in a manner that considers safety, client rights, comfort and the therapeutic environment.

Ensures client safety, by providing daily rounds of positive social skills and completing verbal, progress, and safety rounds reports assigned by the end of the shift.

Consistently assists in maintaining and identification of the house rules, HACH policies, and behavior expectations for client’s personal items both being lock up and on the client’s person.

Administer medication to clients and report of refills per HACH Policies & Procedures.

Providing assists in orientation and instructional to clients and staff aware of emergency, crisis procedures and properly secured for transportation.

Assists with admissions, including assistance with data collection, helping to see additional programs and activities that at beneficial to each client.

ABA Therapist June 2021 to October 2022

Hopebridge Autism Therapy center, Litchfield Park, AZ

Implements specialized programs for Autistic individuals with developmental emotional and intellectual

disabilities. One on one ABA therapy for children including the individualized treatment, and behavior plans.

Complete Daily acquisition skills, maintenance, and mastered skill as directed by BCBA

Complete all data sheets, programing sheets, and progress notes daily

Implement appropriate teaching strategies and behavior modification approaches

Maintain organization of patient binder and ensure proper storage of binder at the end of each day

Assist with problem solving to improve efficiency and morale within the clinic

Behavior Health Technician Manager June 2019 to June 2021

Sunshine Residential Homes, Inc., Glendale, AZ

Assists with daily operations pertaining to clients and staff, implementing, and monitoring the daily schedule of all clients. Functioned as a role model, adhering to agency standards of practice for clients, staff, and the public. Accurately documenting each client’s behavior, sleep pattern and interaction and provides a therapeutic approach during daily routine.

Addressed physical, emotional, and medical needs of clients while ensuring health and after standards were maintained, ensuring that clients’ need for privacy and individuality are respected.

Assisted children in developing coping skills for all feelings, allows clients the opportunity to appropriately vent feelings without fear of adult reprisal.

Implement behavioral limits which have been established by the home, focusing on positive behavior management, and offering approved, age-appropriate consequences when necessary.

Behavior Technician Supervisor May 2018 to May 2019

Marc Community Resource Inc., Mesa, AZ

Supported individuals with sub-acute complex care needs that need assistance maintaining psychiatric stability. Collaborated with individuals in various settings including Community Living Services, Residential Services, and Individual Support Services. Ensured that all clients completed their goals and identified Treatment and Behavior Plans.

Demonstrate skills in planning, implementing, and coordinating health promotion strategies including health and wellness activities.

Assists in the planning and preparation of menus where household consisting of well-balanced meals and meeting applicable diet need as required.

Kept accurate records of medication counts, and refilling medication with pharmacy.

Maintained accurate records on monthly summary goals that the client needs to achieve.

Facilitator Peer Support- Internship work January 2016 to September 2016

Hope Lives- Vivi La Esperanza, Phoenix, AZ

Skilled in data entry and use of various computer software programs to admit patients, update files and upload attachments in a timely manner.

Function as a liaison between resident and treatment team providing case management.

Counseled students with mental health disorders such as Schizophrenia and Bipolar.

Counseled clients to help them understand and overcome personal, social, and behavioral problems.

Volunteer Work

Pathways to Health December 2017 to Present

Phoenix AZ & Fort Worth TX

Offering free medical/dental/vision services to those low-income families & greater city residents of the world. Worked in conjunction with medical /dental/vision staff members.

Family Promise of Phoenix May 2017 to Present

Phoenix, AZ

Initiate coordinated local efforts that bring communities together to help homeless and low-income families regain their housing, their impendence, and their dignity through a community-based response.

Teen Court Community Service Facilitator for Maricopa Juvenile Dentition Center May 2010 – July 2014

Mesa, AZ

Assisted on a 5-man panel made of behavioral health specialists, which convened to listen to, review, and implement last chance solutions methods/discipline options for mild to extremely severe juvenile offenders.

Education & Credentials

Associate of Applied Science, Behavioral Health Science- Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ May 2017

Trauma Treatment for Youth June 2022

Prevent Child Abuse-Recognizing & Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment & Prevention June 2022

Cyber Security Informed June 2022

Providing Trauma-Informed Care May 2022

Self-Harm Prevention for Youth May 2022

Suicided Talk/ Support Prevention May 2022

Certified in first aid and CPR Feb 2022

Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card Feb 2022

PAX Institute Techniques Training from AZ DES April 2021

Grief & Loss Attachment & Separation issues June 2020

Certification in Peer Counseling May 2019

Microsoft Windows, Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook, Notebook, Paylocity, ADP

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