Mental Health Employment Specialist

Ceu Alves, CMHC (Last year)

Cell: 253-***-****, Email: ********@******.***

Experience in Mental Health Counseling, Social Work and Human Service.

Ceu Alves, CMHC, Employment, and Social Work

Cell: 253-***-****

Email: ********@******.***

EDUCATION

Capella University Master program/2018/2022

MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Last year 2022

University of Washington School of Social Work/2014-2017

Master’s in Social Work (MSW), 2014 -2017

Integrated Health and Mental Health Concentration (No Degree)

3 years of Social Work (Coursework and field experience)

University of Washington Tacoma/2013

Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Graduated)

Bachelor Interdisciplinary of Arts & Science (Graduated)

Yavapai Community College/2011

Associate of Arts (Graduated)

Child & family experience

Kitsap Mental Health Services 01/03/2022 to date.

WISe team 01/03/2022 to 5/11/2021 (Practicum)

AOP 10/10/2022 to 12/16/2022. (Internship I)

Internship II will start on 01/09/2023

COMMUNITY WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE

EQUUS Workforce Solution 02/16/2021 to present

Talent Development Specialist (career advisor)

WIOA title I (Lincoln County)

Employment specialist (Offices in Newport and Lincoln City) Coastal towns

Bilingual services (Spanish)

Partner: Businesses, OCCC, CSC, OED and ODHS

SOCIAL WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE

Child Welfare (ICWA Unit)

Training: January 16 – June 22, 2020.

Essentials by PSU on (February 28, 2020)

Trainings hours are provided under iLearn covering 37 hours of training on Child welfare and social services under DHS.

SOCIAL WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE

Valley Cities Counseling & Consultation June 2015-November 2015

Foundation MSW Intern Clinician

Providing multilingual counseling to Hispanics seeking assistance with mental health condition.

Providing cross-cultural assistance with American laws to Sikh family struggling to get acquainted to the American health care system.

Performing cross-cultural Biopsychosocial assessment with the goal of empowering clients by considering their struggle with a different language and within a different culture.

Screening and assessing clients for common mental illness and substance use disorders.

Attending care conferences on CPS/APS with the goal increasing knowledge about children and elderlies within the community.

Participating in weekly meeting, reviewing assessment with interdisciplinary staff with the goal of providing the best care for each client.

Providing counseling to clients from ages ranging from 7 to 24 years of age.

Providing counseling to individuals and families with the goal of increasing interpersonal relationships within the family and within the community.

Comprehensive Life Recourses June 2016 – to January 2017

Advanced concentration

Providing multilingual counseling to Hispanics seeking assistance with mental health condition.

Performing cross-cultural Biopsychosocial assessment with the goal of empowering clients by considering their struggle with a different language and within a different culture.

Treatment Plan under theoretical approaches (Evidence-Based)

Screening and assessing clients for common mental illness and substance use disorders.

Attending care conferences on CPS/APS with the goal increasing knowledge about children and elderlies within the community.

Participating in weekly meeting, reviewing assessment with interdisciplinary staff with the goal of providing the best care for each client.

Providing counseling to clients from ages ranging from 24 years of age and above.

Providing counseling to individuals and families with the goal of increasing interpersonal relationships within the family and within the community.

Assisting clients with the end of life process.

Working with the homeless community

Providing counseling for clients under court-ordered treatment requirements.

Communicating with the court on the behalf of the client.

Observing juvenile court procedure as it related to prevention and recovery.

TRAINING:

Theories (Framework and application) under Psychoanalytic and Humanist approaches

CPR (AED) certification (Oregon)

Stewardship for children training (Oregon)

Youth Mental Health FIRST AID USA (Oregon)

Driver’s License (Oregon)

Insurance (Progressive)

CPS

APS

HIPAA COMPLIANCE

ADA

Rehabilitation Act 1973

Privacy Act 1974

(29 CFR part 1614

Medicaid

Medicare

Local, state WAC and RCW, and ORS and OAR, federal procedure CFR, policies and laws

Community Organizing Project 2013 – to date

Representative/Volunteer

Providing representation to African American women struggling with mental health and raising children, by assisting them with their pursuit for social justice.

Cooperating with client’s mental health providers with the goal of increasing client’s chance for recovery.

Working with suicide victims with the goal of minimizing the distress factors surrounding the client, and with the goal of creating strategies to empower the client.

Providing assistance to clients under the “suicide watch” with the goal of increasing the support surrounding the recovery plan.

Assisting clients transitioning out of mental health facilities back to daily routine with the goal of minimizing anxiety and improving the chances for recovery.

Representative 2013 – to 2019

Civil Rights Activist

Assisting target groups with federal policies based on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, covering 29 CFR 1614.

Representing victims of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and retaliation among other issues on the federal sector.

Representing clients under “suicide watch” with the goal of providing a safe harbor for recovery.

Other Experience 2005 – 2011

Vietnam Veteran counseling group/volunteer

Working with impatient veterans coping with PTSD and other related factors such as isolation, and chemical dependency with the goal of increasing interactions between Vietnam War veterans and the community

Life Experience and PTSD 2003 – 2014

Extensive exposure to veterans with PTSD, by having a veteran within family unity and by volunteering time to the VA community, with the goal of increasing the veteran’s support base.

Cross-cultural background

Collective, and individualist system as well

Languages: Fluency in Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, and English. Intermediate in French

Background

Brazilian Born from Amazon Forest, Brazil

Naturalized American

bilingual on Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

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