Substance abuse counselor
Resume:
Rafael Garcia
New York, NY *****
*****************@*****.***
Professional Summary
Dedicated professional with demonstrated strengths in customer service, time management, and trend tracking.
Good at troubleshooting problems and building successful solutions. Excellent verbal and written communicator with strong background cultivating positive relationships and exceeding goals. Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Substance Abuse Counselor
Upper Manhattan Mental Health Center-New York, NY
January 2023 to Present
• Provide assessment, treatment, education, and training to clients and families
• Conduct comprehensive psychosocial evaluations, treatment plans with diagnosis
• Utilizing evidence based practice, variety of therapeutic models to understand and plan intervention strategies with clients dealing with co occurring disorders
• Lead group counseling sessions, provide crisis interventions
• Work collaboratively with the client, other health care providers to coordinate care
• Maintain records in EHR
Peer Specialist
Fountain House-New York, NY
June 2022 to January 2023
• Assist clients with day to day recovery and action plan.
• Outreach in diverse settings like hospitals, shelters, community centers
• Co-facilitate social practice informed groups, helping individuals develop social skills and build connections
• Connect individuals with various services such as mental health clinics, care management programs, HRA
• Advocate for individuals, provide pre-crisis and crisis support, help navigate challenges
• Provide support to individuals at appointments, maintain case records in Awards. Peer Specialist
Services for the Underserved-Brooklyn, NY
November 2021 to June 2022
• Assist clients in performing a wide variety of tasks related to education, socialization, habilitation, recovery
• Support clients diagnosed with mental illness and substance use disorder who are transitioning to various levels of independent housing
• Support clients in creating goals and developing recovery plans
• Help clients develop the skills needed to live, work, socialize successfully in the community environments of their choice
• Advocate for clients and support families or other caregivers in their efforts to assist these individuals Education
Substance use (Continued education)
Recoveries R Us-New York, NY
August 2021 to October 2021
HIV AIDS (Continued Education)
National Development and Research Institute-New York, NY September 2000 to June 2004
Ministry and Human Services (Continued Education)
New York Theological Seminary-New York, NY
September 2000 to June 2001
Skills
• Social Work
• Intake Experience (4 years)
• Presentation Skills
• Motivational Interviewing (4 years)
• Bilingual Computer Applications Interpersonal skills Time management Ability to solve conflicts, Good decision making planning skills (4 years)
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Group therapy
• Administrative Experience
• Crisis Management
• Leadership
• Translation
• Case Management (5 years)
• Program Development
• Mental Health Counseling
• Crisis intervention (4 years)
• Individual / Group Counseling (4 years)
• Addiction Counseling (4 years)
• Writing Skills
• Patient monitoring
Languages
• Spanish - Fluent
Certifications and Licenses
Recovery coach
August 2021
Promoting recovery by removing barriers and obstacles to recovery, and by serving as a personal guide and mentor for people seeking or in recovery
CASAC-T
December 2021 to December 2026
CRPA
October 2021 to October 2024
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