Project Service Mental health Management Experience/ Teacher, Consulta

Liban A Bule

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Westerville, ohio, 43081

614-***-**** (Residence)

614-***-**** (Mobile)

*******@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Speak fluently five languages: English, Arabic, Africana, Somali and

Swahili

Community Advocate/expert of immigrants and refugee Cultural issues.

Over fifteen years of Public relations, and Community services experience.

Worked with International Aid Organizations such as (UNHCR, US RESDO/AID,

CARE.)

Write Somali, English, Italian, French and German.

Possess wide range of practical, technical, academic and procedural

knowledge in doing the job, show evidence of continuous expansion of total

knowledge.

Possess a wide range of communication skills and techniques and effectively

select the appropriate method to best convey the intended message even

under adverse conditions.

Anticipate and recognize all types of problems. Judgments are very sound.

Perceived as confident, self-disciplined, realistic, dependable, strong

leadership, excellent interpersonal and usually optimistic in all

situations.

Extensive computer knowledge and experience.

EDUCATION:

B S: (Psychology & Sociology) KISMU UNIVERSITY, KISUMU KENYA,

BA IN LANGUAGES: ENGLISH & ARABIC, The University People of Somalia.

Master of Social Work: ( Arizona State university): USA.

Highly Expert of Refugee/Immigrant Cultural Issues.

CERTIFICATES: UNITED NATION THE INTER FAITH PEACE FEDERATION AWARDED FOR:

PEACE AMABASADOR TO: LIBAN A BULE'

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Southeast, Inc. Columbus, Ohio

"Recovery &Mental Health Care Services"

CPST/ Out-reach Coordinator, Par time

(06/06-Present)

Work with various PTSD individuals, Adults, children, while providing case

management, and therapeutic intervention.

Implement psychosocial assessments, mental health counseling, crisis

intervention, financial counseling, discharge planning, health education

and the provision of material resources and linkage with community

agencies.

Provide Social work services patients/families to meet their medically

related social and emotional needs as they impact on their medical

condition, treatment, recovery, and safe transition from one care to

another.

Provide community referrals for identified social service needs. Provide

instructions, and community resources linkages.

Ensure that required paperwork is completed in a timely manner and

delivered to project Director.

Create Elder group sessions, story telling activities, Cultural &

Traditional questionnaire to improve better services.

Provides Community acculturation in designated Community resources sites,

while referring, enrolling all social needs.

Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH

INSTRUCTOR, Transitional Workforce Department

(11/04 - 06/06)

Taught Basic English (ESL), Basic Office Skills (BOS), and Citizenship

Educated students with disabilities -special needs- easily

Developed fundamental literacy knowledge and career advancement strategies

Introduced students to basic computer knowledge; Microsoft Word, Excel,

Access, Power-Point applications

Prepared students for academic, career, and personal achievement

Assist with student job placement.

Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio

COORDINATOR, In My Future/My success. / ESL

(11/04-May O6t)

Write job description, interview, hire and supervise a site coordinator,

six noncredit hourly instructors and six tutors. Create and process letters

of Agreements. Resolving staffing conflict or concerns.

Maintain student records and other confidential information. Complete and

maintain required documentation including status reports, purchase

requisitions, letters of agreement, budgetary and other fiscal information.

Provide professional development to staff in classroom management,

curriculum, learning styles, cultural diversity, conflict management and

other programmatic content.

Develop programming, recruit community volunteers, schedule speakers and

research salient issues for refugee parents.

Publish a monthly newsletter and newspaper releases for the purposes of

marketing, increasing parent involvement and encouraging student

participating.

Multiethnic Advocates for Cultural Competence, MACC/ RAMA Consulting Group.

Columbus, Ohio

Cross-Cultural Trainer

(06/07- present)

Provide a cross-cultural training for LEP and service providers in order to

bridge the Cultural, &Linguistic gap.

Provide Translation/Interpreting services.

Provide deep consulting in selective culture, and provide a method to

communicate.

Conduct surveys with local agencies in mental health cases, in Immigrants

and New Americans, while providing educational reports to refer.

African Community Relief Association of Ohio (ACRA), Columbus, OH

President/ Founder

Projects Created: After School Programs, Youth Leadership shops, First Stop

Program: Welcome to the United States: Citizenship courses (Voices of

Freedom).

ESL Instructor: BASIC 4/ ESL97/ESL98 AT CSCC November 2004 up to June 06.

Conflicts Resolved: Created a project called: (All Sides of Somalis) a

project intended to improve the relationships between the Somali/Kushtiks

and the Somalis/Bantu. It was successful project that enabled both

communities to work in harmony environment.

Projects in Process: Parental University known as SHARP (School-age Help

Awareness for Refugee Parents). It is intended to ease the daily School

conflicts among the Somali community and American Students. It's

competencies and measurements are based on the community needs.

(05/02 - Present)

Network with community, local agencies and business to create opportunities

for economically disadvantaged community residences

Evaluate and assess personal and professional needs of customers

Develop and implement programs to meet community needs thereby increasing

opportunities for economic self-sufficiency

Prepare and review grants

Global Bi-Lingual Services, Inc, Columbus, OH

Interpreting Director: Civic Agency, that provides Cultural, educational &

linguistic services for all LEP/Clients.

(6/07 - President)

Provide the highest-possible quality of language translation by using my

extensive experience of Languages.

I Work closely with our translators to accurately handle variations in

currency, weights and measures, phone systems, mail and delivery,

transportation systems, marketing, legal, technical, and medical terms and

other differences in the cultural infrastructure when these are relevant to

our client's projects.

Wais Networking technology Computers,

Columbus, OH

HELP DESK ANALYST

(04/00 - 03/01)

Provided assistance to staff and customers in PC NET

Provided staff support in Windows, MS Office, and NT

Installed, setup and trained staff and clients on new software and hardware

application

Password, user access and security administration

Maintained inventory of computer equipment

United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees,

(1991-1993) Internal operation Officer: Kismayo and Bardera, Somalia)

PROJECT PROCESS:

(04/91 - 10/93)

Provided relief assistance during the Civil War in Southern Somalia (Port

of Kismayo) and Bardere

Collaborated with foreign relief organizations to strategize plan of action

to assist people affected by disaster

Continued collaborative efforts in areas of environmental concerns

characterized by conflict, poverty, and violation of human rights.

(1993-1997) Social Service Coordinator of: ( Utanga, Banadiri, Dika Refugee

Camps)

Provided all strategic, demographic plans, budgets, for the refugees, while

setting up every day contact with local service providers.

Provided educational, awareness projects.

Created workshops to encourage women and children to speak up.

Enrolled school-age children to Local institutions monitored by UNHCR.

CERTIFICATES: PEACE AMABASSADOR; AWARDEDED BY: UNITED NATION THE INTERFAITH

PEACE FEDERATION.

REFERENCES: Up on request

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