Social Worker; Master of Business Administration; Instructor

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Larry O. Chesser, Jr., MSW, MBA

*** **** * ******, ******, Oklahoma 74849

Home Phone: 580-***-****

Cell Phone: 405-***-****

I am a self-starter, trustworthy individual who needs no direct supervision to work hard; rather, I can be trusted to do what I am expected to do and more. That being said, I am willing and able to work under or collaboratively with others who are also competent and people of integrity. I am searching for a challenging position with an organization whose professional goals align with my own and whose name is known among those of the utmost, reputable type.

Resume’

Larry O. Chesser, Jr., MSW, MBA

115 East B Avenue, Konawa, Oklahoma 74849

Formal Education

Walden University, Baltimore, MD, Human Services, 2010; 39 credit hours toward my PhD in Human Services with a Clinical Social Work concentration

University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, Business, 2007; Master of Business Administration with a specialty in Human Resources Management

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Social Work, 2004; Master of Social Work

East Central University, Ada, OK, Social Work, 2002; Bachelor of Social Work

Seminole State University, Seminole, OK, Behavioral Science, 2000; Associate of Arts

New Lima High School, New Lima, OK, 1978; High School Diploma

Employment

Counselor and Case Manager, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services of Southern Oklahoma (MHSSO), 2010 Boren Blvd., Seminole, OK 74868 began on 03/07/2011.

Area Manager/Outpatient Counselor, CREOKS Behavioral Health Services, 209 West Broadway, Okemah, OK 74859, August 2010 –

02/25/2011.Outpatient Counselor, Oklahoma Families First, Ada & Seminole, OK 74868, October 2009 – August 2010.

Pastor of the “Peoples’ Church” of Maud, OK 74854, October 2009 – November 2010.

Chaplain & MSW, Faith Hospice, Seminole, OK, November 2005 – August 2009.

Pastor of the Bethel Pentecostal Church, Wewoka, OK, November 2006 – May 2008.

Child Welfare Specialist III, Department of Human Services, Seminole County, OK, December 2002 – November 2005.

Pastor of “Memorial Temple Church” of Stratford, OK, April 2005 – September 2006

Self-Employed Carpenter, June 2001 – December 2002.

School Maintenance and Bus Driver, Earlsboro Public Schools, Earlsboro, OK, 1997 – 2001.

Pastor, Jarvis Assembly of God Church, Earlsboro, OK, August 1997 – January 2001.

School Maintenance and Bus Driver, Tupelo Public Schools, Tupelo, OK, 1995 – 1997.

Pastor, Gospel Lighthouse Church of Centrahoma, OK, 1995-1996.

School Maintenance and Bus Driver, New Lima Public Schools, RR. 1, Wewoka, OK, 1985-1994.

Approximately 10-12 years experience as a finish carpenter, much of it during my total of 15 years as a school bus driver and school maintenance man

Chapman Estate Oil Field Production of Hughes County. 1978-1980 working as a roustabout, an oil well pumper, and a “floor hand” on an old pole-type well service rig

Larry Doshier Roustabout Service of Wewoka, OK. 1980-81

Red’s Roustabout Service of Seminole, OK. 1982 until the boom ended and our rig was blown over by a spring storm

Relevant Experience

I have completed all of the 4,000 practice hours and 100 Social Work supervision hours that are required before taking the State of Oklahoma Clinical Social Work examination. I expect to be considered for licensure on the July 24 meeting of the Social Work Board; I have no reason to doubt my ability to take and pass the exam in August, 2012.

Social work experience in the form of Clinical Social Work and Administrative responsibilities while working for Oklahoma Families First, Inc., CREOKS Behavioral Health Services, and Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services of Southern Oklahoma

Three years work as a Child Welfare Specialist for the Oklahoma State Department of Human Services, Seminole County, Wewoka, OK.

Social Work experience as a Chaplain and Social Worker for Faith Hospice of Eastern Oklahoma.

Foster parent, Oklahoma State Department of Human Services and the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, 1996 – 2000; invaluable experience with the care and nurturing of children from various cultures.

Pastor, Various Protestant Churches, OK, 13+ years total, 1984-May 2010; leadership experience including various opportunities for problem solving within families, among children, and between adults.

Honors and Scholarships

Eliose Reynolds Memorial Scholarship, University of Oklahoma, Fall 2003.

Who’s Who Among College Students, East Central University, Ada, OK, 2002

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Intern of the Year Award, East Central University, Ada, OK, 2002.

I am honored to hold an Ordination for Christian Ministry from the Gleaner’s Holiness Church, the church where I grew up, attending there together with my Father and Mother among numerous extended family and long-time friends since 1963. My Dad has been the Pastor of the church for the past 31 years.

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