Current Work Experience and Community Involvement
When I am not working with people through Blue Door Counselling Services, I living my other passion by working at The Center for Research, Education and Clinical Care for At Risk Populations (RECAP). Here I provide counselling, community connection and outreach. Through this work, I also have the honour of sitting on Saint John's Sex Trade Action Committee, the Urgent Public Health Need Sites (UPHNS) Community of Practice. I also currently sit on the Social Action Committee with the New Brunswick Association of Social Workers.
Experience
THE CENTRE OF RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CARE FOR AT RISK POPULATIONS - SAINT JOHN, NB
SEPTEMBER 2019 - PRESENT
PROJECT COORDINATOR/FACILITATOR | WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT NETWORK INC. – SAINT JOHN, NB
DECEMBER 2017 – AUGUST 2018
CHILD PROTECTION SOCIAL WORKER | SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT - SAINT JOHN, NB
APRIL 2013 -APRIL 2015
SOCIAL PROGRAM OFFICER | MINISTRY OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT – VANCOUVER, BC
JUNE 2013 – SEPTEMBER 2013
FAMILY SERVICES WORKER FAMILY FIRST HUMAN SERVICES INCORPORATED – FREDERICTON, NB
JUNE 2011 – AUGUST 2011
SOCIAL PROGRAM OFFICER ASSISTANT & SOCIAL PROGRAM OFFICER | MINISTRY OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT – VANCOUVER, BC
SEPTEMBER 2008 – MAY 2011
Internship Experience
STUDENT | URBAN CORE SUPPORT NETWORK AND VIBRANT COMMUNITIES –
SAINT JOHN, NB | SEPTEMBER 2012 -DECEMBER 2012
-Helping to empower people to create social, political, and economic changes in their communities
-Working with individuals living in poverty
-Working in a capacity building program
STUDENT | OPERATIONAL STRESS INJURY CLINIC - FREDERICTON, NB
APRIL 2012 -JUNE 2012
-Provided psycho-education/counselling to people whose family member live with post-traumatic
stress disorder.
-Took part in a support group for youth who had a parent living with a diagnosis of post-traumatic
stress.
-Observed various styles of clinical counselling including: exposure therapy, cognitive behavioral
therapy, motivational interviewing, and couples counselling.
Training and Certifications
-Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Level 1 and 2
-Member of the Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute
-Addictions 101
-Risk Assessment Training
-Solution Focused Training
-Child Protection Training. (Interview skills, mediation, law, recognizing child abuse)
-Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
-Auricular Acupuncture for addictions
-Social Program Training
Previous Community Involvement
-Volunteer with AIDS Saint John Needle Exchange (currently Avenue B).
-Student liaison between faculty and students for the STU Social Work program.
-Social Work student representative on the St. Thomas University hiring committee
-Member of an advisory committee for the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre Inc.
-Organizer on a domestic violence forum for Vancouver Child Protection Workers
-Organizer in a cultural awareness day for Family Services of the north region of Vancouver
-Received an annual award for my accomplishments in collaborative work between Child
Protection Agencies
-Manage a gift drive among local schools for three consecutive years, for families in need
during the holiday season.