Nanny in Victoria, British Columbia

Work Experience: Youth Care Worker (11/03/2...) Role: worked professionally with children who resided in the care of the ministry (government funded with social policies as guiding principles to abide by; programmed and structured environment with expectation of accurate and punctual writing for client reports). Employer: Mona Aldoff & Amy Eyles Contact: ENCASS (250) 56... Responsibilities: empowering clients, providing children with their basic needs, protecting children, teaching life skills, house keeping, well written documentation, facilitate growth, and run programs. Group Facilitator (09./01/...) Role: every two weeks I would run a recovery group out of the BC Schizophrenia Society for mental health and addictions. Employer: Kim Dixon Contact: B.C.S.S (250) 56... Responsibilities: facilitate growth, practice skills taught in NAMI training, recruit members, use clear communication, practice empathy skills, and defuse any arguments amongst the group. Community Support Worker (01/01/2...) Role: every week I would go to the Adult Psychiatric Ward and present to the clients about resources available in the community, and advocate. Employer: Sharon Contact: Canadian Mental Health Association (250) 56... ext 30 Responsibilities: advocacy, referrals, active listening skills, presentation skills, educating clients, practice empathy skills, and action-planning. Volunteer Experience: Parkside Seniors Residence- Work experience as a caregiver (facilitated bingo, interacted with the senior citizens, followed daily programming) R.C.M.P- Public Education Presentation (training on responding to a person with mental illness during crisis situations) D.P Todd & John McInnis- Public Education Presentations Intersect- Public Education Presentations- educational speech for youth with mental illness (mental health and addictions) A.C.E Activity Center for Empowerment- Helped with the kitchen work and the front desk (completed the annual statistics-data used to achieve grant funding) Canadian Mental Association- Gift of Hope for Christmas (wrapped donated gifts for people living in poverty and with mental illness, set up dinner and dance) Phoenix Transition House- Completed my practicum at this agency, along with volunteer work (interacting with clients, helping facilitate groups, advocacy, and referrals). St. Patrick Society House- Completed my practicum at this half-way (recovery) house for men. I facilitated the three hour educational recovery groups during the daytime, along with one-on-one counselling or plan creations/referrals for the men. Education Establishment: College of New Caledonia Course: Social Service Worker Certificate, Diploma, and Pre-UNBC Diploma Education Period: 09/03/20... Average Grade: GPA 3.84 Details: Currently taking University transferable courses. Successfully completed the Social Service Certificate & Diploma Program. Professional Qualifications: Class 5 driver’s license; ASSIST- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training; Northern Interior Food Safe Certificate; TCI- Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training (Cornell University); Emergency Child Care First Aid & CPR; NAMI- Facilitating Groups Training; Mental Health Training- CMHA; Social Service Worker Certificate, Diploma, & Pre-UNBC Diploma; Three additional years of university courses (sociology, psychology, criminology, anthropology, women studies, and Aboriginal studies). Skills multi-tasking, team player, empathic, hard-worker, clear and concise communication, good writing skills, professionalism, active listening skills, facilitating groups, group speaking, and public education presentations. youth care worker ....young mothers also resided at these homes