April Jennings
Fort Saskatchewan,AB
Summary
Dedicated Mental Health Worker offering 30 years of expertise in working within the social services. Offering strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Family Support Worker
Families First Society
03.2007 - 03.2020
- Promote and facilitate parent education programs within Fort Saskatchewan and Sturgeon County.
- Guide parents through developmental screening for their children using Ages and Stages Questionnaire.
- Coordinate and facilitate 4 different cooking programs that promote healthy eating and cooking within budget.
- Assist families in navigating the social services system, including accessing resources and connecting with other family support services
- Developed and implemented programs to support children's mental health and well-being.
Special Education Paraprofessional
Sturgeon School Division
03.1997 - 03.2007
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Offered student support through special accommodations, extra assistance, and assessments.
- Created lesson materials, visuals and digital presentations to supplement lesson plans.
- Organized and guided activities for students, including daily routines, social stories and teaching basic sign language.
Education
Mental Health Diploma - Social Sciences
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts And Technology
London, ONBehavioural Science Certificate - Social Sciences
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts And Technology
London, ONSkills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Highly organized
- Trauma informed
- Teamwork/Collaboration/Self discipline
- Referral and networking knowledge
- Data collection and management skills
- Able to multi task
- Community orientated
- Good, basic computer understanding
Certification
- Food Safe Handling
- Well-being and Resiliency Framework
- Trauma Informed Certification
- Certification in many parenting programs, including, Kids Have Stress Too, Handle with Care, Parenting Partners, Parent Child Mother Goose, Triple P a Positive Parenting Program.
- Level I Sign Language
Volunteer Experience
- Member of Parent-Child Mother Goose National Board since 2001
- Ambassador the the Terry Fox Foundation since 2011
- Fort Saskatchewan Community Garden since 2018
- Fort Saskatchewan Food Gatherers Society since 2020
Timeline
Family Support Worker
Families First Society
03.2007 - 03.2020
Special Education Paraprofessional
Sturgeon School Division
03.1997 - 03.2007
Mental Health Diploma - Social Sciences
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts And Technology
Behavioural Science Certificate - Social Sciences
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts And Technology
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