ASHLEE Kurylowich
Emma Lake,SK
Summary
Conscientious professional with extensive experience advocating for social and economic well-being of individuals and families. Skilled at providing guidance, support and assistance. Strong communication and management skills and committed to inspiring community service.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Additions Counselor
White Buffalo Youth Inhalant Treatment Centre
03.2024 - Current
- Assisted clients in identifying triggers and developing effective coping strategies to maintain sobriety.
- Enhanced professional knowledge by attending regular trainings on emerging trends in addiction counseling techniques.
- Increased client engagement in treatment with creative interventions, such as art therapy and mindfulness practices.
- Provided crisis intervention services to clients experiencing acute distress or suicidal ideation, ensuring their safety and referring them to appropriate resources.
- Contributed to program development by analyzing client outcomes data and recommending improvements based on best practices.
- Facilitated life skills workshops, empowering clients to manage stressors effectively and make healthier choices in daily living.
- Maintained up-to-date documentation of client progress notes, treatment plans, and discharge summaries in accordance with regulatory requirements.
- Led individual and group counseling sessions to meet variety of therapeutic needs for recovering individuals.
- Provided comprehensive case management services, created treatment plans, and connected clients and families to appropriate resources.
- Established rapport with diverse clientele through cultural competence training sessions attended regularly.
- Conducted thorough assessments, gathering information on clients'' substance use history, mental health status, and psychosocial factors influencing their addiction.
Case Manager
Montreal Lake Child and Family Agency
02.2022 - 06.2022
- Interviewed clients, families, and children to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs.
- Developed and created programs and monitored effectiveness against individual participant needs.
- Facilitated family therapy sessions between children, caregivers and siblings to remediate conflict and build healthy relationships.
- Offered therapeutic services and crises intervention to emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.
- Formulated treatment plan strategies with multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive and continuous care plan.
- Developed Functional Behavioral Assessment and Positive Behavioral Intervention Plan to identify cause of problem behavior, formulate strategies to address behavior and teach new behavioral skills.
- Helped clients develop new coping mechanisms and techniques to drive behavior modification.
- Recommended long-term residential treatment, short-term residential treatment and individualized and group drug counseling for clients with substance abuse issues.
- Delivered comprehensive therapeutic services to children, adolescents and adults to support child welfare and prevention services.
Program Coordinator
YWCA
11.2021 - 03.2022
- Developed and implemented variety of innovative policies and strategies to promote client self-sufficiency.
- Developed and created programs and monitored effectiveness against individual participant needs.
- Referred clients to appropriate team members, community agencies and organizations to meet treatment needs.
- Coordinated individual referrals to obtain community services, advocated for client needs and resolved roadblocks.
- Developed monthly schedules and assignments for volunteer staff.
- Developed wellness programs targeted on specific groups and areas of wellness.
Corrections Officer
Saskatchewan Government ministry of justice
10.2016 - 08.2020
- Transported inmates to scheduled court appearances, medical appointments, and authorized activities.
- Monitored behaviors of 50+ inmates to prevent escape attempts, crime and other dangerous activities.
- Completed core corrections protocols during emergency situations.
- Promoted rehabilitation of offenders and maintained safety of staff and residents.
- Processed inmates by completing paperwork, conducting searches and recording fingerprints.
- Supervised inmates during day-to-day activities.
- Enforced resident behavior management protocols and wrote incident reports for infractions.
- Inspected cells and conducted random searches of common areas.
- Employed de-escalation techniques, verbal commands and physical and mechanical restraints to address unruly inmates.
- Detected potential threats and quickly defused conflicts.
- Recommended further treatment strategies and diagnostic efforts for inmates.
- Monitored daily activities to identify and manage suspicious behavior, improper conduct and signs of conflict.
- Monitored inmate behavior to prevent crime, escape attempts and other dangerous activities.
- Implemented defensive tactics and physical restraints to maintain safety and security of the correctional facility.
- Applied non-violent response tools and physical restraint during problematic situations.
Volunteer Support Worker
Prince Albert Victim services
05.2016 - 10.2016
- Provide effective and efficient means for victims of crime and other traumatic events in and around Prince Albert.
- Obtain information, assistance, support, and referral.
- Listen to the immediate and long term effect of the crime experienced by the victims.
- Develop and maintain a directory of referral agencies and to ensure that referral info is ready and available to victims.
- Prevent further victimization, help victims cope with the effects of trauma.
- Enhance the communication and flow of information between the victim, the police, and the criminal justice system.
- Coordinated referrals to community services by advocating for individual needs and addressing roadblocks.
- Utilized computer software to compile data gathered from various sources.
- Supported the Victim services department by compiling paperwork and taking detailed meeting minutes.
- Provided excellent service and attention to customers when face-to-face or through phone conversations.
Program Manager
Prince Albert Group Home Society
08.2016 - 12.2016
- Manage 14 + staff from two group homes,
- Reports, payroll, and fiancés for homes.
- Ensure team is happy and doing their job to the best of their ability
- Makes sure residents are happy, healthy, and getting the best care possible.
- Work within the community to get residents active in their communities.
- Monitored program performance.
- Helped team members improve productivity and performance through hands-on coaching in order to achieve company objectives.
- Coordinated planning and program development between news teams and other programming staff.
- Consulted with staff to share best practices and corrective action plans related to clients needs
Youth Care Worker
Eagle Nest Youth Ranch
09.2013 - 10.2015
- Devised short and long-range action plans to address a wide variety of municipal needs.
- I care for and guide youth with behavioral problems, special needs, and youth that are dealing with trauma.
- I teach the youth proper coping skills, assess youth risks and needs, and then develop programming for them.
- I attend supervised visits with the youth and their families, transport youth, and after every shift I do reports on the youth I worked with that day, along with so many more responsibilities.
- Produced weekly reports and parent contact notes for caseload.
- Helped youth victims of sexual abuse and molestation by coordinating specialized therapy sessions.
- Supervised youth recreational activities and facilitated workshops surrounding self-development, education and employment.
- Oversaw daily routines of youth in placement and delivered services related to basic human needs.
- Recommended improved life choices to enhance client outcomes.
- Evaluated patient behavior and reported changes to clinical team.
- Collaborated with social workers to support patients.
Education
Diploma - Indigenous Social Work
First Nations University of Canada
Prince Albert, SK06.2024
Bachelor of Arts - Indigenous Social Work
First Nations University of Canada
Prince Albert, SK05.2025
Diploma - Business Management
Alison, Online Courses
Prince Albert, SK08.2022
Diploma - Victim Services Coordinator - Counseling
Prince Albert SIAST
Prince AlbertNo Degree - Human Justice
University of Regina First Year
Prince Albert, SKSkills
- Experience working with First Nations
- Skills to develop safety plans
- Non-violent intervention
- Crisis intervention
- Emergency Response
- Program Development
- Motivational Interviewing
- Knowledge of many different Theory Approaches
- Team Leadership
- First Responder Support
- Team building
Timeline
Additions Counselor
White Buffalo Youth Inhalant Treatment Centre
03.2024 - Current
Case Manager
Montreal Lake Child and Family Agency
02.2022 - 06.2022
Program Coordinator
YWCA
11.2021 - 03.2022
Corrections Officer
Saskatchewan Government ministry of justice
10.2016 - 08.2020
Program Manager
Prince Albert Group Home Society
08.2016 - 12.2016
Volunteer Support Worker
Prince Albert Victim services
05.2016 - 10.2016
Youth Care Worker
Eagle Nest Youth Ranch
09.2013 - 10.2015
Diploma - Indigenous Social Work
First Nations University of Canada
Bachelor of Arts - Indigenous Social Work
First Nations University of Canada
Diploma - Business Management
Alison, Online Courses
Diploma - Victim Services Coordinator - Counseling
Prince Albert SIAST
No Degree - Human Justice
University of Regina First Year
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