Brittany Riley
Spruce Grove,Canada
Summary
Compassionate social worker with several years of comprehensive experience in working with high-risk youth in residential treatment and group home settings. I have a lot of experience working with youth struggling with mental health, and addiction due to complex trauma. I bring a kind and respectful demeanor to the social work profession, and demonstrate strong conflict-resolution skills and strong decision-making abilities.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Wage Child and Youth Care Counsellor
Yellowhead Youth Centre
Edmonton, Alberta
01.2020 - Current
- Completing intakes and discharges in both open and secure units.
- Completing and maintaining documentation, including contact notes, incident reports, assessments, and absent-from-care forms.
- Implementing daily activities and programming to foster social and emotional development.
- Supporting youth in attending daily programming and education.
- Providing on-the-floor supervision, monitoring, and recording behaviors and outcome progress.
- Building and maintaining positive therapeutic relationships with youth.
- Participating in all aspects of youth therapeutic treatment planning.
- Supporting youth in stabilization and treatment goals to work toward well-being.
- Supporting family and caregiver reunification.
- Working with a multidisciplinary team with a client focused lens
Practicum Student
Family and Community Support Services
Spruce Grove, Alberta
09.2023 - 03.2024
- Helping to plan and run community events.
- Connecting with Indigenous communities supports and helps facilitate events with the city's support.
- Participate in weekly team meetings.
- Attend workshops.
- Participate in proposal grant process
- Shadowing Outreach Team in supporting the unhoused community within Spruce Grove
Relief Youth Care Worker
Catholic Social Services
Edmonton, Alberta
10.2019 - 04.2023
- Supervising and supporting high-risk youth in a group care setting.
- Supporting youth in developing positive and healthy relationships with their families and communities.
- Supporting youth through life skills teaching and in-the-moment learning in a home-based environment.
- Assisting youth in attending appointments, and participating in school or day programs.
- Supporting youth in detoxification and connecting them to treatment facilities.
- Medication administration.
- Maintaining proper documentation, such as contact notes, incident reports, MAR sheets, and building checks.
Youth Care Worker
Youth Empowerment Support Services
Edmonton, Alberta
01.2016 - 09.2020
- Maintaining a caseload of eight youth between the ages of 15-22 in a single staff model
- Completing required documentation, including intakes, contact notes, incident reports, case plans, referrals, assessments, and medication administration.
- Supporting youth with addictions, mental health issues, abuse, homelessness, and Apprehension Court Orders.
- Scheduling and facilitating a Service Team meeting with youth and their multidisciplinary teams, such as caseworkers, youth workers, and probation officers.
- Scheduling and facilitating a Service Team meeting with youth and their multidisciplinary teams, such as caseworkers, youth workers, and probation officers.
- Training new youth workers, relief staff, and practicum students.
- Teaching life skills to prepare for independent living.
- Modeling appropriate behavior – calm assertiveness, consistency, relationship-building, boundaries, and respect.
- Refer youth to partner agencies for additional services.
Practicum Student
Woodhaven Middle School
Spruce Grove, Alberta
09.2019 - 02.2020
- Supporting students in forming healthy relationships with peers.
- Supporting students with academics
- Working with students and parents on behavioral, emotional, and social issues
- Working with students one-on-one or within a group to address social issues, such as bullying.
- Helping supervise students, creating a safe space for students to address mental health.
- Connecting students to external resources within the community.
Practicum Student
St. Leonard's Community Services
Brantford, Ontario
05.2015 - 08.2015
- Supporting children and youth involved in the youth justice system.
- Working with a team of child and youth workers, social workers, and police officers.
- Intake interviews with youth and family members supporting and conducting.
- Needle Exchange Service for harm reduction program.
- Implementing youth justice system programs such as anger management, addiction, and healthy relationships.
Education
Social Work Diploma
Grant MacEwan University
Edmonton, AB11-2024
Child And Youth Care Three Year Diploma
Mohawk College
Hamilton, ON04-2015
Skills
- Crisis intervention
- Case management
- Behavioral assessment
- Documentation management
- Client centered approach
- Team collaboration
- Life skills training
- Program development
- Community outreach
Accomplishments
- Member of Alberta College of Social Workers
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)- Feb 2024
- Indigenous Canada Course- University of Alberta - Feb 2024
- Medication Administration- June 2023
Timeline
Practicum Student
Family and Community Support Services
09.2023 - 03.2024
Wage Child and Youth Care Counsellor
Yellowhead Youth Centre
01.2020 - Current
Relief Youth Care Worker
Catholic Social Services
10.2019 - 04.2023
Practicum Student
Woodhaven Middle School
09.2019 - 02.2020
Youth Care Worker
Youth Empowerment Support Services
01.2016 - 09.2020
Practicum Student
St. Leonard's Community Services
05.2015 - 08.2015
Social Work Diploma
Grant MacEwan University
Child And Youth Care Three Year Diploma
Mohawk College
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