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Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
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Casey McGaughey

Sault Ste. Marie

Summary

To join the Team, whom are passionate about the cause and the people served in our community through various programs and services offered. Self-motivated, driven and able to provide a holistic and culturally based approach in supporting families with tools and resources to access.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification

Work History

Family Well-Being Worker

Nogdawindamin Family And Community Services
07.2023 - Current
  • Working with Children, Youth & Families with a culturally competent strength based person first approach lead by each individual with concrete attainable goals
  • Facilitating & supporting family meetings to ensure communication and collaboration between family members & encouraging nurturing behavior
  • Building solid and trusting rapport with children and families, fostering trust and communication to meet needs
  • Working with many internal & external agencies to coordinate supports for children/youth/families
  • Maintained detailed case histories, metrics and reports to meet strict standards so that programming may continue
  • Using many ways of learning & understanding to foster success
  • Helping to arrange medical & educational appointments to assist in wellbeing.
  • Working with community individually & group settings to assist in identifying needs, meeting the needs & developing plans for continued success

Personal Support Worker (Currently Casual)

Van Daele Manor
08.2021 - Current
  • Providing support to Personal Support Workers in caring for residents
  • Visiting with residents, portering and feeding residents
  • Able to work independently and/or as a member of a team
  • Able to demonstrate empathy and understanding towards residents and their families during difficult times, while ensuring their safety from Covid-19
  • PSW Student Placement assistance | Van Daele Manor

Jays Care Foundation Ball Coach

Volunteer Position
05.2023 - 07.2023
  • Attended all practices, games & initiatives. Thoroughly enjoyed working with the kids & proud of their achievements
  • Attended the Jays Care Foundation Training
  • Demonstrates respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed
  • Developing and maintaining courteous and effective working relationships with adults and youth
  • Identifying issues, analyzing information and providing solutions to problems & working with everyone on how to be successful
  • Participating in team-building activities to enhance working relationships
  • Importance placed on community building and involvement over 'winning' the game
  • Ensuring all parts of safety (Emotional/Spiritual/Physical/Mental)
  • Understanding of complex mental health and Trauma informed care to best meet the youth where they are at and support them
  • Role modeling respectful effective communication
  • Role modeling positive coping mechanisms
  • Role model focus on positivity
  • Making sure that every person is supported in the way that they need to be successful

Administrative Assistant - Family Wellness Team

Batchewana First Nation Health Center
05.2022 - 05.2023
  • To the members of the Family Wellness Team; including assisting on a needs basis with a tactile approach
  • Additional to assisting the Family Wellness Team Lead/Manager in meeting the departmental responsibilities for overall program planning, reporting and execution; including day-to-day activities, creation & management of systems
  • Appointment setting (including coordinating physical space), scheduling, planning, agendas; while recording meeting proceedings, preparing and distributing meeting minutes
  • Data entry, recording & relay of correspondence with thorough notes and various forms of communication
  • Ordering supplies, maintaining and arranging for service/repairs for equipment; including vehicle fleet management, along with daily use equipment (photocopier, confidential paper bin to be shredded, kitchenette items, computer/tech issues that don’t have to go to Ryan)
  • Maintaining documents and filing accordingly (central included), being the primary person for Memo (for PO) creation, proof read/edit as needed (as directed by Lead/Manager) while assisting to keep track of coding for appropriate purchases with financial considerations including retrieving quotes and invoices for various projects (Zero outstanding issues for the 2022 fiscal year as per Stephanie Swanson)
  • Maintenance of effective relationships and continuously building relationships with other community based (BHC/BFN internal & external) agencies/Programs & funders
  • Exceptional interpersonal, relationship, and leadership skills when working with/serving clients, community members, and other BFN staff as well as formal bodies such as Chief and Council and everyone who the Family Wellness Team works with
  • An understanding of the services offered by the department and aware of the other services in the community and surrounding area
  • Knowledge of the range of both contemporary and traditional methods of intervention, support, and healing that are effective in promoting community, family, and individual well-being (Always interested in learning more)
  • Adherence to BFN policies and procedures, Knowledge of relevant BFN, federal, and provincial legislation, regulations, policies, protocols, case laws and appeals, proceedings and guidelines such as CYSFA, Family Rules, and Health & Safety
  • Continuous effective communication with Family Wellness Lead/Manager for review of reports and possible changes in secretarial/clerical systems that follow current need & direction
  • Participating in external & internal program evaluations and reviews as directed - Assisting with clients when designated worker unavailable/when asked & approved by Lead/Manager; including client pick up/drop off, food bank drop offs, attending meetings, etc
  • Community events; i.e., helping to make sweat lodge, participating in/working events such as sweats, family fun day, graduation ceremonies, culture night, the expanding BFN Community Garden, holiday parade, community input draws (organizing and executing), health fair, program promotion, the Family Wellness Traditional Parenting Series, & more
  • Working with & collaborating with other teams when possible to best serve the community with planning, promotion, scheduling and delivery of age-appropriate social/recreational activities aimed at supporting the community
  • Member of 2SLGBTQIA+ Pride committee at Batchewana First Nation; including collectively building membership, multiple BFN department involvement in collaboration to provide community support, general knowledge with focus on Traditional knowledge
  • Fleet vehicle maintenance, including; Oil changes, km tracking, scheduling board, quarterly
  • Cleaning/Service, Fuel PO & fill up, vehicle system management creation and internal distribution
  • SSW-IS Placement student assistance | Batchewana First Nation HC

SSW IS Placement

BFN BHC Family Wellness Team Through Sault College
01.2022 - 05.2022
  • Visiting with Families with our Band Rep, Nog,&, workers
  • Participating in case conferences; taking notes when appropriate (when asked/offered to do minutes)
  • Working with entire Family Wellness Team assisting in various ways -offered, and requested
  • Actively participating in the Community Garden
  • Able to work independently and/or as a member of a team
  • Able to demonstrate empathy and understanding towards families during difficult times, while ensuring their safety from Covid-19

PSW Placement

Van Daele Manor Through CTS CCC
06.2021 - 08.2021
  • Being attentive to all aspects of, & Elder wellbeing - Providing access to video chat while LTC closed to public physically, organizing and communicating with families - Portering and helping residents eat & feeding residents - Participating in & creating resident programing with team - Able to work independently and/or as a member of a team - Able to demonstrate empathy and understanding towards residents and their families during difficult times, while ensuring their safety from Covid-19 -Adhering to rules and procedure which includes documentation for things done with residents, and being aware of needs & changes within them
  • Service Support, (SSA) | Plan A Algoma (Long-Term Care Facility

Service Support Aide

Plan A Algoma Through F.J. Davey Home
10.2020 - 06.2021
  • Providing support to Personal Support Workers in caring for residents - Visiting with residents, portering and feeding residents - Able to work independently and/or as a member of a team - Ability to organize duties and find things to do during stagnant times - Able to demonstrate empathy and understanding towards residents and their families during difficult times, while ensuring their safety from Covid-19

Labourer

ISM: Industrial Services And Maintenance
01.2019 - 10.2020
  • Operating Vac-Truck, industrial power washing equipment, cleaning, and garage maintenance - Monitor equipment for proper functioning, ensuring all needed equipment is satisfactory - Proper procedures according to client (Algoma Steel, Tenaris, City of Sault Ste
  • Marie, and more) - Ensuring proper PPE is available for myself and crew (masks, white suits, gloves, harness, etc - Adjusting to Covid-19 procedures while working on site, as well as working at the shop

Rental Agent & Vehicle Service

Superior Auto Group
01.2019 - 01.2020
  • Sanitization of vehicles with Covid-19 procedures additional to company procedures - Monitor damages, clean and arrange for repairs and daily maintenance - Proper procedures, ID and payment ensured for the rental of any vehicle

Manager & Customer Service

Avis Budget Car & Truck Rental
01.2014 - 01.2019
  • Scheduling employees, managing manpower, responsible for daily operations - Training & Hiring – which included a relationship with employment agencies - Proper procedures, ID and payment ensured for the rental of any vehicle - Paperwork compiling and communicating with head office

Education

Life Skills Coach Phase One & Phase Two

YWCA Toronto
05.2023

Diploma - Social Service Worker Indigenous Specialization

Sault College of Applied Arts And Technology
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
04.2022

Diploma -

CTS CCC Personal Support Worker (PSW)
08.2021

High School Diploma -

St. Mary’s College - OSSD Honours
06.2010

Skills

  • Understanding the importance of the 7 Grandfather Teachings in every day life, as well as the importance and need of care and respect of every part of Anishinaabe culture, traditions, & teachings
  • Awareness of core issues that impact all parts of wellness for Anishinaabe youth (including Two-Spirit) and BFN community
  • Able to work well as a Team, Independently, & Lead
  • Able to work effectively within deadlines, stressors, with limited supervision with accountability
  • Ability to work effectively with difficult situations and crisis situations
  • Good communication skills (all forms)
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Problem solving
  • Quick & willingness to learn
  • Coordinating & providing programs, events, and services
  • Ability to work with & collaborate along side many organizations to deliver services
  • Good relationship with Elders, Traditional Advisors & Healers
  • Competency with referrals and assessments with both internal and external organizations
  • Knowledgeable of Indigenous practices, approaches, and methods integral of Social Work practices and Anishinaabe based methods to assist youth, families, and communities achieve what they would like to see in their lives as healthy lifestyle & safe wellbeing
  • Knowledge of many internal and external services
  • Enthusiasm and personal drive
  • Excellent organization & time management skills
  • Understanding the importance of up to date documentation
  • Understanding the importance of self care with burnout/compassion fatigue, as it impacts the community, the work, and the worker
  • Competency in EMHware, Excel, Power Point, Canva, Microsoft Office & Word

Certification

Additional | Abilities & Certifications

- Safe Food Handling through Algoma Public Health

- Life Skills Coach Phase 1 & 2

- Standard First Aid AED - BLS Provider Exp 02/2024

- CPI Non-violent Crisis Intervention training

- Clear Record Check, Including Vulnerable Sector

- Gentle Persuasion Certification

- Mask fitting complete (KN95 + Respirator)

- Reliable transportation – SUV Vehicle (Full G license) i.e., Insurable through employment

- Drivers abstract available

- Covid-19 Fully Vaccinated

- CLSR Personality Dimensions report available upon request (prepared by Kari Chiappetta)

- Reference Letters available upon request

Affiliations

AA Pathways Training

August 2023 - 1 week in person Teachings & Training with Shannon Van Every (Anishinaabe Aadziwin) & Sandra Southwind


Creating Safer Spaces for Indigenous 2S & LGBTQ+ Conference | AIAI

March 22 & 23 of 2023

Facilitated by/with Olive Elm (Elder), Teddy Syrette, Sal Hill, Lyndon George, Mason Sands, Hayley Moody (LGBTQ Youth Line), Robyn Hodgson (Trans Health)

Certificate of Micro-Credential Completion | FASD

- Preventing FASD

- FASD Fundamentals

- FASD Screening and Diagnosis

- Supporting Individuals Affected by FASD

Maple Leaf Training through Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre | Skills for the Administrative Assistant

Learnt about the elements of a professional attitude, developing a positive outlook, being assertive, and communicating well. Also, fundamental skills for administrative assistants, such as writing letters, managing time, saying no, working with others, and dealing with stress.

Gnaajwan Kina Bebkaanat (Beautiful Difference): A Primer on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for Indigenous Helpers | Shkaabe Makwa CAMH (accredited by the Indigenous Certification Board of Canada).

Primer on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for Indigenous Helpers confirmation - This four-day training is for Ontario-based Indigenous helpers and workers who provide direct services to First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis peoples, living with developmental disabilities. This training provided an overview of developmental disabilities, screening, assessment and diagnosis, support and intervention, physical health, dual diagnosis, and programs and policies across Ontario. 8 modules including the following: Introduction to Developmental Disabilities, Disability in an Indigenous Context, Developmental Disabilities, Physical Health, Screening, Assessment & Diagnosis, Support and Intervention, Dual Diagnoses, Program and Policy in Ontario. Facilitator: Louis Busch, BST, ABS (H.C), M.Ed., BCBA. Community Support Specialist, Shkaabe Makwa, CAMH

Building Skills for Self‐Care: Indigenous Helper Wellness | Shkaabe Makwa (accredited by the Indigenous Certification Board of Canada).

This 3‐hour online interactive training explored Indigenous helper wellness in the context of working with Indigenous communities and service providers. Participants will be able to recognize the signs of vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout in oneself as a healer, and much more. Facilitator: Chrysta Wood, MSW, RSW

Also Participated In

  

- The Anishinaabemowin Teg Language Conference (March31-April1st 2023)

- Gender-based violence in schools and the intersectional experiences of Black-Canadian girls Webinar (This webinar discussed the unique experiences of female identified adolescents of African descent in Canada, and their experiences with gender-based violence in schools. Specific attention was given to cultures of violence, how they manifest, and the need to attend to prevention, as opposed to the current focus on punishment, when addressing the intersectional experiences of Black girls).

- Mindfulness Awareness Stabilization Training (MAST) Series

- 2023 Trauma-informed Sexual Violence Investigations, Prosecutions, Survivor Representation and Support Conference

- Culture in the Classroom – Education

- Motivational Interviewing (Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute)

- Specialized Services Presentation: Granny’s Home initiative, through Winnipeg’s Blue Thunder Bird Family Care Inc. 

- Promising Practices for Distance Counselling

- Tensions of 2SLGBTQIA+ Structural Inclusion Within

- Endayaan Endazhi-takookiiyaan Miiknaans 1

- Nogdawindamin Child Protection CYFSA Training with JoAnne Bumbacco & Team

- FPWC Learning Circle: Self-Care Through Movement with Kieran Peltier

- Digital Bundles in Healthcare; Description: Workforce Development Fall Learning Series 2022 - Stories of Indigenous Resiliency and Healing

- When the Body Says No: Mind/Body Unity and the Stress-Disease Connection with Dr. Gabor Maté (Webinar)

- Understanding Coercive Control Against Children: Impacts and Supportive Responses - Presented by: Emma Katz and Catherine Lawler

- BFN Legal Training: August 17,18, & 19/ 2022, September 13, 14 & 15th/2022

- Indigenous Perspectives on Healing from PTSD

- Wisdom Workshop: Welcome and Introductions, a Community’s Guide to Bill C-92: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families. Wisdom Gathering - Issues with implementing Bill C92 (small groups). Wisdom Building - Issues with implementing Bill-C92 (large group). Wisdom Gathering - Strategies to implement Bill C-92 (small groups), Wisdom Building - Strategies to implement Bill C-92 (large group), Focused Conversation: Priorities and Future Directions. Reporting Back & Closing Circle.

References

 

Elizabeth Edgar-Webkamigad - Batchewana Health Center Director of Health and Human Services

Cell: 705-989-7410


Shelly Pascall - Batchewana First Nation Family Wellness Team Lead

Cell: 705-971-3274  


Kaitlyn Neveu - Koognaasewin Child Well-Being Law Initiative Project Manager 

Cell: 705-206-2220 


Kevin Yongsub Ahn- Manager - Superior Auto Group (Past manager at Avis too)

Personal: 705.975.2124


Tammy Ovey – Sault College Professor for SSW-IS (Social Service Indigenous Specialization)

Celll: 705.971.0171


Sue Burns - Activities Department Director for F.J. Davey Home

Phone: 705-256-4221 – Email: sburns@fjdaveyhome.org

Timeline

Family Well-Being Worker

Nogdawindamin Family And Community Services
07.2023 - Current

Jays Care Foundation Ball Coach

Volunteer Position
05.2023 - 07.2023

Administrative Assistant - Family Wellness Team

Batchewana First Nation Health Center
05.2022 - 05.2023

SSW IS Placement

BFN BHC Family Wellness Team Through Sault College
01.2022 - 05.2022

Personal Support Worker (Currently Casual)

Van Daele Manor
08.2021 - Current

PSW Placement

Van Daele Manor Through CTS CCC
06.2021 - 08.2021

Service Support Aide

Plan A Algoma Through F.J. Davey Home
10.2020 - 06.2021

Labourer

ISM: Industrial Services And Maintenance
01.2019 - 10.2020

Rental Agent & Vehicle Service

Superior Auto Group
01.2019 - 01.2020

Manager & Customer Service

Avis Budget Car & Truck Rental
01.2014 - 01.2019

Life Skills Coach Phase One & Phase Two

YWCA Toronto

Diploma - Social Service Worker Indigenous Specialization

Sault College of Applied Arts And Technology

Diploma -

CTS CCC Personal Support Worker (PSW)

High School Diploma -

St. Mary’s College - OSSD Honours
Casey McGaughey