DEBRA ATWELL
Wolfville
Summary
Dedicated professional and results oriented; excellent personal motivation with a proven ability to build and work collaboratively in a team environment as well as independently; focused, versatile, dependable and multi-task oriented. I’m flexible, positive and able to adapt effectively to challenging as well as crisis situations.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Supervisor
Community Living Alternatives Society
10.2018 - Current
- Responsible for leading 2 program areas (1 group home and 1 small option) and supervision of approximately 20-25 staff.
- Responsible for on-call rotation every 6 weeks.
- Responsible for scheduling, budgets, leading Team meetings, following policies/procedures, documentation, mentorship of new hires and senior staff, discipline, investigations, interviewing/hiring of new employees.
- Responsible for training staff in RICK.
All-Ways-Us
07.2016 - 10.2018
- Company Overview: Social Enterprise
- Supportive co-worker to people that have barriers to regular employment.
- Supportive co-worker to up to 6 people in a variety of jobs; making soap, candles, bath bombs, lawn mowing and vehicle maintenance.
- Organize and cost out wood projects.
- Maintain contact with our community partnerships for employment opportunities.
- Social Enterprise
Contract Youth Worker
Place of Safety; Department of Family and Children Services
01.2007 - 01.2017
- Responsible for advocating and supporting life-skills/daily living skills.
- To provide a safe and predictable environment until the next step placement.
- To participate in case conferences and develop programs.
Residential Support Staff
Community Living Alternative Society
03.2011 - 01.2016
- Full-time Support Staff for individuals with disabilities.
- Responsible for a wide range of responsibilities and tasks with a combination of both the administration and operational held within the agency.
- Responsible for advocating and supporting life-skills/daily living skills with adults with disabilities in a group home setting.
- To provide a safe and predictable environment.
- To participate in Case Conferences and support Personal Outcome Measures.
Full Time Mentor Coordinator
Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Annapolis Valley
08.2010 - 02.2011
- Responsible for matching children to adults and supporting healthy relationships.
- Supervision of matches.
- Assessing children’s needs.
- Interviewing of children and adults.
- Documentation.
- Organization of files.
- Interacting with community Businesses and fundraising.
Education
Youth Worker Diploma -
Institute for Early Childhood and Developmental Services
Truro, Nova Scotia05.2000
Skills
- Organizing and Planning
- Prioritizing
- Delegating Tasks
- Team Player
- Mentoring
- Safe Work Practice
- Policies and Procedures
- Problem Solving and Troubleshooting
- Occupational Health and Safety Knowledge
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
- Communication Skills
- Lifelong Learning
- Team building
- Payroll processing
- Documentation and reporting
Certifications And Courses
- Person Centre Language
- RICK- Trainer
- Food Handlers
- Sign Language Level 1&2
- Emotional Intelligence
- Conflict Resolution
- Mental Health First Aid
- Personal Outcome Measures
- Anger Management
- Standard First Aid/CPR
- MANDT
- Basic Practices of Personal Care
- Fire and Life Safety
- Individual Program Planning
- Medication Awareness
- Positive Principles and Practices of Non-Aversive Behavior Change
- Sexology 101
Timeline
Supervisor
Community Living Alternatives Society
10.2018 - Current
All-Ways-Us
07.2016 - 10.2018
Residential Support Staff
Community Living Alternative Society
03.2011 - 01.2016
Full Time Mentor Coordinator
Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Annapolis Valley
08.2010 - 02.2011
Contract Youth Worker
Place of Safety; Department of Family and Children Services
01.2007 - 01.2017
Youth Worker Diploma -
Institute for Early Childhood and Developmental Services
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