EmJ/Emily Jacqueline Neigum-Witzke RSW, BHSc
Medicine Hat,AB
Summary
RSW, BHSc Addictions Counselling. she/they (ACSW Registration number: 18218)
Chairperson/President of the Pride Association of Southeastern Alberta.
Passionate and enthusiastic about helping others through difficult times in their lives. Supports all diverse populations and groups. Takes a personal interest in LGBTQ+ supports and youth supports within the community. I am passionate about holistic healing practices and art-based practices.
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills
Bright and insightful Chairman enthusiastic about applying professional and personal experiences to dynamic challenges. Promotes growth and operational improvements as first-rate communicator, organizer and planner.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chairperson/President
Pride Association Of Southeastern Alberta
12.2023 - Current
- Enhanced board communication by streamlining meeting agendas and supporting materials.
- Developed strategic plans for organizational growth, resulting in increased revenue and expanded services.
- Mentored executive team members to strengthen leadership skills and improve decision-making processes.
- Improved stakeholder relations by proactively engaging with community leaders, partners, and donors.
- Championed diversity and inclusion initiatives, fostering a more inclusive company culture.
- Oversaw fundraising efforts, leading to greater financial stability and resources for the organization.
- Implemented governance best practices to enhance board effectiveness and accountability.
- Provided guidance on policy development, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and industry standards.
- Promoted organizational transparency by implementing clear reporting structures and open communication channels.
- Managed crisis situations effectively, minimizing negative impact on the organization''s reputation.
- Navigated complex negotiations successfully, securing beneficial partnerships and agreements for the organization.
- Facilitated board retreats for strategy development, strengthening teamwork among board members.
- Led performance evaluation processes for senior executives, driving continuous improvement in leadership capabilities.
- Established strong working relationships with government agencies and other organizations to support advocacy efforts.
- Provided recommendations on board of directors on group's effectiveness, actions, and future plans.
- Negotiated and resolved conflicts between stakeholders.
- Represented organization at industry conferences and events.
- Collaborated with legal, accounting and other professional teams to review and maintain compliance with regulations.
Program Facilitator
Courage to Change Program
09.2023 - Current
- Courage to Change Men's Mental Health Program
- Facilitating program delivery
- Mental Health skill building and resiliency program, Promotes healthy communication and supports for men within Medicine Hat
- Facilitated dialogue between participants, family and program workers to provide best possible program and individualized program.
- Identified areas in need of improvement and implemented solutions.
- Planned and facilitated CTC workshops in accordance with CTC curricula, employing varied methods to maximize attendance.
- Delivered clear and concise program modules, ensuring participants grasped key concepts effectively.
- Led stimulating group discussions to encourage deeper understanding of program topics and foster critical thinking skills.
Mental Health Programmer
Health and Counselling
09.2023 - Current
- Delivering Mental Health Programs and Development of events through Medicine Hat College for Students, Staff, and Faculty
- Screenings and Intakes for counseling services
- Referrals to internal Medicine Hat College supports
- External Community Support Referrals
Owner
Bee-utiful Lashes by EmJ
05.2023 - Current
- Private Lash Esthetician
- Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
- Managed day-to-day business operations.
- Evaluated suppliers to maintain cost controls and improve operations.
- Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts, and costs.
- Organized and attended trade shows and special events to showcase products, network with other businesses and attract new customers.
- Used knowledge of market trends to create value-added solutions resulting in significant increase in revenues.
- Established, optimized and enforced business policies to maintain consistency across industry operations.
- Cultivated forward-thinking, inclusive and performance-driven company culture to lead industry innovations.
Community Assisted Response Team Support Worker
CARe Team - CMHA-ASER
09.2022 - 09.2023
- Responding to low-risk mental health calls for service, low risk welfare checks, and low risk intoxicated persons calls
- CARe Team has the ability to transport clients to support their current crisis, while providing general assessment, crisis de-escalation, referral support, and addressing gaps within the system
- The CARe Team operation hours are currently 11am-11pm and optimally 364 (except Christmas) days a year.
- Worked fast to complete tasks and meet daily deadlines.
- Adhered to company policies, safety procedures, and performance standards.
- Transferred patients to emergency units of local hospitals.
- Increased team cohesiveness by fostering a supportive work environment, promoting open communication, and providing constructive feedback.
- Assisted in disaster preparedness efforts, conducting risk assessments and developing contingency plans for various emergency scenarios.
- Contributed to community outreach initiatives, educating the public about emergency preparedness and first responder services available in their area.
- Provided compassionate care to patients during transport, monitoring vital signs and administering life-saving interventions when necessary.
- Managed stressful situations with composure while maintaining professionalism under intense pressure.
- Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to continually enhance knowledge and skills relevant to the role of a first responder.
- Conducted thorough incident debriefings to identify areas for improvement and implement new strategies or procedures as needed.
- Followed all safety protocols and took necessary precautions while providing care.
- Responded to 911 calls for mental health, addiction, and wellness check emergencies.
- Conducted patient intake and triage procedures.
- Provided families with post-response care.
Disability Service Worker I
REDI Enterprises Society
07.2019 - 01.2022
- Collaborating with clients to provide goals and means of achieving those goals to improve independence, wellbeing, and quality of life
- Clients ranging with various disabilities and needs for support
- Effective communication between clients, coworkers, insurance agencies, guardians, legal guardians, job and volunteer sites, and more
- Ensuring healthy and supportive work or volunteer site for the client to improve their independence
- Support for daily life skills such as budgeting, cooking, cleaning, shopping, work, and many other life skills
- Providing information such as sun safety, online safety (I created these for Redi Enterprises)
- Completed monthly assessments and updated documentation.
- Enhanced team performance by providing effective training on company policies and procedures.
- Promoted a safe and clean work environment through diligent adherence to health and safety regulations.
- Established strong relationships with clients, leading to increased trust and loyalty.
- Utilized problem-solving skills to address complex customer needs effectively.
- Managed time effectively, prioritizing tasks based on urgency, complexity, or customer expectations.
Sales Associate
Spencer's Canada
09.2020 - 10.2021
- Part-time sales job
- Updated covid cleaning protocols
- Communication between staff and customers
- Effective de-escalating skills.
- Organized racks and shelves to maintain store visual appeal, engage customers, and promote specific merchandise.
- Helped customers locate products and checked store system for merchandise at other sites.
- Maintained calm demeanor and professionally managed issues in busy, high-stress situations.
- Provided positive first impressions to welcome existing, new, and potential customers.
- Engaged with customers to build rapport and loyalty.
- Solved customer challenges by offering relevant products and services.
- Accurately processed POS transactions, returning coin, currency, payment cards, and receipts to customers.
- Assessed customer needs and utilized suggestive selling techniques to drive sales.
- Engaged with customers to effectively build rapport and lasting relationships.
Leader on Duty
Call it Spring
02.2018 - 02.2019
- Leading a team of five individuals in sales and communication with clients
- Effective communication with conflictual, resistant, and reluctant clients
- Responsible for paperwork, inputting information into a variety of computer systems.
- Ensured compliance with company policies, industry regulations, and safety standards by conducting regular audits and providing necessary training to employees.
- Proactively identified potential issues within the workplace, taking corrective actions to maintain seamless operations at all times.
Education
Post Diploma Bachelors of Health Sciences - Addictions Counselling
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Alberta08.2022
Diploma - Addictions Counselling
Medicine Hat College
Medicine Hat, Alberta06.2020
Diploma - Social Work
Medicine Hat College
Medicine Hat, Alberta06.2020
High School Diploma -
Medicine Hat High School
Medicine Hat, Alberta06.2017
Skills
- Effective Communication during many presentations including leading a group psychotherapy group, psychoeducational, intervention and prevention presentations, presentations for school boards for addictions prevention around safety and the use of protective factors Proficient in presentations and group settings Communication; empathy, counselling, immediacy, and counselling challenging
- Skills and Competencies: Virtual Facilitation, Task Delegation, Organizational Skills, Goal Setting, Active Listening, Collaborative Learning, Effective Communication, Referral Coordination, Decision-Making, Policy Implementation, Advocacy Community Outreach, Critical Thinking, Time Management, Workshop Facilitation, Program Evaluation, Public Speaking, Leadership Development, Interpersonal Skills, Decision Making, Team Building, Conflict Resolution, Problem Solving
Leadership Experience
Being in roles for work and friendships where leadership has come naturally. Love for helping others is and has always been a passion. Once comfortable in a role, my natural leadership appears with my personality.
References
Lyndon Grunewald, BA. Executive Director of CMHA-ASER
CMHA-ASER (Canadian Mental Health Association of Southeastern Alberta)
executivedirector@cmha-aser.ca
(403) 878 5178
Genene Kimber-Zinger, AC. Addictions Counsellor, Outreach
AHS (Alberta Health Services - Southeastern Region)
gkimberzinger@albertahealthservices.ca
(306) 852 0010
Jasmina Ilic BSW, RSW, Service Supervisor
REDI Enterprises Society
J.Ilic@redi.ca
(403) 487 1715
Tonia Bogart RSW, BHSc. Case Worker
Medicine Hat Child and Family Protective Services, Owner of Lashes by Tonia
T.Bogart@uleth.ca
(403) 458 3436
Scott Mastel BSW, RSW. Addictions Counsellor II - Domestic Violence Support
AHS (Alberta Health Services) Mental Health and Addictions - Adult Services
Scott.Mastel@albertahealthservices.ca
(403) 458 0234
Mark Walter RSW, BSW, ASAT, Professional Mediator, Recovery College Program Coordinator
CMHA-ASER (Canadian Mental Health Association of Southeastern Alberta)
mwalter@cmha-aser.ca
(403) 957 0397
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Affiliations
- Medicine Hat College
- Pride Association of South Eastern Alberta
- Canadian Association of Social Workers
- Alberta Association of Social Workers
- Medicine Hat Family Services
- Canadian Mental Health Association of Southeastern Alberta
- Canadian Mental Health National
Certification
- Licensed Social Worker - Current ( Registration Number: 18218)
- PCN Trainings: Alberta's Anxiety to Calm (November 2023), Alberta's Journeying Through Grief (October 2023), and Alberta's Relationships in Motion (January 2024).
- First Responders to Sexual Assault and Abuse Training (November 2023).
- VTRA (Violent Threat Risk Assessment) Level 1 Training (November 2023).
- Egale Trainings: Combatting Anti-Gender Ideology on Post-Secondary Campuses (September 2023), Draw the Line Against Transphobic Violence (September 2023), Creating a Safe Workplace with Respect and Competency for the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community (September 2023), and Queer Joy (December 2023).
- Recovery on Campus Training - University of Calgary (October 2023).
- QPR Suicide Intervention Training (Facilitator Training, December 2023).
- Multiple Indigenous trainings from University of Alberta, University of Lethbridge, and Medicine Hat College outside of requirements and on personal time.
- SPRAM Training in September 2021.
- ASIST Certification 2023.
- First Aid and CPR training in August 2022.
Hobbies and Passions
Creative passions include: sewing, painting, crafting art, digital design, creating and implementing programming, presentation, and trainings, cooking and baking, knitting, ceramics, and more.
Passionate to create safe spaces and environments where advocating for humans rights takes place and change within the self, community, organizations, and beyond.
Timeline
Chairperson/President
Pride Association Of Southeastern Alberta
12.2023 - Current
Program Facilitator
Courage to Change Program
09.2023 - Current
Mental Health Programmer
Health and Counselling
09.2023 - Current
Owner
Bee-utiful Lashes by EmJ
05.2023 - Current
Community Assisted Response Team Support Worker
CARe Team - CMHA-ASER
09.2022 - 09.2023
Sales Associate
Spencer's Canada
09.2020 - 10.2021
Disability Service Worker I
REDI Enterprises Society
07.2019 - 01.2022
Leader on Duty
Call it Spring
02.2018 - 02.2019
Post Diploma Bachelors of Health Sciences - Addictions Counselling
University of Lethbridge
Diploma - Addictions Counselling
Medicine Hat College
Diploma - Social Work
Medicine Hat College
High School Diploma -
Medicine Hat High School
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