Isabella Spangenberg
London,ON
Summary
Detailed-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Collaborative and analytical advocate builds strategic partnerships, advocate for clients and advance change for communities in need.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Leadership Instructor
Wellsprings Wellness Center
11.2023 - Current
- Designed interactive lesson plans tailored to specific age groups, fostering a strong foundation in leadership principles.
- Provided key emotional support to special needs youth.
- Built solid and trusting rapport with children and families, fostering trust and communication to meet case needs.
Social Service Worker Student
Vanier Mental Health And Wellbeing
09.2023 - Current
- Provided key emotional support to special needs youth.
- Taught life skills and coping mechanisms to residential population in one-on-one and group sessions.
- Facilitated group and individual support sessions for reintegration into home settings with biological or foster families.
- Built solid and trusting rapport with children and families, fostering trust and communication to meet case needs.
- Implemented research-based interventions and strategies to support positive behavior and social-emotional development.
Membership Staff/ Duty Manager
YMCA
07.2022 - Current
- Responded to customer concerns by providing friendly, knowledgeable support and maintaining a safe environment
- Interacts with people within vulnerable population.
Inclusion Coordinator
City Of London
06.2023 - 09.2023
- Coached employees through day-to-day work and complex problems.
- Taught students across multiple classifications and degrees of special needs.
- Documented data and completed accurate updates to case records.
- Built solid and trusting rapport with children and families, fostering trust and communication to meet case needs.
- Intervened in crisis situations and counseled children experiencing emergencies and disruptive incidents.
Designated Inclusion Counsellor
City of London
06.2022 - 09.2022
- Understanding London's Downtown population
- Support campers with physical, cognitive, and behavioural exceptional and dual diagnoses
- Document the camper's progress and behavioural risks.
Youth and Child Staff
YMCA-YWCA Of Three Rivers
09.2019 - 05.2022
- Worked with administrators to develop and improve lesson plans to include all children
- Maintained the safety and security of every child under care and behaviours.
Educational Assistant
Upper Grand District School Board, Paisley Road Public School
01.2022 - 04.2022
- Made program plans for a variety of after-school programs
- Supported students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, autism, ODD, and Conduct disorder
- Used behaviour modelling and specialized teaching techniques to share and reinforce social skills
- Assisted students with activities, confidence, and social skills building.
Inclusion Counsellor
YMCA-YWCA of Three Rivers
06.2019 - 09.2021
- Support campers with physical, cognitive, and behavioural exceptionalities and dual diagnoses
- Help educate and teach students how to communicate with others positively
- Recording behavioural exceptionalities and note-taking for each behaviour and communicating them back to the caregiver.
Educational Assistant
Upper Grand District School Board, Jean Little Public School
01.2021 - 04.2021
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioural, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes
- Used trauma informed practices
- Offered complete instructional support for students unable to attend regular classes.
Education
Diploma - Social Service Worker
Fanshawe College
London, ON05.2024
Diploma - Educational Assistant
Conestoga College
Kitchener, ON05.2022
Bachelor's Degree - Sociology
The University of Guelph
Guelph, ON05.2020
Skills
- Advocacy skills
- Strong communication skills
- Written communication skills
- Behavior management skills
- Goal Setting
Certification
- First Aid & CPR Level
- C NCI-CPI Certification
Timeline
Leadership Instructor
Wellsprings Wellness Center
11.2023 - Current
Social Service Worker Student
Vanier Mental Health And Wellbeing
09.2023 - Current
Inclusion Coordinator
City Of London
06.2023 - 09.2023
Membership Staff/ Duty Manager
YMCA
07.2022 - Current
Designated Inclusion Counsellor
City of London
06.2022 - 09.2022
Educational Assistant
Upper Grand District School Board, Paisley Road Public School
01.2022 - 04.2022
Educational Assistant
Upper Grand District School Board, Jean Little Public School
01.2021 - 04.2021
Youth and Child Staff
YMCA-YWCA Of Three Rivers
09.2019 - 05.2022
Inclusion Counsellor
YMCA-YWCA of Three Rivers
06.2019 - 09.2021
Diploma - Social Service Worker
Fanshawe College
Diploma - Educational Assistant
Conestoga College
Bachelor's Degree - Sociology
The University of Guelph
- First Aid & CPR Level
- C NCI-CPI Certification
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