Jenna Myllyniemi
Kakabeka Falls,ON
Summary
Highly motivated professional with experience in providing comprehensive support, service coordination and intervention for children in the 0-6 age range and their families.
Skilled in resource coordination and building trust, enhancing family dynamics and promoting healthy child development at Dilico Anishinabek Family Care. Leveraging collaborative teamwork both in and out of the agency, as well as; client advocacy, significantly improved outcomes for at-risk children; integrating First Nations cultural understanding into tailored treatment plans. Keeping in mind the philosophy, policies and standards established by Dilico Anishinabek Family Care.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Intensive Child and Family Counsellor
Dilico Anishinabek Family Care
02.2024 - Current
- Provide direct support to children and their families facing significant challenges, such as behavioral, emotional, or social issues.
- Work closely with families to assess needs, create tailored treatment plans, and offer guidance to improve family dynamics and child development.
- Working with vulnerable or at-risk children and families, collaborating with other professionals, and delivering services in the home or community setting to ensure safety, well-being, and positive outcomes.
- Understanding of First Nations cultures to enhance client relationships.
Infant Child Development Worker
Dilico Anishinabek Family Care
01.2023 - 02.2024
- Fostered strong, trusting relationships with clients to ensure a level of comfortable, value, and understanding is felt.
- Constructed age-appropriate goals and outcomes to assist children with special needs and developmental delays.
- Provided information on developmental milestones to coach families on incorporating modeled interventions into children's daily routines.
- Developed knowledge and understanding of First Nations cultures, traditions, and ways of life to better support and strengthen client relationships.
- Interviewed clients individually or in family settings, assessing situations, capabilities, and problems to determine
services required to meet needs.
Registered Early Childhood Educator
Harbour View Child Care Centre
06.2007 - 12.2022
- Maintained and fostered positive and constructive interactions with staff, families, and children.
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
- Implemented developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum for children, creating positive, and safe classroom environments.
- Maintained accurate records including attendance logs, incident reports,
assessments. - Observed overall progress of each child and documented developmental milestones, to tailor curriculums that supports each individual child.
Education
Diploma - Early Childhood Care And Education
Confederation College
Thunder Bay06-2007
High School Diploma -
Hillcrest Highschool
Thunder Bay06-2005
Skills
- Resource coordination
- Client assessment and advocacy
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Well versed in case documentation
- Prioritizing caseloads and meeting deadlines efficiently
- Building trust and effectively communicating to a diverse populations
Accomplishments
- Certificate by completing Working with Families Training by Pine River Institute.
- Member of ACEs training sub-committee supported by the Trillium Foundation
- Certificate by completing Community Resilience Core Training Modules offered by The Community Resilience Coalition of Guelph and Wellington
- Knowledge and understanding by completing multiple webinars with topics such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Selective Mutism.
Certification
- Certified Triple P Parenting: Stepping Stones Trainer, Triple P - Positive Parenting Program
Timeline
Intensive Child and Family Counsellor
Dilico Anishinabek Family Care
02.2024 - Current
Infant Child Development Worker
Dilico Anishinabek Family Care
01.2023 - 02.2024
Registered Early Childhood Educator
Harbour View Child Care Centre
06.2007 - 12.2022
Diploma - Early Childhood Care And Education
Confederation College
High School Diploma -
Hillcrest Highschool
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