Liza LeBlanc
Dartmouth,NS
Summary
Compassionate Social Worker Candidate with experience in private counselling, specializing in individual and couple's therapy. Adept in fostering client empowerment and resilience through evidence-based practices. Highly skilled in creating a safe space for clients to confront challenges and explore emotions. Experienced in working with diverse populations, employing a client-centered approach to drive positive change and enhance well-being.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Social Worker Candidate
Crossroads Counselling & Psychological Services
Hammonds Plains, Canada
09.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: Crossroads Counselling & Psychological Services is a private counselling practice in Nova Scotia providing individual, couples, and family counselling
- Conducting comprehensive assessments to understand the unique needs of individuals, couples, and families seeking support.
- Developing tailored intervention plans, utilizing evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as Emotionally Focused Therapy, to facilitate emotional healing and strengthen relationships.
- Fostering a safe, non-judgmental environment for open communication and trust.
- Client progress is tracked through regular follow-up sessions, adjusting strategies as needed to meet evolving goals.
- Collaborating with other professionals and community resources, the social worker will ensure clients have access to holistic support, advocating for their well-being and empowerment throughout the therapeutic process.
Social Work Placement
Children 1st
Dalkeith, UK
11.2023 - 05.2024
- Company Overview: Children 1st is a nonprofit organization that offers counselling and financial assistance to families to keep families together, to provide children with community support.
- Caseload management and planning, behaviour management, evidence-based programming, supervising, and working with children and families in a client-centred approach to develop and maintain a collaborative and supportive plan to enhance services.
- Utilizing an integrative therapeutic approach to consider service users' preferences, including Motivational Interviewing, Life Work Story, and practicing from a trauma-informed lens that guides the work with children and families.
Social Work Placement
Bethany Christian Trust
Edinburgh, UK
02.2023 - 05.2023
- Company Overview: Bethany Christian Trust is a national charity dedicated to ending homelessness in Scotland.
- Working alongside service users experiencing poverty and homelessness to develop support plans that target practical and emotional needs.
- Participation in case team meetings to develop, review, and revise case plans for service users.
- Consultation with external community members to ensure that more support is provided, if necessary.
- Adhered to and ensured that codes of conduct were followed, and standards of practice were implemented.
Fundraiser
Regional Independent Student Association
Dartmouth, Canada
07.2022 - 08.2022
- Company Overview: RISA provides vulnerable students with a safe, supportive living environment, and with a strong emphasis on the development of life skills, with trained youth support workers who provide 24/7 support and supervision.
- Promote awareness of the organization’s mission and work.
- Managing all fundraising content throughout different social media platforms.
- Obtaining donations by cultivating and forming strong relationships with external stakeholders.
- Networking and building meaningful relationships within the surrounding community.
- Writing grant applications and fundraising campaigns to government, provincial, and federal departments.
Youth Worker
Regional Independent Student Association
Dartmouth, Canada
05.2022 - 07.2022
- Company Overview: RISA provides vulnerable students with a safe, supportive living environment, and with a strong emphasis on the development of life skills, with trained youth support workers who provide 24/7 support and supervision.
- Advocating on behalf of the youth for any necessary supports and services.
- Creating opportunities in the community for youth to have community connections.
- Being part of a 24/7 youth care team creates a safe and caring environment for youth who may require support with self-regulation, conflict resolution, and developing skills to help them meet their goals.
- Collaborated with external professionals.
Ambassador
Cam’s Kids Foundation
Halifax, Canada
09.2021 - 05.2022
- Company Overview: An organization focused on supporting young people struggling with anxiety.
- Created events supporting post-secondary students at Saint Mary’s University who are experiencing anxiety.
- Providing strategies and support to assist with managing anxiety, while fostering a supportive community.
- Contributing to a safe, inclusive environment while encouraging students to discuss and speak about their struggles with anxiety.
Clinical Assistant
Mindful Therapies
Dartmouth, Canada
04.2021 - 05.2022
- Company Overview: A specialized mental health clinic offering evidence-based therapy and psychological assessment services.
- Managing social media that informs Nova Scotians of the current and available mental health resources.
- Conducting research to source information, resources, and services.
- Communicate with clients about the different forms of therapy available virtually, such as Doxy, and determine what they prefer.
Education
Master of Social Work -
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, UK01.2025
Bachelor of Arts degree -
Saint Mary’s University
Halifax, NS01.2022
Skills
- Client documentation
- Service planning
- Individual therapy
- Couples' Therapy
- Family therapy
- Therapeutic services
- Client-centered care
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
Research
- Research Assistant, Dr. Meg Ternes, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, 09/01/21- 05/01/22, Aid in the coding and collection of data regarding a research study in respect to judges and assessing credibility within the courtroom.
- Laboratory Assistant, Dr. Maryanne Fisher, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, 07/01/21- 05/01/22, Contribute to the content of my Honours thesis project that provides a photo analysis between profiles of men on Tinder versus profiles of men on Hinge.
- Research Assistant, Dr. John Gillis, Signature Health, Halifax, NS, 06/01/21- 05/01/22, Aid in a literature review and analysis of a research study discovering the mental and physical health benefits of adding biking trails to Cape Breton, NS.
- Research Contributor, Dr. Viren Swami, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, 12/01/20- 05/01/22, Created survey in Qualtrics for qualified participants at Saint Mary’s University.
- Research Contributor, Dr. Charlotte De Backer, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, BE, 11/01/20- 11/30/20, Aided in data collection of Corona Cooking Survey for the Canadian Sample.
Certification
- Applied Suicide Intervention Training
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Social Worker Candidate
Crossroads Counselling & Psychological Services
09.2024 - Current
Social Work Placement
Children 1st
11.2023 - 05.2024
Social Work Placement
Bethany Christian Trust
02.2023 - 05.2023
Fundraiser
Regional Independent Student Association
07.2022 - 08.2022
Youth Worker
Regional Independent Student Association
05.2022 - 07.2022
Ambassador
Cam’s Kids Foundation
09.2021 - 05.2022
Clinical Assistant
Mindful Therapies
04.2021 - 05.2022
Master of Social Work -
University of Edinburgh
Bachelor of Arts degree -
Saint Mary’s University
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