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Melissa Ogunshola

Brampton,ON

Summary

Passionate counselor committed to helping clients work toward healing and self-sufficiency while emphasizing personal strengths. Honest and disciplined professional with several years of comprehensive experience in residential and outpatient care. Impeccable communicator possessing ethical decision-making abilities.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Community Mental Health Counsellor

Services and Housing in the Province
Brampton, Ontario
12.2020 - Current
  • Provide effective counseling and support to clients in the community using a variety of counseling techniques to help manage mental illness, and live independently in the community.
  • Use various assessment tools, such as the Common Assessment of Need (OCAN), to identify individuals' needs, support recovery-oriented conversations, and facilitate service planning.
  • Researched best practices in the field of counseling in order to stay current on evidence based treatments.
  • Develop crisis intervention strategies for individuals facing difficult situations or events.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including psychiatrists, social workers, physicians, and other professionals.
  • Maintained accurate and up-to-date records of client progress and treatment plans.
  • Participated in regular team meetings to discuss case management issues and plan services for clients.
  • Developed treatment plans to address client needs.

Mental Health Counsellor- Justice Specialist

Across Boundaries
Toronto, Ontario
08.2016 - 12.2020
  • Provide intensive case management to individuals experiencing serious mental illness, dealing with possible addiction issues, involvement in the legal system, and/or homelessness, utilizing an anti-oppression and anti-racism framework.
  • Establish appropriate recovery goals in areas such as life skills, independent living, crisis prevention, budgeting, community integration, symptom management, and employment.
  • Provide interventions such as advocacy, referral to appropriate community resources, counseling, crisis intervention, and psychoeducation.
  • Maintain positive relationships with family members, caregivers, various community partners, resources, court support systems, and probation officers.

Bail Supervision Counselor

John Howard Society of Peel-Halton-Dufferin
Brampton, Ontario
12.2010 - 08.2016
  • Aided the court in reducing the rate of recidivism by supervising clients on bail, ensuring that they complied with their conditions of release in accordance with the standards of the Ministry of Attorney General.
  • Completed risk assessments with clients to determine the level of service and support needed.
  • Developed and implemented an intervention plan to address those areas of need that are most strongly associated with criminal activity.
  • Linked clients to community resources.
  • Established and maintained long-term relationships and partnerships with community agencies through collaboration.

Education

Post-Graduate Certificate - Business Analysis And Process Improvement

Sheridan College Institute of Technology And Advanced Learning
Mississauga, ON
06-2020

Bachelor of Arts - Major in Women And Gender Studies

University of Toronto
Toronto, None
06-2017

Some College (No Degree) - Pre-Criminology

University of Windsor
Windsor, None

Skills

  • Crisis intervention
  • Case management
  • Client assessment
  • Treatment planning
  • Evidence-based practices
  • Collaboration

Certification

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention

Crisis Prevention Institute, Expires May 2026

CPR/AED/First Aid

Canadian Red Cross, Expires 2027

Credential ID 104944584

Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health Commission of Canada

Issued Oct. 2018

Indigenous Cultural Safety Training

Provincial Health Services Authority

Issued May 2017

Affiliations

  • Sitting member of the Quality Committee at Services and Housing in the Province.
  • Sitting member of the Ethics Committee at Services and Housing in the Province.

Timeline

Community Mental Health Counsellor

Services and Housing in the Province
12.2020 - Current

Mental Health Counsellor- Justice Specialist

Across Boundaries
08.2016 - 12.2020

Bail Supervision Counselor

John Howard Society of Peel-Halton-Dufferin
12.2010 - 08.2016

Post-Graduate Certificate - Business Analysis And Process Improvement

Sheridan College Institute of Technology And Advanced Learning

Bachelor of Arts - Major in Women And Gender Studies

University of Toronto

Some College (No Degree) - Pre-Criminology

University of Windsor

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