Sebastian Fralic
Merritt
Summary
I have extensive experience and varied education having worked with clients in the area of social services and have graduated from Douglas College, having completed mental health worker certification and training. My qualifications include knowledge of psychosocial rehabilitation, otherwise known as a Strengths Based Approach while using a holistic and trauma informed approach. Additionally, I have completed workshop trainings and am certified in Food Safe, WHMIS, CPR/AED, Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum and MANDT. I have the requisite skills necessary to support individuals with a wide range of developmental, mental health abilities with extensive experience in human services. My career experience emphasizes working with marginalized and vulnerable populations who have been adversely affected by social determinants of health.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Family Support Worker
Interior Community Services
05.2023 - Current
- Provides service to family members in a variety of settings teaching parenting, communication, problem-solving, and life skills to individuals, families, and/or groups.
- Advocates for the rights of individuals and families.
- Assesses individual and family functioning and identifies individual/family strengths, needs, and patterns of interaction that form the basis of service goals and intervention strategies.
- Co-creates realistic goals, intervention strategies, and outcomes with the individual, family, and MCFD and/or relevant stakeholders.
- Liaises and consults with relevant stakeholders to ensure that client goals are achieved.
- Monitors and evaluates client progress toward meeting desired goals.
- Provides follow-up support to individuals and families, including referrals to other services.
- Facilitates the development of formal and informal resource networks with the individual/family and provides information on crisis and emergency services.
- Responds to crisis situations promptly, assesses levels of risk, and assists individuals/families in stabilization.
- Reported child abuse in accordance with legal standards of mandatory reporters.
- Promoted community integration by providing extensive physical, emotional and social support.
- Developed rapport to create safe and trusting environment for care.
Community Mental Health Worker
Coast Mental Health
09.2022 - Current
- Providing urgent, non-emergent crisis response for the clients accessing mental health, substance use and supported housing services.
- Provides services to clients with substance use disorders requiring residential substance use or supportive housing referral services.
- Assesses referral eligibility for mental health and substance use residential services, collaboratively develops individualized resource plans, provides supportive brief intervention counselling and crisis intervention.
- Provides input into program planning and development, participates in meetings and committees, and participates in quality improvement activities.
- Provides community-based Psychosocial rehabilitation services by, identifying and supporting clients in accessing and developing links into community programs and services.
- Teaches and models life skills and strategies necessary for self-care, independent living and interaction with outside social agencies.
- Applies a range of effective communications strategies such as role modelling to establish a collaborative rapport with the clients.
- Provides the support and information necessary to help clients build self-esteem and develop decision- making skills through role modelling and other techniques.
- Assists clients to identify and gain access to formal and informal community supports such as leisure, vocational, educational services through active community integration; providing community services resources of community services.
- Develops individualized life skills programs with clients involving, where appropriate, family, friends and community resources.
- Ensures all requirements of auditing process and administrative tasks are completed within the allocated timeframes.
- Uses formal and informal assessment practices such as interviews to develop individual plans identifying the client’s areas of interest and need.
- Distributes medications safely in accordance with medication policies and procedures
- Providing support and advocacy services to clients, ensuring recreational, volunteer, and social service programs are administered in line with client centered principles
- Firm understanding of harm reduction and its implementation within a community-based setting
- Provided services to clients living with substance use concerns, untreated mental illness and worked independently and collaboratively to deliver vital services
Education
Certificate - Community Mental Health Worker
Douglas College
New Westminster, BC08.2022
Skills
Food Safe
WHMIS
CPR/AED
Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum
MANDT
Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Trauma Informed Approach
Strength Based Approach
Timeline
Family Support Worker
Interior Community Services
05.2023 - Current
Community Mental Health Worker
Coast Mental Health
09.2022 - Current
Certificate - Community Mental Health Worker
Douglas College
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