Rebecca Soil
Kelowna,BC
Summary
Dedicated Registered Social Worker, offering 6 years of mental health counselling support, service coordination and group therapy. Extensive experience working with children and youth of varying backgrounds and their families. Recognized consistently for flexibility at work, the ability to adapt and lead the work team when necessary. Strengths in youth work, cognitive behavioural therapy and art therapy back by a Masters of Social Work, Art Therapy Diploma and professional experience and training.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Community Outreach Coordinator
Project Literacy Central Okanagan Society
Kelowna, BC
09.2023 - 06.2024
- Development of Engagement Plan:
- Identify and connected with over 60 key stakeholders and stakeholder in each community
- Develop background information highlighting purpose and importance of Regional Literacy Plan. Focusing on effectiveness of providing support for adult literacy, children's literacy, and digital literacy for seniors across region.
- Draft ‘terms of reference' for Regional Literacy Committee to use for collecting feedback and assessing interest in participation.
- Implementation of Engagement Plan:
- Promote RLP initiative to key literacy stakeholders and stakeholder groups in each community, advising them of purpose and sharing relevant background information.
- Arranged, organized, and facilitated meetings between Project Literacy staff and 10 to 12 key stakeholders within Central Okanangan.
- Support development of Regional Literacy Plan (RLP) website which highlights stakeholders, information, goals, and project timelines for implementation of RLP.
- Draft Regional Literacy Plan (RLP):
- Support establishment and implementation of Regional Literacy Committee with representatives from each community and from Project Literacy.
- With input from Regional Literacy Committee, facilitate development of RLP.
- Write RLP and facilitate collection of feedback from regional stakeholders.
- Incorporate feedback and present final draft for review by Regional Literacy Committee.
- Developed long-lasting partnerships with local leaders, management team and peers with active engagement, exemplary communication and consistent issue resolution
Registered Social Worker
Stepping Stones Counselling Group
Kelowna, BC
05.2021 - Current
- Delivered comprehensive therapeutic services to children, adolescents and adults to support mental health and social emotional well being
- Completed detailed charts to summarize interactions with patients and booked follow-up sessions.
- Helped clients develop new coping mechanisms and techniques to drive behavior modification.
- Carry part time case load around 15 clients and families
- Use modalities such as art based therapy, CBT therapy, DBT therapy, supportive counseling, attachment approaches
Elementary School Based Mental Health Clinician
Arc Programs for Youth
Kelowna, BC
09.2020 - 07.2021
- Provide children's mental health treatment services including individual, family counseling, parent training, group counseling to case load of 30+ clients
- Actively lead and participate in assessment and treatment planning process with clients, monitoring progress towards goals and modifying treatment plan as indicated
- Create comprehensive psycho-social assessments, develop clinical formulations and create multi-faceted treatment plans involving multi-disciplinary input and involvement
- Established and trained more in-depth youth leadership program
- Provide case management services
Family Worker
Child Development Institute
Toronto, ON
09.2018 - 08.2020
- Provide children's mental health treatment services including individual, family counseling, parent training, group counseling to case load of 30+ clients
- Actively lead and participate in intake assessment and treatment planning process with clients, monitoring progress towards goals and modifying treatment plan as indicated
- Create comprehensive psycho-social assessments, develop clinical formulations and create multi-faceted treatment plans involving multi-disciplinary input and involvement
- Established and trained more in-depth youth leadership program
- Provide case management services
- Effectively provided all job related duties remotely during current pandemic
Residential Youth Worker
Arc Programs For Youth
Kelowna, BC
05.2018 - 06.2018
- Provide for physical care and emotional nurturing of 1-2 youth living in home, skilled intervention and supervision of youth
- Supported clients to develop healthy lifestyles and appropriate behavior
Section Head
Camp New Moon
Baysville, ON
06.2010 - 08.2016
- Seasonal work
- Began as dance and fitness instructor, promoted to counselling position and then to section head working directly under camp director and program director
- Managed group of 6-10 counselling staff as well as group of 25-40 children aged 12-14
- In charge of evaluating and providing feedback to staff members, as well as overseeing staffs evaluations of their campers
- Responsible for handling serious camper issues, such as mental health issues, family issues, and serious bullying issues
- Awarded Jimmy Keep Outstanding Staff Member award in 2013. This award is given one staff member at end of each summer who demonstrated leadership, creativity, and enthusiasm. It is awarded to staff member who has large and influential camp-wide presence, goes above and beyond typical parameters of their job
Education
Graduate Diploma - Art Therapy
Canadian International Institute of Art Therapy
Kelowna04.2024
Masters of Social Worker - Social Work
University Of British Columbia
Kelowna06.2018
Bachelors of Arts Honors - Sociology
Queen's University
Kingston12.2015
Skills
- Group, Family, Individual Counselling
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Trauma Informed/ Anti-oppressive Practice
- Treatment Planning
- Interdisciplinary teamwork/collaboration
- Case Management
- Service Coordination and facilitation
Certification
- Dialectic Behavior Therapy (16 months)
- Providing Good Clinical Supervisions (27 hours- in progress)
- AutPlay Therapy Training (16 hours+ in progress)
- Motivational Interviewing (18 hours)
- Expressive Art Therapy (16 hours)
- Narrative Therapy (40 Hours)
- ASIST Suicide Intervention Training
- Addictions Counsellor Certificate Courses (48 hours)
- BC Youth Criminal Justice Certificates
Affiliations
Registered Social Worker with the British Columbia College of Social Workers #14954
Timeline
Community Outreach Coordinator
Project Literacy Central Okanagan Society
09.2023 - 06.2024
Registered Social Worker
Stepping Stones Counselling Group
05.2021 - Current
Elementary School Based Mental Health Clinician
Arc Programs for Youth
09.2020 - 07.2021
Family Worker
Child Development Institute
09.2018 - 08.2020
Residential Youth Worker
Arc Programs For Youth
05.2018 - 06.2018
Section Head
Camp New Moon
06.2010 - 08.2016
Graduate Diploma - Art Therapy
Canadian International Institute of Art Therapy
Masters of Social Worker - Social Work
University Of British Columbia
Bachelors of Arts Honors - Sociology
Queen's University
- Dialectic Behavior Therapy (16 months)
- Providing Good Clinical Supervisions (27 hours- in progress)
- AutPlay Therapy Training (16 hours+ in progress)
- Motivational Interviewing (18 hours)
- Expressive Art Therapy (16 hours)
- Narrative Therapy (40 Hours)
- ASIST Suicide Intervention Training
- Addictions Counsellor Certificate Courses (48 hours)
- BC Youth Criminal Justice Certificates
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