Robin Corey Forbell Ramsay
Toronto,Ontario
Summary
Social Work Practitioner (MSW) with over a decade of experience as a Child and Youth Care Practitioner. Highly focused in severe mental health, autism, ADHD, complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) and trauma work. Equipped with a comprehensive background in the creation and facilitation of workshops, programming, psycho-education, group therapy, and family work. Highly focused on accessible support systems and creating engaged communities of care.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Child and Youth Worker
Toronto District School Board
09.2012 - 08.2023
- Emphasis on self-advocacy to students in one-on-one and group session.
- Aided students, families and guardians with navigating systems of care to access appropriate external supports.
- Developed and implemented somatic awareness and emotional regulation activities to meet physical, emotional and educational needs of the students.
- Provided psychoeducation to school staff and families to support the mental health and well-being of autistic and behavioural students.
- Collaborated with school personnel, parents and mental health providers to maintain comprehensive and integrated approach to student services.
- Implemented research-based interventions and strategies to support positive behavior and social-emotional development.
Program Lead for Consent Comes First
Toronto Metropolitan University
01.2023 - 05.2023
- Networked with local agencies to build community and identify potential long term collaborations
- Co-ordinated, promoted and supervised volunteers for all events during Consent Action Week at TMU
- Managed and facilitated TMU Reads, a bi-annual community wide reading program
- Liaised with the members of Consent Action Team in the creation of a campaign to amplify student voice regarding campus safety
- Collaborated with partners to create communication strategies
- Created and ran social media campaigns
Sexual Violence Support and Education Specialist
Toronto Metropolitan University
09.2022 - 05.2023
- Provided trauma-informed and healing centered care for post secondary students who expereinced sexual and gender based violence
- Created and facilitated support groups for survivors with a focus on community and challenging structural and societal norms
- Provided psychoeducational sessions around the impacts of trauma on neurobiology, behaviour, and thought patterns
- Created social media posts regarding healthy relationships, boundaries, and consent
- Liaised between faculty, staff, administrators and students to coordinate a larger system of care including housing, counselling, community, and academic considerations
Case Manager
Arrabon House
04.2009 - 05.2015
- Developed and implemented comprehensive case management plans to address client needs and goals.
- Coordinated services with other agencies, community-based organizations, and healthcare professionals to provide useful benefits to clients.
- Provided weekly and crisis counselling, co-created individualized treatment strategies, and worked with the youth to challenge the internal and external systems that were limiting their growth and healing
- Facilitated family sessions focused on creating new methods of communication, self advocacy, community building, and psychoeducation around mental health diagnoses.
Education
Master of Social Work - Social Work
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, ON09.2023
Bachelor's - Child And Youth Care
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, ON06.2016
Certificate - Child And Youth Work
George Brown College
Toronto, ON06.2011
Bachelor of Arts - General Arts And Sciences
Brock University
St. Catharines, ON05.2008
Skills
- Case Management
- Individual and Group Counseling
- Family Therapy
- Use of Trauma-Informed and Evidence-Based Practices
- Received additional training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
- Building Communities of Care
- Creation and Facilitation of Workshops
- Psychoeducation for Individuals and Groups
- Large Scale Communication Strategies
- Project Management
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2023
- Not Yours to Distribute! Intimate Images and Consent
- Understanding the Realities of Gender Diverse Peoples
- Community GBV Protocol Training
- Sex Trafficking Victims & Survivors: Building Confidence on Approaches to Care
- Modifying Social Work Practices for Neurodiverse Operating Systems
- An Introduction to the Ideas, Practices and Politics of Narrative Therapy (parts 1 2)
- An Introduction: To the Politics, Ethics & Practice of Narrative Therapy
- Therapeutic Interventions in Expressive Arts
- Defunding the Police: Implications for Social Work
- Cross Cultural Harm Reduction Training
- Crisis Prevention and Intervention
- Trauma Informed Practice
- Brief & Longer-Term Therapy with the Problem of Anxiety
2022
2021
2020
2018
Timeline
Program Lead for Consent Comes First
Toronto Metropolitan University
01.2023 - 05.2023
Sexual Violence Support and Education Specialist
Toronto Metropolitan University
09.2022 - 05.2023
Child and Youth Worker
Toronto District School Board
09.2012 - 08.2023
Case Manager
Arrabon House
04.2009 - 05.2015
Master of Social Work - Social Work
Wilfrid Laurier University
Bachelor's - Child And Youth Care
Toronto Metropolitan University
Certificate - Child And Youth Work
George Brown College
Bachelor of Arts - General Arts And Sciences
Brock University
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