Tyler Matthews
Corner Brook,CA
Summary
Compassionate Social Worker focused on child and youth mental health, adept at navigating trauma, addiction, and emotional dysregulation. Experience in delivering trauma-informed and neuroaffirming therapeutic interventions and effectively collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to connect clients to essential supports. Committed to promoting mental health through outreach and culturally responsive practices.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Mental Health Counsellor
Newfoundland Health Services
Corner Brook, CA
05.2025 - Current
- Compassionate Social Worker specializing in child and youth mental health, with experience supporting adolescents and families facing complex challenges including trauma, addiction, emotional dysregulation, and family instability.
- Conducted clinical assessments and managed risks while delivering trauma-informed, evidence-based therapeutic interventions through individual, family, and group counselling, enhancing client resilience and coping strategies.
- Experienced in managing high-risk, multi-needs cases, including crisis intervention and safety planning, while fostering safe, inclusive, and supportive environments for vulnerable youth.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams and community partners to provide holistic care, successfully connecting clients with essential supports including housing, education, and social services to address their complex needs.
- Committed to culturally responsive practice, working with diverse populations including marginalized and underserved youth.
- Contributed to community outreach and mental health promotion initiatives, maintaining thorough documentation and upholding professional and ethical standards to ensure program integrity and compliance.
Student Internship
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Deer Lake, CA
01.2025 - 04.2025
- My field practicum provided opportunities to increase my knowledge and skills through Agency orientation, In-service training such as ISM and documentation training, Workshops, Literature/resource review, Policy/program analysis/evaluation, Case conferences, Team/staff meetings, and Interagency meetings.
- Conducted risk and safety assessments and provided case management for children, youth, and families from diverse backgrounds.
Regional Supervisor
LearnStar Educational After School Programs
Corner Brook, CA
01.2019 - 01.2025
- My duties as supervisor include, working closely with the director of the program, ensuring all safety and health protocols are followed by the staff, promoting and implementing homework help, assisting with homework in both English and French Immersion, and the planning, organizing and scheduling of educational activities for children from kindergarten to Grade 6, following the guidelines of the NLESD educational curriculum.
- As supervisor, I am also responsible for handling and organizing all documentation, including medical and registration forms, incident reports, photo release forms, and attendance and timesheets for payroll.
- It is also my responsibility to maintain effective communication with the parents or guardians.
Recreation Worker
City of Corner Brook
Corner Brook, CA
09.2021 - 01.2024
- During this position I was responsible for overseeing the recreation areas, ensuring patrons follow facility rules and procedures.
- Along with this, I was required to monitor events, interact with event organizers, respond to and answer queries on facility operations, and maintain a rapport with user groups patrons.
- As well as running and overseeing various programming and events, maintaining equipment records, completing action reports, damage/loss reports, and producing written reports on facility activities, accidents and incidents.
- Through this position I also provided various administrative and receptionist functions such as managing bookings, answering telephone enquiries, and handling cash.
- All duties were carried out in accordance with City policies and procedures.
Student Internship
Newfoundland Health Services
Corner Brook, CA
09.2023 - 12.2023
- My experience with Western Health was part of a 4-month field placement organized through Memorial University's social work program.
- This placement gave me an opportunity to work alongside registered social workers, and other health care professionals while working as a part of an interprofessional collaborative team.
- During this experience I have learned many new useful skills important within social work praxis.
- Some of the practice skills include documentation, therapeutic interventions, managing risk assessment, financial, psycho and social assessments (RAI), community networking, allocating resources, interviewing, clinical counseling skills, policy review, scheduling, and more.
Program Director
West Haven Summer Camp Programming
01.2018 - 12.2019
- Duties include, but are not limited to, weekly planning and scheduling, working with a team of paid staff and volunteers, supervision of campers, and help to implement a themed program.
- Monitoring and organizing medical, registration, and all documentation pertinent to the children and youth attending.
Child Youth Care Worker
Blue Sky Residential Home Care
Corner Brook, CA
04.2018 - 06.2018
- During this job, workers are responsible for caring for youth from newly born to eighteen years old, typically these children have special circumstances or behavioural issues.
- Tasks for this job included documentation, food preparation, event organization, transporting youth, proper medical administration as well as physical and emotional facilitating in each youth.
Camp Counsellor
Humber Community Summer Day Camp
Corner Brook, CA
01.2016 - 08.2016
- I have been working this summer job with the YMCA for the past three years.
- These summer camps are for children ages 5-12.
- This job entailed organizing and planning onsite and offsite activities as well as caring for the children and cleaning our site afterwards.
Camp Coordinator
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Corner Brook, CA
01.2015 - 12.2015
- Grenfell Campus Activity Camps / Camp Counsellor/ Coordinator.
- This is a summer camp program developed by Memorial University of Newfoundland, for children ages 5-15, every week would be a different styled camp, many of us were responsible for the planning and development of events and activities.
- I gained experience dealing with large groups of children.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Social Work
Memorial University
03-2023
Skills
- Childcare
- Infant Care
- Senior Care
- Experience with Children
- Clinical assessment
- Trauma-informed therapy
- Risk management
- Case management
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Child and youth advocacy
- Community outreach
- Mental health promotion
- Effective communication
- Cultural competency
- Problem solving
- Emotional intelligence
- Conflict resolution
- Documentation accuracy
- Team building
- Team leadership
Certification
- Dialectal Behavioral Therapy Skills Training (TIC), Present
- Fundamentals of Exposure-Based Therapy for OCD and Anxiety Disorders, Present
- Brain Story Certification, Present
- Occupational Health and Safety (Workplace NL), Present
- Interpersonal Collaboration Education Training, 04/01/25
- ISM Training (Gov NL), 01/01/25
- Mental Health Studies - Suicide, Violent Behavior and Substance Abuse Training (CPD), 01/01/25
- Anger Management and Conflict Resolution Training (CPD), 01/01/24
- Fundamentals of Domestic Violence and Abuse Training (CPD), 01/01/24
- Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness Training (CPD), 01/01/24
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System Certification, 01/01/23
- Registered Social Worker (NLCSW), 02/01/26
- Non-Violent Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training, 03/01/22
Additional Information
Experience working alongside social workers and other healthcare professionals in a collaborative team setting., Experience in conducting psycho-social assessments, managing risk assessments, and allocating resources., Proficient in providing therapeutic interventions for individuals and families., Strong skills in creating detailed case notes, incident reports, and progress documentation., Experience in suicide prevention, conflict resolution, and de-escalation in high-risk situations., In-depth knowledge of social work policies and guidelines; experience reviewing and implementing policies in various settings., Advocating for and ensuring the well-being of clients, particularly children, youth, and vulnerable individuals., Managing teams, overseeing operations, and providing guidance to staff within educational and recreational programs., Experienced in training staff, creating orientation programs, and ensuring team adherence to protocols and health/safety standards., Skilled in planning and organizing activities, events, and educational programs for youth and children., Maintaining strong communication with parents, guardians, and team members to foster collaboration and resolve concerns., Experience in delivering presentations and community engagement initiatives, including leading meetings and orientations., Knowledge and respect for cultural differences, including work with First Nations communities and diverse groups., Handling various types of documentation, including medical forms, registration, attendance, and incident reports., Expertise in scheduling, managing multiple tasks, and maintaining organized records.
Personal Information
Willing To Relocate: Anywhere
Timeline
Mental Health Counsellor
Newfoundland Health Services
05.2025 - Current
Student Internship
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
01.2025 - 04.2025
Student Internship
Newfoundland Health Services
09.2023 - 12.2023
Recreation Worker
City of Corner Brook
09.2021 - 01.2024
Regional Supervisor
LearnStar Educational After School Programs
01.2019 - 01.2025
Child Youth Care Worker
Blue Sky Residential Home Care
04.2018 - 06.2018
Program Director
West Haven Summer Camp Programming
01.2018 - 12.2019
Camp Counsellor
Humber Community Summer Day Camp
01.2016 - 08.2016
Camp Coordinator
Memorial University of Newfoundland
01.2015 - 12.2015
Bachelor's Degree - Social Work
Memorial University