Substance Abuse Counselor with Diverse Experience seeking employment.
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Todd Whitworth
4200 Rue Clark, Montreal, QC, Canada * (514)806-4821 * todd.whitworth@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE
Substance Abuse Counselor
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
7 years experience in substance abuse counseling/human services
Effective communicator who enjoys a team environment
Works well with a diverse client base
Conflict resolution and problem solving
A passion for helping people
Case Management
HIV outreach and education
Highly skilled at paperwork and maintenance of charts
Highly skilled at motivational interviewing
Highly skilled at client assessment and appropriate referrals
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007-2008
Housing Works Inc. Brooklyn, NY
COBRA Case Manager Tech
Responsibilities
Assist Case Manager in the provision of intensive case management activities to support clients and their families
in accessing needed services. Provide referral services and follow-up for collateral/family case management. Assist
with service plan implementation and service coordination. Maintain client case record and billing. Advocate for
clients with service providers. View apartments with clients and follow-up on housing service plan implementation.
Research referral sources and ensure referrals are pertinent to plan implementation. Home visits and/or In-Hospital
follow-up care
2006-2007
PAC Program of Queens-Long Island City, NY
Group Facilitation Counselor
Responsibilities
Responsible for running groups in an outpatient facility. Group Counseling, individual counseling, working
as part of a multi disciplinary team. Keeping accurate notes on all group attendees in a timely fashion.
2000-2006
Walden House Inc - San Francisco, CA
Intake Counselor
Responsibilities
Admitting clients to adult residential programs. Assess perspective clients for treatment, identifying social,
legal and medical problems. Maintain waiting list. Interview all clients with mental health related issues.
Ensure all necessary paperwork is complete and accurate. Create new client intake files. Maintain confidentiality
of all client information. Responsible for keeping contracted beds full. Community outreach, developing relationships
with other agencies. Maintain tracking reports.
1998-2000
Tullys Coffee Inc -San Francisco, CA
Batista/Warehouse
Responsibilities
Shift Supervisor responsible for money and paperwork. Customer service, food preparation, clean, stock and maintenance.
Packaging coffee, shipping and receiving, forklift operations.
1997-1998
Petpourri - San Francisco, CA
Store Manager
Responsibilities
Daily management and operations of small pet store. Customer service, maintain daily inventory, ordering, stock, clean up,
money, and paperwork.
1996
Constat Inc - San Francisco, CA
Data Collector
Responsibilities
Telephone surveys and data entry.
EDUCATION/Credentials/Volunteer Work
05/28/08~Current
ACCM~Volunteer with Education and Prevention department.
12/03/08
CASAC-T #21916 State of New York
2004~2006
Board Member FTMI San Francisco California Treasurer/Support Group Facilitator
14/06/04
CAADE # 051123 State of California
28/05/04
City College of San Francisco -Certificate in Drug and Alcohol Studies
08/08/03
CSAS Training Motivational interviewing beginning and advanced.
28/02/2001
CSAS Basic 5 HIV Certificate AIDS Health Project San Francisco
24/01/2001
TECP Certified HIV Educator California
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