yyyyyy x. yyyyyy

Experienced Substance Abuse and Family Counselor

Client Centered w Detail Driven w Individual and Group Settings w Dedicated w Highly Effective

      Extensive practical experience in delivering highest quality services to clients and their families in areas of substance abuse counseling/behavior modification, MAT and therapeutic administration

      Superlative group facilitation addressing adults, adolescent and family issues

      Excellent communicator with demonstrated ability to collaborate with staff, volunteers, management and others at all orxxxxxxnizational levels

      Outstanding blend of orxxxxxxnization, prioritization, leadership, and interpersonal skills

      Proven ability to lead team members, manage a wide range of duties simultaneously, and coordinate multi-level directives within substance abuse counseling and case management roles

      Mentor and lead teams by example and with integrity to deliver service excellence

      Adept at working and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team

      Working knowledge of theories of addiction and techniques to overcome

      Adhere to and closely practice the 12 Core Functions of a Substance Abuse Counselor

Key Strengths

Selected Key Achievements

         Any particularly gratifying cases? Awards? Changes you ve implemented? Can be from Earlier Professional Experience section too. We ll say something along the lines of, At California State Prison, ____ Okay if not, just want to be certain to capture if there is.

Antelope Valley Community Clinic, Palmdale, CA, 2016 2018

Case Manager/Pain Coordinator

Change Lanes Youth Services, Lancaster, CA, 2014 2015

Volunteer Program Manager

Family Promise of SCV, Santa Clarita, CA, 2013 2014

Case Manager

         **what is SCV?** - should be spelled out

***one line accounting for time 2011 2013*** Doesn t have to have anything to do with profession, can be full time caregiver for aging relative, stay-at-home mom, whatever. We just need to account for the time to preserve continuity

AV Youth and Family Services, Lancaster, CA, 2007 2011

Program Manager

Earlier Professional Experience

         Substance Abuse Counselor, Tarzana Treatment Center, Lancaster, CA

         Substance Abuse Counselor, California Correctional Institution, Tehachapi, CA

         Substance Abuse Counselor, California State Prison, Lancaster, CA

Certificate? Diploma? Los Angeles Training Institute for Alcohol and Drug Counseling, Palmdale, CA

Bachelor of Arts in Applied Behavioral Science and Psychology, Ashford University, Clinton, IA

         3.45 GPA; Dean s List

Professional Development

         Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor, Breakthrough Parenting, Inc., Santa Monica, CA

         Certified Domestic Violence Specialist, Valley Oasis, Lancaster, CA

         CPR and First Aid Certification # AB636833, BLS

Anything else to add? Volunteerism? Community involvement? Okay if not, but we should include if there is

Technical Skills

         ASI, AUDIT, DAST, BPI screening and assessment tools

         All components of Microsoft Office

***will add letter when resume is complete***

Oh, Sandra! I knew I had a nonworkable functional resume to convert to more acceptable format, but when I promised to return your resume to you by today I didn t know it was YOURS. Recruiters and HR people hate and despise functional resumes. They re good for what they re good for, but the form was so abused in the past that virtually everyone views any functional resume with suspicion. A functional resume is far more likely to be rejected out of hand than seriously considered.

I m attaching a beginning DRAFT of your new resume. If you will, please go through the items listed in the professional experience section of your old resume and just copy & paste applicable items under the 4 positions we ll describe on your new resume. Don t worry about repetition, wording or anything else that s our job just let me know which points apply to which position. I ll rewrite and then send your revision.

We **could** skip the xxxxxxp in employment time and move AV Youth and Family Services to Earlier Professional Experience where we include no dates. That will be acceptable if you don t want to explain the 2011-2013 xxxxxxp in employment. No resume needs to include dates more than 10-15 years old depending on how work history falls. It will be acceptable to end specific position descriptions with Family Promise of SCV, but that will be cutting things short in that you bexxxxxxn that position only in 2013. Whether we do that or not depends on the reason for the 2-year xxxxxxp 2011-2013.

We ll figure that out later J In the meantime, please do provide job duties and wins 2013 2018.