Tenesha L. Curtis, M.S.S.W., C.P.S.
EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS
Certified HIV Tester and Prevention Counselor, November 2012
Certified by
the Centers Disease Control and Volunteers of America
Certified Prevention Specialist, May 2013 through July 2015
Certified by
the Kentucky Certification Board of Prevention Professionals, License #198
Certified ‘Creating Lasting Family Connections’
Implementation Trainer, July 2010
Certified by
the Council on Prevention and Education: Substances, Inc.
Master of Science in Social Work, 2008 – 2010, 3.6 GPA
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling Specialization
University of
Louisville (Kent School of Social Work), Louisville, Kentucky
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, 2004 – 2008, 3.1 GPA
University of
Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
WORK EXPERIENCE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SKILLS TRAINER,
May 2010 – Present
The Council on Prevention and Education: Substances (COPES), Inc.,
Louisville, Kentucky
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Train groups of community members to understand
and appropriately utilize skills related to healthily expressing emotions,
communicating expectations, negotiating consequences, giving feedback to others,
refusal skills, recognizing the symptoms of chemical dependency, and
intervening when they believe that they, or someone they love, may be
chemically dependent.
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Convey to community members knowledge and
concepts related to knowing what healthy familial interactions look like;
recognizing the differences between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, myths
and facts about how HIV is transmitted and managed; what the development growth
needs of children are throughout various stages of their lives; what it means
to “drink responsibly”; the difference between abstaining, using, abusing, and
being addicted to alcohol or any other substance; what addiction prevention,
intervention, treatment, and recovery consist of; how to recognize addiction
and co-dependency.
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Maintain print and digital records detailing
session activities and participant compliance.
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Report weekly to Executive Director regarding
session activities and participant compliance.
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Create Facebook page, Twitter profile, and
YouTube channel for ‘Sisters Who Care’ project.
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Monitor and give feedback to Executive Director
on the agency YouTube channels, Facebook pages, and Twitter profiles, as
needed.
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Plan, coordinate, and execute the recording,
editing, and posting of video testimonials from past participants regarding
their personal experience with agency programming.
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Update and manage communications with former
participants, community members, and partner agencies via Facebook. Twitter,
and YouTube on a weekly basis.
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Develop materials related to project return on
investment, including base returns and potential return, to be disseminated to
potential donors and partner agencies. These documents can be found at http://www.copes.org/brochures.php.
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Assist Executive Director and Board of Directors
in formulating fundraising strategies for the agency.
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Collaborate with participants outside of
training sessions in order to pinpoint, discuss, and achieve physical,
financial, social, and psychological health goals.
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Keep detailed, print and digital, documentation
of case management sessions.
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Maintain a collection of resource contacts for
client referrals.
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Guide practicum students in the process of
ethical decision-making.
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Educate practicum students on the tenets of
appropriate professional social worker behaviors.
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Help practicum students develop efficient
problem-solving skills
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Supervise and evaluate tasks that practicum
students complete in order to enhance their experience and professional growth.
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Give students consistent feedback regarding
their level of proficiency in performing various practicum duties.
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Initiate and coordinate collaboration with other
community social service agencies in order to recruit program participants.
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Attend resource and health fairs as they arise
in order to gather contact information from people interested in participating
in COPES programming, especially ‘Sisters Who Care’.
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Consult with marketing directors and general
managers or radio and television stations throughout Louisville in order to
assess the compatibility between COPES’ needs and the media outlets available.
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Choose appropriate material to post to COPES’
social media profiles in order to provide relevant, health-related information
for COPES’ target populations.
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Proofread documents that are considered to be
prepared for publication before they are sent to a printing agency.
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Give regular feedback on agency documents as
possible edits are noticed.
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Under the guidance of the Executive Director and
other support staff, create marketing and internal documents for the purpose of
furthering the needs and goals of the agency.
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Create documents that are free of grammatical
errors, are sensitive, precise, and use professional language.
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TECHNICIAN, August
2008 – May 2014
Jefferson Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center (JADAC), Louisville, Kentucky
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Provide support, structure, and accountability
for people newly entering recovery from addictions to various substances and
who may need the medical detoxification services provided by the hospital.
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Orient new clients to staff, expectations,
consequences of rule infractions, and daily treatment routine.
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Facilitate and document therapeutic group and
individual interactions with people newly entering recovery from addictions to
various substances.
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Supervise the administration of medication as
prescribed by certified medical professionals.
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Maintain 12-bed recovery facility as sole staff
member on site for 4- to 16-hour shifts.
COUNSELOR I, August 2009 –
May 2010 (Advanced Practicum)
Jefferson Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center (JADAC), Louisville, Kentucky
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Provide support, structure, accountability,
individual counseling, and group counseling for people newly entering recovery
from addictions to various substances and who may need the medical
detoxification services provided by the hospital.
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Orient new clients to staff, expectations,
consequences of rule infractions, and daily treatment routine.
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Create and follow case management plans for
clients.
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Complete in-depth psychosocial assessments of
clients to be recorded in client files and shared with hospital medical staff
for the purposes of providing consistent and comprehensive addiction treatment.
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Completed intake and discharge summaries for
clients.
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Consult with other case managers, counselors,
medical personnel, and support staff regarding treatment and discharge planning
for clients.
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Provide appropriate referrals to outside
continuing care entities as appropriate.
