The National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, Chicago, IL
Communications/Outreach Intern (2000-2001)
From July 2000 to July 2001 I served as a Community Ministry Intern at the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice. My work with NICWJ, now simply Interfaith Worker Justice, involved writing newsletter stories about people from various faith backgrounds that advocated for and aligned with low-wage workers on union and living wage campaigns. While an intern at NICWJ, I represented the organization at Unitarian Universalist churches and other conferences, and provided general office support. During this period, I was affiliated with Third Unitarian Church and, while there, served as a ministerial intern in a limited capacity.
United for a Fair Economy, Boston, MA
Faith Based Outreach Worker (Aug 1998-July 1999)
During the 1998-99 school years, I took a leave of absence from Divinity School to act as the first Religious Outreach Coordinator for United for a Fair Economy. United for a Fair Economy is a think tank, advocacy, and popular education minded non-profit that works to raise awareness and end economic inequality. My role as their first Faith Based Outreach Worker involved designing, and frequently delivering, popular economic trainings in churches and denominational conferences. In this role, I met many religious leaders, spoke around the region and country, and organized a religious conference in the Boston area.
National Toxics Campaign, Boston, MA
Field Manager, Canvasser, and Organizer (1991)
As a Field Manager for this environmental organization, I was responsible for supervising, managing, and training a team of ten to twelve outreach/fundraising staff working door to door on a local harbor clean-up campaign. I also participated in organizing a grassroots strategy in Louisiana for the renewal of Superfund expenditures.
Riverside Community Care
Overnight Residential Counselor (2009-2016)
The job description written below for Vinfen Residential Counselor Overnights roughly applies here. At Riverside, I worked for six years almost exclusively at one home with five intellectually challenged individuals.
Tri-City Mental Health, Malden, MA
Overnight Advocate (1996)
I was a counselor to a mixed population of adults with mixed mental health diagnosis living largely independent apartment settings. While there, I acted as a case manager for one Schizophrenic individual, dispensed medications, and monitored behavioral objectives.
Lakes Region Community Service Council, Laconia, NH
House Manager (1994-1995)
At LRCSC I was brought in to establish and run a home for a high functioning individual with a dual diagnosis. During my year in Laconia my duties expanded to include the supervision of ten employees at two programs.
Vinfen Corporation
Various Residential Counselor Positions
(1993-1995, 1997-2000, 2002-2008, and 2009-2015)
As a Vinfen employee for over eighteen years, I have performed a number of service roles. During that journey, I shifted from primarily providing residential support for a single home of four developmentally disabled adults to working with a broader range of mentally ill adults in a variety of programs.
Easter Seals Society, Laconia, NH
Skills Instructor (1993-1994)
As the vocational skills instructor, I provided individual programming to developmentally disabled adults and implemented community access programs resulting in marked decreases in anxious behaviors, and considerably richer contacts in the community.
Cooperative for Human Service, Malden, MA
Weekend Manager (1989-1992)
I served as the primary weekend supervisor in a residential program for four developmentally disabled men. As the weekend manager, I assisted in the training of new staff, managed house finances, and planned regular outings and vacations.
Beaverbrook-Step, Waltham, MA
Overnight Advocate (1993)
I was responsible for the overnight safety and well-being of a mixed population of mentally ill and developmentally disabled individuals. In my role as an overnight, particular attention was paid to monitoring a violent young man with mild developmental disabilities.