1. Joseph A. Swathwood
Phone: 517-256-4178 Joseph.Swathwood@arbor.edu
Career Vision
Empathetic and compassionate well versed professional experienced in fostering client growth by establishing
healthy relationships through securing trust using therapeutic interventions and client advocacy to provide a
better quality of life seeking a position that will utilize these skills for the betterment of our community.
Qualifications
 Case management
 Career counseling facilitating employment
barrier removal
 Substance abuse and addiction counseling
 Interviewing and assessing client needs
 Conduct individual and group counseling
 Crisis intervention
 Develop and implement treatment plans
 Establish and collaborate with community
partnerships to facilitate services
 Counsel and aid family members to
facilitate understanding
 Provide client psychosocial support
 Assist clients in adhering to treatment
plans
 Maintain confidentiality of clients
 Monitor, record, and evaluate client
progress and modify treatment
 Experience working with diverse
populations
 Establish relationships while maintaining
appropriate boundaries
 Active listening
 Excellent organizational skills
 Critical thinking skills that are adaptable
and flexible
Education
Masters of Arts: Clinical Counseling Expected graduation May 2017
Spring Arbor University, Lansing, MI.
Bachelors of Science: Criminal Justice (minor: sociology) April 2013
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.
Experience
AmeriCorps Member November 2015-present
PATH Program, Peckham/Capital Area Michigan Works, Lansing, Michigan
Provided comprehensive job coaching including job skills assessment, established individualized goals,
collaborated with community partners and link clients with community services, developed and
implemented psychoeducational classes.
Medical Case Manager June 2014-July 2014
Lansing Area AIDS Network, Lansing, Michigan
Coordinated services that increased quality of life and provide self-sufficiency, interviewed and assessed
client needs, client advocacy, counseling, community social system referrals, housing assistance, goal
setting, reassessing, and applying interventions.
Certified Eligibility Specialist/Enrollment Counselor June 2013-June 2014
Manpower, Maximus/Michigan Department of Community Health, East Lansing, Michigan
Assisted and educated Medicaid beneficiaries on eligibility and State Medicaid HMO’s, processed
applications for eligibility.
Volunteer September 2012-April 2013
HIV/Aids Resource Center, Ypsilanti, Michigan

2. Provided support to HIV prevention and case management staff for individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
Coordinated services that increased quality of life and provide self-sufficiency.
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