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Portrait of Josiah Kimbril

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Josiah Kimbril

Direct Support Professional (DSP) at VOASE

  • University of Phoenix-Birmingham Campus
  • B.S. in Human Services: Management
  • Class of 2016
  • Altoona, Alabama

Member since May 2016

About

I'm Josiah Kimbril, a Senior University student, studying a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services: Management. I will graduate on August 27, 2016.

Education

  • CACA

    High School

    2006 – 2010

Goals and interests

Career goal

• Work with youth and adults in schools, colleges, mental and rehabilitation clinics, and transitional homes, and non-profit organizations/agencies.
• I would like the opportunity to work with troubled youth, kids/teens (mainly teens and young adults) under Foster Care/Orphanage Systems, teens/young adults with and without intellectual, developmental, physical, impairment disabilities in High Schools and college.
• Someday, I want to develop, to establish, and to run my own coed Youth Group Ranch, for the deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, and the hearing, and teach them to learn to work together as a team. I want the coed group home with a transitional system similar to Heartlight Ministries from Texas.

Graduate school interests

• Graduate in June 2016 from University of Phoenix (online) with Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services, with concentration on Management.
• Pursue a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, Rehabilitation Counseling from Alabama A&M University starting in the Spring of 2017. Secondly, pursue a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Auburn University.
• Pursue a Master’s degree in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation from Abilene Christian University (online) or a PhD/PsyD degree in Mediation and Conflict Resolution.

Outside the classroom

* Volunteer Work
* Crochet
* Travel
* Mission Work
* Mentoring

Experience

  • Direct Support Professional (DSP)

    VOASE

    Jan 2016 – May 2016

Volunteering

  • Hospice Volunteer Internship

    Southern Care Hospice

    May 2016 – Aug 2016

  • Big Brother/Mentor

    BBBS of NE AL

    Sep 2014 – May 2016

  • Southern Care Hospice Volunteer

    Southern Care Hospice

    Aug 2014 – Aug 2016

Languages

  • English (US) Fluent
  • Spanish (Spain) Beginner