Bethany Gosse

Gathering Place Support Worker/Case Manager

-Prepared a variety of different written communications, reports, and documents to ensure smooth operations within the shelter ● Resolved violent conflicts and negotiating mutually beneficial agreements between guests ● Provided harm reduction tools such as safe injection kits, inhalation kits and birth control options. ● Worked within a high conflict environment while also enforcing policies and guidelines to protect guests safety. ● Provided emotional support to guests who are experiencing mental illness or undergoing substance use. ● Helped clients develop new coping mechanisms and techniques to drive behavioral modifications.

Apr 2021 – Apr 2022

Planned Parenthood

● Strived for sexual liberation for all individuals by providing educational resources and presentations for youth on sexual health advice. ● Provided individuals with sexual health guidance and counselling. ● Provided patients and educational institutions with free sexual health supplies such as; condoms, femine hygiene items and also STI testing kits. ● Helped support patients through abortion options as well as comfort patients during medical procedures in our clinic.

Eastern Health Peer Support Worker

● Build a relationship with a guest based upon trust and honesty by using active listening and dynamic communication skills. ● Transported individuals to medical appointments and support meetings whenever needed. ● Provided ongoing assessment, problem-solving and skills teaching to assist my clients with activities of daily living.

Momentum Developmental Support Worker

● Helped young adults with mental illness with daily tasks and activities. ● Spend time with clients, cook, clean and provide informal counselling during times of suicidal ideations or self-harm. ● Desculated many incidents of self-harm as well as providing emotional support during these times.

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NL Housing Cooperation

● Provided shelter and housing to individuals experiencing homelessness. ● Worked on the Emergency Shelter Line to provide individuals with shelter for short-term or long-term stays. ● Planning community events to help bring lower income housing communities close together. ● Internal counseling to individuals in low income housing experiencing a wide range of mental illness.