Chandra Knight
Soso
Summary
My objective to supply an employer with the upmost honest efficient employee possible and to improve company relations with its customers, clients, patients, or vendors. Also, to obtain a new challenging and rewarding career with an organization that will allow me to utilize my experiences and knowledge while developing new skills.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ICORT/LINC Certified Peer Support Specialist
Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources
Laurel
08.2021 - Current
- Certified Peer Support Specialist functions as a fully integrated team member to provide expertise about the recovery process, symptom management, and the persistence required by clients to have satisfying life.
- Collaborates to promote a team culture that recognizes, understands, and respects each client's point of view, experiences, and preferences.
- Responsible to maximize client choice, self-determination and decision making in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of treatment, rehabilitation and support services.
- Provides peer counseling and consultation to individual clients, families, and team staff: acts as a liaison with community resources; carries out rehabilitation and support functions; and assists in treatment, substance abuse services, education, support and consultation to families, and crisis intervention under the clinical supervision of staff with professional degrees.
- Meet or exceeds the direct service productivity standard as established and reviewed by the I-CORT Coordinator and DMH.
- Assist clients to and from Dr. appointments.
- Provides wide range face-to-face activities helping with recovery/resiliency process.
- Helps clients with developing goals and objectives for their individual service plan.
- Documentation of Certified Peer Support Specialists activities with clients.
- Helps clients with getting jobs.
Assistant Store Manager
Claire's
McComb
03.2012 - 12.2014
- Responsible for the drive of sales to meet specific store and district goals.
- Mentored associates on customer service and store tasks to ensure store goals were attainable through knowledgeable sales force.
- Assisted in working on store Planograms as each seasonal changes were made.
Cashier/Hostess/Server
Days Inn
McComb
05.2011 - 03.2013
- Entered all sales into POS system.
- Performed daily audit of sales and reconciled transaction totals to POS daily totals.
- Greeted and assisted all customers to ensure 100% satisfactory experience by patrons.
Office Manager
Gulf State Fence Company
Summit
01.2012 - 02.2013
- Responsible for computation of employee payroll, including bank transactions associated with payroll accounts.
- Posted payments and made daily deposits.
- Reconciliation of accounts payable and accounts receivable; Compiled monthly customer billing statements; Procurement of materials and all disposables associated with job installations.
- Answered and directed phone calls providing information and assistance to customers as needed.
Sales Associate
Claire's
Laurel
08.2009 - 05.2011
- Responsible for the drive of sales needed to meet specific store and district goals.
- Received stock and entered into store inventory.
- Mentored associates while updating store 'Planograms' to ensure store goals were attainable via a knowledgeable sales force.
Data Specialist/Secretary
Forrest General Hospital
Hattiesburg
08.2002 - 09.2005
- Secretary to the Director of Nursing while working in the Education Department.
- Entered employee time and attendance information using Kronos Payroll software.
- Entered employee education data using Ansos software.
- Collected, keyed and charted monthly statistical reports for the Education Department.
- Generated monthly Education Calendar.
- Scheduled appointments.
- Registered all participants for continuing education opportunities.
Accounts Receivable Clerk
The Blain Companies
Mount Olive
01.1996 - 07.2002
- Processed Accounts Receivable invoices and monthly statements.
- Processed and posted daily deposits.
- Processed, posted and paid weekly truck hire.
- Prepared monthly sales tax returns.
- Calculated, posted and paid monthly material royalties.
- Ran and distributed month end reports.
- Also, cross trained in payroll and accounts payable.
Education
Some College - General Studies
Pearl River Community College
Poplarville, MS05.1997
Certificate of Technical Studies - Legal/Medical Secretary
Moore Career College
Hattiesburg, MS06-1994
High school diploma - General Studies
West Marion High School
Foxworth, MS05.1987
Skills
- Accounts Receivable/Payables
- Sales
- Receptionist
- Microsoft Applications
- Journal Entries
- Scanning
- Appointment scheduling
- Billing
- Multi-Line Phone System
- Bookkeeping
- Data Entry
- Behavioral health
- Typing
- Retail Management
- Customer Service
- Payroll
- Front desk
- Office Management
- Filing
- Tax Experience
- Cashier
- Cheetah Accounting Technology
- Kronos Payroll Software
- Cerner Software
- Ansos Timekeeper Software
- Greenway Software
Certification
CPR Certification, 10/01/23, 10/01/25
Timeline
ICORT/LINC Certified Peer Support Specialist
Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources
08.2021 - Current
Assistant Store Manager
Claire's
03.2012 - 12.2014
Office Manager
Gulf State Fence Company
01.2012 - 02.2013
Cashier/Hostess/Server
Days Inn
05.2011 - 03.2013
Sales Associate
Claire's
08.2009 - 05.2011
Data Specialist/Secretary
Forrest General Hospital
08.2002 - 09.2005
Accounts Receivable Clerk
The Blain Companies
01.1996 - 07.2002
Some College - General Studies
Pearl River Community College
Certificate of Technical Studies - Legal/Medical Secretary
Moore Career College
High school diploma - General Studies
West Marion High School