Zev Halpern
Professional Experience Summary ·
Family/Work Life Programs ·
Behavioral Healthcare Benefits
Administration ·
Employee/Membership Assistance Programs ·
Corporate Training and Development ·
Technical Assistance/Consultation ·
Executive Coaching/Team Staff
Coaching ·
Online Counseling ·
Mental Health/Substance Abuse Treatment -
Clinical/ Administrative ·
Website Development/Production ·
Project Development/Management ·
Health Promotion Services ·
Conference Speaker/Moderator Professional Experience Founder and
CEO, Occupational Program and Training Associates, (OPT), Inc. Specializing in
Behavioral Healthcare Administration and Employee Assistance Program
Management. Organizational Health Promotion Consultant. 1987 to Present. Contracts
include: Director of
Rehabilitation Services Second
Genesis Inc. 1982-1989 Directed residential chemical dependency rehabilitation services
component in a tri-state region containing five facility locations. Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America Membership Assistance Program Demonstration Grant, 1988-1991 Directed the establishment of a National model for
cooperative Labor/Management Membership Assistance Program for the Laborers'
International Union of North America (LIUNA) and it's signatory employers. Laborers'
International Union of North America LIUNA Laborer’s
Regional Membership Assistance Program (MAP), 1989-Present Managed the design and implementation of a comprehensive joint
labor/management employee assistance program (EAP) in five cities (Baltimore,
Washington, D.C., Albany, Buffalo and Schenectady) for participating union
workers and signatory contractors.
Dealership
Employee Assistance League (DEAL), 1989 - 1995 Project management, design and implementation of Consortium Employee
Assistance Programs Model for the Automotive Trade Association of the National
Capital Area (200 Dealer Members).
Retail
Consortium Employee Assistance Program (EAP), 1990 Project administration of a full-service EAP consortium model and
corporate health promotion services for Washington/Baltimore metro area
business & industry including Urban Land Institute, Vietnam Veterans
Association of America and Melart Jewelers. Executive Director, Center for Counseling, Education and
Opportunity, Inc. Specializing in Human Services program design and
administration for Federal, State, Municipal and community agencies. 1994 to Present, Projects included: District of
Columbia Housing Authority AFL-CIO
Resident Apprenticeship and Employment Program, 1997-1998 Designed, developed and administrated a comprehensive welfare to work
program model for workplace screening and work habits/life skills development
in an employment coalition project for residents of the D.C. Housing Authority
and its labor unions. U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Center for
Substance Abuse Prevention (C-SAP) Conference Grantee Responsible
Concern Conference Series, 1993 Responsible Concern:
Establishing Cooperative Labor/Management Substance Abuse Prevention
Programs Planned and managed a 2 day conference for 75 organized
labor leadership representatives to showcase joint labor/management substance
abuse worksite prevention and intervention model. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) Empowerment Zone/Enterprise
Communities National Conference Technical
Assistance Workshops Buffalo, St. Louis, Louisville,
DesMoine, Seattle, 1995 Job
Continuum: “Linking Residents to
Jobs” Provided technical assistance expertise and conference moderation and facilitation to municipal officials and community leaders receiving the
President’s Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Community grants. United States Department of Justice
(DOJ) Office of Justice Programs Executive Office of Weed and Seed National Technical Assistance
Workshop Provider Indianapolis, Tampa, Syracuse, 1996 “Labor Force
Attachment and Community Economic Development “ Provided technical assistance expertise in the community economic
development area and conference moderation and facilitation to municipal
officials and community leaders receiving DOJ grants. Founder/CEO,
Cyberscreamer Enterprises, Inc. Specializing
in the development of corporate intranets enabling corporate-wide messaging and
on/off web employee development training.
Responsible
for the creative direction, content development
and production management of an interactive, character-driven website. September 1999 to Present Presentations Employee
Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) 19th
Annual Conference Hyatt
Regency Hotel - New Orleans, Louisiana, October 22-24, 1990 “Membership
Assistance Program (MAP) Leadership Training - A Model for Cooperative Union
Management Training” Employee
Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) 22nd
Annual Conference Disneyland
Hotel – Anaheim, California, November 13-17, 1983 “Cooperative
Labor Management Membership Assistance Programs (MAP) Development – A Three
Point Focus” US
Department of Justice Office
of Justice Programs Executive
Office for Weed and Seed Middle
District of Florida Trade
Winds Hotel – St. Petersburg, Florida, June 23-24, 1997 “Transitional
Adjustment: Community-Based
Strategies for Labor Force Development and Job Linkage” Publications Employee Assistance Professional Exchange “Laborer’s International Union Utilizes Three Doors of
Access to Internal-External Model MAP” December 1991 Volume 21, Number12 Occupational Health and Safety “Charting the Sea of Employee Addiction” December 1992 Professional Certifications and Licensure •State of MD Licensed Clinical
Professional Counselor #LC0623 (LCPC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene •Certified Clinical Mental health
Counselor #630 (CCMHC) National Academy of Certified Clinical Mental Health
Counselors •Certified Addiction Specialist
Certificate #1294 (CAS) American Academy of Healthcare Providers in the Addictive
Disorders •National Certified Counselor #33001
(NCC) National Board of Certified Counselors Education B.A. Human Development, December
1978 Institute for Child Study University
of Maryland, College Park, MD Master of Education, Human
Development/Counseling, May 1980 University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- Zev Halpern