Leonard Uchendu has a Master's Degree in Social Work from Grand Valley State University and a B.S. in Sociology from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He has over 15 years of experience working in social services, including as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at a Michigan correctional facility providing therapy, assessments, and reentry planning. He also has experience working with at-risk youth and providing case management to released inmates. Uchendu has received several awards and recognitions for his work.

1. LEONARD UCHENDU, LMSW
1512 Gallery Place Drive Jackson Michigan email: ochenleo@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI. Master Degree in Social Work April,2012
 Cross Cultural Service Learning, New Orleans, LA. 2012
 Research Papers: Psycho-social approach on Schizophrenia; Co-occurring
Disorder; Cognitive Behavior Therapy as Best Evidenced Based Practice with At-Risk
Adolescents in Juvenile Detention; Empathy: Youth Workers’ Perspectives in Juvenile
Detention
University of Ibadan, Nigeria. B.SC. Sociology, September, 2001
TRAININGS
 Understanding Traumain order toimprove Criminal Justice Response, State of
Michigan, 2016
 Helping Men Recover, State of Michigan, 2016
 Cultural Competency, State of Michigan, 2015
 Communicable Disease, State of Michigan, 2015/ 2016
 Good Life Model, State of Michigan, 2015
 American Society of Addiction Medicine Dimensions, (ASAM) Grand Haven,
District Court, 2014
 Co- Occurring Disorder, Grand Haven District Court, 2014
 Person Centered Treatment Plan, Pine-Rest Christian Mental Health, 2014
 Recovery Management, Pine-Rest Christian Mental Health, 2014
 Communicability Disease, State of Michigan, 2015/2016
 Cultural Competency, Pine-Rest Christian Mental Health Hospital, 2013
 Cultural Competency, held in Catholic Charities of West Michigan, 2012,

2. EMPLOYMENT
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, State of Michigan Correctional Facility, Jackson,
Michigan- 2016-Present
 Provides Clinical Case Management to Individuals in Prison
 Provides both Individual and Group Psychotherapy
 Provides Intake Assessments and Discharge Planning
 Provides Relapse and Recidivism Plan Prevention
 Conducts Sex Offender’s Risk Assessment
 Conducts Psychological Evaluation forCommunity Reintegration
 Provides Suicide Risk Intervention
 Provides Mental Health Services to Prisoners with Severe Mental Illness
Clinical Case Manager, Pine -Rest Christian Mental Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
2013- Present. Provided Case Management to released inmates from Prison and Jail
 Provided Individual Psychotherapy toFederal, State and County released
inmate
 Provided case management services to client for community reintegration
Behavioral Health Clinician, CatholicCharities of West Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI. 2012
 Provide counseling services for Michigan Department of Corrections ex-
offenders
Youth Specialist, Juvenile Detention Center, Grand Rapids, MI, 2006- 2013
 Provides Group treatment services to at-risk adolescents; Gang Interventionist
 Provides risk and crisis management services to troubled adolescents in
Juvenile Detention
 Models positive behavior to at risk adolescents in Juvenile Detention Center
Certified Nurse Aide, Clark Retirement Community, 2004-2005
 Provided activities of daily living for the residents

3.  Helped to bathe, fed, groomed, mobility and transferof residents
SOCIAL WORK EXPERIENCE/SKILLS
 Bio-psycho-social assessment
 Mastery in DSM 5 Diagnostics
 Trained Trainer Trauma Informed Care
CURRENT WORK
 Facilitates Michigan Department of Corrections Intensive Outpatient Group
 Provides behavioral health counseling services to inmates in Prison
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
 Phi Alpha Society Member
 Award recipient on Ethics and Professionalism, Grand Valley State University,
Social Work Department award, April,2012
 Award recipient for Professional Excellence Service Nigerian Association of
West Michigan
VOLUNTEER
 Participated in Stomp Out Stigma, 2014
 Provided support for hospitalized patients from 1990- 2004
 Performed secretarial duties for the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in Nigeria
 Performs secretarial duties for Nigerian Association of West Michigan in Grand
Rapids
 Coordinated events for refugees in Clancy Avenue in Grand Rapids, MI
 Assisted in rebuilding flood damaged houses in New Orleans in 2011