Ray McNeil is a 42-year-old substance abuse counselor and advocate currently located in Panama City, FL. For over 15 years, he has worked to improve care and treatment for those with mental health issues or substance addiction. He has experience in areas like client assessment, program design, group facilitation, and crisis intervention. His goal is to better himself so that he can teach others to think independently and make progress.

2. The Basics . . .
Full name Age Current location
Ray A. McNeil 42 Panama City, FL
About me
Motivator
Communicator
Advocate
Specialties
Drug/Alcohol Abuse Treatment - Violence Prevention - Continue Care Planning
Client Assessment/Evaluation - Program Design/ Development
Group Facilitator/ Leader - Strategic/ Long-range Planning
Individual/ Group Counseling - Crisis Intervention

4. My Mission in Life
Strive to exceed the
contravention of society by
bettering myself so that I
may teach others to think
for themselves, take part in
the process of knowledge,
and make leaps into the
imaginable.

6. For 15 years, I have had the opportunity to learn key requirements
to improving the care and treatments of adults experiencing mental
health illnesses or substance addiction.
My background has been beneficial in achieving quick results
with a demonstrated record of accomplishment working with
diverse client populations.
I present myself as an advocate with the ability to manage diverse personalities, diffuse
stressful situations while proactively resolving issues to meet and achieve challenging goals
and objectives of individuals and communities.

8. Managed the design and facilitation of workshops.
Conducted intensive organizational assessments,
surveys and analyses through usage of human resource
management, financial management, and program
Completed assessment of client’s Medical/Health development. Provided grant funding and technical
Maintenance, Psychosocial/ Behavior, assistance to local governments and non-profit
Financial/Legal and ongoing care management agencies involved in substandard housing and
needs. Identified and referred client to resources homelessness. Monitored grantees’ compliance with
specific to their needs and issues, such as mental program requirements. Provided assistance to local
health and psychosocial resources, transportation, governments in programs relating to economic
medical, housing resources, and educational development and urban revitalization. Coordinated
materials. demographic research to determine appropriate public
relations message/medium. Developed cost estimates
on administrative practices for supervisors use in
making cost comparisons for inclusion in budget
requests.
Provided quantifiable advances through strategic
Selected by Executive Director to assume role of vision, planning and direction. Participated in
expanding program to other counties. Developed treatment and rehabilitation activities designed to
strategic initiatives to promote project within the stabilize, reorient, and rehabilitate mentally ill
organization and community. Reviewed forms, clients. Assist treatment and rehabilitation
applications, documents or other information to personnel in carrying out prescribed functions of
make eligibility determinations. Provided applicants specialized rehabilitation programs centered on
with information on other department and personal and social adjustment. Maintained
community assistance programs. Contacted public computerized record management systems to store
and private employers to develop on-the-job training and process data containing personnel activities
and direct job placement sites for clients. Arranged and information to produce reports. Use treatment
for employment interviews and conducted special techniques appropriate to the needs of
workshops and training presentations. developmentally disabled or emotionally disturbed
clients. Perform on-going developmental/behavioral
assessments of clients.

9. The Unlimited Path, Inc
Aug 2010 – present
Substance Abuse Counselor
Florida State Hospital
Nov 2002 – Aug 2010
Unit Treatment Rehabilitation Senior
Supervisor II/ Behavior Program Specialist
Apalachee Center for Human
Services Apr 2000 – Nov 2002
Mental Health Care Manager
Goodwill Industries – Big Bend
Feb 1999 – Nov 2002
Employment Case Manager

11. Partnered with Americorps/VISTA Rural Development
Project to develop Youth Build Gadsden for economically
disadvantaged youth
Led partnership between Florida State Rural Development
Council and the Florida Neighborhood Nutrition Network to
fight hunger.

12.  National Rural Development Partnership Welfare
Reform Taskforce
 Member - 1997 to 1998
Community Service Award,
1997 City Recognition Award,
1997

14. These are the things I like

15. My Greatest Fans
The guys who fear
becoming fathers don’t
understand that
fathering is not
something perfect men
do, but something that
perfects the man. The
end product of child
raising is not the child
but the parent.

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