Social Worker

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Phone: 660-***-****

WORK EXPERIENCE

Children’s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Ave N.W., Washington DC 20010 202-***-**** SIS and Burgess Clinic

Social Worker March 2015 to present

As a Social Worker I am a member of a multidisciplinary team to provide supportive, educational, advocacy and case management services to youth infected and families affected with HIV. Assess youth and families strengths and needs and provide referrals as identified. Provide support services and referrals to appropriate community resources as needed by the youth and/or family. Assist with linking to medical care and pharmacies. Assist with monitoring adherence. Document interventions and progress made in creating treatment plans, which were created with family/youth input. Submit data for program evaluation needs. I am also a member of my departments Quality Measures team.

Transitions Healthcare Capitol City, 2425 25th Street SE, Washington DC 20020 202-***-****

(Formerly Washington Nursing Facility)

Social Worker February 2014 to February 2015

Work as a member of an interdisciplinary team to provide quality care for residents at the skilled nursing and rehab facility. Provide cognitive and mood assessments as well as behavioral and mental health management. I link residents to community resources in order to provide safe discharges back to the community. Assist with ensuring resident’s rights and responsibilities are protected. Provide support to families and residents for adjustment to the nursing facility. At times provide therapeutic support to residents and families. Catholic Charities, 1001 Lawrence St. NE, Washington DC 20017 202-***-**** ChAMPS Crisis Specialist October 2012 to February 2014 ChAMPS(Child and Adolescent Mobile Psychiatric Services) is a mobile mental health stabilization program for children ages 6 to 21 in the District of Columbia. As a Crisis Specialist I respond to calls from anyone in the community (school, home, or community location) and assist with stabilizing the child, assessing the child for safety and then making appropriate mental health recommendations and linkages to services. I utilize a Crisis Assessment Tool to assist with determining if the consumer is at imminent risk of harming themselves or others. I am an officer agent able to FD 12 if deemed necessary. I collaborate with community mental health workers, school personnel, and families to ensure the safety of the children. I make appropriate referrals to community mental health agencies and therapy.

Youth Villages, 2020 N. 14th Street, Arlington, Virginia 22201 703-***-**** MST Family Counselor March 2012 – October 2012

MST (Multi Systemic Family Therapy) is an evidenced based intensive in-home Family Therapy Model. My role as the Family Counselor is to work closely with parents whose children display Ahlering 2 of 2

antisocial behaviors in order to help reduce these antisocial behaviors. As a Family Counselor I work to empower parents to identify the system drivers for their children’s behaviors (school, individual, family, peers, neighborhoods) in order to make systemic and long lasting changes for their children. The goal as a Family Counselor is for the youth to remain in the home and reduce these problematic and antisocial behaviors. I help create individually specific treatment plans for each youth and family. SAN DIEGO YOUTH SERVICES 3255 Wing street, San Diego, CA 92110 619-***-**** MTFC-C Program Supervisor July 2011 – November 18,2011 MTFC-C (Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for Middle Childhood) is an evidence based treatment model, which utilizes behavioral techniques to help stabilize foster youth and reduce problematic behaviors. As the program supervisor it is my responsibility to develop individualized treatment goals and ensure the program interventions are being utilized by foster parents; supervise skills trainer and family therapist; to track and document the progress of each client in the program; to provide mental health services; to complete and maintain the proper paperwork for billing through the state Medi-Cal procedures; and to submit quarterly effectiveness reports to the state. This is done in cooperation with county social workers and other service providers. MTFC-C Family Therapist Sept 2009 – June 2011

As a family therapist in the program, my role was to support the supervisor in the activities described above including needs assessment and diagnosis, treatment goals, personal visits, parental interventions, and billing. I was also responsible for managing the annual reviews of Clinical and Social Work Charts of each youth to ensure that the MTFC program met the specific licensing requirements by the State of California. The program received a 100% compliance score for Medi-Cal clinic audit in September 2010.

Family Support Counselor April 2008 – Feb 2010

I worked as a member of a multidisciplinary team to build rapport with foster youth. The therapeutic goals included improving self-regulation skills, interpersonal skills and academic skills. This position also included advocating for the rights of foster care youth; enhancing communication between foster parent and foster child; maintaining progress reports, and linking youth to community services (e.g., dance classes, chess clubs, tutoring services, and skate board parks). SAN DIEGO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES 6950 Levant Street, San Diego, CA 92111 858-***-**** Adoptions Intern August 2008 – May 2009

I provided extra support for 10 cases. My activities were varied and included grief and loss support, learning about the court processes involved in adoption, developing therapeutic techniques to help children learn about emotions, attending case consultations, and unit meeting and training sessions. I also shadowed county social workers in hotline units, and emergency response units. In addition, I researched and wrote two youth’s Tellings (reports that describe a youth’s history as well as an entire family history. These are presented to a potential adoptive family); and supervised visits and recorded case notes from visits with biological parents. I also attended court hearings for parental status reviews and I was subpoenaed and testified about supervised visits. Ahlering 3 of 2

VISTA HILL PARENT CARE 4990 Williams Ave, La Mesa, CA 91942 619-***-**** Drug and Alcohol Support Counselor, Intern August 2007 – May 2008 I was responsible for intake assessment on adult women for drug or alcohol addiction

(dependence or abuse). Assessment included a biopsychosocial assessment, and a Mental Status Exam. As a secondary support counselor I had a caseload of 6-8 clients. I utilized Motivational Interviewing to help clients realize their addiction. I also shadowed and then co-facilitated therapeutic groups as well as educational groups. I wrote case notes for Medi-Cal billing; and developed and co-facilitated children and family group sessions in order to explain addiction and its effects on the family. NEW ALTERNATIVES, INC 4308 3rd Ave, San Diego, CA 92103 619-***-**** Child Care Worker Supervisor Sept 2006 – Feb 2008

The clients, girls and boys aged 6-12, in this program resided in a level 12 group home. I was responsible for the weekly staff schedule to ensure quality supervision and safety for residents. I created and facilitated activities such as arts and crafts and athletic events for residents; maintained an atmosphere where resident’s rights were respected while following the state rules and regulations for group homes; instituted a point/level behavior modification system on a daily basis. The behavior modification program utilized a token economy, which provided residents with rewards and incentives. I ensured open and clear communication between staff on the multidisciplinary team. CREDENTIALS/CERTIFICATIONS

LICSW in the District of Columbia

EDUCATION

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, San Diego, CA May 2009 Master’s in Social Work

MARQUETTE UNIVERSTIY, Milwaukee, WI May 2006

BA in Social Welfare and Justice and Sociology

Concentration: Pre-MSW emphasis for Social Welfare and Justice Major

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