Social Services

Kimberly D. Nicholson

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EDUCATION

Grand Canyon University

Master of Christian Studies: Pastoral Ministries, August 2013

University of South Carolina-Aiken

Bachelor of Arts: Psychology, December 2008; GPA: 2.7/4.0

Spartanburg Methodist College

Associate of Arts Degree, December 2006; GPA: 3.4/4.0

WORK EXPERIENCE

South Carolina Department of Social Services 08/2012-current

Intensive Foster Care and Clinical Services

Children’s Clinical Services Coordinator I

• Provides intensive case management services, including assessment, advocacy, monitoring and permanency

planning, to a caseload of emotionally disturbed children and adolescents in intensive foster care.

• Ensures all state and federal child welfare requirements are met.

• Assumes a leadership role in the preparation of a comprehensive, individualized service/treatment plan for

each child in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of professionals from such areas as education,

medicine, psychology, psychiatry, juvenile justice, legal, etc.

• Monitors the effectiveness of treatment interventions and develops creative approaches if non-traditional

methods fail.

• Ensures that a permanent plan is developed for each child; participates in court and Foster Care Review

Board hearings as required by state statute and agency policy.

• Develops and maintains close working relationships with the client, family, other agencies and all service

providers to ensure the appropriate delivery of services.

• Maintains current case records on each client, documenting contacts, service activities and other required

information within agency case management standards and guidelines.

Beaufort County School District- Whale Branch Early College High School 07/2010- 07/2012

Guidance Administrative Assistant/Registrar

• Provides intensive case management services, including assessment, advocacy, monitoring and permanency

planning, to a caseload of emotionally disturbed children and adolescents in intensive foster care.

• Ensures all state and federal child welfare requirements are met.

• Assumes a leadership role in the preparation of a comprehensive, individualized service/treatment plan for

each child in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of professionals from such areas as education,

medicine, psychology, psychiatry, juvenile justice, legal, etc.

• Monitors the effectiveness of treatment interventions and develops creative approaches if non-traditional

methods fail.

• Ensures that a permanent plan is developed for each child; participates in court and Foster Care Review

Board hearings as required by state statute and agency policy.

• Develops and maintains close working relationships with the client, family, other agencies and all service

providers to ensure the appropriate delivery of services.

• Maintains current case records on each client, documenting contacts, service activities and other required

information within agency case management standards and guidelines.

Beaufort County School District- Battery Creek High School 12/2009-07/2010

Expectations Coach

• To accelerate the development and implementation of a comprehensive program for improving college

aspiration, access and participation among economically disadvantaged students also known as First

Generation College Students (FGC).

• Provide leadership for the expectations’ team responsible for implementing interventions and strategies that

will prepare students for high school completion and success in post-secondary education.

• Provide activities that include goal setting as it relates to the connection between self-awareness, academics,

postsecondary education and career choices.

• Plan and schedule family and community meetings to build support and resources for FGC students.

Palmetto Lowcountry Behavior Health 1/2009-06/2009

Mental Health Technician

• Provide advanced level direct individual and group treatment and other aspects of care to patients

with psychiatric disorders, addictive disease disorders or related substance abuse or chemical dependency

problems or those dually diagnosed with psychiatric and chemically dependency disorders.

• Ensure the safety and well-being of these patients; and to support the maintenance of a therapeutic milieu.

Clemson University/Youth Learning Institute

Department of Juvenile Justice

Field Instructor, Aiken SC 04/2008-01/2009

• Supervise and work with at-risk youth who have been termed status offenders

• Assist youth in identifying their interests and assessing their strengths and weaknesses, all in a natural, camp-

like setting rather than behind the fence of a prison or juvenile detention facility.

• Scheduling, supervising, coordinating youth activities, and performing administrative duties to include daily

oral or written clinical reports.

• Provide teaching, crisis intervention, therapeutic programming, resiliency skills, life skills, jobs skills,

consumer skills and leisure skills and behavior modification.

Aiken County Department of Social Services- Child Protective Services 08/2008- 12/2008

Internship, Aiken, SC

• Help with investigation reports of child abuse/neglect in child care centers and homes and help prepare

treatment plans for clients.

Beaufort County Parks and Leisure Services (Seasonal) 05/2005-08/2007

Assistant Camp Counselor, Beaufort, SC

• Assist children from 8am-5pm with hands-on craft activities and coordinate schedule of activities.

Beaufort County School District, (Seasonal) 05/2005- 08/2007

Substitute Teacher, Beaufort, SC

• Teach classes at the pre-school, primary, elementary or secondary level in the absence of their teacher.

LEADERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES

• Head Varsity Volleyball Coach; Head Varsity Softball Coach; USCA Seeds of Abraham (01/2007-12/2008);

USCA Pacer Spirit (1/2007-12/2008); USCA Intramurals (01/2004-12/2008); Emerging Leaders Camp

Gravatt Retreat (01/25-26/2008); Student Leadership Retreat (08/7-8/2007); Pacer Idol (02/2007); SMC

Gospel Choir (08/05-12/06); SMC Student Support Services Mentor (08/05-12/06); USCA Voices of Praise

(08/2004-2005)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Walk for Autism (4/2009); Relay for Life (4/2008); Youth Alcohol Prevention Night at USCA (2/26/2007);

Kids Night Out at USCA (1/18/2007-2008)

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Volleyball Coach of the Year 2011-2012; Nomination for 2010-2011 Support Staff of the Year; USCA Pacer

Academic Scholarship; USCA Pacer Spirit Most Dependable Member Award; Life Scholarship Recipient;

Who’s Who Among Junior College Students; Who’s Who Among High School Students for Academics and

Athletics; SMC Vicki Corn Softball Award (Best All-Around Player); SMC Leadership Award for Volleyball

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Microsoft Word; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft PowerPoint, SPSS

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