Manager Training
Resume:
Mallory Dowd
**** *. ***********, *** *, Chicago, IL 60647
***********@*****.***
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
MSW; NASW member; passionate advocate for traumatized and disadvantaged
children and adolescents; experience providing counseling, crisis
intervention, and advocacy services to adolescents, adults, and families
who have experienced sexual abuse and case management services to parents
of at risk children with developmental delays; non-profit supervisory and
program coordination experience; knowledge of the DCFS system, child
development, psychiatric diagnostics, individual and family treatment
methods, and comprehensive neurodevelopmental and behavioral assessment
tools; strong writing, communication, and computer skills; currently
seeking LSW licensure.
EDUCATION
Master of Social Work (MSW), Western Michigan University
Graduated: June 2010
Concentration: Interpersonal Practice; Cumulative GPA: 4.0
Elective coursework in recovery-oriented systems of care, holistic health,
and creative/expressive therapies.
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Western Michigan University
Graduated: Apr 2008
Majors: Gender and Women's Studies; English, Emphasis in Creative Writing
PROFESSIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Southwest Michigan Children's Trauma Assessment Center, Kalamazoo,
Michigan, August 2009 - Present
Social Work Intern for university-based trauma-informed children's
assessment center
. Participated as member of transdisciplinary team and gained highly
supervised, extensive training in trauma-informed assessment of
neurodevelopmental functioning, reasoning skills/intelligence (K-BIT 2),
social communication skills, and psychosocial functioning.
. Conducted child-centered psychosocial interviews and play and gathered
social histories using ethnographic interviewing methods.
. Prepared comprehensive reports integrating trauma and attachment theory
and assessment results, drawing conclusions, and making recommendations
regarding care placements, sibling contact, parental rights, and needed
services and programs.
. Participated in numerous trainings regarding Trauma-Focused Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy and child traumatic stress.
Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services, Three Rivers, Michigan, May 2009 - May
2010
Sexual Assault Program Coordinator for rural domestic and sexual violence
victim services agency
. Coordinated service delivery to survivors of sexual assault/abuse and
their families.
. Provided individual and family counseling, crisis intervention, and
personal and legal advocacy to assist survivors in securing rights,
remedies, and services, as well as transportation to relevant
appointments and assertive linkages to outside agencies and programs.
. Marketed sexual assault program to the community and identified potential
new referral sources.
. Coordinated and provided training for staff and volunteers regarding
sexual assault protocol and dynamics of abuse.
. Led systems change efforts on behalf of survivors across service area and
provided presentations and trainings on sexual assault to law enforcement
agencies, human service and health care providers, school officials,
faith-based organizations, and clubs.
. Participated in family violence task forces and other interagency
collaborative groups.
. Presented Healthy Relationships, the agency's dating/sexual violence
curriculum, to middle and high school students.
WIDR FM, Kalamazoo, Michigan, April 2006 - April 2009
Program Director for university non-profit radio station
. Provided comprehensive training and supervision to 90+ on-air staff
members, including conducting regular performance evaluations.
. Organized and maintained 24/7 program schedule and developed and assisted
in the creation of new programming.
. Devised and modified training materials and monitored compliance with
Federal FCC regulations and station policy.
. Wrote and revised content for station website, staff emails, press
releases, and event listings.
. Served as primary liaison between the board of directors, general
manager, and on-air staff members.
YWCA of Kalamazoo Domestic and Sexual Assault Programs, Kalamazoo,
Michigan, November 2008 - May 2009
Residential Services Specialist for urban women's empowerment and victim
services agency
. Administered support and supervision of emergency shelter residents,
including enforcement of shelter contract.
. Coordinated admittance and intake of shelter residents and arranged
alternate shelter, as needed.
. Monitored crisis line and ensured the proper maintenance of client files,
completion of chores, and disbursement of medications.
. Provided empathic and empowering approach to assisting and advocating for
shelter residents and their children.
Kalamazoo County Head Start, Kalamazoo, Michigan, August 2008 - April 2009
Social Work Intern for Family and Community Partnerships program of federal
school readiness agency
. Provided case management services, including goal setting and
intervention, home and school visits, and contracting.
. Prepared and facilitated psychoeducational groups with parents focusing
on issues including budgeting, parenting styles, self-care, barriers to
overcoming poverty and the Fatherhood Initiative.
COMPETENCIES AND TRAININGS
. Practical knowledge of conversational Spanish (working toward fluency).
. Proficient in the use of both Windows and Mac OSX operating systems,
Microsoft Office, and Adobe Suite programs.
. Completed Medical University of South Carolina's Trauma-Focused Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) online training.
. Trained in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of extensive
neurodevelopmental assessments, the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test
(Second Edition), and behavioral assessment tools including the Child
Behavior Checklist (CBCL), ADHD Symptoms Rating Scale, Reactive
Attachment Disorder Questionnaire (RADQ), Alexithymia Scale for Children,
Child Sexual Behavior Inventory (CSBI), Trauma Symptom Checklist for
Children (TSCC), and the Marschak Interaction Method (MIM).
. Familiar with CBT, TF-CBT, Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT),
TARGET intervention, and Collaborative Problem Solving.
. Knowledgeable regarding DSM IV-TR and DC: 0-3 diagnostics.
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