High School Mental Health

Peter DeSimone

Email: ********@****-****.***

Address:

City: Framingham

State: MA

Zip: 01702

Country: USA

Phone: 508-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

Social Worker with supervisory experience and exceptional clinical skills. Well versed in child and adolescent social and emotional problems. Desires a challenging role in fast-paced school environment. Dependable, client-focused, well-organized, team player with unique and perceptive skills in addressing complex social problems. Keen skills in developing relationships with collateral service providers.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Boston University, Boston MA 1/2001 to 4/1998 (Social Work (MSW))

High School Dipolma from Rochester Institute of Technology, Boston MA 1/2001 to 11/2012

Job History / Details:

Professional Summary

Social Worker with supervisory experience and exceptional clinical skills. Well versed in working with child and adolescents experiencing social and emotional problems. Desires a challenging role in a fast-paced school environment. Dependable, client-focused, well-organized, team player with unique and perceptive skills in addressing complex social problems, such as child abuse, substance abuse and domestic violence. Keen skills in developing relationships with collateral service providers.

Core Qualifications

Client-focused

Extremely organized

Team leadership

Risk management and assessment

Creative Problem Solver

Works well under pressure

Knowledgeable of mental health systems

Compassionate

Experience

11/7/2012 12:00:00 AM

Department of Children and Families, Framingham, MA & Cambridge, MA

Supervisor for Adolescent Unit (1999 - 2012)

Worked with twenty-eight cities and towns to coordinate clients' educational and mental health needs with Special Education Departments, School Principals, Guidance Counselors, School Social Workers. Participated in direct involvement in school meetings specifically for students with social and emotional difficulties.

Liaison to Framingham High School in regards to filing 51A's and CHINS.

Educated and trained staff at local schools about the role of DCF.

Represented DCF at monthly Community Based Justice meetings that involved school officials, police officials, juvenile probation officers and truant officers to discuss at risk students.

Created and facilitated small group therapy sessions for adolescent males with diabetes at Framingham High School.

Provided on-going supervision to five DCF social workers, overseeing approximately 100 families receiving services.

Prepared on-going performance reviews of five DCF social workers as well as trained new staff on job responsibilities.

On-going/Adolescent Social Worker (1992 - 1999)

Performed family assessments, service plans and on-going case recordings for 18-22 families as well as adolescents involved in the CHINS process.

Responsible for the emergency removal of children at risk of abuse and/or neglect.

Provided testimony to the Juvenile Court System in regards to gaining custody of children under the Massachusetts Care & Protection laws.

Coordinated foster care, group home and residential placements.

Coordinated supervised visitation between parents and children in placement.

Worked with adolescents and families involved in the CHINS process to accomplish clinical treatment goals.

Implemented use of family systems theory to accomplish goal of reducing adolescent risk.

Education

1997 Boston University Boston, Massachusetts

Masters of Social Work(MSW)

Masters Internship done at Columbia MetroWest Mental Health Association, Framingham, MA. Clinician intern who provided weekly individual therapy sessions to children, adolescents and adults. Participated regularly in case conferences with clinicians and other professionals involved with clients.

1992 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY

Bachelors of Social Work (BSW)

Senior year Internship at the the Child Protective Service of Monroe County, New York working within the the urban environment of the city of Rochester, NY. Worked in collaboration with the gang unit of the Rochester police department to end gang violence.

Professional Affiliations

Licensing: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, License #2029913

Computer Experience: Microsoft Office, Naviance

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