High School Training

Sharron M. Pettiford

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Address:

City: Bartlesville

State: OK

Zip: 74003

Country: USA

Phone: 918-***-****

Skill Level: Any

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Primary Skills/Experience:

I graduated from Northeastern State University with a Bachelor of Arts with Core concentrations in Criminal Justice and Public Administration. I have five years in the Criminal Justice Field with three years in the court system. I have one year of specialized social work experience from the Department of Human Services. I have assisted in treatment courts such as, Drug and DUI Courts with treatment providers for one year. I have assisted in Juvenile Deprived and Permanency Courts for two years. My training in Child Welfare includes: Introduction to Child Sexual Abuse, Diversity, Specialized Child Protective Services / FCS, Specialized Permanency Planning, Specialized Foster Home Policy, Substance Abuse Level 1, Out of Home Care, Engaging and Interviewing Children, Resource Family Assessment, Children and Family Services Review, Assessment of Child Safety. I have extensive training with the State Independent Living program; and have work as a Job Developer for Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitative Services; with a stimulus program geared at locating young adults ages seventeen and older that the department had lost touch with after graduation. My job was to locate these young adults and identify their goals and provide resources and referrals for those identified young adults. I was very successful and the department was able to capture those individuals and report those celebrated successes to the Federal Government.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK 1/2001 to 12/2008 (Paralegal Studies)

High School Dipolma from Northeastern State University, Tulsa OK 1/2001 to 11/2012

Job History / Details:

Professional Summary

I graduated from Northeastern State University with a Bachelor of Arts with Core concentrations in Criminal Justice and Public Administration. I have five years in the Criminal Justice Field with three years in the court system. I have one year of specialized social work experience from the Department of Human Services. I have assisted in treatment courts such as, Drug and DUI Courts with treatment providers for one year. I have assisted in Juvenile Deprived and Permanency Courts for two years. My training in Child Welfare includes: Introduction to Child Sexual Abuse, Diversity, Specialized Child Protective Services / FCS, Specialized Permanency Planning, Specialized Foster Home Policy, Substance Abuse Level 1, Out of Home Care, Engaging and Interviewing Children, Resource Family Assessment, Children and Family Services Review, Assessment of Child Safety. I have extensive training with the State Independent Living program; and have work as a Job Developer for Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitative Services; with a stimulus program geared at locating young adults ages seventeen and older that the department had lost touch with after graduation. My job was to locate these young adults and identify their goals and provide resources and referrals for those identified young adults. I was very successful and the department was able to capture those individuals and report those celebrated successes to the Federal Government.

Core Qualifications

Out of Home Care

Treatment Plans

Trauma Focused Practice

Needs based practice

Assessment of Child Safety

Experience

October 2010 to October 2011

OKDHS Muskogee, OK

Child Welfare WorkerI

I conducted monthly worker visits, assessed child safety courts reports, formulated treatment plans for families; placed travel claims, scheduled visitation for families. Conducted Family Functional Assessments of families; a tool used to determine needs based on current and past behaviors. Accumulated over 350 hours in Child Welfare behavioral based practice through the University of Oklahoma who is a partner with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

Education

2008 University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK

CP Paralegal Studies

Completed a sixty-four credit hour program of study, that qualifies me to work in the area of legal litigation under the supervision of a attorney. i have over five years experience with the Judiciary. I have assisted in domestic, Juvenile, and Criminal Court.

2006 Northeastern State University Tahlequah, OK

Bachelor of Arts Criminal Justice/Public Administration

I have completed two internships in Criminal Justice for the Department of Corrections in Probation and Parole ; and one for the Oklahoma District Court. i have subjective and Objective training in my field of study.

Professional Affiliations

LWVOK (League of Women Voters Oklahoma): State Board Membership committee member. (Appointed 2011)

LWVMT (League of women Voters Metro Tulsa): Board Member, Director of Membership (2010-2011)

Young Democrats of Oklahoma:

State Minority Caucus Chair (2007-2010)

State Executive Board (2007-2009)

Tulsa County President (2007-2008)

Young Democrats of America

Southeast Regional Director: Women's Caucus (2010)

Implemented National Initiatives of the DNC Youth Council

Oversaw State Women Caucus Chairs

Junior League of Tulsa (2009-Present): various committee assignments

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (till I die) - Tulsa Alumnae Chapter

CWA (AFL-CIO)-member in good standing (2009-2011)

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Active Member / Social Action Committee

Lead Voter Registration Drives, where we registered over one hundred people in high disparity areas of the city.

Oklahoma Democratic Women- Active Member

League of Women Voters- Local and State Board Member; Director of Membership for the local board where I was able to increase membership by forty percent; and twenty five percent statewide on the state board; adding one new chapter and twenty-two new Members at-Large for our organization.

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