Career Summary

Versatile senior-level professional with 18+ years in the child, family and social services arena. Proven track record and thorough knowledge of evidence-based counseling techniques, familiarity with briefs, social work principles, structured intervention techniques, practices, and their application to complex casework. Ability to assess client family environments to determine potential or imminent risk to the safety of children residing in the household, complying with all safety regulations. Utilize a wide range of psychosocial evaluation techniques to provide support, services and stabilization for clients. Provide emotional support, education and coordinate appropriate resources to promote quality and continuity of care. Extensive knowledge of CPR and first aid, medical and psychological terminology.

Professional Diplomacy: Skilled in establishing rapport with clients, applying intervention techniques, and assessing psychosocial and behavioral aspects of client problems. Proven ability to convey difficult and challenging information in a professional and considerate manner with mature judgment and discretion.

Analytical Skills: Solid analytical assessment of family dynamics, as well as interventions with members and/or families with significant anxieties, inadequate coping, and possible severe emotional disorders, developmental disabilities, and mental illnesses. Exercise initiative, employ creativity in resolving problems; exhibit objectivity, independent judgment and tact in maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive matters.

Assessment and Intervention Skills: In depth understanding of a wide range of behavioral and psychosocial problems significant in client diagnosis and treatment assessments. Experienced in individualized evaluations of clients with various emotional and psychological needs. Considerable knowledge of family and group dynamics, intervention techniques, governmental, non-profit and private organizations, resources in the community, laws, regulations and policies.

Continuity of Care

Risk Assessments

Crisis Counseling

Impactful Communicator

Process Improvement

Treatment Planning

Resourceful Problem Solver

Collaborative Approach

Strategic Partnerships

Child & Family Advocate

Case Management

MS Office Programs

Critical Skill Set

Professional Experience

Medical Social Worker Reliance Hospice July 2015 – present

Address problems related to patients illness, provide sound advice to patients and families connecting them to community resources, providing psychotherapy, completing psycho social assessments, assist in discharge planning, work with other health care providers. Implement social work treatment plans and monitor effectiveness of interventions; complete comprehensive social work assessment and periodic reassessment with the goal of maintaining intact families and improving family functioning.

Served as an integral member of the healthcare team providing assessments, coordination, treatment planning, information, community resources and other social work services to meet the complex needs of patients and families.

Social Worker IV Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) March 2015 – June 2015

Served as an advocate to ensure the physical and emotional well-being of high-risk mental health youth. Worked with cases involving neglect, abuse, emotional and behavioral problems, physical/mental disabilities or other health conditions affecting a client's safety, family relationships, or in-home care. Assessed issues and determined age-appropriate types and methods of treatment; developed intensive long or short-term treatment plans to improve or restore individual and family functioning. Conducted field visits, away from the home office, in order to carry out service plans, observe and assess client needs, and provide resources and applicable social work services. Interpreted public social service rules, regulations, and policies for clients and their families. Maintained up-to-date electronic records of all aspects of client case management in a centralized database.

Identified placement options for clients in the continuum of care settings and coordinate services treatment services to ensure clients receive the full range of services for which they are eligible.

Social Worker Casey Family Programs January 2001 – March 2015

Over fourteen years of social service leadership in a non-profit agency with referrals from Child Protective Services (CPS), Washington State. Provided strategic framework for focused client services with accountability for the execution of crisis counseling, psychosocial historical data, life skill classes and casework services to mentally challenged, abused and neglected youth. Collaborated with mental health professionals in the observation of behavioral patterns to develop strategic options and therapeutic goals for effective treatment, reconnection and interaction between youth and family members. Created treatment plans, initial assessments, level of care considerations, and written recommendations in preparation for Interdisciplinary team feedback. Advanced knowledge and expert skill in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practices and services, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services.

Accomplishments

Partnered with a diverse interdisciplinary team and provided case consultation and comprehensive client-centered mental health services resulting in an increase of client retention from 59% in FY12 to 87% in FY14.

Cultivated positive, productive relationships with youth clients, families, health team members, educators, law enforcement, and community providers to promote the effective coordination of resources and services.

Served as a senior facilitator and consultant on a multi-state social services team responsible for the assessment and recommendations related to delays in return to home cases. Focused on the identification of resources, case planning, home and school visits, and the implementation of home safety plans; reduced placement time by 47% in 5 months.

Ensured families adopted manageable, effective home safety plans to aid in the successful transition and return to home of youth; decreased average return to home time from 11 weeks to 4 weeks.

Additional Career History

SOCIAL WORKER Children & Family Services Seattle, WA 11/97 -01/01

MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER Heartland Home Healthcare Seattle, WA 2/98 -12/98

SOCIAL WORKER Children & Family Services Seattle, WA 7/90 -12/95

Education, Affiliations & Training

Master of Social Work, MSW, Administration & Planning Concentration (with honors) July 1997

Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL

Bachelor of Science in Social Work, Mental Health and Child Abuse June 1983

Loma Linda University, Riverside, CA

Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW), Member August 1997

Washington, D.C., Corporate Office

Action Network of Social Work Education and Research (ANSWER), Member October 1997

Washington, D.C., Corporate Office

Contact

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Note: currently resides in Riverside County; open to commuting within Southern CA

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