Services Mental Health

Melissa Orzechowski, MSW

Social Worker

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Summary

Master’s level professional with more than 7 years’ experience in direct social service practice.

Experience

Mental Health Professional at PA Counseling Services

June 2013 - November 2013 (6 months)

• Clinical services through individual and family therapy to the child and family in the home, school and/or

community.

• Provide intensive services to children who are at risk for out-of-home placement due to a severe emotional

and/or behavioral disorder or severe mental illness. The service objective goals are to reduce out-of-home

placement of children, strengthen and maintain family unit, increase life skills and coping capacities and

reunify families previously separated.

• Experience with crisis intervention services through the function as an on-call worker.

• Provide case management services for the child and family including brokering to community systems and

other appropriate services.

• Planned services collaboratively with the child or adolescent's family, the mental health system, the school,

and other agencies.

Caseworker II at Berks County Children and Youth Services

May 2007 - April 2013 (6 years)

• Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) experience with children and adolescents

diagnosed with emotional disturbances gain access to needed services.

• Monitored and assessed the safety of children, while developing and implementing plans to ensure their

protection. In addition, assessed the likelihood of future child abuse/neglect through risk assessments.

• Executed visitation, supervision and services to children placed in foster homes, group homes and

residential treatment facilities.

• Direct work with families to assist them to address and remediate the issues that brought their child(ren) to

be placed outside of their care.

• Experience in the court room and confident in testimony and advocacy for families and children.

• Promoted models of appropriate behavior for children and families while guiding the family toward a more

apposite interaction.

• Caseload consistent with levels of service to include: adoption (termination hearings & testimony writing);

foster care and general protective services.

• Client population affected conditions such as: addiction, mental health, intellectual development disabilities,

and chronic medical issues.

1 recommendation available upon request

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Caseworker at Lancaster County Children and Youth Agency

May 2006 - May 2007 (1 year 1 month)

Managed 10 families at any given time during internship. Duties and responsibilities were the same of

caseworkers. Completed all CORE trainings required of child welfare workers. Caseload was varied to

include families at the three levels of service: intake, protective and placement.

Skills & Expertise

Case Managment

Child Welfare

Foster Care

Social Services

Medical Social Work

Adoption

Child Protective Services

Family Services

Child Advocacy

Mental Health

Child Development

Behavioral Health

DBT

Crisis Intervention

Case Management

Family Therapy

Building Relationships

Education

Marywood University

Master of Social Work (MSW), Social Work, 2009 - 2012

Elizabethtown College

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Social Work, 2003 - 2007

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Melissa Orzechowski, MSW

Social Worker

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1 person has recommended Melissa

"Melissa was always professional and courteous. She worked collaboratively with our agency to aide in the

progression of cases. My staff really enjoyed working with her!"

Thaeda Franz, Director of Services-Berks County, Signature Family Services, was with another company

when working with Melissa at County of Berks

Contact Melissa on LinkedIn

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