Human Resources High School

Location:

Alexandria, AL

Posted:

May 12, 2015

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To whom it may concern,

I am respectfully requesting to be considered for the opportunity to interview

for the position with your agency. I have extensive experience in providing a healthy and safe environment for children and adults by building a strong and positive relationships with assisting them with their addiction problems.

I am responsible, hardworking, and highly motivated professional with years

of experience displaying a lifetime commitment as a positive in fluency on others to achieve a difference in the community. I have four years of education in Spanish Communication Skills; two years at a high school level and two years at undergraduate college level.

For several years, I was employed by Jacksonville State University as the

P rogram Facilitator of the Social, Emotional, and Wellness Program in Anniston Middle School, in close collaboration with The Public Education Foundation ofAlabama located in Anniston Alabama. During that time, I was the primary teacher responsible for classroom management to ensure a positive learning environment by monitoring with discipline, problem solving, and modelling leadership characteristics to achieve a social, emotional, intellectual, physical development,and personal wellness for at risk children every child once a week.

In addition, I was became employed by The State of Alabama at Coosa Valley

Youth Services in a therapeutic home where I was responsible for ensuring being responsible for maintain daily guidance, motoring, schedules, and to develop lesson plans for group therapy, twice a day. I was to ensure a positive change in the lives of the trouble youth that were court ordered residents to the facility due to drug usage until they could achieve

personal growth that displayed leadership skills through a positive reinforcing therapeutic environment, while maintaining the documentation for every day activity recorded daily.

Then I just recently resigned from my over three years of employment with The State of Alabama working at The Department of Human Resources as a Licensed Social Worker (LBSW) with family and children/adult services by determining if drug treatment and drug test monitoring was needed and then provided in order to promote improving parental protective capacities to educate families on good decision making skills to ensure a healthy and safe environment for every child in the community.

Thank you for your time and consideration for the employment opportunity, where I am look forward to be able to interview with your agency.

Respectfully,

Ashley Morrison, LBSW

256-***-****, ***************@*****.***

Ashley Morrison, LBSW

104 Elmer Drive Alexandria AL 36250

256-***-****

***************@*****.***

Seeking an opportunity to use my education, experience, and skills for employment, I am a

responsible, ambitious, hardworking, and highly qualified professional looking to make a greater difference to better serve my community.

Education

February 27, 2013 The National Social Workers Association

• Licensure Exam for Social Work in the State of Alabama

• License number: 5014B

December 16, 2011 Jacksonville State University

Bachelor of Science in Social Work

• GPA of 3.53

• Member of the Social Work Club

• Member of The National Association of Social Workers

August 11, 2005 Gadsden State Community College

Associates in Science-Cum Laude

• Graduated with Academic Honors

• Graduated on National Dean’s List with a GPA 3.83

• Honor member inducted into Phi Theta Kappa Society, an international scholastic order of two-

year colleges.

• Honor dignitary of The National Dean’s List academic achievement award that is bestowed to

high achieving college students.

Social Work Experience

• The Department of Human Resources: February 2012- May 2015

[Licensed Social Worker] Provides direct case management of clients by clerical responsibilities, conducting through assessments of the family dynamics, determining if basic needs are being met, making referrals to fulfill those needs,monitoring compliance within the service program such as drug screening compliance and compliance with treatment facility, determining safety threats for children, assist in ensuring the primary needs of the children are met, testifying at court proceedings requiring the client’s case plans, assisting law enforcement agencies in child abuse/neglect investigation cases, participating in Multi-disciplinary staffing to criminal prosecution for abuse to children by the District Attorney.

Licensure Social Worker in the State of Alabama

• Coosa Valley Youth Services: 2010-2012

[Childcare Worker] Provides direct supervision of several troubled youth in residential therapeutic

treatment program, assisted to ensure the primary needs of the clients are met, a daily schedule is

maintained for a healthy and safe environment through supportive guidance with discipline to encourage

positive influence in behavior, modeled appropriate professional character to educate proper social skills to promote self-esteem and personal growth of residents. Responsible for group therapy by responsible

twice a day for group therapy to facilitate activities develop lesson plan and conducted twice a day grouptherapy to achieve growth in behavior modification plan to educate the youth about social, personal, and

leadership skills to encourage their development in overall wellness. Responsible to provide fourindividual per each youth and one group skill defined by Alabama's definition of Medicaid Basis Living Skills for the youth. Maintain daily documentation for each lesson plan, behavior skill, and every activity that occurred that day.

Employee of the month for September of 2011

• Jacksonville State University Wellness Center: 2010-2012

[Program Facilitator] Organizes and coordinates educational and empowerment lesson plans as a teacher, once a week where I developed and facilitated skill-building classes that provide personal development in

the youth in a classroom setting at Anniston Middle School. Collaborated with The Public Education Foundation Director by clear verbal and written communication to achieve a social, emotional,educational, physical, and development in the wellness of every at risk student.

Training/Volunteer Work

• American Red Cross Certificate for CPR and First Aid (2011-2013)

• Interpersonal Communications (2012-2013)

• Social/Cultural Diversity (2012-2013)

• Report Writing (2012-2013)

• Counseling Techniques (2012-2013)

• Boys Town Model (2012-2013)

• Social Policy and Services (3 hours)

• Family and Child Services (3 hours)

• Crisis Intervention (3 hours)

• Family Preservation Practice (3 hours)

• Social Work in the Health Care and Mental Health (6 hours)