Social Worker, Psychotherapist, Case Worker
Resume:
Miray Mankarious
*** **** ** **, *******, NJ ****2
Cell: 201-***-****
E-mail: *****.**********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE:
Service-focused social worker and program coordinator with a strong commitment to serving the needs of disadvantaged children, youth and adults, including homeless, youth and special-needs populations. Backed by solid credentials (MSW) and equal strengths in case management and clinical interventions.
Work Experience
International Rescue Committee, Elizabeth, N.J.
May 2015 – Present (Intensive Services Social Worker)
Conducting intakes and assessments and develop client-centered, strengths-based service plans based on client needs; assess and monitor client progress at regular intervals to ensure progress on goals is made and designated resources are maximized; modify initial services plans and other case file documents as required.
Connecting clients to community resources to address their health and mental wellness needs.
Assisting clients to set and achieve goals leading to economic and social self-sufficiency.
Ensuring compliance with case file management and reporting requirements.
Identify appropriate medical providers, community partners, and other social service agencies and advocate for refugees to have full, ongoing access to medical and mental health services.
Rios and Associates Therapeutic Solutions, Jersey City, N.J.
September, 2014 - May, 2015 (Graduate Intern)
May, 2015 – Present (Clinician)
Helping Families involved with the Division of child Protection and Permanency to reach permanency and reunification through conducting assessments to both the children and primary care givers.
Designing treatment plans and recommendations for culturally diverse clients and new comers to the USA to help them acculturate and develop and achieve social and career goals.
Promoting the individual and family well being through Individual and family therapy using different therapeutic modules that include Cognitive Behavioral therapy, Dialectic Behavioral therapy, and Play therapy.
Promoting Parents’ awareness of their children physical and emotional needs through parenting skills individual consultation.
Facilitating attachment enhancement sessions between caregivers and children.
The Children’s Aid Society, Staten Island, N.Y.
September 2013 – July 2014 (Graduate Social Work Intern)
Aided permanency planning for foster children and their families through case work management that includes visitation, conducting home studies and assessments and consultation with the families.
Evaluated the needs of foster children and helping foster families in understanding the special needs of foster care children due to the emotional and physical harm that they may have encountered.
Facilitated a Teens anger management open group that helped teen foster Children process their feelings and experiences.
Coordinated Family Team Meetings (FTM) with the goal to reach agreements on which identified child welfare issues will be addressed and how they will be addressed throughout the life of the case.
Developed service agreements that are created using the best ideas the families, informal, and formal supports, the agency approves of, and also lessens risk and heightens safety for the child/youth and family.
Acted as an educational liaison, assessing educational level of foster care children and coordinating with the agency and the school to ensure that educational goals for the child is met through Individual Educational Plans and team meetings with the school team and foster parents.
Developed a Caseworkers’ guide based on research of the key challenges and characteristics of foster care children and created a guide to developing a case management plan to aid physical and mental development.
Coptic Orthodox Church, Alexandria, Egypt
August 2003 – October 2011 (Child Development Volunteer)
Conduct and assisted with health, sensory and behavioral screening of the served population, and matching children with the needed services and programs.
Evaluated progress in meeting the goals, through individual and family meetings and home visits to the served children.
Prepared observation results and child assessments and treatment plans to the served population.
Observed and provided training and resources to volunteers pertaining to child development, home safety, daily routines, best practices and strategies to support individualization.
Responsible for providing suggestions in areas of selecting and formulating teaching materials related to child development.
Performed the tasks of determining parent's capability to understand the needs of their child.
Handle responsibilities of planning recreational programs and educational activities for the children
Performed the tasks of conducting seminars to provide necessary education to families in child development process.
Developed and evaluated child development programs and preschool programs for the served population.
Acted as an educational and career counselor to teenage and young adults served by the program.
DHL Global Forwarding, Egypt
October 2008 – October 2011 (Sales and Marketing Specialist)
Provided data analysis in support of commercial operations CRM.
Worked with clients to resign and develop comprehensive strategic programs to refocus marketing; improve brand awareness, strengthen customer loyalty, and drive revenue growth.
Ensured compliance with safety, security, regulatory, and company policies.
Created the standard operating procedures for the internal process according customer requirements.
Coordinated the air freight forwarding activities with other branches of DHL Global forwarding overseas.
Communicate with key persons in overseas offices in order to set up targets and policies relating to rate procurement and marketing strategies.
Education
New York University
Master of Social Work
September 2012 – May 2015
Alexandria University, Egypt
Bachelor's Degree: Business administration
September 2003 - August 2008
Languages
Arabic
Native Language
English
Bilingual Proficiency (Reading, Writing and Speaking)
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