School Assistant

Nancy Mclernon

Classroom Assistant - Friends School

Clarkston, MI

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Classroom Assistant

Friends School - Detroit, MI - 2009 to Present

Assisted with daily activity and school assignments in the class room

• Coordinated special projects related to holidays and current events

• Counseled individual students in response to crisis situations

• Assisted new students with adjustment to new school environment Professional Youth Worker

Boys & Girls Clubs - Auburn Hills, MI - June 2011 to 2012 Youth Enrichment Activities Y.E.A. Summer Program

Boys And Girls Clubs Of South Eastern Mi. - Township, MI, US - June 2006 to August 2008 Coordinated youth cultural and social enrichment activities

• Created and implemented Anti-Bullying Program Implemented,The Question Of The Day" where all age members read different newspapers to find the answers to current event questions. Worked with small group of members whose hyperactivity and behaviors placed them at risk for using impulsive behaviors which could lead to difficulties and to prevent their being suspended. School Social Worker - Oak Valley Middle School

Huron Valley School System - Milford, MI - 1994 to 2002 Evaluated students for emotional and behavioral concerns

• Compiled detailed reports and presented recommendations at IEP conferences

• Provided crisis intervention services to students and their families

• Counseled parents and students individually and in groups

• Liaison with Child Welfare State Services and local social service resources Student Assistance Facilitator

• Provided alcohol and drug awareness groups for all students

• Facilitated enrichment groups - Changing Families and Precious Memories grief/loss groups

• Facilitated weekly group for students diagnosed with attention deficit and/or hyperactivity.

• Served as sponsor for Student Council.

School Social Worker - Hartland High School / Latson Road Elementary Livingston Educational Service Agency - Howell, MI - 1993 to 1994 Evaluated students for emotional and behavioral concerns

• Compiled detailed reports and presented recommendations at IEP conferences

• Worked with students in the classroom and conferred with teachers

• Provided crisis intervention services to students and their families

• Counseled parents and students individually and in groups

• Liaison with Child Welfare State Services and local social service resources Clinical Social Worker/School Social Worker

Methodist Children's Society - Redford, MI - 1988 to 1993 Responsible for providing clinical treatment to emotionally impaired children and adolescents attending school day treatment program.

• Provided weekly assistance to parents

• Collaborated daily with teachers and principal of day treatment program.

• Prepared reports and participated in IEP conferences at district schools.

• Supervised clinical social work unit in absence of supervisor.

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Foster Care Social Worker

Lutheran Social Services of Michigan - Detroit, MI - 1986 to 1988 Independently managed a foster care caseload of 25 to 30 children at any given time.

• Designed case plan and goals for parents, directed them to appropriate resources, and observed family progress in order to determine a permanency plan for the children.

• Wrote initial and quarterly reports and testified at regularly scheduled court hearings.

• Supervised and coordinated family visits.

Pediatric Social Worker/Emergency Room Social Worker Butterworth Hospital - Grand Rapids, MI - 1985 to 1986 Responsible for providing services, counseling, and discharge planning to individuals and families admitted to a 40 bed acute care unit and a 6 bed critical care pediatric unit.

• Facilitator for "Children at Heart" parents support group whose children were receiving open-heart surgery.

• Provided crisis intervention, counseling, and support to patients and caregivers.

• Served as consultant to monthly Oral Cleft clinic and Pediatric walk in clinic. Professional Youth Worker

Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Michigan - Detroit, MI - 1981 to 1984 Provided after school and weekend school tutoring, first aid instruction, and cultural/social activities for children ages 7 through 17.

Director of Recreation/Activity Service

Florence Crittenton Services - Baltimore, MD - 1977 to 1979 Developed and implemented recreational activity program for pregnant/teen residents.

• Facilitated prenatal exercise and labor preparation classes. Also met with young womwn placed due to behaviorial risks and emotional problems which warrented treatment in a safe secured residential program. Research Assistant

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health & Hygiene - Baltimore, MD - 1976 to 1979 Interviewer for Cancer Research Program.

EDUCATION

Masters of Social Work

Wayne State University - Detroit, MI

1985

Bachelors Of Science,Social Work in Social Work,Clinical and Macro License Weatern Michigan University - Kalamazoo, MI

1972 to 1976

Bachelors of Social Work

Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, MI

1976

SKILLS

Field work at Dept. Of Social Services, Tenent/ Landlord problems. Advocacy, Community organization, clinical support services.

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