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Brenda Fletes

Child Protection Social Worker III

Hustisford, WI 53034

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Child Protection Social Worker III

Dodge County Human Services & Health Department - Juneau, WI - April 2001 to June 2015 Job Duties: To assess the safety of children in their family homes, relative homes and foster home placements. To interview all involved parties and make decisions quite promptly regarding where members of the family should reside and what resources may be most helpful. Sometimes court hearings are required for the families in which attorneys, social workers and judges can collaborate to make initial decisions for families in these crisis situations. During the court process an ongoing social worker is assigned early on to build rapport with the family also. It is necessary for the intake social worker and the ongoing social worker to maintain good rapport throughout this process and to work together for the best interest of the family. Ongoing Social Worker

Innovative Family Partnerships, Inc - December 1999 to April 2001 Job Duties: To work with at risk families and ensure that they are actively participating in their children's lives and working on their reunification plan to possibly reunify with their child or children someday in the near future. As an ongoing social worker responsibilities included testifying at court hearings, home visits, school visits, referring families for counseling, monitoring AODA issues, providing supervised visitation for families, collaborating with school officials, and determining the best outcome for the families in a team setting. Group Home Manager

Homes for Independent Living - West Bend, WI - July 1997 to April 2001 Responsibilities

Supervision of a four bed adult Group Home with different abilities. Supervision of the staff in that Group Home and to delegate the daily duties to each staff member. To develop IEP Plans and ensure that the goals of each individual were followed and achieved. To monitor the medications of each consumer in the home. To make sure the household shopping and planning of meals was accomplished each day. Doing the weekly schedules and working daily shifts myself if needed.

Accomplishments

I was a direct care staff for two months and then I was promoted to a Senior Counselor to manage the day to day operations of the Group Home.

Skills Used

I used the skills that I was educated in while taking my college coursework. In addition, I volunteered at a teenage girls group home and a battered women's shelter. EDUCATION

BA in Human Services

Franklin Pierce Liberal Arts College - Portsmouth, NH 1992 to 1997

SKILLS

Case Management (10+ years)

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Social Worker in Wisconsin

July 2001 to Present

Certified Social Worker

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I am very outgoing and able to relate and work with all populations. I have cultural diversity as I worked with the African-American culture in Milwaukee and the Hispanic population in Dodge County.

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