Case Manager Domestic Violence
Resume:
ELIZABETH ALVAREZ
Saddle Brook NJ *7663
Phone: 201-***-****
Email: *****@***.***
EDUCATION
****-******* *** **** ********** New York, NY
Post Master’s Certificate Child and Family Therapy
2006-2008 New York University New York, NY
M.S.W., Clinical Social Work
2001 Interamerican University of Puerto Rico San Juan, PR
B.A., Psychology
WORK EXPERIENCE
2024-2025 NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION ON CORRECTION
PASSAIC COUNTY DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE CENTER Paterson, NJ
Bilingual Counselor/Case Manager
●Interview program participants.
●Provide casework, supportive counseling and counseling referral to participants.
●Participate in staff meetings and in the screening process for prospective residents.
● Prepare and maintain client records including social histories, chronological reports, case summaries and other information as needed.
●Assist participants in obtaining gainful vocational training, job training or employment. · Whenever appropriate, meet with the families of clients and provide referrals.
● Provide appropriate advocacy and referrals for clients seeking housing, legal advice, etc., while encouraging and facilitating clients’ independent action.
●Maintain up-to-date records of all activities and submit weekly reports to supervisory staff. · Perform other duties as assigned.
2024 YWCA UNION COUNTY Kenilworth, NJ
Outreach Domestic Violence Counselor
●Responsible for ensuring the following services are provided to non-residential clients: individual counseling, support groups, advocacy, provide domestic violence information and referrals to outside agencies, refer to YWCA programs as appropriate.
● Provide individual counseling and support groups in partner agency sites in at least 3 different municipalities to serve victims who are unwilling or unable to come to YWCA sites. • Provide counseling services to clients accessing the future Union County Family Justice Center, once operational.
● Provide the following direct services: intakes/exit interviews, initial individual counseling sessions (including safety planning, education, assessment for services) and psycho-educational group counseling, client advocacy and referral.
●Meet walk-in clientele as needed. Conduct Family Violence Option (FVO) Assessments as needed.
●Conduct services at various YWCA locations as needed.
●Ensure that the public and other service providers are aware of YWCA Union County’s counseling services program.
●Provide trainings and educational seminars and other awareness-raising events to different groups throughout Union County to educate on the signs and symptoms of domestic violence, identifying victims of domestic violence, and how to assess and refer appropriately for services. • Assist in providing technical assistance and/or training to volunteers and other community groups.
●Update outreach materials and maintain material for curriculum and procedures. • Work in conjunction with the Coordinator of Counseling, Director of Community Support Services, and the Assistant Executive Director to ensure that all communities within the service area of Union County are served.
●Expand the services provided in the counseling program to meet the needs of diverse communities.
●Collaboration with agency leadership staff to ensure that program is directed by agency goals and priorities as indicated in the Strategic Plan. Documentation / Supervision
●Responsible for grant management in the form of reporting and statistics for outreach counseling, including coordinating application writing, report preparation and acting as a liaison with contract monitors, assuring that required levels of services are maintained.
●Documentation: maintain case records for clients, complete service schedules, and maintain other records as needed.
●Participate in supervisory meetings on a weekly basis.
●Attend monthly staff and Intra-program Counselor Group/Case Management meetings, as well as weekly Case Review with shelter staff.
●Complete statistical and narrative reports monthly or as needed.
2009-2015 YOUTH THERAPEUTIC SERVICES New York, NY
In Home Therapist/Behavioral Therapist/Family Therapist
●Conduct psychosocial assessments to children and adolescents.
●Diagnose and develop appropriate treatment plan for children and adolescents.
●Provide community-based individual and family therapy to children and adolescents.
●Provide support and psycho-educational services to elementary, middle, and high school students who are experiencing emotional and behavioral difficulties.
●Provide crisis intervention in situations requiring immediate hospitalization.
● Provide instruction to parents related to the use of behavior modification techniques.
● Participate educational programs in-service meetings, clinician meetings, and workshops to
●enhance professional development and maintain currency of methodology and techniques.
●Specializes in anger management treatment, family separation issues and pediatric bipolar disorder.
2008-2009 Kean University Union, NJ Child Advocacy Resource Association (CARAS) Resource Development Specialist/Case Manager
●Conducted assessments for foster parent candidates.
●Interview program participants.
●Provide casework, supportive counseling and counseling referral to participants.
●Participate in staff meetings and in the screening process for prospective residents.
● Prepare and maintain client records including social histories, chronological reports, case summaries and other information as needed.
●Assist participants in obtaining gainful vocational training, job training or employment. Whenever appropriate, meet with the families of clients and provide referrals.
● Provide appropriate advocacy and referrals for clients seeking housing, legal advice, etc., while encouraging and facilitating clients’ independent action.
●Maintain up-to-date records of all activities and submit weekly reports to supervisory staff. Perform other duties as assigned.
●Interview program participants.
●Provide casework, supportive counseling and counseling referral to participants.
●Participate in staff meetings and in the screening process for prospective residents.
●Prepare and maintain client records including social histories, chronological reports, case summaries and other information as needed.
●Assist participants in obtaining gainful vocational training, job training or employment. Whenever appropriate, meet with the families of clients and provide referrals.
● Provide appropriate advocacy and referrals for clients seeking housing, legal advice, etc., while encouraging and facilitating clients’ independent action.
●Maintain up-to-date records of all activities and submit weekly reports to supervisory staff. · Perform other duties as assigned.
●Conducted home visit to monitor child welfare.
●Co-facilitated the leaning field process for students.
●Planned and developed awareness and promotional campaigns for private and public sector clients using tools such as media relations, community outreach, promotions, strategic partnerships and special events.
●Coordinated presentations to local school districts, health care and community agencies.
2006-2008 Trinitas Hospital Elizabeth, NJ
Intern/Group Co-facilitator – Psychiatric Adult Outpatient Unit
●Conducted psychosocial assessments and intakes to adult clients.
●Co-facilitated psychotherapy group for patients suffering from mental disorders.
●Conducted couple and family therapy.
●Applied principles, knowledge, and practice of social work to provide diagnoses, treatment, and preventive social service programs for individuals and families.
●Conducted assessments and intakes to chemical dependence clients in the psychiatry
●MICA program.
● Provided individual and group therapy to addicted adults and their families.
●Conducted court-mandated counseling.
●Performed discharge planning for each patient, focusing on the needs of the patient after discharge.
●Attended professional development training in pharmacology and clinical meetings.
2004-2005 Association on Correction/Passaic County Women’s Center Paterson, NJ
Case Manager/Sexual Assault Advocate
●Provided individual and group counseling to domestic violence victims.
●Coordinated shelter admission and transitional housing.
●Submitted monthly, quarterly and final reports to funding sources and administration.Conducted risk assessments documentation, intakes and general assessment to clients.
●Provided counseling and crisis intervention to sexual assault survivors and their families.
●Coordinated presentations to local school districts, health care organizations and community organizations.
●Crisis intervention to sexual assault survivors in the hospital setting.
SKILLS
●• Strong diagnoses skills.
●• Bi-Lingual [Spanish/English], Bicultural
●• Interviews and Crisis Intervention Services
●• Clinical Terminology
●• Ability to assess, observe and record symptoms and document progress.
●• Ability to assess mental status in clients and to develop individual treatment goals and plans.
SEMINARS/PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
2024 The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination in Housing
2024 NJ Division on Civil Rights: Know Your Rights, Preventing, Identifying, and Responding to Abuse and Neglect
2024 New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence (NJCEDV) 40 Hour Training
2008 Strengthening Adolescent Families through Empowerment (SAFE)-Trenton NJ Parent Resource for Information, Development and Education PRIDE Training of Trainers-Division of Youth & Family Services-Maplewood New Jersey
2007 Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect Seminar- New York University Psychosis as an Emotional Disorder- New York University Genes, Epigenetics & Schizophrenia-New York University The Eclipse of the Person in Contemporary Psychiatry: Challenging Neurobiological Reductionism-an Integration of Neuroscience, Psychosocial & Phenomenological Perspectives-ISPS-US New York University The Psychiatric Interview- New York University
2004 Basic Interventions: Training Response Team Volunteer – New Jersey Coalition of Battered Women Healing Child Victims of Domestic Violence with Play Therapy -New Jersey Coalition of Battered Women
Compassion Fatigue – New Jersey Coalition of Battered Women
Domestic Violence and Hispanic Women – New Jersey Coalition of Battered Women
2003 Safe Start Project for Children of Violence Project from the University Behavioral Healthcare, Train Trainer Workshop “Responding to the Needs of Children Who Witness Violence"-University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Cultural Perspectives on Interventions with Child Abuse Victims and Their Families; Assessing Child Maltreatment in Multi-cultural populations -Wynona M. Lipman Child Advocacy Center
New Jersey Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect Workshops:
Effective Investigative Strategies in Cases of Newborn Abandonment and Neonaticide The Arts: An Innovative Lifeline for Child Victims of Domestic Violence HIV Prevention Seminar, Hyacinth Foundation
2002 Domestic Violence Training Babyland Inc. P.E.A.C.E Center New Jersey
AFFILIATIONS
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children – New Jersey Chapter National Association of Social Workers New Jersey
REFERENCES
Available on request.
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