Services Supervisor
Resume:
J. MICHAEL CIRA, M.A., MFTI (IMF#: *****)
**** *. ****** ***** ***, Los Angeles, CA 90019
323-***-**** **********@*****.***
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology Graduated December 1994
University of California, Los Angeles
Westwood, CA
Master of Arts Degree in Counseling Psychology Graduated April 2005
National University
Inglewood, CA
Le Cordon Bleu
July 2010 – December 2010
Pasadena, CA
WORK EXPERIENCE
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
Los Angeles, CA
Children’s Social Worker III June 1997 - July 2010
•Responsible for managing a caseload of 36-50 neglected/abused children ages 0-20 and documented case plans and case activities.
•Arranged placement for foster children and conducted monthly home visits.
•Investigated and established parent’s ability to plan or provide for their children.
•Interviewed children and families and assessed whether children can safely remain in their own home or must be removed for their protection.
•Provided services to stabilize families, facilitate reunification and to achieve timely permanency and referred family members to community agencies for counseling, parent education and domestic violence classes, drug rehabilitation, etc.
•Prepared Court reports for the Juvenile Court system and testified in Court.
•Worked with families and foster parents of different cultures and values in their own homes.
•Collaborated and provided consultative services to community agencies, medical professionals, schools, law enforcement officials and attorneys regarding protective services.
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
Los Angeles, CA
Lead Social Worker December 2007 - December 2009
•Responsible for assisting and directing a Family Maintenance and Family Reunification Unit, comprised of 6 children social workers to ensure full compliance of operational policies within the unit
•During Supervisor’s absence, was Acting Supervisor in the unit.
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
Los Angeles, CA
CSAP- Child Sexual Abuse Program
therapist
May 2005 - December 2006
•Operated under the auspices of the DCFS, conducted group and individual therapy sessions with 14-year-old sexually reactive male offenders where intrafamilial child sexual abuse had occurred, once a week, under the supervision of a licensed clinician.
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