Alyssa Walter
Newark,DE
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Permanency Caseworker
Children's Choice
05.2017 - Current
- Complete resource parent family assessments and detailed narrative for foster care, adoption, or kinship approval
- Provide case management and monthly supervision home visits for children and families, interfacing with child welfare systems nationally, including safety assessments, interviewing household members, providing referrals and documenting client interactions to ensure overall wellbeing of children, birth to age 18
- Recruit, assess and connect children with adoptive families based on child's individual needs, preferences, and family's ability to meet child's needs
- Help children in foster care understand their family story, reasons for separation from birth family and future plans, promoting a healthy sense of identity
- Provide ongoing support and case management for families who are caring for children through adoption and guardianship, including referrals for services and resources and assistance navigating State systems such as DHSS, Social Security, and mental health systems
Foster Care Caseworker
Children's Choice
11.2014 - 05.2017
- Met with children and resource families at home and in community to ensure safety and well-being of children with their resource families
- Assessed and met psychosocial and emotional needs of families with adjustment to foster care and through reunification or permanency planning
- Created and implemented diverse case plans, encompassing various needs and including medical, educational, developmental and psychosocial
- Organized scheduling and facilitation of family time, home visit, children's appointments, court hearings and team meeetings
- Documented all client interaction through case sessions and communicated regularly with interdisciplinary team to advocate for safety and well-being of youth
- Testified in Delaware Family Court regarding observations made during birth family interactions, updates on children in care and progress made on case plans, as well as writing court reports submitted to Division of Family Services
- Normalized time in foster care for children by ensuring participation in community activities, continued social relationships, and respect for and integration of cultural differences and traditions
Education
Bachelor of Science - Human Services
University of Delaware
Newark12.2014
Certification
- Licensed Bachelors Social Work- February 2022
- CPR and First Aid Certified - January 2023
Timeline
Permanency Caseworker
Children's Choice
05.2017 - Current
Foster Care Caseworker
Children's Choice
11.2014 - 05.2017
Bachelor of Science - Human Services
University of Delaware