Amy Polanco
Cumberland,RI
Summary
Goal-driven clinician successful at cultivating productive relationships with students, families and colleagues alike. Decisive and proactive leader. Possess strong problem solving and communication skills. Compassionate and driven with unfailing work ethic and passion for helping others. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
School Social Worker
Blackstone Valley Prep High School
08.2017 - Current
- Providing cultural and trauma informed, social-emotional based mental health individual and group counseling services for all students (IEP, 504 and regular education students)
- Crisis Intervention and risk assessment implementation.
- Creating individualized crisis management plans, managing instructional support for staff, managing data collection/progress monitoring, coordination with outside community supports
- IEP and 504 plan writing and clinical documentation (clinical treatment notes and plans, data collection, DCYF reporting, C-SSRS documentation)
- Collaborating with student support team on creating tier 2 and tier 3 intervention plans for students to access their academics while supporting their mental health.
- Created school-wide restorative practice protocols, documentation systems for: treatment plans and notes, referral systems, and data-tracking, and hospital→ school re-entry plans.
- Collaborating with families on creating community connections to support healthy support systems
- Built MOU with outpatient providers to provide small scale in-person/in-school outpatient therapy for our most vulnerable students
- Developed Community Resource guides for families - community wrap around supports, individual therapists, social skills groups etc.
- Acted as Homeless Scholar Liaison, created a school-wide support protocol for Transgender, Non-Binary & Gender Spectrums students which ensure a safe school environment
- Developed and led annual whole staff trainings on: Trauma Informed Care, Classroom and Behavior Management, Suicide Prevention
Clinician
Social Sparks
05.2016 - 05.2018
- Provided individual and group therapy to children and their families (ages 3-20) with focus on enhancing their social emotional learning., completed full psycho-social assessments
- Created client specific treatment plans, completed weekly clinical documentation, created and developed social skills curricula for groups.
Clinician & Intake Coordinator
Women's Medicine Collaborative
06.2016 - 08.2017
- Monitored internal work queue: assessed and triaged all incoming referrals
- Managed caseload of 60-75 patients, created treatment plans (patient specific), initiated clinical intervention, utilized array of treatment modalities (CBT, Solution Focused, ACT, Crisis Intervention etc.), and analyzed course and results of treatment, assessed patient's advocacy needs
- Coordinated with appropriate advocacy activities within Women's Health & participated as a team member, collaborating with psychiatrists and physicians.
Clinical Social Worker - Med-Surg-Trauma
Rhode Island Hospital
05.2014 - 06.2016
- Provided clinical support and counseling in an acute care setting addressing: psychosocial issues, homelessness, uninsured, family issues, end of life, barriers to discharge, guardianship, developmentally delayed and mentally ill patients, completed biopsychosocial evaluations/assessments (psychosocial, safety, abuse & neglect, crisis intervention) to eliminate barriers to treatment, discharge, and to improve the patient's health status
- Assessed patient and their family's advocacy needs and coordinated appropriate advocacy activities within the hospital and the community with emphasis on self-determination
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary team members by participating in collaborative care rounds; identified problems/barriers and worked with the medical team to improve care coordination.
Clinician
About Families CEDARR Center
06.2011 - 05.2014
- Provided clinical coordination of cases; child and family assessment, integration of provider evaluations/recommendations, writing comprehensive treatment plans, providing referrals/resources, communication with families and providers
- Provided oversight of services, maintained and documented data, maintained contact with family and service providers, attended meetings, made new referrals, provided therapeutic counseling for child and family as needed, and provided resources that meet family's needs
- Worked as team with Family Service Coordinator to provide; support for family, communication on regular basis, provide crisis intervention strategies as team, collaborate and assess to provide the most appropriate treatment recommendations.
Education
Masters of Social Work -
Rhode Island College
Providence, RI05.2011
Bachelors of Social Work -
Rhode Island College
Providence, RI05.2008
Certification
- Rhode Island Department of Education - School Social Work Certificate, 08/17/20, 07/31/25
- Rhode Island Department of Health- Independent Clinical Social Worker License, ISW02555, 05/2025
Awards
- Blackstone Valley Prep High School Support Professional Of The Year, 06/2019
- Rhode Island Hospital Schwartz Rounds Committee Member, 03/2015
Timeline
School Social Worker
Blackstone Valley Prep High School
08.2017 - Current
Clinician & Intake Coordinator
Women's Medicine Collaborative
06.2016 - 08.2017
Clinician
Social Sparks
05.2016 - 05.2018
Clinical Social Worker - Med-Surg-Trauma
Rhode Island Hospital
05.2014 - 06.2016
Clinician
About Families CEDARR Center
06.2011 - 05.2014
Masters of Social Work -
Rhode Island College
Bachelors of Social Work -
Rhode Island College
- Rhode Island Department of Education - School Social Work Certificate, 08/17/20, 07/31/25
- Rhode Island Department of Health- Independent Clinical Social Worker License, ISW02555, 05/2025
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