Angela Bedford Walker
Social Worker/Ministry
Cedar Hill,Texas
Summary
Hardworking and passionate job seeker with significant social work, geriatric, leadership experience. Ready to help team achieve company goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent and problem-solving skills.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Spiritual Counselor/Chaplain
Harbor Hospice
Dallas, Texas
07.2017 - 05.2021
- In-patient Unit; Harbor Hospice. Responsible for providing spiritual care and support to patients and family members.
- Provided support to staff members experiencing stress, conflicts and work related grief.
- Active participation in Interdisciplinary Treatment team meetings.
- Maintained appropriate documentation for care plans and follow up.
- Also managed the bereavement program.
Vice President Residental Services
The Family Place
Dallas, Texas
03.2008 - 09.2016
- Member of the executive leadership team charged with ensuring that the agency mission is carried out in all residential programs
- Direct supervision of 5 programs (60+ employees) and 5 managers who are responsible for the day to day operation of their assigned programs (emergency shelter for homeless victims of domestic violence; children’s education services to include: licensed and accredited child care center, K -2 school, after school program/summer day camp; transitional housing; facility operations and a clinic)
- Read and edit all residential program grants
- Participate in budget creation and manage programs within budget
- Program development to address client needs
- Participate in long range strategic planning
- Coaching and mentoring staff
- Provide education to the general public on domestic violence and homelessness
- Represent the agency in the media as needed
- Resolve client complaints
- Provide direct program supervision as needed
- Ensure the provision a clean safe campus for homeless victims of family violence.
- Established performance goals for department and provided methods for reaching milestones.
- Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols.
- Established performance goals for department and outlined processes for achievement.
- Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.
- Demonstrated proficient leadership skills to motivate employees and build competent teams.
- Clarified roles, responsibilities and expectations of staff.
- Identified and resolved issues between employees, promoting better collaboration and mutual respect.
- Represented organization at industry conferences and events.
Program Director
The Family Place
Dallas, Texas
09.2007 - 03.2008
- Assumed Program Director position during time of internal conflict.
- Redesigned the transitional housing program into a 3 phase model that included congregate living.
- Participated in construction planning and start up of safe campus.
- Created all programming, policies and program procedures for the transitional housing program.
- Promoted to Executive Program Director in 6 months.
Education
MA Theology - School of Psychology/Theology
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA 08.1993 - 05.1995
BA Sociology - Sociology/Social Welfare
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA 09.1980 - 05.1984
Master Of Social Work - Geratric Case Management; Family Therapy
Washington University in St Louis
St Louis, MO 08.1984 - 05.1986
Skills
Problem-Solving
undefinedAdditional Information
My social work experience is diverse and ranges from case management to upper management.
My first job, post MSW degree, was social worker on a physical rehabilitation unit primarily of geriatric patients.
Case manager and later interim Program Director for the Access Center for the Elderly,an AoA funded home visit program based in Parkland Hospital.
Social Worker on an inpatient psychiatric unit that included a gero-psych
I made home visits to the elderly collecting data for research.
On-call hospice social worker.
Certification
Formerly Licensed Clinical Social Worker - ACP
Timeline
Spiritual Counselor/Chaplain
Harbor Hospice
07.2017 - 05.2021
Vice President Residental Services
The Family Place
03.2008 - 09.2016
Program Director
The Family Place
09.2007 - 03.2008
MA Theology - School of Psychology/Theology
Fuller Theological Seminary
08.1993 - 05.1995
Master Of Social Work - Geratric Case Management; Family Therapy
Washington University in St Louis
08.1984 - 05.1986
BA Sociology - Sociology/Social Welfare
Spelman College
09.1980 - 05.1984
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