Kim White
Princeton Junction,NJ
Summary
Compassionate Social Worker dedicated to forming trusting relationships with clients as they address personal and professional life challenges.
Expertise in grief/loss with a passion for disenfranchised grief such as pet loss. Organized and loyal candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Certified in Thanatology as well as School Social Work.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Social Worker
Tabernacle Board Of Education
Tabernacle, NJ
09.2000 - Current
- Facilitating classroom guidance lessons focusing on social emotional skills.
- Assisting students in developing new coping mechanisms and techniques, especially in light of the pandemic.
- Participating in IEP, I&RS and other related meetings that determine and implement school-wide policies.
- Supporting students, teachers, and families during crisis situations.
- Providing group and individual counseling to address student concerns.
- Collaborating with students, teachers, administrators, parents and outside agencies.
- Maintaining compliance with standards relating to child protection, client confidentiality, risk assessment and reporting.
- Completing social histories of students under evaluation.
- Participating with the Burlington County School Crisis Response Team.
- Coordinating the elementary school Harassment Intimidation and Bullying team.
Social Work Consultant
Housepaws Mobile Veterinary Service
Marlton, NJ
01.2022 - Current
- Providing supportive services to veterinary staff as needed.
- Delivering education and information about compassion satisfaction as well as compassion fatigue.
- Conducting wellness workshops for veterinary staff.
- Validating unique challenges faced by those in the veterinary field while providing healthy coping and self-care strategies.
- Utilizing surveys/questionnaires to assess staff needs.
Social Worker
Experience Camps
Westport, CT
08.2010 - Current
- Attending week-long grief camps for children and adolescents in PA and Maine.
- Supporting bunk counselors as they develop relationships with campers.
- Maintaining regular contact with campers throughout the day/evening.
- Working closely with the Clinical Director as well as the Clinical Team to provide comprehensive and continuous care throughout the week.
- Helping campers develop new coping mechanisms while validating their unique grief experiences.
- Facilitating goal-oriented psycho-education and therapy groups with campers.
- Specifically supporting those campers who presented as out-liers.
Education
Master of Social Work -
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ05.1986
Skills
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Planning and Coordination
- Active Listening
- Knowledge of compassion fatigue as well as compassion satisfaction
- Strong proponent of companioning the bereaved
Certification
- Licensed Social Worker - [Timeframe]
- Certified in Thanatology (Association for Death Education and Counseling)
- Certified NJ School Social Worker
Timeline
Social Work Consultant
Housepaws Mobile Veterinary Service
01.2022 - Current
Social Worker
Experience Camps
08.2010 - Current
Social Worker
Tabernacle Board Of Education
09.2000 - Current
Master of Social Work -
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey