Bridget Gregory
NJ
Summary
Experienced and licensed social worker with a passion for leading with empathy, utilizing a strengths-based approach, and promoting inclusion for all. Demonstrated expertise in the field, including two years of experience in a school setting, one as an intern and one as a school social worker. Skilled in case management, crisis counseling, providing support to individuals with disabilities, homelessness prevention, and healthcare. Proficient in mental health counseling, crisis de-escalation, risk assessments, IEP development, and effectively working with a diverse caseload.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
School Social Worker
Lopatcong Middle School
08.2024 - Current
- Counsel and case manage caseload of students on needs-based and IEP-based basis
- Assist in running IEP meetings with teachers, CST team, and parents
- Communicate with parents regarding concerns about their children and providing them necessary updates
- Run and coordinate curriculum planning for social skills group for each grade
- Implement, develop, and run groups on a needs based basis
- Developed strong skills in case management, therapeutic counseling, team building, and crisis management.
Social Work Intern
Sparta High School & Middle School
09.2023 - 04.2024
- Manage a diverse student caseload, addressing a spectrum of disabilities, including working with the post-graduate population in regards to job sampling, community-based instruction, and therapeutic interventions
- Conduct weekly individual and group therapeutic sessions for students.
- Coordinate and implement students' individualized education plans with the social worker.
- Utilize assessment tools including the BASC, BDI, BAI, Vineland, and Columbia Scales
- Work collaboratively with teachers, paraprofessionals, school counselors, and school administration, including participating in crisis, risk, and threat assessments as part of the team.
- Developed strong skills in case management, therapeutic counseling, collaboration, group facilitation, assessment, postgraduate support, and crisis management
Summer Program Supervisor
Family Promise of Sussex County
05.2023 - 12.2023
- Secured funding for summer program through successful grant proposal composition
- Designed and implemented comprehensive curriculum emphasizing self-care, self-esteem, and self-love promotion for summer program
- Led group sessions on self-care and self-esteem alongside staff, demonstrating strong facilitation skills
- Cultivated partnerships with external agencies to enhance program content and diversity and utilized strategic outreach methods to increase program attendance and engagement
- Efficiently managed diverse client caseload across various contexts and assisted with various program overflow
- Developed skills in grant writing, curriculum design, facilitation, partnership development, outreach, caseload management, and flexibility
Support Coordinator Intern
Spectrum Care Management
09.2022 - 04.2023
- Proactively engaged in client outreach, ensuring timely scheduling of monthly monitoring meetings
- Regularly assessed and addressed client needs, identifying additional services required for comprehensive support
- Facilitated connections between clients and various service providers to enhance the overall care experience
- Participated in and shadow Individual Service Plan meetings to strengthen understanding and collaboration
- Developed skills including strong communication, organization, problem-solving, interpersonal, documentation, teamwork, and client-centered skills
Case Manager
Family Promise of Sussex County
06.2022 - 09.2022
- Completed intake and referral forms with potential clients and performed initial assessments on clients to match them with programs best suited to their needs
- Completed incident reports, entered patient demographic information into the patient database and entered data on clients into Excel spreadsheets
- Implemented community outreach to spread awareness to potential clients in need of assistance
- Managed caseloads of clients and provided them with housing services, ultimately to work on homelessness prevention through self-sustainable life changes
- Developed skills of time management, organization, and productive & timely case management services
Residential Counselor III
Legacy Treatment Services, Pamoja Household
10.2021 - 05.2022
- Provided a safe, strength-based environment for the adolescent residents and served as the primary advocate for youth
- Was an active member of the treatment team for youth through administering medication to adolescent residents, running of psycho-education group therapy, and participating in the house behavior modification system
- Completed reports such as incident reviews, CareLogic notes, shift notes, and logging of medications in CareSuites
- Developed skills of crisis de-escalation, nurtured heart approach, teamwork to best suit youth’s needs, and motivational skills to help the youth better themselves
Pediatric Nursing Assistant
Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center
06.2017 - 09.2021
- Supported nursing personnel with patient care, took patient vitals, tended to the needs of patients with disabilities, and ensured patients and families had a positive overall experience
- Provided round-the-clock care to patients with chronic illnesses who required frequent vital monitoring
- Developed skills including time management, sensitivity to the needs of patients and their families, and effective team communication
Education
Masters in Social Work -
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ05-2024
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology Major, Psychology Minor
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut05-2021
Skills
- Counseling services
- Multidisciplinary team collaboration
- Solution-based interventions
- Confidential case documentation
- IEP development
- Case management
Certification
Licensed Social Worker
School Social Worker Certification
CPR Certified
Timeline
School Social Worker
Lopatcong Middle School
08.2024 - Current
Social Work Intern
Sparta High School & Middle School
09.2023 - 04.2024
Summer Program Supervisor
Family Promise of Sussex County
05.2023 - 12.2023
Support Coordinator Intern
Spectrum Care Management
09.2022 - 04.2023
Case Manager
Family Promise of Sussex County
06.2022 - 09.2022
Residential Counselor III
Legacy Treatment Services, Pamoja Household
10.2021 - 05.2022
Pediatric Nursing Assistant
Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center
06.2017 - 09.2021
Masters in Social Work -
Montclair State University
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology Major, Psychology Minor
Quinnipiac University
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