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Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Case Manager
Saint Francis Ministries
10.2019 - 05.2022
Complete initial and ongoing assessments by gathering information from, children and their families, and collaterals.
Facilitate and coordinates family meetings.
Develops and implements case plans and permanency goals with children and families, ensuring that goals are reached within established time frames.
Determine and recommends which services are needed for child and family, including mental health, drug and alcohol services, respite care and supervised or unsupervised visitations/interactions.
Ability to work with court system and follow court protocols including appropriate business attire.
Complete reports for court, participates in court participates in court proceedings, including testifying, and makes sure court orders are followed.
Complete and maintains written documentation in child/family’s case record accurately and within established time frames.
Family Permanency Specialist II • PromiseShip
07.2016 - 10.2019
Conduct safety, risk, needs assessments in cases of child abuse/neglect, dependency, status offenders and juvenile law violators, and develops safety plan as needed.
Monitor and ensure that case records and documentations, including but not limited to case plans, forms, reports, narratives, outcomes measures, and demographics.
Are completed appropriately and according to established timelines.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with families and build on family skills and competencies.
Develop timely permanency plans for youth who cannot return to their biological families.
Engage families in case planning process, including concurrent planning, for youth, assess individual client needs, link them with culturally competent formal and informal resource within the community to most effectively, and efficiently meet their needs.
Ensure case plan interventions are of appropriate intensity to meet case plan objectives
Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with DHHS staffs, judicial branch, county attorney, Guardian Ad Litem, CASA, law enforcement and other case-specific stakeholder.
Facilitate monthly family team meetings utilizing elements of wraparound process.
Advocate for children, families, and youth at all times.
Assure that each child or youth’s educational needs are met.
Conduct face to face visits with children, youth, and families consistent with federal guidelines.
Attend juvenile court to provide case plan and court reports along with testimony when required.
Site Director
West Central Community
11.2014 - 07.2016
Provide guidance and support to staff with implementation of curriculum/individualized plans and ongoing assessment.
Develop, prepares, coordinates, and maintains relevant meetings, training and professional development activities.
Display knowledge of Head Start Performance Standards and Child Licensing Rules and Regulations for childcare programs, and Federal Food Programs.
Demonstrate content awareness of Head Start Performance Standards, CDA, Credentialing Process, NAEYC Code of Ethics, and Iowa Learning Standards, child development, curriculum, child assessment and working with families.
Develop and demonstrates the ability to utilize all technology and technology protocols associated with Early Head Start including but not limited to: Laptop, Apple iPad, databases, and Registry Portal.
Work collaboratively with Early Head Start partners to connect Early Head Start providers with additional supports and resources based on unique needs of providers.
Display knowledge of environmental quality assessments used within Early Head Start (e.g., ERS, CLASS, TPOT).
Family Support Worker and Intensive Family
Behavioral Health Services
01.2013 - 11.2014
Support case plan goals through teaching, role modeling, and demonstration.
Participate in case conferences, family meetings, client assessments, and in team decision-making process.
Participate in supervisory and team meetings, sharing pertinent information about children/families' progress, collateral contracts and relationships with other agencies/communities.
Provide direct in-home services including, but not limited to, parenting skills, life skills, child development and behavior management.
Report unusual incidents through appropriate Risk Management, clinical and safety channels.
Assist families to establish support network with family, kinship, and community.
Visited home environments to help clients develop comprehensive life, technical and job skills
Reported child abuse in accordance with legal standards of mandatory reporters
Developed rapport to create safe and trusting environment for care
Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions