Charmica Hunter
Phoenix,USA
Summary
Social work professional with robust background in providing comprehensive support to individuals and families. Skilled in developing and implementing tailored intervention plans to address specific needs. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving impactful outcomes, adaptable to evolving circumstances. Experienced with strong commitment to fostering positive outcomes and enhancing community well-being. Adept at providing support, advocacy, and resources to diverse populations while maintaining high ethical standards. Demonstrates collaborative approach, adaptability to changing needs, and focus on delivering impactful results. Skilled in case management, crisis intervention, and effective communication.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Social Worker
Carl T. Hayden Veteran Health Medical Center
02.2024 - Current
- I am a Social Worker in the Caregiver Support Program.
- I provide case management, Complete Mental Health Assessments and Assessments to applicants seeking to join a program.
- I complete intakes, wellness visits via telehealth and in home.
- I provide resources, support and referrals to clients.
- I complete admin duties via computer.
- I teach programs to clients.
- I assist clients with applications, I process applications, and I create letters to send to clients.
- I attend required training in person and via zoom.
- I work with a team and individually.
Licensing Social Worker- Clinical Supervisor in Training
Seraaj Family Homes
09.2021 - Current
- In training to be a Clinical Supervisor.
- I do treatment plans, Clinical assessments.
- Facilitate case review meetings.
- Train foster parents.
- Work with medical complex children.
- Conduct Individual counseling with children.
- Provide family support and case management to therapeutic foster children.
- Work with an interdisciplinary team to assess and provide services to clients with physical and mental disabilities.
- Collaborate with care providers ensuring clients medical needs are met.
- Advocate for clients as needed.
- Attend Individualized Service Plan meetings with providers to ensure clients goals are identified and met.
- Attends family court hearings as needed.
- Complete CQI home visits.
- Assess referrals.
- Manage foster homes.
- Also complete my Licensing social work duties.
Licensing Social Worker- Clinical Supervisor in Training
Seraaj Family Homes
06.2019 - 03.2024
- I work fulltime 40 or more hours a week as a Licensing Social Worker; as a co-Facilitator for TIPPS training, a Deciding Together trainer, to train parents to be foster parents.
- I also conduct monthly therapeutic trainings for current foster parents.
- I complete other duties such as home visits to ensure homes are in compliance with Alabama state Minimum Standards and assist with licensing Foster Parents homes.
- I provide case management, family support, assist with behavior education while working with children that are therapeutic and have special needs.
- I provide crisis intervention, complete intake and placement of children in foster homes.
- Complete Comprehensive Psychosocial Assessments.
- I attend mental health consultations and refer clients for services and resources.
- I supervise Intern students, attend case review meetings and staff meetings.
- I complete documentation and update case files.
Medical Social Worker
Southern Care New Beacon Hospice
01.2022 - 02.2024
- As a Social Worker (MSW) and a member of the interdisciplinary team, I provided psychosocial support to the patient/family unit based on an assessment that identifies the needs, goals, interventions and services indicated accordance with the established plan of care and provided professional training and personal judgment in monitoring according to the psychosocial assessment process.
- I assessed patients and caregivers for depression, suicide and safety issues.
- I Counseled patients when needed.
- I completed home visits with patients and families biweekly.
- I provided family support and social interaction.
- I provided resources to the family.
- Assisted with referrals and respite placement.
- Completed documentation daily.
- I met with the Interdisciplinary team biweekly to discuss patients.
Caregiver
Answered Prayer Home Care
02.2021 - 07.2021
- I work as a caregiver to private clients in their home and with patients in the hospital.
- I assist clients with activities of daily living including, meal prep, feeding, assist with medication, dressing, bathing, ambulation, companionship, transportation and light housekeeping.
Mental Health Social Worker I/ Re-Entry Coordinator
Alabama Department of Corrections at Elmore Correctional Facility
07.2018 - 12.2020
- I worked fulltime 40 plus hours a week in Mental Health and Programs and as a Re-Entry Coordinator that set up programs and provided resources to Male inmates that are about to be released on End of Sentence (EOS) or Parole.
- I coordinated classes every other month and provided resources and invited people from various agencies to come speak with the inmates.
- I worked with culturally diverse group of inmates.
- I helped the inmates to locate halfway houses and/ or transitional homes.
- I provided them with information on how to get a job, food assistance, healthcare, social security cards, birth certificates and drivers license.
- I provide them with information on how to get a Ged or go to college.
- Taught them how to do a resume.
- I assisted them to come up with a home plan.
- I linked them to many services and resources that are available in the county that they will return home to.
- I taught some classes such as; Anger Management, Stress management, Domestic Violence to Adult Male inmates and I was a Co facilitator for the Thinking for a Change (T4C) class.
- I trained to facilitate evidence-based programs.
- I helped inmates with issues they may be experiencing while incarcerated.
- I provided crisis intervention and counseling.
- I assisted inmates with disabilities to apply for Social Security benefits prior to release from prison.
- I advocate for inmates with disabilities to receive the services that they need while in prison and when they get released.
- I worked with inmates with substance abuse problems and refer them to be in the Substance Abuse Program.
- I referred inmates for mental health services.
- I completed assessments on inmates to determine program eligibility.
- Completed Psychological assessments.
- I attended staff meetings, program meetings and trainings.
- I also performed other duties as required.
Licensing Social Worker
Seraaj Family Homes
05.2015 - 07.2018
- I worked fulltime 40 or more hours a week as a Co Facilitator of the Trauma Informed Partnering for Safety Class (TIPS), to teach and train potential foster parents.
- I taught Foster Parent trainings once a month.
- I made sure Foster Homes continuously met State minimum standards to operate as a foster home, by completing quarterly home checks.
- I licensed new foster homes and completed annual and quarterly home license renewals.
- I audited foster parent files making sure they had current and up to date documents.
- I assessed new client referrals.
- I logged client respites information into the clients’ online file.
- I participated in staff meetings and trainings.
- I provided case management as needed.
- I Completed assessments as needed.
- Completed treatment plans and participated in treatment plan meetings.
- Completed individual counseling with clients with disabilities.
- Provided Crisis intervention.
- I provided family support to parents.
- I supervised Social work and Human Services interns.
- Knowledgeable of Medicare, Medicaid and Joint Commission Standards.
Case Manager
Seraaj Family Homes
11.2014 - 05.2015
- As a Case Manager, I handled a case load of clients.
- Provided case management services to children with disabilities, I met with them twice a week in the foster homes.
- I provided parenting support to foster parents.
- I taught the clients behavior education.
- I assisted the foster parent with taking the children to medical appointments.
- I completed mental health consultations.
- I documented daily notes.
- I completed crisis intervention as needed.
- I provided basic living skills training to special needs clients and parents.
- I advocated for clients to receive disability services they need to help them with their daily challenges at home and at school.
- I attended IEP meetings to ensure the children receive support an advocate for the services to help them be successful in their education.
- I provided in home services to the children parents and helping them to locate resources they need and services such as; substance Abuse treatment, Disability Services and I advocated for them.
- I supervised child/ parent visits.
- Documented client services daily.
- Completed Mental Health Consultations and other duties.
Social Worker
Russell County Department of Human Resources
07.2013 - 04.2014
- I worked fulltime 40 or more hours a week in the foster care unit, providing case management services, completed home visits with foster children making sure their needs were being met.
- Provided mental health consultation with schools and mental health providers.
- Facilitated Individualized Service Plan meetings.
- Worked with Providers to ensure children were placed in the least restrictive environment.
- Advocated for clients wellbeing, educational and medical needs.
- Completed the initial comprehensive strength-based social assessment on the families and identified the individual’s potential for health and safety concerns in the areas of employment or other economic conditions, living situation, community integration, instrumental activities of daily living, personal rights and responsibilities, transportation, mental health, vulnerable high-risk person.
- I met with parents to help reunify them with their children.
- I supervised child/ parent visits.
- Attended court hearings and completed court reports.
- Documented case notes as needed.
- I provided Crisis Intervention.
- Rotated and worked on call during after-hours on weekends.
Patient Care Tech
Jackson Hospital
12.2012 - 07.2013
- I worked in a hospital in the Progressive Care Unit, providing assistance to patients.
- I assisted patients with helping them to eat, bathe, and dress themselves, toileting and ambulation.
- I completed blood pressure checks, blood sugar checks, and vital signs checks.
- I assisted the nurses with care they had to give to patients.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Father Walter’s Child Care Center
06.2000 - 12.2012
- I worked with special needs children in a nursing home.
- I provided care to the patients which included; bathing, dressing, feeding, helping with ambulation, transporting to doctor appointments.
- I assisted in helping the children participate in activities.
- I charted daily activities in a log.
- I completed vital signs checks and recorded them, I assisted the nurses with caring for the children.
- I provided supervision to the children.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Social Work
Troy University
07.2012
Master of Science - Social Work
University of New England
Biddeford, Maine12-2016
High School Diploma - undefined
Omaha North High School
Omaha, Nebraska05.1996
Skills
- Typing
- Computer
- Customer Service
- Problem Solving
- Crisis Intervention
- Case Management
- Advocacy
- Communication
- Planning
- Organizing
- Meeting Deadlines
- Work with Minimal Supervision
Timeline
Social Worker
Carl T. Hayden Veteran Health Medical Center
02.2024 - Current
Medical Social Worker
Southern Care New Beacon Hospice
01.2022 - 02.2024
Licensing Social Worker- Clinical Supervisor in Training
Seraaj Family Homes
09.2021 - Current
Caregiver
Answered Prayer Home Care
02.2021 - 07.2021
Licensing Social Worker- Clinical Supervisor in Training
Seraaj Family Homes
06.2019 - 03.2024
Mental Health Social Worker I/ Re-Entry Coordinator
Alabama Department of Corrections at Elmore Correctional Facility
07.2018 - 12.2020
Licensing Social Worker
Seraaj Family Homes
05.2015 - 07.2018
Case Manager
Seraaj Family Homes
11.2014 - 05.2015
Social Worker
Russell County Department of Human Resources
07.2013 - 04.2014
Patient Care Tech
Jackson Hospital
12.2012 - 07.2013
Certified Nursing Assistant
Father Walter’s Child Care Center
06.2000 - 12.2012
High School Diploma - undefined
Omaha North High School
Bachelor of Science - Social Work
Troy University
Master of Science - Social Work
University of New England
Training
- Completed The Trauma Informed Partnership in Parenting for Safety Training (TIPS)
- Completed the Thinking for A Change Training (T4C)
- CPR Certified
- Completed Mental Health First Aid training
- REACH VA