CHRISTINE MADDEN, LCSW

• Responsible for portfolio of students and field placements for students in the Bachelor of Social Work program.
• Mentors students in the fundamental dimensions of Professional Social Work practice and ensures that students have generalist practice opportunities to demonstrate the nine CSWE competencies across all system levels
• Assigned to teach Seminar courses and field practicum.
• Evaluates and supervises appropriate Field settings, including conducting site visits.
• Promotes, strengthens, and maintains strong working relationships with agency field sites and field supervisors as well as monitors the supervision of students.
• Problem solving with students and field instructors.
• Communicating with students and agencies.

• Works in conjunction with MSW Field Director to administer the Field Education component of the MSW program.
• Responsible for portfolio of students and field placements and ensures that students have generalist and specialized practice opportunities to demonstrate the nine CSWE competencies across all system levels.
• Promotes, strengthens, and maintains strong working relationships with agency field sites and field supervisors as well as monitors the supervision of students.
• Mentors students in the fundamental dimensions of professional social work, including thinking, performing, and practicing social work intentionally, ethically, and with integrity, and exemplifies expert social work practice including models and theories of client engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation of practice as well as the social work profession’s ethical principles and standards.
• Assigned to selected Field Practicum and Seminar courses.
• Evaluates, regulates, and supervises field setting and field instructor effectiveness through field site visits to ensure compliance with Council on Social Work Education accreditation requirements.

• Specialized in anxiety disorders, OCD, ADHD, depression, trauma, and working with LGBTQIA+ community.
• Facilitated individual and family therapy sessions to address client needs and promote mental health.
• Developed comprehensive treatment plans tailored to client goals and progress.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic care for clients.
• Conducted assessments to evaluate client conditions and determine appropriate interventions.

• Provides clinical services to children and adolescents.
• Build rapport with clients and creating an environment in which clients feel safety.
• Assess and evaluate client needs and strengths and provide therapeutic services.
• Develop and maintain clinical records such as treatment plans, progress notes, and termination summaries.
• Connect clients with additional resources as needed.

• Worked within various capacities with children, parents, families, communities, and organizations.

FAMILY INTERVENTION AND ASSESSMENT TEAM (FIAT TEAM)

• Worked collaboratively with DHHS partner agencies to assess and plan for client’s needs as well as work closely with the Court.
• Met and built rapport with families to assess needs and identify strengths and goals.
• Developed and implemented assessments as ordered by the Court.
• Acted as an expert witness by providing testimony in cases and hearings.

PERMANENCY AND CPS TEAMS

• Accessed families and children to determine needed services.
• Developed Child and Family Services Plans for children’s safety and for ongoing services.
• Coordinated and referred families to services offered by community resources, placement providers, collateral agencies, the courts, and community partners.
• Supervised visits between parents and children to ensure safety.
• Organized and updated all case files and completed detailed case documentation.
• Conducted monthly home visits to assess safety and track progress.
• Facilitated Child and Family Team Meetings.
• Monitored and advocated for clients and linked them with community resources.
• Worked within the Juvenile Court, preparing court reports, attending hearings, adoptions, providing updates to the Court as well as communicating with Assistant Attorney General and Guardian ad Litem.
• Testified in court hearings regarding actions, findings, procedures, and protocols.
• Investigated reports of abuse, exploitation, and/or neglect, including conducting interviews and connecting with law enforcement services.
• Responded and navigated crisis situations within the community.
• Assessed risks, strengths, barriers, and appropriate actions governing a client’s situation.

• Provide therapy to LBGTQIA individuals and families.
• Conducted mental health assessments and provided support and resources to diverse populations.
• Provided group therapy to families of LGBTQIA+ clients and partners.
• Enhanced knowledge of ethics and values within Social Work practice.
• Research project, “Post-Traumatic Growth- Can it Be Taught in Therapy?”