Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Affiliations
VOLUNTEER/LIFE EXPERIENCE
PERSONAL INTERESTS
REFERENCES
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Danielle Perry

4485 Mesa Lane, Carpinteria,CA

Summary

Dynamic social worker with extensive experience in interdisciplinary collaboration across clinical, community, educational, medical, and international settings. Maintains a holistic, compassionate, and investigative perspective, using both advisory and therapeutic approaches to address the diverse needs of clients and organizations. Proven ability to implement wise, sustainable, and effective interventions that provide and enhance favorable outcomes.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience

Work History

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Follow Him Media Inc.
Santa Barbara, CA
12.2020 - Current
  • Follow Him: "Top Ten" Global Podcast.
  • Critique the technical and grammatical errors of two-hour weekly episodes.
  • Advise and counsel the producer on focused content.
  • Advocate for respectful, non-discriminatory language, and peaceable discussion.

MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER

Central Coast Home Health and Hospice
Santa Barbara, CA
09.2022 - 02.2023
  • Assisted individuals on hospice, their families, and caregivers by providing intake assessments, companionship, resource and grief support, and end-of-life education.
  • Collaborated with an interdisciplinary team to discuss patient needs, and develop suitable interventions.
  • Conducted educational workshops for residential caregiver staff, focusing on self-care techniques and end-of-life care practices.

HUMANITARIAN and EDUCATIONAL TEAM ADVISOR

DP Films
Carpinteria, CA
09.2006 - 12.2020
  • Assisted in creating and editing documentaries that focus on humanitarian issues, such as social protection, education, and community development.
  • Educated UN diplomats on critical global issues concerning family, society, and humanitarian matters.
  • Supported humanitarian and educational initiatives in developing countries, such as a Filipino feeding program called Rise and Rebuild.
  • Collaborated on editing choreography for high-end wedding films.

CHILD WELFARE SOCIAL WORKER

Utah Division of Child and Family Services
Magna, Utah
10.2004 - 08.2006
  • Committed to creating and following through on permanency planning for children and youth.
  • Worked in a region with prevalent meth addiction, poverty, domestic violence, and multi-generational, systemic familial abuse and neglect.
  • Arranged support services, such as parenting classes, substance abuse treatment, in-home support, therapy, and visitation.
  • Dedicated to carrying cases to completion, including challenging court cases.
  • Demonstrated maturity and professionalism on the Family Services Team.

FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS COORDINATOR

Enviros Wilderness School Association
Calgary, AB, Canada
01.2003 - 07.2004
  • Contracted with Alberta Child and Family Services to explain children’s medical diagnoses and assessments of FASD to foster parents, kinship caregivers, and adoptive parents.
  • Provided families and school staff with support, information, and 'biologically respectful' strategies and methods for children affected by fetal alcohol.
  • Delivered full-day educational presentations on FASD to child welfare workers, foster parents, and diverse agencies, which were well received and valued.

CLINICAL COUNSELOR

LDS Family Services
Calgary, AB, Canada
01.2002 - 07.2004
  • Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) Registered Social Worker.
  • Offered individual and family counseling in a safe, supportive, and confidential environment.
  • Provided support to clients experiencing grief, loss, anxiety, depression, abuse, addiction, and marriage and family issues.
  • Supported individuals to set and achieve their personal goals and objectives.
  • Requested guest speaker.

FAMILY/SCHOOL/COMMUNITY RESOURCE WORKER

Golden Hills School Division
Strathmore, AB, Canada
01.2001 - 08.2002
  • Provided supportive counseling, including bereavement support, along with community referrals for students and their families.
  • Conducted educational workshops for rural communities.
  • Participated in interagency councils and collaborated with educators and community services, such as child welfare, mental health, and the community shelter.

CHILD WELFARE SOCIAL WORKER

BC Ministry for Children and Families
Kamloops, Surrey, And North Vancouver, BC, Canada
04.1996 - 08.1999
  • Managed a high-risk and culturally diverse family services caseload in BC’s Lower Mainland.
  • Provided support to children and families impacted by multi-abuse, neglect, violence, mental illness, poverty, addictions, and criminal activity.
  • Frequently attended court regarding child protection cases.
  • Collaborated with many community agencies to meet the needs of clients.
  • Conducted foster parent assessments, and evaluated group homes for people with special needs.

Education

MASTER Of SOCIAL WORK - Community Organization, Management, and Policy

University of Calgary
Calgary, AB
11-2000

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK -

Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Laie, HI
06-1996

Affiliations

Emotional Resiliency Group (10 weeks)

Community Emergency Response Training (CERT)

Reactive Attachment and International Adoption Training

Teacher Training

Doula Training

Women’s Educational Week

Family History Training

Aboriginal Awareness

FASD Training

Permanency Planning for Children in Care

Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training

Resiliency Training

Family Violence Training

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing

Applied Suicide Intervention Training

Children’s Mental Health Conference

Working with Children of Divorce

Empowering Adolescent Girls

Eating Disorders

Positive Parenting

How to Engage with Difficult People

Bereavement

Narrative Therapy and Play Therapy

Reception Centre Disaster Training with the Canadian Red Cross

Childhood Trauma on the Brain

Child Abuse Identification and Interviewing Skills

Addictions Assessment

Human Trafficking

Anger Management

VOLUNTEER/LIFE EXPERIENCE

  • Homeschooling greatly enriches the love of learning.
  • Understand learning differences and giftedness.
  • Trained and knowledgeable in international adoption.
  • Served as President/Teacher/Camp Leader of youth groups.
  • Volunteered as Counselor and Teacher in community women's groups.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

  • Reading/studying, Feldenkrais somatic movement, walks on the beach, dog lover, traveler, podcast follower.

REFERENCES

See Attached

Timeline

MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER

Central Coast Home Health and Hospice
09.2022 - 02.2023

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Follow Him Media Inc.
12.2020 - Current

HUMANITARIAN and EDUCATIONAL TEAM ADVISOR

DP Films
09.2006 - 12.2020

CHILD WELFARE SOCIAL WORKER

Utah Division of Child and Family Services
10.2004 - 08.2006

FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS COORDINATOR

Enviros Wilderness School Association
01.2003 - 07.2004

CLINICAL COUNSELOR

LDS Family Services
01.2002 - 07.2004

FAMILY/SCHOOL/COMMUNITY RESOURCE WORKER

Golden Hills School Division
01.2001 - 08.2002

CHILD WELFARE SOCIAL WORKER

BC Ministry for Children and Families
04.1996 - 08.1999

MASTER Of SOCIAL WORK - Community Organization, Management, and Policy

University of Calgary

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK -

Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Danielle Perry