Emily Henderson
Sodus
Summary
Accomplished compliance and program management professional with over seven years of experience in regulatory oversight, staff integrity, and intergovernmental collaboration across child welfare, judicial, and advocacy systems. Expertise includes developing and enforcing policies and procedures, conducting thorough investigations, and implementing corrective solutions to ensure alignment with statutory and regulatory guidelines. Proven ability to handle staff compliance issues with discretion and professionalism, complemented by training as a mediator and certified facilitator, enhancing skills in conflict resolution, consensus-building, and leadership training. Committed to fostering a culture of accountability, integrity, and respect while advancing Wayne County’s reputation as a premier service provider and employer of choice.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Child Welfare Court Improvement Project Coordinator-7th JD
New York State Unified Court System
05.2025 - Current
- Support multi-disciplinary child welfare collaboratives across the 7th Judicial District.
- Implement and manage initiatives to improve child welfare court practices.
- Analyze and organize data to identify issues and recommend procedural improvements.
- Collaborate with family court judges and staff to implement new court procedures.
- Draft project proposals and professional correspondence.
- Design and coordinate targeted training programs for judicial and court personnel.
- Provide technical assistance on outcome measures, compliance, and federal mandates, including ASFA, Title IV-E, and Family First.
- Assist in federal review processes, such as Title IV-E and Child and Family Services reviews.
- Support permanency mediation efforts through collaboration with the local ADR Office.
Assistant Director & Safe Harbours Coordinator
Child Advocacy Center of Wayne County
04.2024 - 05.2025
- Coordinate all forensic interviews taking place at the CACWC.
- Oversee service data collection and maintain Collaborate.
- Oversee case coordination and management.
- Oversee and facilitate the MDT for Wayne County
- Coordinate Peer Review opportunities for Forensic Interviewers
- Disseminate training opportunities to MDT members and maintain training records of active MDT members.
- Organize and conduct professional and community outreach/education.
- Submit monthly statistical and quarterly programmatic reports and data to the Director.
- Research and identify funding sources to support program development.
- Have Direct supervision of the CACWC Family Advocate/Education Specialist and any other CACWC staff positions created.
- Provided Advocacy services to all families who were referred to our center.
- Oversee the safe harbours program for Wayne County
- Complete reporting and data collection for OCFS, Safe Harbours and NYS.
- Complete OVS compensation requests
Child Protective Services Caseworker
Wayne County Department of Social Services
07.2021 - 04.2024
- Conduct thorough investigations into allegations of child abuse or neglect, including interviewing families, collating evidence, and preparing detailed case reports.
- Assess the safety and well-being of children in at-risk situations, working collaboratively with families, law enforcement, and other professionals to develop and implement intervention plans.
- Provide crisis intervention and support services to children and families in emergencies, ensuring immediate protection and assistance when necessary.
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation of casework activities, decisions, and contacts in compliance with agency policies and legal requirements.
- Documented client progress and maintained accurate records in compliance with agency standards and regulations.
- Serve as a liaison and coordinate investigative activities with investigators and law enforcement officers from various agencies.
- Testify in relevant court proceedings concerning evidence gathered in investigations.
- Maintained a caseload of my own as well as supporting other caseworkers with their caseload needs when able.
- Conducted forensic interviews at the Wayne County Child Advocacy Center.
- Participated in MDT meetings monthly to review cases, share best practices, and ensure holistic approaches to addressing complex issues. Also engaged in monthly County peer review as well as Statewide peer review.
- Obtained updates from caseworkers not involved in MDT to make sure that appropriate case updates were provided at the monthly meeting.
- Conduct thorough investigations into allegations of sexual abuse, including interviewing victims, witnesses, and alleged offenders.
- Prepare detailed reports documenting findings, conclusions, and recommendations for further action.
- Coordinated with the Victim Witness Specialist with the United States Attorney’s Office to obtain plea and sentencing updates for relevant MDT cases.
Program Coordinator
Ontario County Youth Court
09.2019 - 07.2021
- Wrote letters of inquiry, grant proposals, grant reports, and all related documents
- Increased referral intakes allowing the program to grow from 3 court sites to 5 court sites.
- Coordinated with referral sources to get cases scheduled efficiently and effectively.
- Successfully scheduled referrals across 5 different court sites.
- Effectively coordinated all media content including the website content, and social media.
- Researched and identified local, national, and federal grant prospects including OMH, RACF and NYS Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee
- Acquired new funders for the organization and increased grant amounts from continuing ones.
- Developed and implemented, JUST Drive, a unique 6-hour grant program for youth charged with traffic related offenses, including a 2-hour distracted driving impact panel.
- Developed a distracted driving impact panel tailored to youth and coordinated panel speakers including law enforcement and victims of distracted driving.
- Facilitator of Alive at 25 through the National Safety Council
- Established a Memorandum of Understanding with Ontario County District Attorney’s Office to implement JUST Drive into the County successfully.
- Maintained specific data collection on all cases and completing ongoing case updates.
- Successfully researched and obtained grant funding for counseling services.
Program Coordinator/Assistant Grant Manager
Erie Shore Judicial Services (DCJS)
04.2018 - 09.2019
- Oversaw the day-to-day program operation.
- Worked closely with program staff to ensure grant objectives were met.
- Assisted in identifying and addressing gaps in services that could result in deficiencies with State compliance.
- Executed and monitored three grants for programs within Erie Shore Judicial Services: Employment focused services, defender-based advocacy, and the pre-trial program.
- Maintained grant records in accordance with established schedules.
- Determined appropriate grants to be charged for salaries, equipment and other expenditures while adhering to the budget.
- Consulted and developed the program’s case management software with Automon LLC to accurately maintain and track grant objectives more efficiently.
- Completed facilitator training for The Courage to Change Interactive Journaling to train other staff to teach the journaling series to clients.
- Analyzed program data to obtain statistical measurements for areas of success and areas of weakness.
- Provided training and support to colleagues on using the website platform effectively for case management and communication with clients.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
St. John Fisher University
Rochester, NY05-2018
Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts And Sciences
Finger Lakes Community College
Canandaigua, NY12-2015
Skills
- Problem-solving
- Project coordination
- Time management
- Detail-oriented
- Ethical leadership
- Regulatory expertise
- Team management
- Audit coordination
- Data privacy
- Investigations skills
- Documentation review
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Excellent communication
- Critical thinking
- Active listening
- Problem resolution
Timeline
Child Welfare Court Improvement Project Coordinator-7th JD
New York State Unified Court System
05.2025 - Current
Assistant Director & Safe Harbours Coordinator
Child Advocacy Center of Wayne County
04.2024 - 05.2025
Child Protective Services Caseworker
Wayne County Department of Social Services
07.2021 - 04.2024
Program Coordinator
Ontario County Youth Court
09.2019 - 07.2021
Program Coordinator/Assistant Grant Manager
Erie Shore Judicial Services (DCJS)
04.2018 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
St. John Fisher University
Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts And Sciences
Finger Lakes Community College
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