Emily Walker-Huey
San Diego,CA
Summary
Collaborative and empathetic social worker with 6+ years of experience serving youth and families. Versatile background includes partnering with school staff, parents, and youth to provide prevention services, Pause workshops, and skill-building groups. Flexible, data-driven, inquisitive approach creates opportunities to teach and foster skills for middle school students.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Mental Health Services Coordinator
Mending Matters
08.2023 - Current
- Partners with San Diego Unified Screening to Care Program to provide mental health services for prevention
- Analyzes quantitative data from Mental Health Screening Tool to students to identify social, emotional, and academic areas of need
- Conducts needs assessments and offers services to students
- Provides variety of Pause Mental Health Workshops (Anxiety and Stress Management, Motivation and Energy, and Boundaries, Communication and Respect)
- Provides weekly skill-building groups to provide students with an opportunity to learn about how to take care of themselves emotionally (coping skills)
- Provide case management services to students and their families for individual/family therapy
- Partners with school administration and teachers to encourage skill growth
- Partners with School Promotoras to strengthen ties between students served and the communities that support them.
Mental Health Therapist
Mending Matters
04.2021 - 07.2023
- Partner with school administration to identify students who could benefit from mental health services
- Analyzes W.H.Y
- Data and partners with L.I.F.E
- Advisors to create mental health resources for finals week, Mental HEalth Awareness Month, etc
- Provides crisis support for students in the form of risk assessments, consultations, referrals with parent support
- Collaboratively create therapeutic treatment plans to emphasize specific, measurable, time-limited, attainable goals
- Provides weekly individual therapy to students
- Provides weekly group therapy to students who feel they would benefit from learning skills from others
- Created and established the first Mental Health Fair at DNHS.
FFA Social Worker
Tribal Oak Tree Foster Family Agency
09.2020 - 04.2021
- Provide individual therapy for native youth and resource parents
- Educate resource parents on the Attachment Regulation Competency Framework to help parents learn how to support youth by fostering their resilience
- Provide case management by continually updating the Needs and Services Plans to ensure children are getting their needs met.
Protective Services Worker - Continuing Services
County of San Diego, HHSA, Child Welfare Services
03.2020 - 09.2020
- Engaged with families and referred them to appropriate mental health services
- Utilized de-escalation techniques to help parents learn to cope effectively while navigating the Child Welfare System
- Participated in Child and Family Team meetings to partner with the family to ensure that they know they can create safety and mediate risk for their children.
Protective Services Worker - Emergency Response (Rustic Urban)
County of San Diego HHSA, Child Welfare Services
07.2018 - 11.2019
- Investigated numerous allegations of child abuse and neglect in the rural San Diego
- Utilized safety assessments and risk assessments to make evidence-based case decisions
- Participated on Pine Valley SARB team with school officials to support youth struggling with attendance.
Adoptions Intern at Child Welfare Services (Title IV-E)
County of San Diego HHSA, Child Welfare Services
08.2017 - 05.2018
- Consulted with children's psychiatrists and LCSWs to develop case plans
- Monitored children's well-being by conducting home visits
- Provided case management services to children who were getting adopted.
School Social Work Intern at North Broadway (Title IV-E)
Escondido Union School District (PPS)
08.2016 - 06.2017
- Provided individual and group counseling to students which focused on social skills development
- Created lesson plans for Friendship Club which encouraged students to socialize
- Secured a wellness grant and started Relaxation Club to educate students about physical and mental health
- Led Parent Education classes on providing supports for students who had been bullied and how mothers could support their daughters as they moved from elementary to middle school.
School Social Work Intern at Rincon Middle School (Title IV-E)
Escondido Union School District (PPS)
08.2016 - 06.2017
- Provided individual and group counseling for students
- Assisted field instructor in crisis intervention work around violence on campus
- Implemented the Check In, Check Out intervention and consulted with teachers to evaluate outcomes.
Behavioral Therapist I
CARD: Center for Autism and Related Disorders
02.2016 - 08.2016
- Provided behavioral therapy to youth and helped them generalize their skills to home and school environments
- Conducted clinical one-on-one therapy on a weekly basis
- Engaged in Behavioral Management, Errorless Learning, and Error Correction Procedures.
Professional Internship Program Intern/Sexual Assault Counselor
Resource Center for Survivors of Sexual Assault
10.2015 - 08.2016
- Provided child survivors with on-site crisis intervention
- Acted as an advocate for the child victims in the hospital setting
- Provided survivors with access to resources including legal assistance, therapy services, childcare providers, etc.
Childcare Provider/Student Volunteer
CALM: Child Abuse Listening Mediation
06.2014 - 01.2015
- Supervised youth while parents attended child abuse and parenting classes
- Consulted with volunteer coordinator after supervising to discuss observations.
Education
Master of Social Work, PPS Credential, Title IV-E -
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA05.2018
Bachelor of Arts, Experimental Psychology, minor in Applied Psychology -
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA06.2015
Associate of Arts, General Psychology, honors program certificate -
Reedley College
Reedley, CA06.2013
Skills
- Recordkeeping
- Information Collection
- Data Entry
- Relationship Building
- Updating Stakeholders
- Meeting Coordination
- Discretion and Confidentiality
Timeline
Mental Health Services Coordinator
Mending Matters
08.2023 - Current
Mental Health Therapist
Mending Matters
04.2021 - 07.2023
FFA Social Worker
Tribal Oak Tree Foster Family Agency
09.2020 - 04.2021
Protective Services Worker - Continuing Services
County of San Diego, HHSA, Child Welfare Services
03.2020 - 09.2020
Protective Services Worker - Emergency Response (Rustic Urban)
County of San Diego HHSA, Child Welfare Services
07.2018 - 11.2019
Adoptions Intern at Child Welfare Services (Title IV-E)
County of San Diego HHSA, Child Welfare Services
08.2017 - 05.2018
School Social Work Intern at North Broadway (Title IV-E)
Escondido Union School District (PPS)
08.2016 - 06.2017
School Social Work Intern at Rincon Middle School (Title IV-E)
Escondido Union School District (PPS)
08.2016 - 06.2017
Behavioral Therapist I
CARD: Center for Autism and Related Disorders
02.2016 - 08.2016
Professional Internship Program Intern/Sexual Assault Counselor
Resource Center for Survivors of Sexual Assault
10.2015 - 08.2016
Childcare Provider/Student Volunteer
CALM: Child Abuse Listening Mediation
06.2014 - 01.2015
Master of Social Work, PPS Credential, Title IV-E -
San Diego State University
Bachelor of Arts, Experimental Psychology, minor in Applied Psychology -
University of California, Santa Barbara
Associate of Arts, General Psychology, honors program certificate -
Reedley College
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