Emma Wagner, CA
Chattanooga,TN
Summary
Seeking an opportunity to make a difference in an innovative, fulfilling, and challenging environment through implementation of trauma informed and evidence based best practices.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Sexual Assault Victim Advocate
Harbor Safe House And Advocacy Center
05.2023 - Current
- Facilitate trauma informed and empathetic care in a shelter setting with survivors of intimate partner violence, fostering an environment of trust, understanding, and empowerment
- Increased availability of forensic testing for survivors by 50%
- Provide comprehensive case management services to survivors, including safety planning, crisis intervention, and coordinating resources such as medical support, counseling, and legal aid - while ensuring the immediate safety of survivors and utilizing appropriate protocols and procedures
- Advocate for survivors' rights, both within the shelter and in external systems such as the hospital setting, law enforcement, and courtrooms
- Connect survivors with essential resources, including emergency shelter, transitional housing, financial assistance, and community-based services while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, including law enforcement, legal professionals, healthcare providers, and social workers, to ensure whole-person support.
- Program development building SART of the Ocoee Region from day one, holding interagency meetings to network how sexual assault survivors navigate community services.
- Frequent reporting of use of grant funding, client contact data, outreach data, and success/failure rates along with other statistical data points.
Supervised Visitation Monitor
Partnership For Families, Children And Adults
08.2021 - 08.2023
- Navigated staggered arrival and departure for children, visiting, and custodial parents in a secure, neutral environment where trauma informed care can take place as well as reunification of families
- Worked in close cooperation with victim services, making supplemental whole family care available, as well as abiding by the procedures of Hamilton County courts and Chattanooga Police Department
- Provided a comfortable, safe, no-judgement passed and enjoyable space for families to connect while maintaining safety and security of at risk individuals and survivors
- Intervened in crisis situations and counseled children experiencing emergencies and disruptive incidents.
Services Coordinator Intern
City of Chattanooga - Homeless Services
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Engaged with diverse community populations experiencing homelessness ranging in acuity to provide emergency support and entry into the program
- Worked in coordination with Homeless Healthcare, Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition, and other local organizations
- Promoted safety, rapport building, relationship formation, mutual understanding and common language construction on site to jointly define needs and goals for unhoused individuals, families, and encampments across the service area
- Created the Welcome Home! Drive for newly-housed individuals and engaged with community members and leaders, which in turn provided over 40 clients with new apartment kits.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Political Science And Public Service
University of Tennessee At Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN05.2023
Associate of Applied Science - Legal Studies
Chattanooga State Community College
Chattanooga, TN12.2019
Skills
- Data analysis
- Nonviolent crisis intervention
- Interagency coordination
- Program development
- Grant research
- Case management
Timeline
Sexual Assault Victim Advocate
Harbor Safe House And Advocacy Center
05.2023 - Current
Supervised Visitation Monitor
Partnership For Families, Children And Adults
08.2021 - 08.2023
Services Coordinator Intern
City of Chattanooga - Homeless Services
06.2021 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Science - Political Science And Public Service
University of Tennessee At Chattanooga
Associate of Applied Science - Legal Studies
Chattanooga State Community College
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