Child welfare worker with over 24 years of experience working with children and families in the State of Alabama. I am committed to supporting children and families. I am skilled in providing compassionate care, advocacy, and guidance to children and families in need. I am versed in working with others to ensure best outcomes.
Conduct monthly worker conferences and maintain notes regarding these meetings.
Monitor foster children's private earmarked funds.
Manage child permanency.
Manage child well-being.
Ensure TCM encounters are entered monthly.
Manage casework to include ISP completion, narrative recordings, and comprehensive family assessments.
Ensure court reports are well-written, show thorough assessment, and that workers are prepared for court.
Multi-needs representative.
Provide after hours on-call supervision.
Intake - receive, staff and assign reports of child/adult abuse neglect, process pauper burials, process applications and EA/County funds for rent and utility assistance.
CANs - investigate reports of child abuse/neglect, assess safety of children and take necessary steps to ensure child safety.
Foster Care - monitor children in foster, arrange necessary services for children and families to achieve permanency, arrange appointments for foster children, provide transportation, prepare court reports, testify in court, ensure children maintain connections with family, facilitate ISPs, narrate case actions, complete comprehensive family assessments.
On-Call - response to after-hours reports of abuse/neglect, assess safety of children and vulnerable adults, and take necessary action to ensure safety.
Protective Services - provide and monitor services to families where safety threats have been identified, facilitate ISPs, narrate case actions, complete comprehensive family assessments, continuously assess safety while children remain in the home or with family, prepare court reports, testify in court.
Intake - receive, staff and assign reports of child/adult abuse neglect, process application and EA/County funds for rent and utility assistance.
CANs - investigate reports of child abuse/neglect, assess safety of child and take necessary steps to ensure child safety.
Multi-Needs - work with families involved with multiple agencies.
On-Call - respond to after-hours reports of abuse/neglect, assess safety of children and vulnerable adults, and take necessary actions to ensure safety.
Intake - receive, staff, and assign reports of child/adult abuse neglect, process applications and EA/County funds for rent and utility assistance.
CANs - investigate reports of child abuse and neglect, assess safety of children and take necessary steps to ensure child safety.
Foster Care - monitor children in foster care, arrange needed services for children and families to achieve permanency, arrange appointments for foster children, provide transportation, prepare court reports, testify in court, ensure children maintain connections with family, facilitate ISPs, narrate case actions, complete comprehensive family assessments.
On-Call - respond to after-hours reports of abuse/neglect, assess safety of children and vulnerable adults, and take necessary actions to ensure safety.
Day Care Licensing - process applications and license home daycares.
ILP Coordinator - work with teenage youth in foster care, plan events/outings for the youth, facilitate group meetings/trainings to aide dependent youth in learning to become self-sufficient.
Supervise delinquent youth in a group home setting.
Prepare meals for youth.
Transport youth to school and appointments.
Monitor medication.
Provide and assist with basic living skills.
Facilitate group counseling.