Jazelle Robinson
11507 A Overlook Place,NY
Summary
A dedicated (Clinical) Social Worker engaging in trauma-informed practices and anti-oppressive practices, where empathy, cultural competency, social perceptiveness, critical thinking, persuasion, organizational and other similar skills can be utilized to support and help improve the lives and well-being of individuals and their family.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Multi-Systemic Therapist
Savio House
07.2022 - 10.2024
- Provide therapeutic services in the community to youths and their families.
- Conducts assessments including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses, and developing an analysis of identified problem behaviors within the ecological context.
- Collaborates with families, youth, and community agency staff.
- Consistently maintained a full caseload and met the required hours per week
- Informs primary caregiver and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement.
- Implements problem conceptualization, treatment planning, intervention implementation, outcome review and strategy revision procedure.
- Maintains clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts that promote peer and supervisory review and feedback.
- Collaborates with all relevant systems and key participants within each system to ensure their buy-in and cooperation throughout treatment.
- Participates in weekly team supervision and consultation
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Communicated with and updated other professionals on the multidisciplinary team of progress and barriers to services weekly.
- Facilitated or attended monthly staffing with the family and multidisciplinary team as necessary.
Clinical Social Work Intern
TESSA of Colorado Springs
08.2021 - 05.2022
- Worked with individuals from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds utilizing counseling skills.
- Assessed new clients, which may include, full diagnostic interviews, assessment of biopsychosocial needs of client, ascertain clinical symptoms, establish resulting diagnoses, and makes referrals as needed (e.g., psychological testing)
- Counseled clients; walking them through their feelings about range of issues in order to help them optimize emotional and mental health
- Provided a working diagnosis, prepares goals, and interventions, and ongoing assessment activities
- Provided outpatient therapy in a clinical setting with single or multiple diagnoses, ages 18 and older
- Provided individual and group psycho-education, implementation of behavioral skills, multiple types of therapy, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), empirically validated approaches, and other techniques.
- Developed and maintained a trusting and therapeutic relationship with clients and engaged clients with a trauma focused approach.
- Obtained appropriate release of information, always following HIPAA guidelines when informing significant others about the person’s situation and efforts made on behalf of the person
- Excellent documentation of all services through use of a daily log, to include, therapy note sessions and contact with and on behalf of clients.
Guardian Ad Litem Intern
North Carolina Guardian Ad Litem Program
07.2017 - 05.2018
- Developed and maintained a profession attitude by speaking, dressing, and behaving in a respectful manner.
- Developed a collaborative relationship with different agencies/institutions of interests. Worked with the department of social services personnel, school officials and teachers, developmental centers provider and caregivers, foster agencies and placements, and sometimes clients’ parents to learn more about the clients and how best to serve them.
- Visited clients at different field settings and efficiently recorded field notes to ensure accuracy in case report. Represented the best interests of the clients in court hearings by speaking up on clients' behalf and relating concerns or wishes to the judge and/or preparing case reports for the different parties involved.
- Developed trusting and respectful relationship with colleagues and clients. Supported clients to be able to receive the best possible resources and have the best possible outcome.
- Managed and balanced internship, school hours, other volunteer responsibilities, and personal life effectively, while maintaining an above average GPA.
- Advocated and made recommendations in court proceedings in the best interests and wishes of clients based on the understanding of the situations and conversations with clients, even when it sometimes went against the interests or recommendations of other agencies involved.
- Visited clients at placements or schools, communicated with clients and caregivers who were placed in another county or state, and/or placements by phone to learn about progress and development.
- Planned and executed a research project with a colleague to help determine the awareness of the Guardian Ad Litem program within the community via interviews and surveys.
- Assisted supervisor in recruitment campaigns at different school institutions and locations within the community.
- Worked with fellow interns to help develop a tool to assist the supervisor with an effective strategy for visiting clients while eliminating multiple visits within the same month to the same school to visit different clients attending that particular school.
- Consistently maintained a full caseload and met with clients as frequently as required.
Social Work Intern
Universal Healthcare
09.2016 - 12.2016
- Conducted initial intake assessments and treatment plans for client.
- Performed ongoing assessments of clients’ physical and mental mood and behavior.
- Facilitated and ensure clients' file accuracy to assure proper and accurate treatment.
- Communicated with client’s family when appropriate and/or necessary.
- Helped to arrange or refer clients to the necessary and best services and resources necessary.
- Provided proper discharge procedures for all projected outbound patients and their families, such as, family sessions, and completing appropriate documentation per regulation guidelines.
- Developed a greater compassion and appreciation for patients in care and realizing that the cause for care can be based on varying ages, illnesses, and/or disabilities.
- Develop a greater sense of social justice and human rights.
Education
Master of Arts - Social Work
University of Colorado At Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO05.2022
Bachelor of Arts - Social Work
Campbell University
Buies Creek, NC05.2018
Ethics And Technology
2018 Annual Ethics Conference
Raleigh, NC03.2018
Human Trafficking Conference
University of North Carolina
Pembroke, NC03.2018
Annual Fall Conference
National Association of Social Work (NASW-NC)
Asheville, NC11.2017
Skills
- Motivational Interviewing Skills
- Assessment skills
- Evidence-based practices
- Individual, Family, and Group Therapy
- Anger Management
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Treatment Planning and Intervention
- Psychoeducational Services
- Safety Planning and Crisis De-escalation
- Collaborative Relationship
- Peer Relationship
- Telehealth
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of five or more professionals in the development of school 504 and behavioral plans to support adolescent clients with increasing academic and behavioral performance.
- Graduated summa cum laude with Master of Social Work and magna cum laude with Bachelor of Social Work
Timeline
Multi-Systemic Therapist
Savio House
07.2022 - 10.2024
Clinical Social Work Intern
TESSA of Colorado Springs
08.2021 - 05.2022
Guardian Ad Litem Intern
North Carolina Guardian Ad Litem Program
07.2017 - 05.2018
Social Work Intern
Universal Healthcare
09.2016 - 12.2016
Master of Arts - Social Work
University of Colorado At Colorado Springs
Bachelor of Arts - Social Work
Campbell University
Ethics And Technology
2018 Annual Ethics Conference
Human Trafficking Conference
University of North Carolina
Annual Fall Conference
National Association of Social Work (NASW-NC)
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