Jenifer McLaughlin
Houston,TX
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Designer and Sales
Memorial Signs and Designs
Houston, TX
07.2022 - Current
- Small boutique sales and embroidery design.
- Worked with client via email, phone and in-person to collect information to complete designs.
- Created product designs in alignment with specifications.
Adoption Specialist
Children’s Connections (Contract)
Houston, TX
10.2016 - 10.2017
- Helped both birth and adoptive families create adoption plan
- Completed two open adoptions with birth and parents
- Worked with two birth mothers with Housing, Utilities, such as electric, water and other bills, Transportation expenses necessary to support the pregnancy, Counseling services, Post placement services.
- Provided crisis intervention services when needed.
- Collaborated with social workers, attorneys and other professionals involved in the adoption process.
Assistant Director
EXPECTATION GRADUATION - Houston, TX
06.2006 - 03.2007
- Establish and oversee administrative procedures to meet objectives set by boards of directors
- Research and analyze community need to determine program directions and goals
- Implement and evaluate staff, volunteers, or community training programs
- Recruit, interview, and hire or sign-up volunteers and staff.
Child Protective Services Caseworker
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES - Houston, TX
08.1998 - 06.2006
- Counsel individuals, groups, families, or communities regarding issues including mental health, poverty, unemployment, substance abuse, physical abuse, rehabilitation, social adjustment, childcare, or medical care
- Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems, to determine what services are required to meet their needs
- Serve as liaisons between students, homes, schools, family services, courts, protective services, doctors, and other contacts, to help children who face problems such as disabilities, abuse, or poverty
- Maintain case history records and prepare reports
- Counsel parents with child rearing problems, interviewing the child and family to determine whether further action is required
- Refer clients to community resources for services such as job placement, debt counseling, legal aid, housing, medical treatment, or financial assistance, and provide concrete information, such as where to go and how to apply
- Consult with parents, teachers, and other school personnel to determine causes of problems such as truancy and misbehavior, and to implement solutions
- Address legal issues, such as child abuse and discipline, assisting with hearings and providing testimony to inform custody arrangements
- Develop and review service plans in consultation with clients and perform follow-ups assessing the quantity and quality of services provided
- Provide, find, or arrange for support services, such as childcare, homemaker service, prenatal care, substance abuse treatment, job training, counseling, or parenting classes, to prevent more serious problems from developing
- Arrange for medical, psychiatric, and other tests that may disclose causes of difficulties and indicate remedial measures
- Recommend temporary foster care and advise foster or adoptive parents
- Supervise other social workers
- Place children in foster or adoptive homes, institutions, or medical treatment centers
- Evaluate personal characteristics and home conditions of foster home or adoption applicants
- Determine clients' eligibility for financial assistance.
Education
Bachelor of Social Work - Social Work
University of Texas at Arlington
08.1998
Skills
- Early Childhood
- Child Care
- Child Protective Services
- Social Work
- Crisis Intervention
- Case Management
- Sales
- Designer
- Corporate Design
- Vendor Relationships
- Client Presentation Delivery
Timeline
Designer and Sales
Memorial Signs and Designs
07.2022 - Current
Adoption Specialist
Children’s Connections (Contract)
10.2016 - 10.2017
Assistant Director
EXPECTATION GRADUATION - Houston, TX
06.2006 - 03.2007
Child Protective Services Caseworker
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES - Houston, TX
08.1998 - 06.2006
Bachelor of Social Work - Social Work
University of Texas at Arlington