Jennifer Pacha
Springfield,IL
Summary
Experienced Foster Care Case Manager well-versed in overseeing high case load, maintaining records and supporting court processes. Well-organized and methodical with strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills. Skilled in providing specific and knowledgeable care to each family.
Skilled at effectively managing foster care cases and supporting processes to improve care and well-being of program children. Capable of providing specific and knowledgeable care to each family. Advanced skills in [Software].
Overview
1
1
Certification
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Foster Care Case Manager
Rutledge Youth Foundation
Springfield, IL
10.2020 - 03.2021
- Met with children to ensure comprehensive happiness and success of [Number] placements.
- Advocated for over [Number] children in court settings and to potential parents.
- Increased placement success rates by [Number]% through developing new systems for case service plans and reports.
- Conducted visitations each [Timeframe] to assess well-being and environmental conditions for each child.
- Coordinated referrals and program resources for [Number] guardians and children monthly.
- Collaborated with team members to identify and accomplish agency objectives.
- Coordinated referrals to community services by advocating for individual needs and addressing roadblocks.
Case Manager
Senior Center of Central Illinois
Springfield, IL
02.2020 - 10.2020
- I am a case manager in the Community Care Unit, providing services to eligible seniors that are designed to keep them independent and living in their own home.
- Services are provided through state & federal funds and are determined through the completion of a thorough social assessment.
- Private in home care giver/ social worker.
- Determined and coordinated appropriate level of care to meet individual patient needs.
- Collaborated with various healthcare providers to facilitate delivery of services.
- Assisted patients in receiving high-quality, appropriate care with best possible results.
- Developed appropriate care plans for at-risk individuals and high-risk families.
- Optimized program resource utilization to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
- Reviewed effectiveness of treatment for individual and family situations.
- Collaborated with different disciplines to provide cohesive care to patients.
- Reviewed treatment plans against individual goals and healthcare standards.
Privately employed
Springfield, IL
05.2009 - 09.2019
- I provided comprehensive in home care services to individuals not eligible for services through community agencies.
- Services were determined through the completion of a thorough assessment, addressing physical needs, medical issues, resources, other assistance, etc.
- I also managed my clients medical needs, care, treatment, and medications.
- Psychiatric Response Team.
Mental Health Center/ MMCIL
Springfield, IL
04.2005 - 09.2009
- As a member of the Psychiatric Response Team, I screened all psychiatric patients requesting services in both of our local hospitals Emergency Rooms.
- Duties included interviewing & assessing each patients needs, working with ER staff (including doctors & nurses) to fully assess each patient, developing an appropriate plan of care (community referrals, involuntary and voluntary hospital placement, addiction inpatient treatment, etc....
Director of Social Services
The Salvation Army
Springfield, IL
10.2007 - 05.2009
- Duties included development, implementation, and continuous evaluation of all programs offered to the community through the Citadel.
- Programs included rental & utility assistance, a food bank, a homeless shelter, easily accessible medical services, programs for area youth, clothing assistance, disaster relief services; as well as, representing the agency to the community as a whole.
Volunteer Coordinator
Project Return
Springfield, IL
08.2007 - 04.2009
- Responsible for the development of all training material; as well as, recruitment & training of all volunteers involved with Project Return.
- The mission of the agency was to prevent recidivism rates for women with children being released from the Illinois Dept.
- Of Corrections, by providing extensive support to each participant & her family.
Youth Advocate Program
Decatur, IL
10.2005 - 03.2007
- Duties included providing individual, group, and family counseling to youth identified as high risk to be incarcerated.
- Participants were identified through juvenile criminal charges & intensive services were provided to both the youth & their families in an effort to prevent their incarceration upon adulthood.
- Services were provided with a partnership between YAP & the Macon County Juvenile Division of the States Attorneys office.
- Services were modeled after Corrections counseling programs & all therapists were trained by Corrections Counseling Inc, a leading expert in Corrections services.
Counselor
Gateway Foundation
Lincoln, NE
05.2005 - 09.2005
- Responsibilities included providing addiction counseling services to women in the treatment program at Lincoln Correctional Center, a minimum to moderate security prison within the Illinois Department of Corrections.
- Services included both individual and group long term treatment.
- As many of our participants were incarcerated due to drug related charges, successful completion of a treatment program were paramount to their future success.
- As the Dept of Corrections was not welcoming to social work practice, this employment was short lived Child Welfare Caseworker Various - Illinois & California.
06.1998 - 04.2003
- Although employed over numerous years, at several agencies, in 2 states, duties included completing a thorough psycho- social assessment & development of a service plan for all families involved with the child welfare system.
- Duties further included monitoring & evaluating the service plans to achieve an appropriate goal, including return home, independence, or adoption for example.
- Responsibilities also included providing expert court testimony & completion of case goal.
- This included working with the children, biological families, foster families, and adoptive families as well.
Education
Master's - Social Work, MSW
St. Louis University
2001
Bachelor's - Social Work (BSW
MacMurray College
1998
Associate - Liberal Arts
Springfield College
1995
Skills
- Working towards LCSW
- I would very much like to complete my supervised hours for my LCSW licensure
- Additional Information
- Throughout my career, I have been required to attain certification in various subjects, including
- Child risk assessment through IL DCFS, assessment certification through the IL Department of Aging,
- Addiction recovery, mental health treatment, etc I have always excelled at whatever was required of
- Me
- Administrative
- Agency
- Conflict Management
- Counseling
- Crisis Management
- Curriculum Development
- Clients
- Funds
- Meeting Facilitation
- Mental Health
- Microsoft Offic
- Office
- Presentation Skills
- Program Development
- Program Management
- Recruitment
- Research
- Risk assessment
- Supervising
- Report writing
- Court proceedings
- Services coordination
- Case planning
- Family support
- Records management
- Trauma experience
- Records maintenance
- Client meetings
- Well-trained in [Software]
- Microsoft Office
- Problem resolution
Certification
- Google Suite
- Microsoft Office
- Addiction Counseling (10+ years)
- Case Management (10+ years)
- Child & Family Counseling (8 years)
- Individual / Group Counseling (8 years)
- Motivational Interviewing (6 years)
- Social Work (10+ years)
- Behavioral Health (6 years)
- Group Therapy
- Intake Experience
- Mental Health Counseling
- Behavioral Therapy
- Crisis Management (10+ years)
- Curriculum Development (4 years)
- Behavioral Therapy
- Mental Health Counseling
- Intake Experience
- Curriculum Development
- Crisis Management (10+ years)
- Crisis Intervention
- Program Development (6 years)
- Hospital Experience (4 years)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (4 years)
- Applied Behavior Analysis (3 years)
- Behavior Management (5 years)
- Presentation Skills (8 years)
- Research (5 years)
- Meeting Facilitation (8 years)
- Administrative Experience (6 years)
- Management (6 years)
- Supervising Experience (6 years)
- Program Management (6 years)
- Child Protective Services (6 years)
- Conflict Management (8 years)
Personal Information
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, I knew before I reached adulthood that I was born to help people. My professional career and my life
overall have ALWAYS proved to reinforce that! My experience is varied, but it has all contributed to
what kind of a social worker I am! And that is knowledgeable, empathetic, and compassionate to my
core! I am willing to relocate for the right opportunity in the right location! Springfield does not have
some of the agencies that focus on what I consider bigger city services, but I truly want to make a
difference
Additional Information
- Willing to relocate: Anywhere, Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Timeline
Foster Care Case Manager
Rutledge Youth Foundation
10.2020 - 03.2021
Case Manager
Senior Center of Central Illinois
02.2020 - 10.2020
Privately employed
05.2009 - 09.2019
Director of Social Services
The Salvation Army
10.2007 - 05.2009
Volunteer Coordinator
Project Return
08.2007 - 04.2009
Youth Advocate Program
10.2005 - 03.2007
Counselor
Gateway Foundation
05.2005 - 09.2005
Mental Health Center/ MMCIL
04.2005 - 09.2009
06.1998 - 04.2003
Associate - Liberal Arts
Springfield College
Bachelor's - Social Work (BSW
MacMurray College
Master's - Social Work, MSW
St. Louis University