Jolen Wade Krasun
Preston,CT
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Respite Care Provider
Private Family Contract
West Boxford, MA
07.2019 - 05.2025
- Provided respite care for medically fragile clients in their home environment
- Ensured clients safety in all domains
- Provided services promoting social emotional wellness
- Administration of medication management as needed
- Provided additional services requested and tailored by client and family
- Arrangement, scheduling, and transportation to medical appointments and community resources
Early Childhood Child FIRST Care Coordinator
UCFS/Child FIRST
Norwich, CT
10.2011 - 04.2017
- Provided intensive home-based services with psychotherapeutic parent-child interventions and play therapy
- Implemented clinical comprehensive assessments and develop family service treatment plans with the team approach
- Partnered with families to assess needs and access community services with referrals for formal and informal supports
- Built relationships and collaborate with community providers and convene child and family specific meetings
- Conducted classroom observations and provide mental health assessments and consultation
- Database entry of clinical assessments
Intake Coordinator
LEARN/Building Blocks
Old Lyme, CT
07.2006 - 10.2011
- Conducted intakes for families with children ages birth to five to assist in coordination of services to promote social and emotional wellness
- Triaged families who do not meet federal guideline criteria to community resources
- Managed databases and monthly reports for service delivery and for federal grant data collection
- Coordinated interpretive and translation services
- Assisted in outreach efforts to promote services and network with families and service providers
Care Coordinator/Intake Specialist
LEARN/Southeast Mental Health System of Care
Old Lyme, CT
09.2002 - 07.2006
- Conducted home visits, strength-based assessments, and service plans for the seriously emotional disturbed youth population
- Facilitated child specific team meetings, upon families request, to address needs and collaborate with community providers
- Provided support to families involved with the educational, protective service, and juvenile court systems
- Conducted intakes and follow-up on referrals
Pre-school Teacher
The Sherwood School
Old Saybrook, CT
09.2001 - 01.2002
- Provided supervision and educational structure for a classroom of ten students
- Devised and implemented weekly lesson plans
- Initiated parent teacher conferences
- Developed individual goals and maintained student portfolios
Family Service Worker
Health and Education Services, North Shore Head Start
Beverly, MA
10.2000 - 06.2001
- Maintained a caseload of twenty-nine families providing support and resources
- Formed a partnership with families to achieve individualized goals, and strength and needs assessments
- Conducted home visits and classroom visits
- Participated in class reviews, recruitment, registration, special education reviews, and parent nights
Direct Care Worker/ Sleep Overnight Staff
Team Coordinating Agency, Inc., Milestone Shelter
Wilmington, MA
01.2000 - 01.2000
- Provided supervision for emotionally disturbed adolescent males (referred DSS/DMH) in milieu and community
- Assisted in development and maintenance of age-appropriate behavior
- Taught conflict resolution skills, independent living skills, and emotional coping skills
- Administered medications
Home Service Deliver
Services for Children in Their Own Homes, Episcopal Community Services
Philadelphia, PA
01.1999 - 01.2000
- Assessed family system in a multi-dimensional approach
- Maintained three level intensities in-home service delivery
- Conducted an in-service agency training and participated in staff conferences
- Provided resources and empowerment to clients
Social Worker Assistant
Salvation Army, Temple Corps
Philadelphia, PA
01.1998 - 01.1998
- Obtained experience interacting with client in agency through home visits
- Assisted in services for food pantry and volunteer programs
Education
Bachelor of Science - Social Work
Messiah College
Grantham, PA05.2000
Skills
- Intensive in-home case management and coordination of services and referrals
- Assessments and development of case service plans
- Support services in the transitional housing programs, judicial, educational, child welfare, and health care systems
- Data entry and grant based data outcome measures reporting
- Specialized intake services
- Coordination and facilitation of meetings and community outreach
Clearances
Child abuse and criminal background clearances, PA, MA, and CT
Timeline
Respite Care Provider
Private Family Contract
07.2019 - 05.2025
Early Childhood Child FIRST Care Coordinator
UCFS/Child FIRST
10.2011 - 04.2017
Intake Coordinator
LEARN/Building Blocks
07.2006 - 10.2011
Care Coordinator/Intake Specialist
LEARN/Southeast Mental Health System of Care
09.2002 - 07.2006
Pre-school Teacher
The Sherwood School
09.2001 - 01.2002
Family Service Worker
Health and Education Services, North Shore Head Start
10.2000 - 06.2001
Direct Care Worker/ Sleep Overnight Staff
Team Coordinating Agency, Inc., Milestone Shelter
01.2000 - 01.2000
Home Service Deliver
Services for Children in Their Own Homes, Episcopal Community Services
01.1999 - 01.2000
Social Worker Assistant
Salvation Army, Temple Corps
01.1998 - 01.1998
Bachelor of Science - Social Work
Messiah College