Dedicated Social Worker offering a comprehensive background in various roles within the social work field focusing on crisis interventions, trauma informed care, assessing for safety, creating safety plans, connecting with community resources completing assessments and developing treatment plans for children, youth and adult.
Assess for child safety; Investigate reports of child abuse and neglect; Provide immediate and emergency response to suspected child abuse; Work closely with families providing resources; Create safety plans with families to prevent removals by utilizing family and community resources; Conducting interviews of caregivers, children, and other community members such as teachers, law enforcement and medical professionals; Complete detailed case notes, assessments and court reports within policy timeframe.
Meeting with youth clients weekly and
utilizing intervention techniques such as behavior management, social competency and problem identification and resolution. Teaching the youth client effective communication skills to improve interpersonal relationships in numerous areas including their foster home, school and peer relationships. Monitoring and documenting treatment plan outcomes on a quarterly basis.
Overseeing and managing Residential Treatment Advisors; Tracking and documenting cottage and youth residents; Collaborating with therapists and psychiatrist; Documentation of youth residents progress or regression; Ensured a safe environment for youth residents and collaborated on program changes; Create yearly employee performance plans.
Residential Treatment Advisor
Maintaining adolescents’ well-being; Scheduling residents appointments; Tracking behavior, completing daily charts; Communicating with therapist and residents parents; Engaged in medication monitoring and direct provision of medication to youth residents; Teaching the residents daily social skills and providing guidance and direction.
Trauma informed care
Crisis intervention
Empathy and communication
Diligent documentation
Establishing rapport
Collaboration
Case management
Advocacy