Karen Thien
Summary
Proactive and goal-oriented professional with a strong ability to manage time effectively and solve problems. Recognized for reliability and adaptability, with a quick capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and make valuable contributions to organizational growth.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Prevention Educator
Holly's House
08.2022 - 02.2025
- Implement and deliver school and community-based prevention education
- Appear in PreK-6 classrooms in person or online to deliver prevention curriculum.
- Evaluate programs to ensure that they are meeting needs of participants
- Collect data and assist in analysis of program effectiveness
- Correspond with schools about schedules and needs of participants and make adjustments as needed
Family Case Manager
Warrick County Department of Child Services
08.2020 - 07.2022
- Established close working relationships with families involved with DCS to reach permanency
- Collaborated with court, law enforcement and community providers
- Testified under oath to help court make child placement or custody decisions
- Wrote reports and case summaries and compiled work records
- Determine and implement services necessary for family to be successfully reunified
- Maintained confidentiality of clients' information
- Participated in appropriate staffing and legal staffing
- Maintained organized case files
- Led Child and Family Team Meetings
- Effectively manage a caseload of 16-20 kids or more at any given time
- Ability to quick thinking
- Able to have hard conversations with the families I work with
- Interact with families in difficult situations
- Well versed in childhood development
- Able to resource in the community
Home Based Caseworker
Ireland Home Based Services
09.2017 - 04.2020
- Determine and implement goals and services to families and individuals
- Provide in-home case planning
- Provide mentoring/tutoring services to school age children
- Provide parenting education and training
- Provide child development education
- Maintain client's progress through documentation in case note and contact with DCS case managers
- Provide supervised visitation
Preschool Teacher of 4-year old's
Sweet Peas Nursery and Preschool
05.2014 - 08.2015
- Managed a structured, stimulating classroom with responsibilities in all manners of teaching, assessment, behavior modification and coordinated academic and social activities
- Developed and implemented lesson plans that met the individual needs of the children
- Utilized a variety of instructional techniques and technology
Teaching/Special Needs Assistant
Rockport Elementary
08.2002 - 05.2010
- Observed and assessed student performance and kept thorough records of progress
- Encouraged students to persevere with challenging tasks
- Set and communicated ground rules for the classroom based on respect and personal responsibility
- Tutored children individually and in small groups to help them with difficult subjects
- Taught students to exercise problem solving methodology and techniques during tests
- Taught students in various stages of cognitive, linguistic, social and emotional development
- Established positive relationships with students, parents, fellow teachers and school administrators
Education
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education, Kindergarten Endorsement
University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, INSkills
- Collaborative Problem Solving
- Creative Problem Resolution
- Clear Documentation Practices
- Skill Assessment
- Effective Multitasking
- Client Engagement
- Encouragement Techniques
- Goal-Oriented Mindset
- Youth Involvement
Timeline
Prevention Educator
Holly's House
08.2022 - 02.2025
Family Case Manager
Warrick County Department of Child Services
08.2020 - 07.2022
Home Based Caseworker
Ireland Home Based Services
09.2017 - 04.2020
Preschool Teacher of 4-year old's
Sweet Peas Nursery and Preschool
05.2014 - 08.2015
Teaching/Special Needs Assistant
Rockport Elementary
08.2002 - 05.2010
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education, Kindergarten Endorsement
University of Southern Indiana
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