Kayla Sberna, LMSW
Mount Vernon,NY
Summary
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Seeking a full-time position that offers professional challenges, growth, and utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management, and problem-solving skills.
Organized, dependable, and successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
FOSTER CARE SOCIAL WORKER
Extraordinary Families
11.2022 - Current
- Facilitates joining children into appropriate resource homes; liaison between families and the agency; ensures resource families maintain current approval requirements.
- Improved family reunification rates by conducting regular home visits and providing support to foster parents.
- Enhanced the well-being of children in care through comprehensive case management and individualized service plans.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams for effective decision-making on child placements and permanency planning.
- Streamlined documentation processes, ensuring timely submission of reports and assessments.
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SPECIALIST CASE MANA
The People Concern
05.2021 - 08.2022
- Implement harm-reduction and trauma-informed care to previous homeless individuals to support the maintenance of independent living.
- Developed strong client relationships through consistent communication and attentive service.
- Maintain a caseload of 40 culturally diverse clients with various diagnoses (depression, anxiety, personality disorders, PTSD)
- Reduced costs by identifying inefficiencies in operations and implementing cost-saving measures.
- · Complete quarterly assessments with clients to target areas of concern (e.g., housing, mental health, physical health, activities of daily living).
SOCIO-THERAPIST
Graham Windham Organization Foster Care Agency
07.2019 - 08.2020
- Developed and implemented Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequences (ABC) treatment plan in weekly Systematic Teaching and Evaluation Process (STEP) chart for each assigned child to monitor behavioral improvements.
- Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based therapeutic techniques and interventions.
- Enhanced client well-being through personalized treatment plans tailored to individual needs and goals.
- Built strong rapport with clients, fostering trust and open communication for effective therapy sessions.
- Committed to continuous contact with clients, resource parents, and school liaisons to promote academic improvement
- Obtained insight from resource parents in monitoring client’s medication dosages and daily medication distribution to record on monthly medication charts
Education
MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK,
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
The Bronx, NY05.2022
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK, - SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Mercy College
The Bronx, NY05.2019
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS IN LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES - Liberal Arts And Sciences
SUNY WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Valhalla, NY12.2016
Skills
- Verbal Communication
- Needs Assessment
- Family reunification
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration
- Mental Health Support
- Behavioral assessment
- Therapeutic Intervention
Timeline
FOSTER CARE SOCIAL WORKER
Extraordinary Families
11.2022 - Current
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SPECIALIST CASE MANA
The People Concern
05.2021 - 08.2022
SOCIO-THERAPIST
Graham Windham Organization Foster Care Agency
07.2019 - 08.2020
MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK,
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK, - SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Mercy College
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS IN LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES - Liberal Arts And Sciences
SUNY WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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