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Lisa Wallace

Wake Forest,NC

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive outlook. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Work History

Client Support Specialist

Autism Society of North Carolina

2024 - 2026

Provided exceptional service to clients by understanding their unique needs and offering tailored solutions.
Facilitated social outings and community integration activities, promoting inclusion and positive experiences for clients.
Improved client self-sufficiency through teaching essential skills such as meal preparation, housekeeping, and financial management.
Documented progress notes thoroughly to track client achievements, concerns, or changes in behavior patterns that may need attention from the interdisciplinary team.

Therapeutic Visitation Counselor

Catholic Charities, St. John's Service Center

2021 - 2022

Manage four or more caseloads of individuals under age 18 and perform weekly supervised visits with children and their family.
Provided social work support to parents, Resource Parents, and DCP&P Case Workers to improve parent and child relationships.
Provided parenting education and support during visitation visits, developed, and implemented realistic treatment plans, progress reports, and discharge summaries to improve care and well-being of children and parents, working towards reunification.
record and maintain detailed and accurate reports to review with the supervisor and DCP&P Case Worker for court.

Individual Support Specialist

War Ministry

2018 - 2022

Established positive relationships with youth and assessed their goals, tailoring services to meet their needs.
Implement various activities to enhance youth strength, self-confidence, self-esteem, and social skills two times weekly during home visits.
Maintain documentation by recording data and tracking therapy progress as youth learn skills electronically.
Utilize stress scales to transform emotions into concrete concepts and use visual supports to provide positive interactions with youth with ADHD, Autism, MI, IDD/MI, and oppositional defiance.

Bachelor of Social Work Intern

2nd Home Adult Medical Day Care

2019 - 2020

Conducted psycho-social assessment interviews on three or more new clients and provided initial and quarterly assessments to determine consumers' progress in Day program.
Assessed cognitive abilities and physical and emotional needs of clients to determine appropriate interventions.
Assisted consumers with community resources, low-income housing, food assistance programs, free transportation, and other available services.
Accompany consumers to social service's agencies to assist and obtain information on consumers' behalf.
Maintained accurate client records, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with ethical standards.

Residential Counselor

Vision and Pathways

2006 - 2017

Observed five or more youths and documented behavior changes daily.
Established open communication to serve youth/adults' growth potential.
Maintained safe and supportive residential environments for at-risk individuals, contributing to their overall wellbeing.
Resolved conflicts by performing in-time crisis intervention and enforcing discipline and behavior metrics.
Promoted independent living skills through coaching residents in daily tasks such as meal preparation, hygiene and budgeting.