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Lucia Johnson
Torrance,CA
Overview
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Children's Institute/ Partnership for Families (PFF)
Clinical Program Supervisor
01.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Responsible for interviewing, hiring, and training employees, planning, assigning, and directing work, appraising performance, addressing complaints, and resolving problems.
- Oversee ongoing workshops geared towards providing education and resources to families with children 0-5 years.
- Participate in interdisciplinary team conferences.
- Ensure timely and high-quality documentation of services by assigned staff.
- Assisted in the execution of contracts for subcontractors.
- Oversee subcontractor and ensure that services follow contract requirements.
- Help create social media strategy to engage families and children.
- Collaborate across departments to execute a strategy to identify, initiate and deepen relationships with community members, partners, and CII Staff.
- Organizes community outreach programs and assists with coordinating PFF events.
- Attends relevant events and activities to represent the organization and PFF program and build strong relationships with key community members.
- Performs various project support tasks, including, but not limited to, creating presentation materials for internal use and external use.
Children's Institute/ Individual Transitional Skills (ITSP)
Supervisor
01.2017 - 01.2023
Job overview
- Responsible for interviewing, hiring, and training employees, planning, assigning, and directing work, appraising performance, addressing complaints, and resolving problems.
- Oversaw ongoing workshops geared towards providing education and resources to foster youth.
- Maintained statistical data for the program with regards to both internal and external mental health referrals.
- Received, process and assigned DCFS referrals for the program.
- Ensured that files follow all regulatory requirements.
- Engaged in conferences with interdisciplinary teams.
- Ensured timely and high-quality documentation of services by assigned staff.
Children's Institute/Adoption Promotion Services (APSS)
Supervisor
01.2019 - 01.2022
Job overview
- Responsible for interviewing, hiring, and training employees, planning, assigning, and directing work, appraising performance, addressing complaints, and resolving problems.
- Participated and oversaw DCFS audits for Adoption Promotion Services program.
- Oversaw, ongoing workshops geared towards providing education and resources to perspective and adoptive families.
- Received, processed, and assigned DCFS referrals for the program.
- Ensured that files follow all regulatory requirements.
- Participated in interdisciplinary team conferences.
- Maintained working relationships in the community to promote and bring awareness to the agency's services.
- Ensured timely and high-quality documentation of services by assigned staff.
- Completed and submitted DCFS reports.
Children's Institute
Social Worker
01.2015 - 01.2017
Job overview
- Monitored court ordered visits between foster children and birth parents.
- Prepared written quarterly progress reports for Department and Children and Family Services.
- Case management services to fifteen foster children.
- Bi-weekly and weekly visits to foster children.
- Developed and maintained effective working relations with other agencies, schools, community organizations, placement centers and other resources to improve services for clients.
- Use independent judgment and discretion to identify client's needs and provide community referrals to client and others.
- Ensured that files are following all regulatory requirements.
Foster Family Network
Assistant Team Supervisor
01.2006 - 01.2015
Job overview
- Served as acting Supervisor in the Absence of the Team Supervisor.
- Assisted in training and mentoring other social workers on the team.
- Maintained statistical data for the department.
- Developed and establish agency policies and procedures.
- Created and Implemented Accountability Reports for staff.
- All necessary filings were completed in accordance with requirements, and all audits were assessed while responding to all inquiries.
- Conducted Home Inspections to meet licensing standards.
- Planned and organized recruitment events for organization.
- Conducted interviews with family members and gathered the necessary information required for preparation of a family home study for adoption.
- Educated families about adoption and provided information to make the best decision for children and families.
- Maintained contact with family after placement and provided continual support as well as conducted monthly interviews necessary for finalization of an adoption.
- Functioned as liaison to other organizations related to clients.
- Conducted audits for charts.
St. Francis Medical Center
Interim Manager of Social Services Department
01.2004 - 01.2006
Job overview
- Supervisory Role of Emergency, Trauma, Pediatrics, Intensive Care Unit and all medical floors.
- Conducted psychosocial assessments.
- Scheduled part-time and per-diem staff.
- Participated in hospital committees.
- Maintained statistical data for the department.
- Participated in interdisciplinary team conferences and discharged planning committee meeting with medical staff.
Masada Homes
Mental Health Therapist
01.2003 - 01.2004
Job overview
- Provided individual and family therapy to children, adolescents, and their family.
- Worked collaboratively with probation and Department of Children and Family services to assist client to receive appropriate services.
- Worked in multidisciplinary teams to assist clients in reaching desired goals.
- Responsible for meeting or exceeding the monthly productivity goal.
- Responsible for coordination of services provided to patients and consult with psychiatrists and psychologists.
- Provided accurate and timely documentation of all direct and non-direct services provided.
- Identified and addressed patient needs for advocacy in the medical, legal, and social systems.
Harbor Regional Center
Case manager
01.1999 - 01.2003
Job overview
- Individual and family assessment and needs identification.
- Planned for provision of appropriate services and support.
- Monitored and evaluated service delivery.
- Advocated for clients and families with various agencies such as local school districts, social security, Medi-Cal, the Department of Rehabilitation, etc.
- Maintained seventy-three cases both adults and children.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams.
- Prepared written plans to assist clients and family in achieving results in the future.
Timeline
Clinical Program Supervisor
Children's Institute/ Partnership for Families (PFF)
01.2022 - Current
Supervisor
Children's Institute/Adoption Promotion Services (APSS)
01.2019 - 01.2022
Supervisor
Children's Institute/ Individual Transitional Skills (ITSP)
01.2017 - 01.2023
Social Worker
Children's Institute
01.2015 - 01.2017
Assistant Team Supervisor
Foster Family Network
01.2006 - 01.2015
Interim Manager of Social Services Department
St. Francis Medical Center
01.2004 - 01.2006
Mental Health Therapist
Masada Homes
01.2003 - 01.2004
Case manager
Harbor Regional Center
01.1999 - 01.2003
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