Mary Arrington
Bountiful
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Ongoing Caseworker
Department Of Child And Family Services
West Valley City
09.2024 - Current
- Collaborating with families to create plans for children’s safety and for ongoing services.
- Coordinating and referring children and families to services offered by community partners, placement providers, and the courts.
- Supervising visits between parents and children to ensure safety.
- Conducting in-home visits to assess safety and track progress.
- Facilitating Child and Family Team Meetings with the family, their formal, and informal supports.
Bachelor of Social Work Intern
Beehive Family Services
07.2022 - 04.2023
- Provide culturally sensitive case management for clients and connect them to community resources.
- Plan and implement community outreach.
- Review academic literature and research on topics relevant to the agency and then present findings to supervisor and/or at a team meeting.
- Assist in developing high conflict coparenting group curriculum and assist in facilitating groups.
Recovery Support Staff Member
First Step House
11.2020 - 10.2021
- Provide trauma-informed care to self-referred and/or formerly incarcerated clients through respectful but firm boundary setting, de-escalation techniques, and active listening.
- Provide frontline supportive services to clients and coordinate client care with therapists, case managers, and program manager.
- Advocate for client needs while translating facility rules and expectations into understandable principles for clients.
Shift Lead
Odyssey House Addiction Recovery Center
05.2020 - 11.2020
- Establish and maintain strong boundaries with self-referred and/or formerly incarcerated clients and support them compassionately and professionally throughout their detoxification period.
- Administer medication and interventions according to policy and client needs.
- Set an example for part-time support staff of adhering to company policy and trained part-time staff in effective and safe interactions with clients.
- Covered shifts for part-time staff who did not show up, often working up to 20 hours of overtime weekly.
- Developed a training manual for part-time staff to supplement official training, which manual was then utilized by the facility.
Contract Researcher
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
10.2019 - 02.2020
- Conducted 9 focus groups in South Korea in Korean.
- Coordinated with Church researchers to facilitate focus groups in a culturally sensitive manner.
- Transcribed interviews and translated 11 hours of audio into English.
Education
Bachelor of Social Work -
University of Utah
05.2023
Social Service Worker -
01.2023
Skills
- Conflict resolution
- Multicultural competence
- Client advocacy
- Collaborative teamwork
- Parent education
- Case management
- Trauma-informed care
Timeline
Ongoing Caseworker
Department Of Child And Family Services
09.2024 - Current
Bachelor of Social Work Intern
Beehive Family Services
07.2022 - 04.2023
Recovery Support Staff Member
First Step House
11.2020 - 10.2021
Shift Lead
Odyssey House Addiction Recovery Center
05.2020 - 11.2020
Contract Researcher
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
10.2019 - 02.2020
Bachelor of Social Work -
University of Utah
Social Service Worker -
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