Melanie Zampirri
Schwenksville,PA
Summary
Over 37 years experience as a Child Welfare Caseworker and Supervisor. Highly organized, have great problem solving ability and excellent time management skills. Demonstrated leadership qualities include the ability to teach/train and turn a vision into reality. Results oriented with a proven record of working collaboratively with team members to achieve goals.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Intake Casework Supervisor
Bucks County Children And Youth Agency
Doylestown, PA
11.2001 - 06.2022
- Provides direct supervision to 4 caseworkers in crisis oriented, child safety, emergency response situations.
- Reviews and assigns new referrals state hotline while evaluating the need and ongoing safety of children and staff capacity to assign.
- Maintain knowledge of each caseworker's caseload, skill and availability to ensure equitable workload and optimum service delivery.
- Assess the need and initiate legal intervention in accordance with the PA Juvenile Act and Child Protective Services Law in order to protect the welfare of children.
- Develops plans to keep children safe in situations of abuse or neglect, collaboratively with law enforcement.
- Participates in multidisciplinary teams and meetings, maintains accurate records, reports and documentation which assists in the preparation for legal action.
- Presents court testimony in a factual, detailed and accurate manner. Prepares staff for court testimony as needed.
- Supports trauma informed family engagement practices among staff as they respond to reports.
- Trains new staff.
- Provide Mandated Reporter Training and Agency Overview Presentations to schools, law enforcement and community agencies.
Intake Caseworker
Bucks County Children And Youth Agency
Doylestown, PA
03.1989 - 11.2001
- Analyzed family problems to determine if continued child welfare involvement was required or if the problem could be resolved by alternate means of outside services. Assessed safety and risk of children in all cases.
- Provided brief child welfare assessment services to children and families to address any issues affecting the family.
- Made referrals to other public and private social service organizations, community agencies and resources to meet the individual needs of each child.
Intake Screener
Montgomery County Office Of Children And Youth
Norristown, PA
03.1987 - 03.1989
- Screening of all initial referrals to the Agency and assuring appropriate disposition.
- Preliminary assessment and decision making.
- Provide crisis intervention and brief social service.
- Public relations. Provision of information to schools, hospitals, law enforcement and community agencies.
- Court liaison. Filing of petitions and scheduling of hearings.
Child Protective Services Caseworker
Montgomery County Office Of Children And Youth
Norristown, PA
01.1985 - 03.1987
- Investigation of child abuse reports. Interviewing, information gathering and assessment of safety and risk.
- Counseling of families and provision of services to strengthen the family.
- Collaboration with law enforcement, schools and community agencies.
- Preparation of court documents and court testimony.
- Orient and train new workers.
Residential Counselor
Hedwig House
Pottstown, PA
07.1984 - 01.1985
- Addressed behavioral and emotional needs of residents through activities and interventions, increasing resident socialization, interpersonal and social skills.
- Delivered frequent summaries on resident progression and regression in treatment to provide recommendations towards treatment plan for success.
- Resolved conflicts by performing in-time crisis intervention and enforcing discipline and behavior metrics.
Education
No Degree - Paralegal Studies
Penn State University
Abington, PABachelor of Arts - Psychology
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Millersville, PA05.1984
Skills
- Crisis situations
- Time management
- Complex problem solving
- Child abuse and neglect identification
- Forensic interviewing
- Play therapy
- Collaboration
- Detail oriented
Certification
Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Records Check
Pennsylvania Child abuse History Certification
FBI Fingerprint Based Background Check
Mandated and Permissive Reporter
Criminal Justice Information Services Security Awareness
Supervisory Skills
Trauma Informed Supervision
Accurint-Lexus Nexis
Timeline
Intake Casework Supervisor
Bucks County Children And Youth Agency
11.2001 - 06.2022
Intake Caseworker
Bucks County Children And Youth Agency
03.1989 - 11.2001
Intake Screener
Montgomery County Office Of Children And Youth
03.1987 - 03.1989
Child Protective Services Caseworker
Montgomery County Office Of Children And Youth
01.1985 - 03.1987
Residential Counselor
Hedwig House
07.1984 - 01.1985
No Degree - Paralegal Studies
Penn State University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Records Check
Pennsylvania Child abuse History Certification
FBI Fingerprint Based Background Check
Mandated and Permissive Reporter
Criminal Justice Information Services Security Awareness
Supervisory Skills
Trauma Informed Supervision
Accurint-Lexus Nexis
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