Conscientious professional with extensive experience advocating for social and economic well-being of individuals and families. Skilled at providing guidance, support and assistance. Strong communication and management skills and committed to inspiring community service.
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SHAILA PARRISH
Indianapolis,IN
Summary
Overview
7
years of professional experience
Work History
The Villages of Indiana
Therapeutic Foster Care Case Manager
12.2019 - Current
Job overview
- Provide home based services
- Conduct in home visits
- Assess safety within the home
- Create safety plans
- Attend and participate in all court hearings
- Attend Child and Family Team Meetings (CFTM)
- Complete weekly contact notes on all clients/ families in Evolve
- Participate in monthly In-Service trainings
- Transport clients when needed
- Participate in quarterly on-call
- Complete monthly reports and treatment plans
- Referred clients to appropriate team members, community agencies and organizations
Department Of Children And Family Services
Family Case Manager II
11.2018 - 12.2019
Job overview
- Investigates reported incidents of child abuse, neglect or dependency
- Assesses safety and level of risk to the child for additional injury or harm, including whether the child is in imminent danger, and may remove the child from the family as the situation warrants; places child in a protected environment
- Performs needs assessments to determine treatment options for families and children evaluated to be abused/neglected
- Testifies in either a Juvenile or Criminal Court of Law concerning the needs of the families and children that are assigned to caseload
- Makes recommendations to the court for the return of children to their families, following assessment of safety or risk to the child throughout the life of the case
- Prepares pre-dispositional, dispositional and progress reports to the courts, maintains case files and develops briefing reports for the community child protection team
- Develops “informal adjustment” plans with families and children in their home to divert children from the juvenile justice system and meet the “least intrusive intervention” standard
- Develops case plans collaboratively with families to assist them in becoming more self-sufficient in a safe and nurturing environment and to ensure a permanent home for the child
- Monitors treatment plans of contractual service providers to determine if they are consistent with the case plan
- Develops discharge/transition programming to assist families and children to attain and maintain self-sufficiency in a safe environment
- Assesses the service capability of residential treatment programs and providers to ensure that they meet the needs of children and their families
- On-call periodically to investigate allegations of child abuse/neglect
- Coordinates local service delivery for a family or children to assist them towards the establishment of a safe and stable home for children
- Counsels families regarding the social needs and skills of families and children
- Conducts home studies, family histories and recommends placement for adoption to an adoption team and assumes lead role in decision making regarding the family to be selected to adopt the child
- Visits children in out-of-home placements to coordinate family reunification, adoption or independent living efforts
- Maintains data which provides management an opportunity to evaluate family and children needs on a trend analysis basis
Freedom Mortgage Corporation
Document Specialist II, Team Lead
03.2016 - 11.2018
Job overview
- Train new hires, answer questions for team members
- Create rotation schedule
- Update job aides and skill sheets
- Worked different stations to provide optimal coverage and meet production goals
- Void checks
- Coordinate schedules
- Open, sort, and scan physical mail using Kodak Capture Pro Software, and Kodak Scanner
- Print, sort, fold, and stuff outgoing mail, create mailing labels with Microsoft Word
- Research loan numbers using FiServ, Lakewood, or Global Search applications
- Upload documents to EDMS using Auto Uploader script
- Record physical and outgoing mail counts in Excel tracking sheets
- Create manual CITs and run CIT scripts
- Download, identify, and index Key Total Treasury document images
- Research missing trackable packages and borrower documents
- Create UPS shipping labels
- Identify and index document images from MERS
- Index and upload Customer Account Activity Statements and PA’s
- Scrub EDMS errors and QC
- Coached team members in techniques necessary to complete job tasks
- Checked accuracy and completeness of documents to identify deficiencies and recommend corrective actions
Education
University of Southern IndianaEvansville, IN
Bachelor of Science from Health Administration
05.2015
University Overview
Minor in Psychology
Skills
- Psychosocial Assessments
- Juvenile Justice System Expert
- Permanent Placement
- Research
- Foster Parent Support
- Conducting Intakes
- Individualized Care Plans
- Case Planning and Management
- Testifying in Cases
- Incident Reports
- Home Assessments
- Community Resources
- Client Contact
- Conflict Resolution
- Report Writing
- Crisis Intervention
Timeline
Therapeutic Foster Care Case Manager
The Villages of Indiana
12.2019 - Current
Family Case Manager II
Department Of Children And Family Services
11.2018 - 12.2019
Document Specialist II, Team Lead
Freedom Mortgage Corporation
03.2016 - 11.2018
University of Southern Indiana
Bachelor of Science from Health Administration
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