Sophie Goldberg, LMSW

• Coordinate program activities to enhance participant engagement and learning outcomes
• Develop workshop curriculums, intentional recreation, and community integration programs with the goal of increasing social, emotional, and vocational skill development
• Act as a case manager, familial liaison, and and program representative
• Facilitate and develop training models for all new program staff to ensure operational efficiency and ongoing staff development.
• Assist in evaluating program effectiveness through feedback collection and analysis
• Train and uphold behavior management strategies aligned with inclusive youth development practices

• Acted as a member of the behavior response team, supporting students who experience harmful behaviors towards themselves or others using a SCIP-R intervention mode.
• Conducted individual counseling sessions to a caseload of up to twenty students
• Collaborated with teachers and parents to develop intervention plans for students with emotional and cognitive challenges
• Acted as a liaison for families in acquiring financial and community-based supports
• Implemented crisis intervention strategies to address immediate student challenges effectively
• Collaboratively developed Individualized Education Plans and Behavior Intervention Plans based on individual student need and data obtained from counseling sessions

June 2021- present

• Promoted from Direct Support Professional to Program Lead: providing supervision to a team of up to eight Direct Support Staff
• Serves as a mentor to a caseload of three neurodivergent young adults, utilizing motivational interviewing principles and trauma-informed care to promote self-directed goals
• Plans and facilitates weekly intentional recreational activities and coordinates community outings for up to 30 neurodiverse individuals
• Maintains organization systems to benefit programming including collaborating with community partners, maintaining scheduling, assigning and delegating work tasks, and monitoring documentation
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive care for all residents in the program

• Clinical Social Work Concentration
• 3.7 GPA

• Dual Minors in Communications and Deaf Studies
• Served as Student Ambassador, Virtual Resource Assistant, and Stepping Into Diversity Program Member