Stephanie Burns
Lansing,MI
Summary
Dynamic Adult Mental Health Therapist with extensive experience at Community Mental Health, specializing in treatment planning and individual counseling. Proven ability to coordinate community resources and support children and families effectively. Recognized for critical thinking skills and cultural awareness, enhancing client outcomes and fostering resilience in diverse populations.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Adult Mental Health Therapist
Community Mental Health
Lansing, Michigan
08.2025 - Current
- Develop personalized treatment plans based on client assessments.
- Conduct individual therapy sessions for diverse adult clients.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care services.
- Utilize evidence-based practices to address mental health issues.
- Educate clients on coping strategies and mental wellness techniques.
Intern
Families Forward Community Mental Health
Lansing, Michigan
01.2025 - 10.2025
- Assessed children's needs within crisis unit, supporting therapeutic interventions.
- Educated children on stress impacts and management techniques.
- Identified common stress sources to develop tailored coping strategies.
- Shadowed therapist to gain insights into effective counseling practices.
Foster Care Supervisor
Wellspring Lutheran Services
11.2024 - 04.2025
- Coordinate the development, review and implementation of services, case management, safety/behavior intervention plans and treatments provided to individuals served.
- Coordinate all community referrals, resources and services to the family.
- Oversee all services provided to individuals and their families, monitor the quality of care, ensure compliance with contractual terms and monitor regulatory program compliance.
Enforcement Case Worker
Jackson County Friend of the Court
07.2024 - 11.2024
- Enforce court order for support
- Prepare for and conduct show cause hearings
- Testify in court hearings
- Handle customer relations
Foster Care Supervisor
Ennis Center for Children
Williamston, MI
10.2022 - 03.2024
- Provide supervision and support to the foster care staff.
- Provide supervision and guidance that includes suggestions for techniques to utilize with families and children, and in general, providing support to caseworkers as they encounter challenging emotional material in their work with children, their families and foster and relative caregivers.
- Ensuring that workers are completing and submitting the required case management documents, both in paper-form to be filed and uploading them on MiSACWIS.
- Attends and assists in staff meetings and maintains and positive communication with other agencies, the courts, and DHHS staff.
Foster Care Case Manager
Ennis Center for Children
Howell, MI
04.2022 - 10.2022
- Case management for children and adults.
- Attend court hearings and provide testimony and reports.
- Refer services to service providers.
- Face to face meetings with children and parents.
- Upload all necessary documentation.
PTSS
Orchards Children's Services
Ann Arbor, MI
08.2021 - 04.2022
- Works directly with children, biological families, foster families and other relevant individuals.
- Supervise parent child interactions.
- Coach biological families on strength-based guidelines.
- Collect data for direct workers.
Home Cleaning Specialist
Burns Construction Cleaning
Howell, MI
04.2019 - 08.2021
- Cleaned customer’s homes.
- Communicated with customers in a professional and courteous manner.
- Had an eye for detail.
Child Welfare Specialist
Child & Family Services
Lansing, MI
10.2018 - 03.2019
- Provided social work and case management services for assigned cases.
- Assumed primary responsibility for all cases on assigned caseload.
- Provided a range of case management, including social casework, engagement, mentoring, and community referral.
- Collected, assessed and documented appropriate data and client progress.
- Assumed responsibility for and completed documentation, reports, statistics, and assignments within required time frames and as required.
- Worked collaboratively with referral sources, agencies, institutions and individuals.
- Prepared for and attended all scheduled court hearings on assigned caseload.
Foster Care Supervisor
Family and Community Services
Howell, MI
10.2015 - 08.2018
- Considerable contact with agency staff, clients, other agency personnel, court staff, DHHS staff, referral sources, etc.
- Worked directly with children, biological families, foster families and other relevant individuals.
- Complied with agency policies and procedures, COA regulations, federal and state requirements/policies, and educational/certification/registry requirement.
- Utilized agency form letters, documents, informational materials, and other agency resources to facilitate organizational service.
- Maintained accurate and confidential cases and staff records and information.
- Provided recruitment and retention to foster families as needed.
- Provided crisis intervention services, including being available on-call as needed.
- Participated in phone calls, home visits, court hearings, and/or any other appointment/meeting pertaining to clients as needed to ensure that services are being rendered to children and families appropriately.
- Provided support, training and education with regards to foster care policy and procedure as required.
- Organized workflow and case assignment of staff.
- Assigned and monitored tasks to assigned staff members.
Foster Care Case Manager
Wellspring Lutheran Services
Okemos, MI
01.2013 - 10.2015
- Developed, coordinated and implemented concise, accurate treatment plans with youth, their families, foster families and/or other caretakers facilitate permanency, safety, and well-being.
- Provided and/or coordinated services to meet the needs of youth to stabilize youth’s placement, school placement and reinforce school success.
- Coordinated required medical and dental services for all foster children and monitored the implementation of these services by the caregiver.
- Engaged all family members and encouraged participation in services to overcome barriers and address needs.
- Coordinated all community and resource referrals and services to the family.
- Prepared court reports and petitions and provided testimony to support permanency, safety, and well-being of the child and family, as required by DHHS contract, DHHS and agency policy, and court mandates.
- Provided emergency, on-call interventions after hours, and on holidays, as required.
Education
Master’s Degree - Social Work
Spring Arbor University
Spring Arbor, MI11.2025
Bachelor’s - Human Services
Baker College of Owosso
Owosso, MI03.2013
Skills
- Children and family support
- Treatment planning
- Individual counseling
- Community resource coordination
- Client goal planning
- Foster care expertise
- Cultural awareness
- Critical thinking skills
Certification
LLMSW
Timeline
Adult Mental Health Therapist
Community Mental Health
08.2025 - Current
Intern
Families Forward Community Mental Health
01.2025 - 10.2025
Foster Care Supervisor
Wellspring Lutheran Services
11.2024 - 04.2025
Enforcement Case Worker
Jackson County Friend of the Court
07.2024 - 11.2024
Foster Care Supervisor
Ennis Center for Children
10.2022 - 03.2024
Foster Care Case Manager
Ennis Center for Children
04.2022 - 10.2022
PTSS
Orchards Children's Services
08.2021 - 04.2022
Home Cleaning Specialist
Burns Construction Cleaning
04.2019 - 08.2021
Child Welfare Specialist
Child & Family Services
10.2018 - 03.2019
Foster Care Supervisor
Family and Community Services
10.2015 - 08.2018
Foster Care Case Manager
Wellspring Lutheran Services
01.2013 - 10.2015
Master’s Degree - Social Work
Spring Arbor University
Bachelor’s - Human Services
Baker College of Owosso