Stephanie Graham
Brownsburg,IN
Summary
Observant individual with excellent interpersonal and communication skills builds meaningful relationships with clients and families. Experienced in working with clients from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds. Offers crisis intervention to help individuals navigate through traumatic experiences. The goal is to assist clients and patients in achieving the best level of care by assisting in arranging services that will meet their needs.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Outpatient Therapist
Firefly Children and Families
04.2024 - Current
- Completing intake assessments for clients and making recommendations for treatment and care based on the level of needs and diagnoses
- Providing individual therapy treatment and coordination of care for clients
- Facilitating psychoeducational groups for clients needing domestic violence intervention
- Communicating with case managers through Probation and DCS that refer clients for treatment.
Foster Care Specialist
DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES
02.2017 - 03.2024
- Interviewing and gathering information and writing home studies for future foster homes, mitigating and assessing the information to determine suitability for future foster parents
- Providing and facilitating training for potential foster homes
- Providing support and case management for foster homes and relative placement homes, securing placement for children in need of homes
- Investigating non-compliance issues, conduct home visits and participate in recruitment and retention activities.
Family Case Manager
DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES
05.2015 - 02.2017
- Investigate allegations of abuse/neglect and refer clients to appropriate services
- Family engagement, advocate for families, collaborate with law enforcement, schools, medical personnel, mental health agencies and courts
- Extensive documentation and report writing and presenting.
Family Case Manager Intern
DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES
05.2014 - 05.2015
Education
Master of Social Work -
IUPUI
05.2021
Bachelor of Social Work -
IUPUI
05.2015
Skills
- Public Speaking / Presentations/ Training facilitation
- Managing case loads of multiple clients
- Can comfortably work closely with law enforcement and medical personnel
- Investigative interviewing and reporting on the needs of clients
- Providing individual and group therapy through psychoeducation and other evidence-based practices
- Proficient with Microsoft Offices programs
- Knowledgeable with assessing the needs of clients
- Case Documentation
- Building client relationships
Certification
- LSW License
- Child Welfare Scholars Program through IUPUI
- Administration of Drug Screens and DNA testing
- SAFE trained for foster care home studies
- CANS and ANSA evaluations
- ICDAV facilitator certification
Accomplishments
- Part of the Region 9 design team for employee retention.
- Collaborated with team of 10 in the development of Kinship programs for DCS statewide.
- Key person for acquiring donations from local businesses and agencies for annual foster parent event and holiday gifts for foster children in Hendricks County. Key community liaison.
- Master’s Program Practicum with the Kinship Team in Region 1 and 7
- Kinship Champion for Hendricks County
- Facilitate and organize trainings for foster parents and potential foster parents.
Timeline
Outpatient Therapist
Firefly Children and Families
04.2024 - Current
Foster Care Specialist
DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES
02.2017 - 03.2024
Family Case Manager
DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES
05.2015 - 02.2017
Family Case Manager Intern
DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES
05.2014 - 05.2015
Master of Social Work -
IUPUI
Bachelor of Social Work -
IUPUI
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