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Tiffani Pitts

Lake Worth,FL

Summary

Dedicated child welfare coordinator, committed to achieve better social, financial, mental, physical, and emotional health. I promote student learning by strengthening each individual child's potential. I am seeking a full-time position as an child welfare program specialist ( HHS-ACF-DE-23-11988699) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Skillful in providing advices on the changing conditions that affect the well-being of children and their families. Proficient in examining nationwide problems, trends, or changing conditions that affect the well-being of children and their families, preparing technical documents, researching, and presentations on child welfare projects. As well as, identifying program areas related to child welfare in need of research and innovation.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Disability Coordinator

Lutheran Services Florida
01.2022 - 04.2023

Salary: $47,200.00

Hours Per Week: 40 hrs

GSA: 8

Supervisor: Stanford Purnell (561-281-5828)

Yes, you may contact the supervisor.

Duties and Related Skills

  • Organizes and participates in team functions of planning, implementing, and evaluating family health goals and objectives within established federal guidelines
  • Monitors, guides and provides advice to families and staff who work with infants/toddlers with disability concerns by providing authoritative advice, consultation and technical assistance to state, local child welfare agencies and other community and state agencies
  • Assist with managing, formulating and developing departmental and organizational budgets
  • Serves as project officer for the Head Start/Early Head Start 10 % Disability Eligibility Requirement grant monitoring the subject matter of projects carried out through this grant.
  • Develops a working knowledge of community resources, and visits, at least annually, with major agencies for service delivery updates and community resource guide updates
  • Developed exemplary programs and provided guidance materials for improving services and carrying out efforts to stimulate changes for more effective resources and efficient delivery of appropriate services for children and their families.


Vice President of Community Affairs

Mountaineers School of Autism
01.2019 - 09.2019

Salary: $39,520.00

Hours Per Week: 40 hrs

GSA: 6

Supervisor: Mary-Jo Walsh-Watson (561-932-3938)

Yes, you may contact the supervisor.

Duties and Related Skills

  • Responsible for the development and execution of administrative, programmatic and community responsibilities for outreach and community education
  • Maintains all statistical information, reports and other documentation required to meet the requirements of federal, state, and county grants
  • Implementation of day to day program activities including outreach, membership outreach& engagement, partnership building, and case reviewing of state/county/federal funding cases for children with disabilities

Employment Consultant/Instructor/Recruiter

Easter Seals Amar Center
10.2017 - 01.2019

Salary: $35,360.00

Hours Per Week: 40 hrs

GSA: 5

Supervisor: Stephanie Wallace (561-471-1688)

Yes, you may contact the supervisor.

Duties and Related Skills

  • Participate in the Development of the program with the collaboration of the Vice President of Programs and the Assistant Vice President of Programs
  • Conducts in-depth interviews of individuals with disabilities requiring complex rehabilitation strategies to determine eligibility for the program and developing an employment outcome
  • Assesses training needs, provides technical assistance, and conducts specialized training to internal customers
  • Participates and provides training experiences designed to enhance professional competency and the understanding of policy, procedures, and good practices in the Hospitality industry
  • Balance multiple and competing priorities and maintain goal-directed behavior and performance sometimes under stressful conditions; the employee must interact courteously with others; employee’s performance and behavior must demonstrate consideration of the workload concerns of others and must not negatively affect productivity and morale of the co-workers

Community Resource Specialist

Easter Seals Amar Center
01.2017 - 09.2017

Salary: $25,168.00

Hours Per Week: 22 hrs

GSA: 2

Supervisor: Stephanie Wallace (561-471-1688)

Yes, you may contact the supervisor.

Duties and Related Skills

  • Coordinates parent support services for subsidized and unsubsidized education/child care programs in accordance with existing federal, state, and local standards, as well as established procedures
  • Responsible for supporting, planning, developing, directing, organizing, implementing, evaluating social services, coordinating with other agencies to provide services to eligible families
  • Serves as a resource to center staff providing consultation, counseling with parents/guardians, education, and problem-solving to aid them in providing appropriate supports to children and families
  • Setting specific goals to meet family needs and make referrals to resources needed to meet those goals. Follow-up to determine when goals are met and when new goals need to be developed.


Senior Social Worker/Case Manager

Division Of Health & Social Services/DDDS
05.2015 - 02.2017

Salary: $36,400.00

Hours Per Week: 40 hrs

GSA: 5

Supervisor: Erykah Fountain (302-836-2100)

Yes, you may contact the supervisor.

Duties and Related Skills

  • Serves as an advocate & Case Manager for individuals with (long-term/permanent) developmental disabilities living, learning, and working in their communities
  • Conducts on-going National Core Indicator Surveys, Quarterly Reports, Implementation Plans, transportation reports regarding our consumers to monitor and assess service delivery for optimum quality and efficiency while recommending changes and adjustments as needed of providers & residential facilities
  • Interviews client, family and/or professional sources to determine client’s needs for a variety of social services which may include social services, employment, job search and basic skills remediation


Certified Child Protective Investigator

Florida Department of Children and Families
07.2011 - 01.2015

Salary: $39,500.00

Hours Per Week: 40 hrs

GSA: 6

Supervisor: Richard Gore (407-873-1548)

Yes, you may contact the supervisor.

Duties and Related Skills

  • Investigates reported allegations of child abuse and/or neglect. Collects, fill out forms, and documents valuable relevant information through interviews with the children, parents, members of families, medical personal, neighbors, and other parties associated with each case;
  • Devised and implemented safety plans for children suspected as victims of abuse or neglect.
  • Remained objective in handling each case, especially when children and families were in high-stress situations.
  • Intervened in crisis situations and counseled children experiencing emergencies and disruptive incidents.

Youth Rehabilitation Counselor II

Stevenson House Detention Center
02.2010 - 10.2010

Salary: $26,000.00

Hours Per Week: 40 hrs

GSA: 1

Supervisor: John Stevenson (302-424-8100)

Yes, you may contact the supervisor.

Duties and Related Skills

  • Serves as a youth care giver with responsibility for the safety, personal conduct, care, and rehabilitation of the youth
  • Reviews, and properly applies information found in youth records that is related to the youth’s health and safety and to the security of the facility; provides appropriate information to other staff; complies with policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; and prepares and maintains records, forms, and reports.
  • Provided individual and group counseling.
  • Identified and prioritized treatment needs and formulated appropriate treatment plans.

Education

Associate of Science - Criminal Justice

Delaware Technical & Community College
21179 College Dr, Georgetown, DE 19947
12.2023

Bachelor of Arts - Government & History

Bowie State University
14000 Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD 20715
05.2009

Skills

  • Medical Records Management
  • Team Collaborating
  • Active Listening
  • Coordinating Services
  • Quality Assessments
  • Admitting Processes
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Improving Wellbeing
  • Creative Solutions
  • Coaching and Development
  • Paperwork Organization
  • Social Perceptiveness

Accomplishments

    Development of 6 Sensory Rooms for Children with Disabilities

    Purpose: Implementing strategies to better support development of positive classroom behaviors and social-emotional well-being.

    Locations: Palm Beach County Florida Head Start/Early Head Start program locations.

    Sensory rooms: are a popular and very effective strategy that is used with children with various disabilities, to improve upon and strengthen positive behaviors and their social-emotional well-being.

    Goal: is to provide a positive reinforcement approach that will help encourage students to demonstrate desirable behaviors for school readiness. We will be executing and utilizing a continuous multidisciplinary approach implemented by highly trained staff and therapists.

Certification

  • Florida Registered Notary Republic (2023)

Timeline

Disability Coordinator

Lutheran Services Florida
01.2022 - 04.2023

Vice President of Community Affairs

Mountaineers School of Autism
01.2019 - 09.2019

Employment Consultant/Instructor/Recruiter

Easter Seals Amar Center
10.2017 - 01.2019

Community Resource Specialist

Easter Seals Amar Center
01.2017 - 09.2017

Senior Social Worker/Case Manager

Division Of Health & Social Services/DDDS
05.2015 - 02.2017

Certified Child Protective Investigator

Florida Department of Children and Families
07.2011 - 01.2015

Youth Rehabilitation Counselor II

Stevenson House Detention Center
02.2010 - 10.2010

Associate of Science - Criminal Justice

Delaware Technical & Community College

Bachelor of Arts - Government & History

Bowie State University
Tiffani Pitts