Tiffany Ware

• Assist young adults in bridging the gap in their transition to adulthood.
• Connect young adults to job skills and employment support
• Provide assistance in obtaining vital documentation for individuals.
• Connect young adults with mainstream benefits to insure basic needs are being met.
• Provide transportation to important meetings or doctor appointments to secure future support.
• Help goal plan with participants to achieve milestones
• Maintain accurate and detailed record keeping per standards and guidelines.
• Establish partnerships and network with community resources for participants.

January 2018 to July 2024 Since 2018, I started finding work in interests outside of my role as a "forensic interviewer" in the child welfare field. I ran a small business from home where I was able to be more present for my young daughter and my son who was just starting school. Throughout the past several years, I have been able to provide the attention to my family that I felt was so important. During this time, my small business hit many ranks with my leadership; provided many Notary of the Public services, as well as personal services for concierge company. My skills are wide in range but the one thing that brings me the most joy is helping others life their best life.

• Interview children, family members, and significant others as needed to obtain medical and social information to assess family functions and risk to abuse with a focus on medically neglected children.
• Complete assessments and send reports to partnered agencies upon completion within the time frames consistent with program requirements and best practice as set by the Department of Health.
• Interview and gather forensic information of the abuse allegations from the child or children.
• Arrange for and conduct team staffings and participate in the development of the recommendations.
• Provide deposition and court testimony.
• Conduct trainings in the community for professional staff and others.
• Assist Team Coordinator in supervision of Case Coordinators as well as creating and implementing procedures and protocol.
• Assist as a reviewer with the CPT Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement team.

• Assisted Team Coordinator in the supervising the functions of the Child Protection Team, in compliance with the Department of Health, Children's Medical Services, Office of Attorney General's Victim of Crimes Acts, and Florida's Child Advocacy Centers and their contractual standards and grant requirements.
• Supervised direct services providers by monitoring case work performance measures.
• Acted as liaison with Child Protection Team (CPT), University of Florida-Department of Pediatrics, and all community partners.
• Facilitated the development of the on-call schedule, provided clinical direction, reviewed reports, overseen case reviews, supervised documentation of client files. • Reviewed daily mandatory reported abuse and neglect allegations for the county to assess for mandatory CPT assessments. • Overseen of day-to-day operations of Volusia (as well as satellite offices in Flagler, Putnum, and St. Johns) County including providing guidance and direction to staff involved in department services and programs.
• Completed assessments and send reports to partnered agencies upon completion within the time frames consistent with program requirements and best practice as set by the Department of Health.
• Assisted the Team Coordinator in performance evaluations of staff, disciplinary actions and other personnel issues as assigned.
• Attended protocol, task force and other community meetings and participated in the development of recommendations, ensured consistency with the program requirements and provided education and training internally to ensure collaboration.

• Interview children, family members, and significant others as needed to obtain medical and social information to assess family functions and risk to abuse with a focus on medically neglected children.
• Complete assessments and send reports to partnered agencies upon completion within the time frames consistent with program requirements and best practice as set by the Department of Health.
• Interview and gather forensic information of the abuse allegations from the child or children.
• Arrange for and conduct team staffings and participate in the development of the recommendations.
• Provide deposition and court testimony.
• Conduct trainings in the community for professional staff and others.
• Assist Team Coordinator in supervision of Case Coordinators as well as creating and implementing procedures and protocol.
• Assist as a reviewer with the CPT Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement team.
• Streamlined communication between interdisciplinary teams to ensure seamless care transitions for patients.

• Provided individual crisis counseling and psychoeducational group counseling.

• Completed psychosocial assessments on new clients.

• Had a working knowledge of the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.

• Demonstrated and practiced a knowledge and use of appropriate Professional Ethics and Standards.

• Counseled clients in individual or group sessions to assist them in dealing with substance abuse, mental or physical illness, poverty, unemployment, or physical abuse.

• Collaborated with counselors, physicians, or nurses to plan or coordinate treatment, drawing on social work experience and patient needs.

• Educated clients about mental or physical illness, abuse, medication, and available community resources.