Tracey Stewart, BSW
Social work
Ridgeland,MS
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Social Worker contract remote
Viemed Health care - Dept of Child Protection serv
Jackson , Ms
10.2023 - 07.2024
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
Social Worker
MS State Hospital
Whitfield , MS
07.2022 - 12.2022
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Completed initial intakes and follow-up assessments and coordinated resources and referrals based on assessment.
- Completed intakes and assessments on clients to determine needs and eligibility for services and public benefits.
Hinds Behavioral Health
Hinds Behavior Health
Jackson , MS
12.2020 - 06.2021
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
- Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
Program Specialist
DEPT. OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES
Jackson, MS
11.2015 - 09.2019
- Provides policy interpretation to state, regional, and county staff to ensure that appropriate actions are taken in programs administered through the Department of Human Services (CPS)
- Reviews federal and state laws and regulations relative to the program of assignment to determine
- Agency compliance
- Evaluates effectiveness of programs through review of reports, claims, program applications, and case records to successfully
- Reviews and processes program applications and requests for certification Microsoft word ,PowerPoint ,excel , share point ,databases, data entry , customer service 11 years Mavericks database presentations, public speaking .
Family Protection Specialist
DEPT. OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES
Jackson, MS
03.2013 - 11.2015
- Conducted preliminary intake interview and took applications for public assistance, family and children services, and related services
- Influenced clients to achieve goals and maintained a plan and program of service for each family applying to receive support
- Referred clients to agencies that provided services that empowered care takers within the family to become self-supporting members of society
- Provided family and child welfare services to clients to meet specific needs related to education, homemaking, medical services, child rearing, money management, and family life
- Recruited studies, and recommended foster homes for approval
- Placed and supervised children requiring foster home placement
- Discussed family planning with families
- Utilized appropriate resources to help connect parents to available resources
- Assisted families and individuals in planning to secure appropriate services related to their social, medical, financial, legal, child care, home management, and emotional needs
- Arranged suitable care, treatment and training for mentally or physically handicapped children and/ or vulnerable adults
- Provided supportive services and counseling to children and families where the child and/or vulnerable
Family service worker
Friends of children of MS
Jackson, MS
05.2008 - 01.2013
- Was responsible for enrolling new applicants for head start
- Conducted Empowerment Sessions for parents
- Determine applicants enrollment eligibility based on the application
- Recruitment with local community resources
- Established partnership with local agencies as well
- Attended on going trainings
Education
Bachelor's - Social worker
Jackson State University
12.2008
Master's - undefined
Jackson State University
Masters of Arts - human services
Ashford University
Associate of Arts - undefined
Hinds Community College
2003
Skills
- Abilities: strong interpersonal skills and strength as well, organizational
- Case Management (8 years)
- Intake Experience (5 years)
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Crisis Intervention (3 years)
- Recruiting (5 years)
- Presentation Skills (5 years)
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Sales Experience
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Prepare reports ,presentations (7 years)
- Decision making ; leadership skills (6 years)
- Excel
- Effective communication
- 11 1/2 years Customer Service
- Multitasking
- Analysis Skills
- Fundraising (5 years)
- Receptionist
- Leasing Consultant
- Screening Applicant
- Screening
- Communications
- Conflict Resolution
- Child Protective Services
- Problem Resolution (5 years)
- Restaurant Experience (2 years)
- Time management
- Program development
- Early Childhood Education
- Classroom Experience
- Case documentation (8 years)
- Substitute teacher
- Experience Working With Students (2 years)
- Administrative Experience (1 year)
- Clerical Experience (3 years)
- Title IV Medicaid (4 years)
- Child Welfare (3 years)
- Individual / Group Counseling
- Mentoring
- Mental Health Counseling
- Behavioral Health
- Fundraising (2 years)
- Grant writing (Less than 1 year)
- Group Therapy
- Self starter (8 years)
- Administration Business operations (1 year)
- Child & Family Counseling
- Database administration (Less than 1 year)
- Program management
- Training & development
- Intake
- Community service block grant intake
- Social work (8 years)
- Self starter (6 years)
- Solution oriented (5 years)
- Behavioral Therapy
- Grant writing (2 years)
- Community service block grant (1 year)
- Weatherization grant (Less than 1 year)
- Flexibility
- Team leader
- Assessments
- Sales Skills:
- Influence & Negotiation — Completed
- May 2019
- Using influence and negotiation techniques to engage with and persuade customers
- Full results: Completed
- Case Management & Social Work — Familiar
- October 2019
- Prioritizing case tasks, gathering information, and providing services without judgment
- Full results: Familiar
- Front Desk Manager (Hotel) — Completed
- Selecting hotel rooms based on verbal requests and identifying errors in hotel data
- Supervisory Skills: Interpersonal Skills — Highly Proficient
- Maintaining productive team relationships by identifying conflict and settling disputes
- Full results: Highly Proficient
- Call Center Customer Service — Completed
- Applying customer service skills in a call center setting
- Full results:
- Completed
- Work Style: Reliability — Completed
- June 2020
- Tendency to be dependable and come to work
- Customer Focus & Orientation — Familiar
- Responding to customer situations with sensitivity
- Management & Leadership Skills: Impact & Influence — Completed
- Adapting leadership style to accomplish goals using rational or emotional appeal
- Social Media — Completed
- Creating content, communicating online, and building a brand's reputation
- Basic Computer Skills: PC — Completed
- December 2019
- Performing basic computer operations, navigating a Windows OS, and troubleshooting common
- Abilities: strong interpersonal skills and strength as well, organizational
- Spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel — Completed
- Excel knowledge including common tools, PivotTables, conditional & nested formulas, and custom
- Visuals
- Verbal Communication — Familiar
- Measures a candidate's ability to effectively convey information when speaking
- Grant Proposals
- Supporting Documentation
Certification
December 2021 to December 2022
Community support specialist - Mental Health Ms Dept of Mental Health
CPR Certification
First Aid Certification
Timeline
Social Worker contract remote
Viemed Health care - Dept of Child Protection serv
10.2023 - 07.2024
Social Worker
MS State Hospital
07.2022 - 12.2022
Hinds Behavioral Health
Hinds Behavior Health
12.2020 - 06.2021
Program Specialist
DEPT. OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES
11.2015 - 09.2019
Family Protection Specialist
DEPT. OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES
03.2013 - 11.2015
Family service worker
Friends of children of MS
05.2008 - 01.2013
Bachelor's - Social worker
Jackson State University
Master's - undefined
Jackson State University
Masters of Arts - human services
Ashford University
Associate of Arts - undefined
Hinds Community College