Director of Foster Care

• May 2023 - Present

Director of Foster Care services. Director of Foster Care services.

Foster Care Quality Assurance Supervisor

• Jul 2022 - Sep 2023

Quality Assurance lead for child welfare agency; includes documentation and file review, review of specific databases to ensure up-to-date assessments and case planning is completed correctly, analysis of community involvement and client engagement, overseeing other quality assurance tasks and personnel as well as training incoming workers. Quality Assurance lead for child welfare agency; includes documentation and file review, review of specific databases to ensure up-to-date assessments and case planning is completed correctly, analysis of community involvement and client engagement, overseeing other quality assurance tasks and personnel as well as training incoming workers.

Foster Care Supervisor

• Mar 2021 - Sep 2022

Program Director

• Jun 2019 - Sep 2020

Program Director and Assistant Director for four violence prevention, mentorship, and youth jobs' programs in different schools throughout the Chicago area. Oversaw and assisted in implementing programming, completed necessary documentation and reports, and ensured program objectives were met.

In-School Individual and Group Counselor

• Sep 2018 - May 2019

In school counselor at two different alternative schools within the Alternative Schools Network. Performed counseling with students, created and facilitated group activities, maintained a caseload with documentation and certain objectives and goals.

Social Work Intern Public Defenders Office

• Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

Worked with this office as Social Worker Intern operating with lawyers to serve clients on a social work level. I conducted mediations, offered assistance in the courtroom, did critical case research, and served as representation and support for clientele when interacting with other systems. Worked with this office as Social Worker Intern operating with lawyers to serve clients on a social work level. I conducted mediations, offered assistance in the courtroom, did critical case research, and served as representation and support for clientele when interacting with other systems.

CCBYS/Crisis Caseworker

• Aug 2017 - Sep 2018

Comprehensive Community Youth Based Service Worker. Worked closely with schools and local law enforcement to provide interventions and services for at-risk youth in Macon and neighboring counties.

Visitation Supervisor and Family Habitat Worker

• May 2017 - Aug 2017

Department Intern

• Jan 2017 - May 2017

Shadowed agency workers in the fields of Investigations, Child Placement, and Adoption and Foster Care/Services, all the while performing basic office tasks, documentation and paperwork for caseworkers, investigators, supervisors, and the like. Shadowed agency workers in the fields of Investigations, Child Placement, and Adoption and Foster Care/Services, all the while performing basic office tasks, documentation and paperwork for caseworkers, investigators, supervisors, and the like.

Caregiver

• Aug 2016 - Apr 2017

Cared for an individual with severe special needs in daily activities such as bathing, changing, eating, etc. Fully responsible for the well-being of this individual and their well-being daily. Cared for an individual with severe special needs in daily activities such as bathing, changing, eating, etc. Fully responsible for the well-being of this individual and their well-being daily.