Experience

PFS Investments

• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Financial Coach

  • Feb 2021 - Present



Self Employed

• United States
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mental Health Therapist

  • Apr 2021 - Present



Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Lecturer

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  • Lecture Planning and Preparation: Strategize and plan weekly presentation(s) and lectures based on syllabus and required content for matriculated and non-matriculated Graduate Program students. • Evaluation: Provide weekly assessment opportunities both in-class and in written format to assess learners’ grasp of course content. Provide consistent feedback in individual and group settings to enhance learners’ assessment skills. • Curriculum Development: Formulate course curricula consistent with program’s grading criteria. • Online and In-Class Structure: Utilize a hybrid structure to provide course content via online platform and in-person setting and incorporate weekly activities to synthesize presented content Show less



JCCA

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Program Director

  • Aug 2017 - Oct 2021

  • Program Oversight: Oversee three (3) separate programs within the Foster Home Service Division, including a federally funded program and state/city programs. These programs include the Adoption and KinGap Program, Family Foster Care (Regular) and ORR Long Term Foster Care Program.• Program Development and Expansion: Structure and grow the first Federally Funded Long Term Foster Care Program within the agency, involving working directly with undocumented minors at an award of $2.3 million annually for 3 years. Assembled and structured case management team and facilitated the recruitment and retention of appropriate foster homes.• Policy and Procedural Creation and Update: Formulate new policies based on best practices and update old policies based on current trends.• Budgeting: Work collaboratively with the agency’s finance department to create new and update existing budgets for both the Federal and State or City Programs. • Clinical Supervision: Provide clinical oversight to Licensed Social Workers who are preparing for their clinical exams. Provide field supervision for Interns who are completing their Graduate degree in Social Work.• Communications Liaison: Serve as Immigration Liaison with the city’s contracting agency for all undocumented children in need of immigration services within the agency. Also serve as Advocacy Champion ensuring that the department is kept abreast of advocacy opportunities for multiple programs at the agency.• Agency Representative: Work as Agency Representative at both city and state levels, having oversight of marketing agency’s service offerings and advocating for best practices of agency and city programs. Show less

• Administrative Supervisor

  • Aug 2015 - Jul 2017

  • Recruitment, Retention, Training and Evaluation: Interviewed, hired, trained, supervised, and provided bi-annual and annual evaluations for employees. Provided agency wide training centering the Sanctuary Trauma Model. Coordinated and facilitated Case Work Practice support groups of both Undergraduate and Graduate Level staff. Participate in retention efforts to stabilize program. • Supervision and Support: Provided administrative supervision to a team of Case Managers and ensured annual goals were met to help families achieve permanency through reunification or adoption.• Tracking and Monitoring: Tracked all state, city and agency mandates and ensured that staff completed all required paperwork or documentation in a timely manner. Show less

• Adoption Coordinator

  • Aug 2013 - Jul 2015

  • Tracking and Monitoring: Coordinated the entire agency’s adoption cases which included Foster Home Services and Residential Programs. Ensured the agency met and superseded its yearly adoption target at 123% for the final year in the position.• Documentation: Wrote Adoption and Foster Care Home studies which included 12 to 20 pages of a completed history of both the foster family and the child or children who were in the process of being certified or adopted. Edited completed adoption reports written by workers or consultants.• Program Evaluation: Worked collaboratively with independent state and city oversight bodies to evaluate agency policies and practices and create corrective action plans to ensure ongoing compliance. Show less

• Case Associate/Permanency Specialist

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2013

  • Case Management Services: Conducted assessments and referrals for families for social, educational, medical, and mental health services. Ensured families’ participation, planning and attendance at court hearings, planning meetings, school IEP meetings, and any other appointments deemed critical and worked towards the overall wellbeing of the child in care. Carried case load of over 30 foster families and provided monthly oversight. Completed Family and Service Plans, Psychosocials, Permanency Hearing Reports and Updates and progress notes. • Executed Permanency for Children: Provided strong advocacy for cases that were seemingly stuck in the foster care system for over 2 years. Strongly advocated in court for the movement of such cases and worked exclusively as an outside agent to better understand the issues that were causing stagnancy.• Interning: Facilitated psycho-educational groups for foster and birth parents, conducted Visit Coaching sessions with families to execute reunification, provided individual psycho-therapy and play therapy for teens and children under 6 years old. Show less



The Children's Village

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Educational Milieu Counselor

  • Sep 2008 - Mar 2010

  • Resident Care: Supervised and counseled emotionally and behaviorally traumatized youths in a residential setting. • Training: Provided one-to-one and group tutoring for students who were in need of additional support. Facilitated and co-facilitated psycho-educational groups for the residents in the program • Treatment Goal Development: Participated in a multi-disciplinary team to develop clinical treatment goals for all clients within the cottages where I was deployed. • Resident Care: Supervised and counseled emotionally and behaviorally traumatized youths in a residential setting. • Training: Provided one-to-one and group tutoring for students who were in need of additional support. Facilitated and co-facilitated psycho-educational groups for the residents in the program • Treatment Goal Development: Participated in a multi-disciplinary team to develop clinical treatment goals for all clients within the cottages where I was deployed.