Colleen Getz, MSW, LSW
Manager of Forensic Services at Philadelphia Children's Alliance- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Social Work Licensure
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Experience
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Philadelphia Children's Alliance
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Manager of Forensic Services
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Sep 2019 - Present
• Provide clinical supervision of PCA forensic interviewing program staff, including program monitoring and evaluation• Recruit and train all new forensic interview staff• Ensure that documentation of the forensic interview process by all Forensic Interviewers is completed in a timely manner and that documentation is thorough, accurate, forensically sound, and meets the needs of the multi-disciplinary team• • Provide direction to forensic interviewing program at PCA to ensure best practice, quality assurance, and compliance with National Children’s Alliance standards• Assure state-of-the art methodologies, practices and programs in all areas of PCA’s forensic interviewing work • Provide substitute court testimony for forensic interviewers who are no longer employed at PCA• Maintain expertise in the fields of child investigative interviewing, child sexual abuse, developmental abilities, trauma, and other pertinent topics via on-going training, research and readings, sharing that information with forensic interviewers and MDT members• Conduct forensic interview processes as needed to accommodate referrals and to train new staff• Participate in case conferencing activities, which includes ensuring that children and families are receiving comprehensive services• Maintain knowledge of and adherence to National Children’s Alliance standards• Provide educational trainings in the community as necessary on the CAC model, PCA services, and Forensic Interviewing• Serve as liaison with the Midwest Regional Children’s Advocacy Center to coordinate the facilitation of monthly forensic interviewing televideo calls, quarterly journal club calls, and other online training opportunities • Provide technical support and guidance regarding best practices in forensic interviewing to other CACs and programs serving children as part of the Northeast Regional Children’s Advocacy Center Show less
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Forensic Interview Specialist
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Sep 2010 - Present
• Conduct developmentally sensitive and forensically sound investigative interviews in English with children who are currently involved in investigations of child sexual or physical abuse and children who have been witnesses to violence. • Serve as part of a multi-disciplinary team and facilitate the sharing of information between DHS, DPW, law enforcement investigators, Child Advocate Social Workers and Attorneys, Assistant District Attorneys and non-offending caretakers. • Provide written documentation of all forensic interview processes including summaries of any caretaker or investigative team interviews, developmental, clinical, and forensic impressions of the child, and medical, mental health, and safety recommendations. • Provide court testimony in juvenile and adult legal proceedings, dependency hearings and appeals hearings regarding the investigative interview.• Maintain a working knowledge of child welfare law, the juvenile and adult justice systems, the family court system, Philadelphia crimes code and broader social service systems.• Participate in multi-disciplinary case reviews regarding complicated child sexual abuse investigations and interventions.• Facilitate monthly national televideo peer reviews. Show less
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Children's Choice, Inc.
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Coordinator
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Oct 2003 - Sep 2010
• Counsel children and families on the child welfare system, foster care, and permanency to assist in maintaining secure homes for children and avoiding placement disruptions. • Caseworker responsibilities include sustaining a caseload of twelve to eighteen children per contract expectation. • Complete home studies, annual evaluations, and maintain accurate children and resource parent records according to State and Children’s Choice, Inc. regulations. • Create child profiles, adoption and permanent legal custody family profiles, and aftercare plans according to specified due dates. • Collaborate with the Department of Human Services and Child Advocate Social Workers and Attorneys to create individualized permanency plans for each child. • Organize and participate in meetings with other members of the child welfare community to advocate for the medical, educational, and therapeutic needs of clients and their families. • Provide testimony in Court with regard to the children’s safety and well being in the resource home, the assessment of the children’s behaviors, and the family’s progress toward an identified permanency goal. • Responsible for the supervision of nine employees in both their timeliness of case records and quality of interactions with over seventy clients. • Utilize understanding of psychological theories, diagnoses, and techniques to address concerns presented by clients. • Research and learn current Philadelphia and Pennsylvania contract requirements for foster care and child welfare policy to apply in office procedure. • Monitor and oversee daily activities and upkeep of regional foster care office. • Design and conduct staff meetings and an average of 12 trainings annually for resource parent to enhance knowledge of child development, trauma, attachment, and other pertinent topics. • Coordinate various social events for children and families. Show less
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Education
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2005 - 2008
Widener University
Master of Social Work (MSW) -
1999 - 2003
Holy Family University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology
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