Middle and High School Social Worker

• Aug 2021 - Present

Clinical Coordinator - Building Bridges

• Sep 2017 - Aug 2021

Provide intensive wrap around support to students 4k through 8th grade with immediate mental health needs, and their families. Provide crisis stabilization and prevention services. Decrease mental health crisis events of students in the school setting and provide needed family supports to ensure the students behavioral stability and readiness for learning. Work closely with school staff to improve their capacity to respond to mental health issues in the school setting. Provide proactive responses to stressors, connect schools, families and students with needed resources and improve school staffs understanding of mental health issues impacting students and families. Provide connection to local resources including mental health services. Provide school staff with training on trauma informed interventions and engagement strategies to aid in de-escalation and avoid mental health crisis. Show less

Outreach Specialist

• Sep 2015 - Oct 2016

• Provide community education and prevention services to the public including schools, community agencies, parents and adolescents in the form of educational presentations and training's on adolescent issues. • Promotion of the hotline to schools, community and youth to increase awareness. • Assist in policy development and fundraising activities. • Provide crisis intervention, debriefings, and counseling to school personnel and the student body as required. • Serve as a liaison between outside agencies and the hotline to provide information about upcoming community issues, hotline developments, teacher training's and agency referrals. Show less

Hotline Supervisor

• Jun 2014 - Oct 2016

• Oversee daily operation of hotline.• Provide direct supervision to hotline volunteers and train volunteers in counseling skills and interventions specific to the hotline. • Monitor calls to ensure that safety of the caller and that appropriate referrals are made. • Offer telephone counseling to adolescents experiencing behavioral health problems. • Promotion from internship to hotline supervisor.

MSW Intern

• Aug 2013 - May 2014

• Provide crisis intervention services (specifically targeting the problem of teen suicide) to youth and adolescents while maintaining a safe and confidential relationship. • Participate in community outreach efforts to increase awareness about risks, warning signs and prevention of teen suicide. • Refer callers to additional resources that would be useful after Teen Lifeline has provided counseling related specifically to topics such as pregnancy, sexuality, runaway, abuse and suicide. • Promote positive coping skills and healthy lifestyles among youth and adolescents. Show less

Investigative Case Manager

• Jul 2014 - Sep 2015

• Investigate allegations of child abuse and neglect. • Interview families and gather information to see if abuse or neglect has happened and if intervention is necessary. • Identify risk and safety factors for children and families. • Recommend services for children and families to reduce the risk of further abuse and neglect. • Attend court hearings on a case by case basis. (Formerly known as Child Protective Services, CPS) • Investigate allegations of child abuse and neglect. • Interview families and gather information to see if abuse or neglect has happened and if intervention is necessary. • Identify risk and safety factors for children and families. • Recommend services for children and families to reduce the risk of further abuse and neglect. • Attend court hearings on a case by case basis. (Formerly known as Child Protective Services, CPS)

Prevention Specialist (MSW Intern)

• Aug 2012 - May 2013

• Using the model of prevention, provide services to youth struggling academically, socially and emotionally by conducting individual and group therapy. • Work with students in crisis to identify and utilize support systems, both in and out of the educational setting. • Maintain a safe and confidential environment and relationship. • Regularly meet with teachers and other administrative staff to develop goals and objectives for specific students, developing behavior plans and IEP’s on a case by case basis. Show less

Social Work (Intern)

• Jun 2011 - Dec 2011

• Provide families in the community with resources to obtain basic human needs. • Refer families to different human service organizations for further necessary assistance. • Actively problem solve to help families in the community. • Encourage healthy lifestyles and overall improvement of the community. • Provide families in the community with resources to obtain basic human needs. • Refer families to different human service organizations for further necessary assistance. • Actively problem solve to help families in the community. • Encourage healthy lifestyles and overall improvement of the community.