Experience

High Sky Children's Ranch

• United States
• Individual and Family Services

• PAL Program Manager and Trainer

  • Jun 2022 - Present

• Verification and Risk Analyst

  • Aug 2017 - Jun 2022

  • Lead and participate in community outreach to recruit foster and adoptive families and increase visibility for the agency.• Identify, review, analyze, and educate new prospective families to ensure they are eligible and capable to provide foster and adoptive services.• Collaborate with other child welfare entities to better meet the needs of children and families involved in the foster care system.• Assess risk associated with prospective foster families by evaluating various aspects of their life including but not limited to criminal background check information, family history, physical and mental health history, and current and previous significant relationships.• Ensure upcoming foster and adoptive families have met all licensing requirements by completing home assessments and reports that involve conducting home inspections, interviewing all individuals living in the home, and contacting references provided by the family.• Develop trusting, supportive, and informative rapport with incoming foster and adoptive families and children who have experienced trauma. Show less



MAUNEY & ASSOCIATES, LLC

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Home Study Writer

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  Worked as a contractor writing home studies on kinship and fictive kinship families in the Permian Basin who were looking to receive or had already received placement of a child who was in Child Protective Services custody. I assessed each member of the home by completing individual and joint interviews that involved discussions of topics including, but not limited to, their motivation to be a placement for the child, their family of origin, health history, child abuse and neglect history, criminal history, relationships, financial stability, and ability/willingness to work with children who have experienced abuse and neglect. I also completed assessments on homes to ensure the environment was appropriate and safe for children coming into care. Show less



Oceans Healthcare

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Mental Health Technician

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Assisted the nursing staff by performing a multitude of tasks that aided in maintaining a therapeutic milieu. • Worked with adolescent and geriatric populations by assisting them with their daily living activities, leading group discussion sessions, and deescalating and providing support to patients in distress all while they were in the process of receiving mental health treatment. • Assisted the nursing staff by performing a multitude of tasks that aided in maintaining a therapeutic milieu. • Worked with adolescent and geriatric populations by assisting them with their daily living activities, leading group discussion sessions, and deescalating and providing support to patients in distress all while they were in the process of receiving mental health treatment.