Experience

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Intake Specialist and Therapist, LICSW, LCSWC

  • May 2021 - Present

• Clinical Manager, LICSW

  • Oct 2020 - May 2021

  • Provide face-to-face clinic supervision for all team members in accordance with principles and practices of Anchor Mental Health Association’s “practice model for recovery-based community support”• Develop and implement quality improvement activities for individual clinical staff members and the clinical aspects of community support• Supervise the documentation of consumers’ progress in program records, within established timelines, when services are provided as per the consumers’ treatment plans Show less

• Licensed Mobile Stabilization Specialist

  • Nov 2019 - Sep 2020

  • Provide rapid-response crisis management to children and their families under the auspices of the Child and Family Services Agency to ensure placement stability• Engages family in short-term, brief therapeutic services, and facilitates interventions that allow children and adolescents to express feelings, process difficult events, and develop positive coping strategies• Complete Stabilization Assessments to identify needs, strengths, and risks of the children and families served in order to make recommendations for improved family functioning Show less



Family Preservation Services of DC, Inc.

• Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Social Work Intern

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

  • Provided weekly individual psychotherapy services to children and adults, office and home-based • Completed psychosocial diagnostic assessments and developed treatment plans for support counseling services to clients • Documented all services provided to clients including legal documentation, safety plans and discharge summaries • Collaborated with other disciplines and service providers to improve client outcomes • Provided weekly individual psychotherapy services to children and adults, office and home-based • Completed psychosocial diagnostic assessments and developed treatment plans for support counseling services to clients • Documented all services provided to clients including legal documentation, safety plans and discharge summaries • Collaborated with other disciplines and service providers to improve client outcomes



Child Development Agency

• 89 Maxfield Avenue, Kingston 13.

• Manager at Glenhope Nursery

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2014

  • Directed operations to ensure the safety, well-being and optimal health of all the children in residence • Initiated programs to enhance the self- image of all the children placed including activities to change the trajectory of their lives from children deemed to be in need of care and protection to well-adjusted children • Building BRAND GLENHOPE to becoming the Facility of Choice for children 0-8 years old who are in moral or physical danger • Networked with Professionals in the Medical, Psychology, Psychiatry, Law Enforcement Fields Show less



Child Development Agency

• 40 Duke Street, Kingston, Jamiaca

• Monitoring Officer

  • 2004 - 2011

  Monitoring Officer's responsibilities included completing site inspections of 15 Child Care Facilities, investigating and reporting on critical incidents, receiving and investigation of complaints, ensuring compliance with Regulations in the Child Care and Protection Act, Children's Homes Regulations and other Protocols developed by the C.D.A. Also assisted with the creation of a number of Logbooks: Critical Incident Logbook, Punishment Logbook and Medical Journal to chart incidents and medication administered to the children. Other Roles included: Child Participation Liaison Officer with the Inter- American Children's Institute / Government of Jamaica Project for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Children and Adolescents in the Americas June 2009-September 2011. Member of the Strategy Building Committee for the establishment of the Office of the Children's Registry Show less