Foster Care and Adoption Coordinator

• Dec 2015 - Present

Supervisor

• Jan 2013 - Dec 2015

Speak to community groups to explain and interpret agency purposes, programs, and policies.• Direct fundraising activities and community events.• Train staff and resource families to enhance their skills.• Prepare and maintain client paper and electronic files to ensure complete compliance within agency and state regulations.• Approve resource families through interviews, gathering of necessary documents, and writing/reviewing home studies.• Oversee placement of clients in resource families. • Refer clients and resource families for outside community programs to best meet their needs. • Staff with 3-4 case managers weekly to ensure the needs of the clients and resource families are met. • Act as a liaison between staff and administration.• Ensure office functions run smoothly on a daily basis.• Resolve crisis situations. Show less

Permanency Case Manager

• Oct 2008 - Jan 2013

• Maintain case history records and prepare reports.• Recommend and advise foster or adoptive parents.• Lead group family preparation sessions that provide support in such areas as grief, stress, mental health diagnosis, needs of clients, etc.• Evaluate personal characteristics and home conditions of foster home or adoption applicants.• Collect supplementary information and conduct interviews needed to complete home studies for families wanting to provide permanency for clients, such as employment records, medical records, autobiographies, etc.• Assist clients in understanding their permanency goal and transitioning into their permanent home.• Collect supplementary information needed to complete comprehensive reports such as Child Profiles, which included background information on the client and their biological family's life history and experiences Show less

Adoption Specialist

• May 2004 - Dec 2008

• Maintain case history records and prepare reports. • Recommend and advise foster or adoptive parents. • Lead group family preparation sessions that provide support in such areas as grief, stress, mental health diagnosis, needs of clients, etc. • Evaluate personal characteristics and home conditions of foster home or adoption applicants. • Collect supplementary information and conduct interviews needed to complete home studies for families wanting to provide permanency for clients, such as employment records, medical records, autobiographies, etc. • Assist clients in understanding their permanency goal and transitioning into their permanent home. • Collect supplementary information needed to complete comprehensive reports such as Child Profiles, which included background information on the client and their biological family's life history and experiences Show less

Therapeutic Staff Support

• Nov 2007 - May 2008

*Assisted Clients with learning effective coping and communication skills *Assisted in implementing Behavior Support Plan *Clients age range of 5 years to 7 years old with diagnosis within the Autism Spectrum *Assisted Clients with learning effective coping and communication skills *Assisted in implementing Behavior Support Plan *Clients age range of 5 years to 7 years old with diagnosis within the Autism Spectrum

Case Manager

• Nov 1999 - Nov 2007

* Maintain case history records and prepare reports.• Recommend and advise foster or adoptive parents.• Lead group family preparation sessions that provide support in such areas as grief, stress, mental health diagnosis, needs of clients, etc.• Evaluate personal characteristics and home conditions of foster home or adoption applicants.• Collect supplementary information and conduct interviews needed to complete home studies for families wanting to provide permanency for clients, such as employment records, medical records, autobiographies, etc.• Assist clients in understanding their permanency goal and transitioning into their permanent home.• Collect supplementary information needed to complete comprehensive reports such as Child Profiles, which included background information on the client and their biological family's life history and experiences Show less

Co-Supervisor

• May 1997 - Nov 1999

Permanency Case manager

• Mar 1996 - Nov 1997

* Maintain case history records and prepare reports.• Recommend and advise foster or adoptive parents.• Lead group family preparation sessions that provide support in such areas as grief, stress, mental health diagnosis, needs of clients, etc.• Evaluate personal characteristics and home conditions of foster home or adoption applicants.• Collect supplementary information and conduct interviews needed to complete home studies for families wanting to provide permanency for clients, such as employment records, medical records, autobiographies, etc.• Assist clients in understanding their permanency goal and transitioning into their permanent home.• Collect supplementary information needed to complete comprehensive reports such as Child Profiles, which included background information on the client and their biological family's life history and experiences Show less