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0-5 years of experience
Responsible for providing children services and adoption case management. Duties consisted of negotiating subsidy payment contracts, preparing court reports and providing in-court testimonies. Insured proper care of clients in care including medical and education services.
- Conducted family assessments and investigations of prospective adoptive families
- Organized training and community informational presentations to prospective clients
- Insured case compliance with Federal and State regulations
- Coordinated local and national marketing and recruitment campaigns
0-5 years of experience
Managed a caseload of approximately 15 referrals.
- Conducted home visits on a regular basis and conducted interviews with children and families.
- Assessed families’ needs and assisted them in locating appropriate community outreach agencies to meet those needs.
- Complete timely contacts and closures on all referrals so as to meet State requirements.
- Created narratives for each contact and visit made, providing detailed descriptions and summaries of the events, conversations, and individuals contacted.
- Implemented State and County policies into everyday practice, including filing appropriate paperwork and abiding by State laws, regulations, and mandates.
- Wrote reports to be submitted to the court for judges and commissioners to review.
- Attended trainings to maintain current knowledge in the field of social work, specific to diversity and culture.
- Maintained current knowledge of local area resources where financial assistance and other resources could be obtained for socioeconomically disadvantaged clients.
0-5 years of experience
- Coordinated services for caseload of families at risk of abuse or neglect.
- Helped families identify strengths/challenges and set treatment goals.
- Provided direct services through counseling, teaching and role-modeling.
- Continuously sought after community resources and developed relationships with providers.
- Evaluated level of risk and provided written letter of recommendations and verbal testimony to Family Court.
0-5 years of experience
- Conducted monthly interviews with parents to ensure they were following and completing court ordered case plans.
- Transported families to court ordered appearances, family visits, and court ordered classes.
- Monitored and supervised weekly family visits between children and parents.
- Administered drug tests and prepared court reports and other legal documents.
- Placed children in foster homes and conducted home visits at least once a month to ensure safety of the children.
- Conducted Team Decision Meetings for children misbehaving at the foster homes and at school.
- Processed and completed case work reports manually and electronically within mandated deadlines to meet the goals of the agency.
- Evaluated socioeconomic factors affecting parents self-sufficiency and referred them to other services in the community.
0-5 years of experience
Provided case management to families with abuse and neglect concerns
- Assessed safety and stability of children’s placements
- Worked as a team member to find appropriate permanency for children
- Established services to assist families to become self-sufficient
10+ years of experience
Emergency Response, Long-Term Foster Care, and Adoptions Unit
- Case management services, assess needs of child through ongoing contact with child and foster parent
- Collaborated with mental health, educators, and other service agencies to create treatment plan for the client’s success in placement or future emancipation
- Advocated for child, specifically, in the areas of education and mental health services
- Provided crisis intervention to client/caretaker to maintain placements and stability for the child
- Conducted home study interviews and adoption home study reports, finalized adoptions
- Investigate allegations of child neglect and abuse, conduct in-home investigations with families, provided appropriate resources to maintain family unit
- Collaborated with law enforcement agencies to determine plan of action including removal of children, or placing with appropriate alternative caretaker
0-5 years of experience
Work with juveniles under the age of 18 or between the ages of 18-21 if under the jurisdiction of the court beyond age 18.
- Maintain a caseload for programs and services.
- Prepares social assessment of client circumstances.
- Work w/ a variety of professionals to counsel and guide clients and provide appropriate services.
- Counsels youth to correct delinquent and socially unacceptable behavior; prepares probation plans for juvenile offenders; monitors progress of probationers under the court supervision.
- Counsels clients/families in achieving goals of client service plan.
- Writes reports on case findings and summaries of client social and financial circumstances.
0-5 years of experience
Investigate reports of child abuse and neglect.
- Communicate and interview families to determine services needed.
- Work with court personnel and write court documents to further assist families.
- Write reports in ITWIST to illustrate the investigation on a family.
- Consult with supervisor to determine if families are in need of assistance.
- Remove children from homes that are not safe.
0-5 years of experience
Social Service Worker I for Clark County Department of Community Based Services, Protection and Permanency division.
- Initiate investigations involving child maltreatment, abuse, and neglect.
- Conduct interviews with victims, perpetrators, and collaterals to determine outcomes of investigations.
- Collaborate with community partners to provide services to at risk youth and families
- Complete assessments and make determinations regarding child health, safety, and best interest.
- Prepare legal documentation for court proceedings, including but not limited to, Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption.
10+ years of experience
Maintained thorough and accurate case files (Service Point Data Entry)
- Expanded client service offerings by securing grants and effectively networking.
- Represented the agency to government funding and field sources at meetings and conferences.
- Managed daily case load of 20-30.
- Referred clients to partner agencies for additional services.
- Explained available housing, domestic violence, employment, education and substance abuse treatment resources to clients.
- Collaborated with team members to identify and accomplish agency objective
- Determine customer’s eligibility for benefit programs and services.
- Educated residents and families about services and resources.
- Referred families to food banks, financial assistance programs, employment and training support, coordinated Christmas enrollment and distribution for over 2000 clients.
6-10 years of experience
Transition to Adult Living
- Utilized Practice Model to supervise a full caseload of youth age 16-21 in DCFS custody.
- Ensure safety and well-being of clients
- Facilitate conflict resolution among team members
- Specialized in working with Teen Mothers in custody
0-5 years of experience
Provides ongoing protective casework services to children and their families
- Develops, reviews, and revises client case plans
- Coordinates with other agencies and community resources to ensure families receive the services they need
- Provides assessment information and social history reports to the Juvenile Court system
- Interacts with a diverse population of clientele in a polite and professional manner
6-10 years of experience
- Investigate child abuse, neglect, and endangerment allegations to substantiate charges and assess service needs.
- Evaluate socioeconomic factors affecting self-sufficiency, such as homelessness, low level education, drug addiction, employment, domestic abuse, mental illness, child abuse and neglect, etc.
- Provide case management and individual and family needs assessment to identify self-sufficiency barriers; make appropriate referrals to other agencies.
6-10 years of experience
Investigate reports of child abuse and neglect.
- Interview children, parents, family members, and other collaterals.
- Provide ongoing services to clients with open cases to prevent future abuse or neglect (i.e. develop case plans, make monthly home visits, etc.)
- Refer clients to necessary services (i.e. mental health, family support, substance abuse treatment, etc.)
- Maintain relationships with community partners.
- Schedule, attend, and participate in facilitated family team meetings.
- File dependency, neglect, or abuse petitions in family court.
- Participate in court hearings where petitions have been filed.
0-5 years of experience
Coordinates placement of children, juveniles and adults while providing post placement services to the family.
- Initiate adoption process and placement of children once parental rights are terminated.
- Recognized issues and provide optimal solutions for mutual satisfaction.
- Managed and maintained all aspects of a case from court documents to medical records.
- Create and implement case plans for families/children to utilize in their efforts for reunification.
- Refer families and children to service providers that would meet their needs.
- Maintain contact with families and children per SOP guidelines.
- Thoroughly document all contacts and relevant case information in TWIST per SOP.
- Prepare court reports, dispositions, and petitions for the courts & file them on time.
- Adhered to all SOP guidelines and client confidentiality requirements, including HIPPA.
- Documentation of the Ongoing Assessment and Case Plan Evaluation
0-5 years of experience
Provide support to foster parents
- Psychosocial assessments with children in the care of TDFPS
- Assist children and foster families with needs/referrals
- Maintain social service notes in individual/family files
6-10 years of experience
- Interpret public service rules, regulations, and policies to clients, and the public. Submit court reports to Juvenile Court documenting specific recommendations based on client’s progress and participation in therapeutic services, generate referrals to community services, such as substance abuse programs, drug testing, parenting and counseling, provide crisis intervention, and assess risk and safety. Maintains casework records and correspondence.
- Input data into a state wide computer consult with supervisors and coworkers regarding child abuse cases, participate in mandatory training (20 hours per year). Required to speak publicly and attend region and unit meetings.
- Counsel individuals and families in various areas, such as substance abuse, general neglect, sexual abuse, domestic violence and child abuse.
- Collaborate with community partners such as, Law Enforcement agencies, hospitals, schools, and other agencies regarding cases/referrals/investigations.
- Conduct field work, home evaluations, and create specific treatment plans for clients who are required to address their specific areas of need such as, substance abuse addiction, domestic violence, parenting issues, physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect.
- Awarded Employee of the Month in December 2009
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