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Skills

  • Process improvement
  • Community resources
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Developing individualized service plans
  • Family reunification efforts
  • 24/7 on-call availability
  • Customer service
  • Communications
  • First Aid/CPR
  • Problem resolution

Work Experiences

  • Achieved audits with a 59% compliance rating.
  • Advocated for sibling groups to remain together in foster care placements, achieving success in 57% of cases in 2016.
  • Assisted foster care youth in navigating the education system, resulting in a graduation success rate of 80% within several months.
  • Collaborated with legal professionals to develop clearer guidelines for terminating parental rights, reducing legal case durations by 81%.
  • Assisted in the expansion of foster care services.
  • Collaborated with courts and legal advocates.
  • Achieved a 40% reduction in behavioral incidents.
  • Collaborated with agencies to ensure nurturing environments.
  • Completed home welfare checks to comply with state and program guidelines.
  • Had an excellent attendance record and was always on time for work.

Summaries

  • Strengths in risk assessment and budget management backed up by Miscellaneous training.
  • Costs were consistently reduced while profits were increased.
  • Within Miscellaneous, senior Foster Care Specialist and outstanding performer in stakeholder engagement and project management.
  • Achieved significant improvements in academic outcomes.
  • Compassionate child welfare advocate and Foster Care Specialist with 15 years of experience in developing service plans and securing successful family reunifications. Successfully led 4 reunions in 2017 with significant improvements in both emotional and academic outcomes.
  • Committed to improving systemic outcomes for foster care.
  • Compassion-driven approach to coordinating foster youth mental health services.
  • Committed Foster Care Specialist with proven achievements in building rapport with foster youth, maintaining placement stability at 61% over the past year. Focused on fostering trust and emotional resilience in vulnerable children.
  • Compassionate Foster Care Specialist with 4 years of experience.
  • Achieved a 84% success rate in treatment outcomes.

Accomplishments

  • Engaged with youth one-on-one during court proceedings, ensuring that 48% had their voices heard in critical legal decisions.
  • Advised local legal counsel on foster youth rights, resulting in 85% faster case resolution for emergency placement orders.
  • Developed and executed individualized service plans for children in care, resulting in improved permanency outcomes for 3 youth.
  • Led de-escalation training sessions for foster parents, reducing placement breakdown rates by 56% in 2024.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Collaboratively developed foster parent recruitment initiatives, increasing foster home applicants by 16% in Atlanta.
  • Reviewed and assessed the safety and appropriateness of potential foster homes, increasing home approval rates by 50% across the agency.
  • Increased foster child placement stability by 76% through ongoing parent coaching and applied family therapy techniques.
  • Referred foster children to specialized care services, achieving improved emotional and developmental outcomes for 5 youth.
  • Integrated trauma-informed care strategies into daily case management practices, improving foster youth emotional and mental well-being scores by 58%.

Affiliations

  • Emergency Child Welfare Task Force in Seattle
  • Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care (SSWLHC)
  • International Association of Administrative Professionals
  • Project Management Institute
  • National Council for Adoption (NCFA)
  • Professional Association of Treatment Homes (PATH)
  • National Association of Social Workers
  • Lions Club
  • American Marketing Association
  • School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA)

Certifications

  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • CompTIA Security+
  • Certified Ethical Child Advocate – initiative
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • Apple Certified Associate (ACA)
  • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) – method
  • ServSafe
  • Certified Domestic Violence Advocate – method

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