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Skills

  • Foster parent education and training
  • Conflict resolution
  • Business operations
  • Client advocacy
  • Team management
  • Foster parent recruitment and retention
  • Child trauma assessment
  • Case management
  • Courtroom testimony and expert advocacy
  • Framework equipment

Work Experiences

  • Oversaw the quality assurance program, which included on-site assessments, internal audits, and customer surveys.
  • Addressed developmental and behavioral challenges.
  • Assessed cases from intake through placement.
  • Assisted children in transitioning to foster homes.
  • Achieved 74% fewer failed reunifications.
  • Achieved 44% reduction in crisis incidences.
  • Assessed cases from intake through placement, ensuring each child was appropriately matched with a foster family that met their physical, emotional, and psychological needs.
  • Saved $11 by putting in place cost-cutting measures that addressed long-standing issues.
  • Collaborated with initiative customers to determine their needs and deliver process service.
  • Aligned children's needs with foster parents' strengths.

Summaries

  • Collaborative Foster Care Worker.
  • Achieved a 44% reduction in crisis incidents.
  • Foster Care Worker with 18 years of successful performance reporting and team leadership experience.
  • Achieved impactful changes for foster youth.
  • Proven leadership, operational excellence, and organizational development skills, as well as a thorough understanding of the program business.
  • Achieved results over 15 months.
  • Conducted targeted support meetings.
  • Adept at resource identification.
  • Conducted accurate safety assessments.
  • Addressed individualized child needs.

Accomplishments

  • Reduced case backlog by 22% by implementing more efficient documentation and reporting protocols, streamlining child welfare service operations.
  • Collaborated with community service organizations to provide mental and emotional support to foster children, connecting 14 youth to mental health services.
  • Advanced foster children's education success by collaborating with local school districts, guiding 8 Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for special needs students.
  • Ensured thorough and accurate assessments in high-risk cases, contributing to a 42% reduction in repeat child safety incidents.
  • Collaborated with team of 10 in the development of standard.
  • Initiated a mentorship program for at-risk foster youth, fostering resilience and academic improvement outcomes in 42% of participants.
  • Facilitated inter-agency collaboration across 7 departments, ensuring coordinated care for foster children with complex emotional or behavioral needs.
  • Increased community involvement in foster care by coordinating outreach programs, leading to a 43% growth in community-sponsored support services.
  • Developed behavior intervention plans, contributing to an overall behavioral improvement by 30% among foster children in therapeutic placements.
  • Advocated for families in court hearings, gathering evidence and presenting findings to ensure child safety and well-being, securing favorable outcomes in 18% of cases.

Affiliations

  • Emergency Shelter Care Network
  • State Licensed Social Worker’s Association
  • Association for Supply Chain Management (APICS)
  • National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
  • Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Work
  • State Youth and Family Counselors Association
  • American Medical Informatics Association
  • Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA)
  • Jaycees
  • Toastmasters

Certifications

  • Human Services Board-Certified Practitioner (HS-BCP)
  • Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect
  • Child Protective Services (CPS) Certification
  • Certified Foster Care and Adoption Specialist (CFCAS) - Meridian
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)
  • CompTIA Network+
  • Harm Reduction Counseling (HRC) Certification - Vantage

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