Deborah Tejada Email & Phone Number

Rutherford, New Jersey, United States

Jefferson, New Jersey, United States

The Jefferson Township Democratic Committee is a group of moms and dads, grandparents, aunts and uncles, students and teachers, neighbors, friends and residents working together on behalf of our shared values for common causes.Email: JeffersonNJDems@gmail.comParty Website: https://jeffersonnjdems.wixsite.com/website/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JeffersonNJDems/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffersonnjdems/Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffersonnjdems

Rockaway, New Jersey, United States

- Maintain partnerships with the primary organizations that serve children and families in Morris and Sussex Counties. Assess strengths, needs, and risks and utilize appropriate intervention skills. Provide ongoing advocacy and support.- Facilitate team processes used to build on family and community strengths in order to address family needs. Interpret data to establish and substantiate eligibility for services.- Maintain children with severe emotional and behavioral challenges, developmental disabilities and/or substance abuse issues safely at home, in school, and in the community by providing support, education, and advocacy and by connecting children and families to the needed services and resources. Develop and implement crisis plans for children and families.- Develop partnerships with families and coordinates their care with other system partners.- Establishes rapport with clients and collaborates to build a strong, structured, and professional relationship.- Remain current on knowledge of area resources relevant to agency and client needs and exhibit knowledge of various referral resources within the community.

Parsippany, New Jersey, United States

- Conduct intake assessments, develop and oversee treatment plans for individuals involved in the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) program. Establish and maintain an ongoing therapeutic relationship and caseload.- Provide ongoing monitoring of individuals in the AOT program to ensure compliance with court-ordered treatment planning and medical court appearance. Supervise, organize and support recreational and/or socialization activities.- Provide linkage and service coordination to individuals to appropriate/court-order treatment modalities. Assist with the integration of mental and physical healthcare and developing a Psychiatric Advance Directive.- Communicate observations and information regarding the client to the AOT Director, Psychiatrist, and treatment team. Meet all expected productivity levels, in regard to direct service provisions to consumers. Document observation, information, and services in progress notes. Monitors service delivery to meet program participants changing needs.- Assist clients with obtaining public entitlement and benefits such as Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, Welfare, Food-stamps and Section 8. Provide transportation, support counseling, and crisis intervention services as needed.

Clifton, New Jersey, United States

- Facilitate cognitive behavioral therapy sessions with at-risk children that experience serious emotional disturbances. Develop comprehensive assessments and treatment plans 30 days after admission and review plan every 90 days.- Monitored medication regimen for clients and schedule medication monitoring appointments with program psychiatrist. Maintain required clinical and administrative documentation, and submit weekly observations on clients.- Immediately advise appropriate personnel of evidence of child abuse or neglect, and/or conditions or situations which compromise, or potentially compromise, service to clients. Assist children directly to address self-care needs.- Establish a therapeutic milieu, provide group counseling, individualized interventions, and support as directed by the treatment plan. Provide activities to address daily life. Participate in the development of discharge plans and make needed referrals.- Plan and implement therapeutic experiences to address and meet each client's unique needs, strengths, readiness, and skill levels. Employ a variety of accepted techniques and strategies to achieve goals mutually established by the client and the treatment team. Assess the psychosocial functioning of children and families referred to the program.- Received Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) certificate, earned through crisis prevention training.

New Brunswick, Nj

-Coordinated teams of volunteers and evaluated effectiveness of each area of displayed policies and campaigning.-Administered early-voter and Election Day operations, evaluated reports/data, and managed voter outreach protocols.-Spoke to citizens, local politicians, business leaders, and attended social functions and fundraisers for campaigns.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Child Advocacy & Policy; Concentration In Child Welfare

Activities and Societies: The National Honor Society of Leadership and SuccessSelected by campus administration to participate among top.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Social And Behavioral Sciences; Minor In Social Work

Activities and Societies: College Democrats - Vice President