Erica Bassakos Email & Phone Number

A macro-level social worker passionate about social justice, systems-level change, and social innovation, complimented by many years of frontline social work practice.-Skilled in anti-oppressive practice, crisis intervention, group facilitation, clinical assessment, motivational interviewing, and service navigation from experience in the mental health and addictions; community poverty reduction; and housing and homelessness sectors.-Knowledgeable in data analysis and statistics, from a background of studying mathematics and applied sciences, with the ability to apply that knowledge utilizing the theories and practice of social work.-Over five years of experience serving vulnerable populations including individuals experiencing serious persistent mental illness by providing social-emotional support, crisis intervention and service navigation, complimented by a Master of Social Work degree (and others)-Exceptional verbal and written communication skills established through over five years of report-writing, content creation, facilitation of workshops and working groups, presentations at events and community forums, and consultations with community stakeholders-Over ten years of experience in a leadership role including delegating duties, public speaking and motivating a team-Over two years of experience in a supervisory role, including program development and management, field supervision of social work students, coordination of volunteers, and facilitation of staff hiring and training-Over three years of experience conducting research, including completing a research internship to write a meta-analytic research paper and summarizing research to support grant proposals-Ability to type one hundred words per minute and overall pretty tech-savvy (I'm a millennial)