Erin Gaskin, M.S. Email & Phone Number

Winston-Salem, Nc, Us

Davidson County, North Carolina, United States

Housing Specialist:• Develop and maintain connections in the community with housing resources.• Collaborate in identifying housing barriers and provide resources to ensure that members have access to safe housing resources.• Possess thorough knowledge of housing resources and programs to appropriately refer high risk members• Educate about housing eligibility and linkage to core housing agencies and other providers• Attend training as needed to stay informed of changes in evidence based/best/promising practices.• Develop relationships with community stakeholders • Identify and work with community partners to develop housing options • Develop partnerships to submit proposals for federal and state housing expansion• Attend community meetings to educate on housing options including SOC collaboratives, provider forums, and CIT• Works with local PHAs to open access for consumers with disabilities in catchment area• Attends quarterly Housing Coordinator meetings facilitated by the Division of Mental HealthCoordinated Entry:• Maintain an up-to-date and comprehensive by-name prioritization list in HMIS• Facilitate regular case-conferencing meeting• Help NCCEH staff to evaluate the region’s coordinated assessment system• Ensuring all agencies participating in the CE process are following the Regional Committee’s coordinated entry plan and the CoC’s CE written standards• Oversee a local process for clients to file grievances and non-discrimination complaints as it relates to Region 5 CE.• Help NC BoS Region 5 to administer the Prevention and Diversion Screen and/or the VISPDAT, as applicable to people experiencing homelessness according to CE written standards• Monitor NC BoS Region 5 to make sure the CE system meets all applicable HUD, CoC and local requirements• Timely and accurate data entry into Homeless Management Information System (NC HMIS) as well as creating reports to ensure HMIS data quality standards are met and make corrections as needed.

Housing Specialist for Union, Stanly, and Cabarrus counties. Working to create more housing options for members facing homelessness and housing insecurity. Recruiting landlords to house members with housing vouchers, teaching and educating first responders about homelessness, and advocating for housing and the housing first model.

Statesville, North Carolina, United States

Adult Protective Services Investigator & Adult Home Specialist

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Social Worker for the Community Alternatives Program (CAP) for Medicaid eligible disabled adults. Responsibilities include managing a large case load of individuals receiving the CAP waiver program who prefer to stay in their home as an alternative to placement in a nursing facility. I create a person-focused plan of care for each client that includes personal care services, home modifications, waiver and non- waiver supplies, and educational support. In this position, I utilize time management skills, practice attentive listening, and solve complex problems. Additional job duties include administering energy assistance programs known as CIP and LIEAP.

Statesville, North Carolina

Intake and assist clients with Adult Medicaid applications for the aged, blind, and disabled through researching data on families, health, and finances, reviewing income sources and calculating budgets, and verifying all information through correspondence with lawyers, doctors, and other professionals.

Statesville, Nc

Tempe, Az

Teaching Assistant for undergraduate Social Statistics and Research Methods Duties Include:- Grading empirical research papers- Grading exams- Helping students gain statistical knowledge by answering questions during labs- Maintaining professional relationships and communication with professors that I assist- Promptly answering emails of student inquiries/concerns

Duties Included:-Performing qualitative and quantitative data analysis (content analysis, regression, ANOVA, grounded theory)-Recruiting undergraduate research assistants-Training and supervising undergraduate research assistants-Managing datasets-Writing empirical articles

Duties Included:-Creating and building relationships with newly arrived refugee children and parents.-Creating and performing lesson plans for newly arrived refugee children ages 12- 36 months-Providing after school tutoring support for elementary aged refugee children-Creating and teaching a women's issues craft group for newly arrived refugee mothers with a focus on parenting and healthy relationships

Duties Included:-Creating a comfortable and welcoming shopping experience for a wide range of diverse customers -Accomplishing daily sales goals -Accomplishing weekly goals of getting customers to apply for store credit card

Duties Included:-Transcription-Qualitative data analysis and coding-Interviewing adolescents about their social technology use-Assisting with writing empirical articles and poster presentations

Master Of Science (M.S.), Human Development And Family Studies, General

Active member of the Family and Human Development Graduate Student Association where I served as Sunshine Chair, Community Outreach Chair.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Human Development And Family Studies, General