Hey there! Iโm Jeremiah โ a fervent Social Worker, and the right person who can strategically steer social services programs focused on childrenโs welfare and family rehabilitation with a high-level of emotional intelligence.Being in a career that radiates my exact sense of purpose, I am consistently inspired to spark positive transformations in the lives of the people I work for. For the past 15 years, I have been a steadfast advocate across various forums for the well-being of people in vulnerable populations. For the next 15, I remain ever enthusiastic to drive this advocacy even more.๐ฒ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฑ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฒCommitted to protecting the rights and best interests of vulnerable children, I have expertly navigated complex case management processes, orchestrated fulfillment of legal requirements, and conducted investigations to aid in securing favorable outcomes for hundreds of children. Notably, I overcame administrative and legal barriers to successfully reunite 300+ children to birth parents.๐ฑ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ โช ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ-๐จ๐-๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌEmbodying a leadership style that prioritizes the needs of others and fosters their development, I effectively equip individuals and teams with the necessary expertise to excel. I cultivate a culture of continuous learning and professional development, enabling others to become effective leaders and trainers themselves. In my career, I have led, trained, and mentored up to 50+ staff members in various social work capacities.๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟWith a strong ability to assess community needs, develop strategic plans, and collaborate with stakeholders, I successfully managed and optimized program resources, budgets, and staff to achieve measurable outcomes. ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐Case Management | Investigations | Legal Advocacy | Training & Development | Child Welfare Laws & Regulations | Mediation & Negotiation | Conflict Resolution | Children's Rights & Needs Provision | Family Evaluation & Home Visits | Interdisciplinary Collaboration | Crisis Management | Counseling & Therapeutic Interventions | Parental Training | Cultural Competency | Data Management | Project Management๐น๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐...๐ง jeremiah.wesley.norvell@gmail.com
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TrainerDepelchin Children'S Center Mar 2024 - May 2024Houston, Texas, United StatesAssist the Program Manager in implementing DePelchin Children's Centerโs Outreach strategy for Foster Care and Residential Services. Provide presentations and conduct public speaking both internally and externally to promote the Mission, Vision, Philosophy and Values of the organization to staff and the community. Create and implement training materials for staff, foster parents, and community partners across Texas. -
Parent EducatorDepelchin Children'S Center Sep 2023 - Mar 2024Houston, Texas, United StatesAs a Parent Educator for the DADS Program at Depelchin Children's Center I provide a combination of clinical case management and psychoeducation and support to father's and co-parenting couples. Using research-informed curricula I provide in-depth and culturally humble support through parenting education. Additionally I use evidence-based and informed practices to meet the unique needs of the extremely diverse population of families in the Houston metro area.
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Social Worker InvestigatorLos Angeles Defense Attorney Law Firm Apr 2023 - Jul 2023As a Social Worker at the law firm, I thoroughly investigate and assess cases involving dependent children. Under the guidance of the Law Firm Director and Law Firm Supervisors, I closely examine the circumstances surrounding these cases and evaluate the parties involved.Collaboration plays a crucial part in my work, as I work closely with attorneys to conduct interviews with clients, witnesses, and other relevant individuals. I gather evidence that can shed light on the impact of the circumstances on both the individuals and families involved. -
Faculty LecturerCalifornia State University-Dominguez Hills Jan 2023 - Jul 2023I taught Foundations of Social Work Practice course to class of 16 Master of Social Work students and partnered with fellow faculty members in improving the Social Work program and strengthening integration of community needs assessments. -
Supervising Social WorkerFamilies Uniting Families Jun 2016 - May 2023Running a team of 12 and partnering with government agencies, I orchestrate placement, supervision, and reunification of hundreds of children and youths annually. Mainly, I investigate domestic abuse and negligence allegations and actively steered cases through legal processes. I hosted engagements and advocated prioritization of foster youthsโ welfare, support stable placement, and overcome reunification barriers.๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ดโฆ I revamped onboarding curriculum, enabling new social work staff and interns to deeply understand client experiences and develop innovative clinical skills.โฆ I developed 30+ interns collectively, engaging with 4 academic institutions in implementing program policies and procedures.๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ & ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐โฆ I helped achieve 90% win rate for all court cases โ investigating ~15 allegations annually and testifying for family members and youths at Childrenโs Court and Juvenile Probation Courts.๐ข๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโฆ With my experience on all 4 agency programs, I was handpicked to for the influential 12-member Strategic Planning Team.โฆ Through developing compliant agency policies and procedures, I enabled agency to acquire 3-year accreditation twice.๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐โฆ I overhauled the Independent Living Program to improve and accelerate life skills development of ~25 foster youths and ensure easy transition to adulthood and independent living.โฆ I organized and taught parenting classes required for 300+ fathers prior to reunification.๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐โฆ I forged partnerships with 30+ local and national organizations, collaborating on programs including housing, legal advocacy, substance abuse treatment, health & fitness, and financial education.โฆ I grew agencyโs influence through public engagements including 10+ annual resource fairs and speaking opportunities. -
Fatherhood Parenting Classes FacilitatorFamilies Uniting Families Oct 2010 - May 2023Long Beach, CaI co-founded and currently operate Project Fatherhood, a $5M psychoeducational program under our agency's umbrella initiative. Our aim is to assist birth parents in enhancing their parenting skills, attitude, and meeting court-ordered requirements.I act as an ally and advocate for birth parents in Dependency Court and Family Court proceedings. My role involves fulfilling all legal demands and overcoming barriers to reunification. In addition, I developed various training programs to increase parents' awareness of supporting children's development, covering areas such as health, nutrition, education, and addressing issues of child abuse and domestic violence. I supervise 4 case managers and provide training for new staff and up to 4 interns annually.๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ & ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒโฆ Collaborating with agency members and external partners, I achieved a 75% success rate in court-decided cases, resulting in successful reunification of 200+ families.โฆ Project Fatherhood gained recognition as a court-approved parenting education program โ ballooning referrals by 300% since launch.๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโฆ I facilitated 16-week Strengthening Fatherhood Involvement (SFI) program and the 10-week Life Coaching & Fundamentals of Fatherhood Project, educating ~400 fathers per program with 75% completion rate.โฆ I successfully increased participation and retention among "difficult-to-engage" groups, bucking the trend observed in other agencies and entities.โฆ I streamlined documentation procedures, simplifying intakes and assessments for clinical case management staff, which led to a smoother and more successful reunification process.๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐โฆ Partnering with local family law firm, I provided free advocacy and support to birth families on legal cases, including fulfilling civil, criminal, or probation court requirements, divorce process, restraining orders, and custody.
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Foster Care Social Worker (Fcsw)Families Uniting Families May 2011 - Jun 2016Long Beach, CaJoining Families Uniting Families as a Foster Care Social Worker, I organized and facilitated 3 foster youth process groups into administering 30 foster care-related cases annually, focusing on developing foster youthโs independent living skills to enable successful transition into adulthood.๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐โฆ I added 50 newly certified foster families to the roster, effectively managing full recruitment to onboarding lifecycle to ensure competence, capability, and reliability of new foster families to provide quality care.โฆ I advocated for biological family members and testified at Childrenโs and Juvenile Probation Courts with a 95% success rate.โฆ I was tapped as a Guest Presenter on Child Welfare course for 24 students at CSULB School of Social Work.
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Emergency Response Children'S Social WorkerLos Angeles County Department Of Children And Family Services 2012 - 2013Hired as Emergency Response Children's Social Worker, I organized 30+ investigations of abuse and negligence allegations, engaging with families through home visits and conferences to assess minor family members' safety conditions and determine risks, and advise necessary actions.๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐โฆ I enabled 80% of youth to maintain current residences in lieu of detention or removal by introducing comprehensive, personalized plans to ensure minors' safety and easing accessibility of support resources.โฆ By introducing use of Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-focused Therapy techniques, I brought distrusting and undereducated clients to ally with social workers throughout reunification process.โฆ By leveraging expert, empathic interpersonal communications, and relationship management strategies, I maintained 100% positive interactions with all families conferred and visited.โฆ I pioneered community resource guide adopted as key resource for training organizationโs current and future social workers. -
Foster Care InternAmericorps Aug 2010 - Aug 2011Long Beach, CaWorked with Youth on Emancipation Skills, Monitored Parent/Child Visits, Co-facilitated Support Group for Fathers, Case Management for At-Risk Fathers, Community Outreach -
Math And Science TeacherAllison Bixby Stone Bilingual School Sep 2009 - Jun 2010Zamorano, Francisco Morazan, HondurasI crafted and taught new curricula for 2 grade levels while simultaneously serving as coach for a sports program. I also actively advocated to authorities for additional academic resources. Some of the students I taught were later admitted to Ivy League universities. -
Youth Development SpecialistPeace Corps 2007 - 2009Engaging in volunteer work as Youth Development Specialist for Peace Corps in Honduras, I trained 10 local teachers on teaching methodologies and taught 200 students on diverse subjects, including English, physical education, sports, organic gardening, environmental education, business fundamentals, and computer and IT systems.๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐โฆ I pioneered a reproductive health and family planning program within the school system and at the local health center, organizing up to 20 workshops in cooperation with the Municipal Womenโs Office.โฆ To effectively deliver education initiatives, I forged partnerships with 7 local agencies and learning institutions.
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Student Housing Resident AdvisorThe Ohio State University 2005 - 2007By creating and employing diverse programming to increase socialization and accessibility to campus resources, I supported freshmen students in safely adjusting to college academic environment. I also resolved various inter-student conflicts. -
Diversity Services Office DirectorโS AssistantThe Ohio State University 2003 - 2007Partnering with academic counselors and the Director of the Diversity Services office, I implemented programs to connect students to vital academic resources and opportunities such as vocational counseling and tutoring.
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Jeremiah Norvell's current role is AWARD-WINNING SOCIAL WORKER โญ Steering Public Advocacy, Investigations, & Legal Processes to Uphold Childrenโs Welfare ๐ฑ Dynamic Trainer Shaping New Social Workers ๐ฑ Go-To Social Services Program Manager.
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Jeremiah Norvell attended California State University-Long Beach, The Ohio State University.
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