Milena Tesi Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

As a PRS Intervention Specialist in the HS/PRS program for unaccompanied children, I provided clinical case management and crisis intervention services to unaccompanied children and their families after their reunification. In this role, I provided support services by assessing the children's and families' well-being, safety, family stabilization, and level of needs. The support services included helping families access community resources, advocacy, referrals, safety planning, psychoeducation in areas such as the adjustment process, the impact of trauma or prolonged family separation.

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain

In this organization, I worked as a social integration worker ("tecnico de integracion social") in two different programs: 1) An emergency shelter for Ukrainian refugees arriving in Spain. 2) A refugee program to support asylum-seekers with special needs. As a social integration worker, I helped refugees to access community resources. The provision of support services involved working with interpreters, using crisis intervention strategies, and trauma-informed practice.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

I worked as a mental health clinician working with unaccompanied immigrant children seeking family reunification services in a Transitional Foster Care program. -Risks assessments, psychosocial assessment, and trafficking assessment of unaccompanied children. -Individual and group counseling sessions using trauma-informed and culturally sensitive practice. -Support foster families to meet children's mental health needs.-Clinical documentation following ORR and agency's guidelines.

Greater Chicago Area

Provided individual counseling sessions and psycho-education groups to unaccompanied children seeking family reunification services. -Risks assessments, psychosocial assessment and trafficking assessment.-Trauma-informed and culturally sensitive practice.-Completing documentation following ORR and agency's guidelines.

Greater Chicago Area

In this role, I provided bereavement support services to terminally ill patients and their loved ones, as well as to families who had experienced the loss of a loved one under hospice care. The bereavement services were provided through phone calls, letters, grief support groups, home visits, and the organization of an annual memorial service.

Master Of Social Work - Msw

Specialization in Children and Families. Sub-specialization in Migration Studies.

Master'S Degree, Theory Of Literature And Comparative Literature

Ma, Philosophy

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy

Graduated with Honors in Philosophy -Cum Laude.

Advanced Course In Social Integration, Social Integration, Curso De Especialización

Advanced course in social integration (300hs). The curriculum includes studies in psychosocial intervention, family mediation, social.