Ruby Wara-Goss, Lcsw Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Alameda County, California, United States

♣ Provide trauma-informed, culturally responsive, individual and family counseling, case management, and psycho-education in home and in the community♣ Assessment writing, delivering CANS (Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths) assessment, customizing treatment plan according to participants’ needs, and discharge planning♣ Utilize crisis intervention, safety plan development, collateral contacts, treatment team collaboration, and referral services♣ Incorporate a range of interventions including but not limited to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Family Systems, Solution-Focused Therapy, and psycho-education♣ Document service delivery and maintain charts to ensure Medi-Cal regulation compliance

Alameda County, California, United States

♣ Behavioral Health evaluation and assessment, treatment planning, crisis management♣ Provided comprehensive and individualized clinical case management and coordination of services, resources, and referral services♣ Maintained participant records utilizing the Electronic Health Record system and other digital plat-forms to effectively complete all clinical documentation♣ Met all HIPAA standards including but not limited to exchanging information and keeping Protect-ed Health Information (PHI) secure♣ Supervised MSW Intern

♣ Supervised visits between non-custodial parents and their children♣ Established family-tailored boundaries to ensure the safety and well-being of children; intervened when necessary ♣ Encouraged safe and healthy interactions between parties in compliance with the Supervised Visitation Network’s Standards and other case-specific guidelines; including cases under legal scrutiny ♣ Performed intake process to facilitate successful parent/child access♣ Produced observation reports for each visit

♣ Administered initial, needs-assessment screenings to families facing eviction♣ Provided crisis intervention and short-term counseling ♣ Referred to and provided short-term social service assistance; referred to longer-term social service assistance♣ Facilitated tenant – attorney relations, utilizing clinical knowledge and basic, conversational Spanish♣ Co-supervised social work interns♣ Provided public assistance advocacy for tenants by writing letters of support, soliciting public and private monies, and meeting with other assistance agencies ♣ Performed tenant data collection and evaluation♣ Co-led FSW trainings to social service providers

• Engaged NYHRE mobile site participants in the organizing work and campaigns of VOCAL-NY while sharing direct service resources• Co-facilitated weekly Participatory Action Committee meetings through developing group topics and by empowering participants with political literacy and theories of social change and community organizing• Assisted in organizing direct actions and meetings around HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C funding, ending mass incarceration and the drug war, and increasing safe and affordable housing using a phone tree system, e-mail listserves, and social media mediums• Researched, created, and presented a resource handbook for VOCAL-NY organizers about the mobilization types and models the organization utilizes

Brooklyn, Ny

• Researched and landscaped organizations and foundations engaged in improving the informal childcare sector• Conducted a child care community assessment in Jackson Heights, Queens which included designing outreach material; interviewing childcare workers, parents and community groups; facilitating groups; examining data; and writing an internal report • Organized the distribution of a request for proposals to prospective grantee organizations

• Accompanied rural indigenous communities fighting for justice in precedent-setting national and international genocide cases and in their struggle against mega-projects and natural resource extraction• Monitored, gathered, and shared information at regional and local levels• Wrote reports to serve as education and advocacy work for the international community• Trained new genocide case accompaniers, gave presentations to groups and communities, facilitated discussions, helped with basic translation, and systematized paperwork

Oakland, Ca

• Conducted intakes, interviews, assessments, and orientation of new adult learners• Supported ESL/Citizenship instructors in the classroom by working with small groups of learners as well as one-on-one

San Francisco Bay Area

• Educated individuals about environmental justice campaigns and engaged in grassroots fundraising• Trained new canvassers

Tucson, Arizona Area

• Successfully assigned hundreds of learning-challenged students with tutors through interviewing, hiring, and training prospective tutors; facilitating new student orientations; and updating training handbooks• Screened SALT student applications and scholarship requests on an admissions panel and scholarship committee• Created and maintained internal files and performed data collection, analysis, reporting, documentation, and payroll audits

Master Of Social Work (M.S.W.), Community Organizing, Planning And Development

Activities and Societies: Anti-Racist Collective at Hunter (ARCH) student group, Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GASA) student group.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Politics

Activities and Societies: Regents Scholar