Shaddia W. Torres, Lcsw, Cd(Dona) Email & Phone Number

Brooklyn, New York, United States

As a Program Director, I am actively engaged in planning, strategizing, leading team, and managing supportive housing program for 46 young adults with a history of homelessness and living with severe mental illnesses. I actively coordinate with the building management company to discuss rental arrears and review work orders to ensure seamless delivery of.

While serving as Program Director, I spearheaded 25-member team and delivered skill-based services as well as integrated dual disorder treatment to more than 150 adults with severe mental illness. I contributed to training and development for recovery specialists and supervisory team. I assessed operational progress by conducting weekly clinical rounds and.

During the course of this employment, I fostered a collaborative, supportive, inclusive, and nurturing work environment in the unit. I provided 90 minutes of bi-weekly supervision to four to five social workers and ensured the staff’s adherence to child welfare system mandates, program policies/procedures, and the structural family therapy model. I also.

As an Intake Director, I secured referrals by actively collaborating with community-based organizations and ACS. I educated incoming families, established service outcomes, and defined the scope of the program through initial contracting conferences and joint home visits. I ensured consistent delivery of high-quality care to clients through effective.

I pursued referrals and secured referrals by actively coordinating with community-based organizations. I conducted intake assessments and home visits to families in high-risk communities while leveraging family systems theory and structural family therapy as a framework for intervention to engage families in preventive services and family therapy. I.

As a Social Worker I facilitated weekly family therapy sessions and conducted home visits. I assisted families with advocacy, referrals and case management while collaborating with service providers and families to develop service plans. I participated in treatment teams using a one-way mirror and co-facilitated a latency boys group. I assisted in.

In my role as a part time visit supervisor, I was responsible for overseeing visits between non-custodial parents and their children. I provided counseling on matters related to visitation as needed to parents and children. I completed court reports on visit observations and collaborated with attorneys and mental health professionals.

Syracuse, New York

As a Case Manager, I provided home-based counseling and crisis intervention to 12 at risk youth and their families and counseled 40+ at risk youth ages 10-20 in a drop in center providing recreational, academic and social support. I collaborate with probation officers, PINS, schools and community-based organizations to ensure coordination of care.

During this graduate level internship experience, I supervised mandated visits between children in foster care and their noncustodial parents. I provides pre and post counseling services to parents working towards family reunification and conducted assessments while utilizing family systems theory as a framework for intervention.

During this internship experience, I provided counseling to adolescent mothers and their children and conducted psychosocial assessments in a residential transitional living facility. I facilitated weekly life skills education classes to prepare young mothers for independent living.

Bachelors Of Science, Social Work

Masters, Social Work

Activities and Societies: Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Senoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc., School of Social Work Recruitment Board