Sharon Covington Email and Phone Number

Diverse experience in non profit management, juvenile justice, residential treatment, clinical program development, building effective collaborative parterships to enhance service delivery, and executive management. Licensed Clinical Social Worker.Education and Training:M.S.W. Social Work; University of Southern California. Specialized training: individual and group therapy, juvenile justice, complex trauma, leadership development, crisis debriefing, cognitive behavioral therapy, anger management, motivational interviewing, and stress management. Professional Career:Present: Assistant Executive Director, Rancho San Antonio, Chatsworth, California. A multi service treatment center for youth and families. Provide leadership, supervision and oversight for director level clinical staff. Collaborative development of programs such as Short Term Residential Treatment (STRTP), Aftercare, Substance Abuse Treatment, Youth Diversion, and treatment for youth with sexual behavior problems. Collaboration with LA County Juvenile Probation, Department of Mental Health (DMH),and Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Recipient of Certificate of Appreciation for beyond the call of duty in treatment of juveniles, issued by former Los Angeles County Mayor Eric Garcetti.Consultant: Professional and team development, leadership training.Authorship and Projects:Documentary on delinquency. Consultant to Mike Pulsipher, News Anchorwith CBS affiliate KNX, Los Angeles, California.Look See Do and Be. A workbook to break resistance to change.Little By Little and Bit by Bit. A book chronicling the odyssey of a child placed out of home.Transitional Housing. A grant project.Residential Aftercare. A grant project.Judicial newsletter article MDT(multiple disciplinary team).Placement Committee for Los Angeles Juvenile Probation.Fieldwork instructor for UCLA and USC.