• Provided training to clinical staff on Needs and Service Plans (NSPs) and Quality Assurance of NSPs for all court adjudicated youth on campus• Developed and maintained databases to track outcome measures relating youth (e.g.: school attendance, school suspensions, treatment program graduation, substance use, independent living skills) and staff (e.g.: timely completion of NSPs, Discharge reports).• Co-facilitated Child and Family Team meetings; member of the CFT for all youth.• Ensured youth received all core services and court mandated services; provision of independent living skills to youth. Linkage to community services for graduated youth.

MSW Internship• Conducted home visits as well as social, emotional, and economic assessments of prospective adoptive families and examined suitability of children for families.• Prepared and maintained case records, determined whether children were legally freed for adoption and generated case relevant court reports. Provided linkage to services when needed by adoptive families.

MSW Internship• Performed weekly home visits to ascertain the development and safety of the child• Collaborated with Los Angeles County social worker to ensure foster parents have resources to support the child• Facilitated interdisciplinary teams to develop treatment plans for each child• Advocated for foster children and/or foster parents at educational or family court meetings• Ensured agency and foster parent compliance with and accurate completion of all agency, county and California state Community Care Licensing requirements

• Developed and buillt rapport with a network of housing providers• Advocated for client’s housing and treatment needs to various housing providers to promote housing retention• Liaised among clients, therapists, case managers, LA County Department of Mental Health staff, hospital and/or jail staff, and property managers• Coordinated with Therapists and Psychiatrists to provide the most appropriate mental health rehabilitation services, crisis management and case management services to clients ages six through twenty-five. • Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Committee Member: March 2013 to August 2015

• Responsible for the overall supervision, care and protection of clients (youth 6-19years) while on duty. Applied appropriate discipline and set limits on acting out behavior of clients.• Crisis response for youth on campus and in the community when they became highly emotionally unstable, aggressive and assaultive to others or themselves, destroyed property, engaged in substance use, ran away and/or other crisis behaviors as presented by clients. • Supervise and direct line staff on duty and assign staff when necessary to various houses on campus to secure coverage; ensuring that proper staff: client ratio is maintained. • Along with other program directors and supervisory staff coordinate all transportation of clients including: recreational outings, Independent Living Program (ILP) trips, weekend home visits, doctors appointments, emergency room visits, sporting events, and off-campus outings designated for each client based on his/her therapeutic and behavior goals.• Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Committee Member • Trauma Informed Care (TIC) Core Implementation Team Member

• Responsible for daily supervision of Severely Emotionally Disabled (SED) youth ages 6-19. • Assisted in planning and scheduling off-campus outings and events for clients. Worked in a team to assist in therapy, tutoring, appropriate discipline, and basic crisis counseling for clients.