Symone Gerren, Lcsw, Mpa Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Strategic Development… Collaborated with senior leadership to develop and execute the strategic plan, successfully launching programs in new markets. Expanded services to better serve alumni by implementing a comprehensive alumni program, enhancing long-term support for students. Oversaw programs serving 8 school sites across 3 school districts, helping 400+ underserved high school students bridge opportunity gaps.• Team Leadership + Development… Supervised a diverse team of 30+… Show more • Strategic Development… Collaborated with senior leadership to develop and execute the strategic plan, successfully launching programs in new markets. Expanded services to better serve alumni by implementing a comprehensive alumni program, enhancing long-term support for students. Oversaw programs serving 8 school sites across 3 school districts, helping 400+ underserved high school students bridge opportunity gaps.• Team Leadership + Development… Supervised a diverse team of 30+ Teachers, Mentors, Managers and Site Coordinators, fostering continuous learning and professional development within the team.• Budget & Resource Management…Developed and evaluated a culturally relevant, scalable curriculum to enhance student outcomes and empower educators.• Data Management and Evaluation…Managed key data collection systems and program measurement tools to monitor and report on program effectiveness and student progress. Employed data-driven decision-making to improve program quality and impact continuously.• Project Management… Developed and maintained a 12-month program calendar, coordinating all logistics at school sites and with local partners. Managed multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely and successful execution from concept to completion.• Stakeholder Engagement…Cultivated partnerships with educational and community stakeholders to support program goals and expansion into new markets. Show less

Atlanta, Georgia

• Social Work… Performs clinical services to nearly 13 patients daily, including psychiatric assessments, crisis interventions, consultation, clinical summaries, and written reports to psychiatrist.• Collaboration… Work cross-functionally to determine the least restrictive level of care for patients and connect them with community resources such as, housing/relocation assistance, medical services, counseling, and more.• Process Improvement… Identified safety as an area of… Show more • Social Work… Performs clinical services to nearly 13 patients daily, including psychiatric assessments, crisis interventions, consultation, clinical summaries, and written reports to psychiatrist.• Collaboration… Work cross-functionally to determine the least restrictive level of care for patients and connect them with community resources such as, housing/relocation assistance, medical services, counseling, and more.• Process Improvement… Identified safety as an area of improvement and spearheaded a policy change across the WellStar Health System to no longer accept patients above 59 years of age for their safety.• Admissions… Developed an active discharge checklist for the treatment teams to quickly discharge patients, which optimized efficiency, increased accountability, and reduced admission time by 3 hours. Show less

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Program Management… Lead the development, implementation, and execution of all programming for 22 locations across the South-East.• Non-Profit Management… Expanded the organization to 3 states in two years, allowing for 5,000 students to be connected to anti-bullying resources.• Partnership Development… Served as the community liaison for Fulton County Schools, which resulted in the foundation receiving a $10k grant and 10-city tour to bring students to a mutual location… Show more • Program Management… Lead the development, implementation, and execution of all programming for 22 locations across the South-East.• Non-Profit Management… Expanded the organization to 3 states in two years, allowing for 5,000 students to be connected to anti-bullying resources.• Partnership Development… Served as the community liaison for Fulton County Schools, which resulted in the foundation receiving a $10k grant and 10-city tour to bring students to a mutual location during Covid-19.• Leadership… Recruit, train, and supervise the organization’s volunteer base of 20-50 volunteers. Show less

Avondale Estates, Georgia

• Student Support… Provided small group and/or individualized interventions to 10 special education students from grades K-7 performing below grade level and implemented individual education plans in collaboration with the student, parent(s), teachers, and guidance counselors, to meet the student’s needs and support their academic goals.

Austell, Ga

• Case Management… Provided daily case management, discharge planning, and care coordination to facilitate the delivery of quality healthcare for approximately 12 to 24 patients, and delivered transitional care planning, psychosocial and functional statusassessments, and patient advocacy and psychoeducation during the patient's stages of illness.

Douglasville, Ga

• Treatment Planning… Assisted in the development of treatment plans for youth groups and conducted dialectal behavior therapy and other expressive therapies as interventions.• Counseling… Implemented the Re-Education of Emotionally Disturbed Youth therapy model, which improved the behavior of at-risk youth.

United States

• Social Services… Provided a broad range of case management services including posthospitalization treatment planning and counseling, and coordinated services to students who experienced homelessness, food insecurity, and/or the foster care system.

Greater Atlanta Area

Implemented scientifically proven curriculum that strengthened cognitive skills, such as attention, logic and reasoning, processing speed, visual and auditory processing, phonemic awareness, comprehension, and memoryGenerated an average intellectual gain of 4 years based on age equivalencyInstrumented cognitive gain based on the standards of the Woodcock Johnson battery of tests for cognitive skills

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Clinical/Medical Social Work

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Psychology