Terah Johnson Email & Phone Number

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Camden, NJ

• Conduct crisis intervention and implement de-escalation techniques to assist students in meeting high scholastic expectations
• Serve as the McKinney-Vento Liaison, the primary contact between families experiencing homelessness and Camden service providers, for all Freedom Prep Schools (K-12)
• Provide evidence-based individual and group counseling to students to overcome obstacles and address educational issues
• Foster ongoing relationships with community organizations to provide families with resources related to mental health, job placement, and legal services
• Collaborate closely with teachers and administrators to provide classroom supports and ensure a productive learning environment as a member of the Culture Team
• Develop and implement curriculum for social and emotional development and behavioral intervention with students

Atlanta, GA

• Managed caseload and documentation of ongoing support to twenty-seven foster and foster-to-adopt families
• Performed initial, quarterly, and re-evaluation placement visits in twenty-seven foster and foster-to-adopt households
• Provided community resources and resolve any case management issues to ensure a stable home setting for foster children
• Led trainings, assessments, and counseling related to foster care regulations, procedures, and adoption processes

Greater Atlanta Area

• Selected by administrator to provide professional engagement to both clients and co-workers to ensure an efficient workplace
• Provided expert knowledge to train new employees on social work techniques such as interviewing skills and documentation
• Guided and expedited the training of three case managers as they progressed through Georgia’s Child Welfare System

Atlanta, GA

• Investigated and managed a multiplicity of caseloads involving child and adult abuse and/or neglect
• Maintained and updated documentation of clients’ profiles: medical conditions, living environment, school attendance and grades, interactions within the family, parents’ overall ability to care for children
• Partnered with school personnel (principals, counselors, teachers, social workers) to ensure that clients’ educational needs are fulfilled
• Provided a variety of community resources and professional services to clients in need of employment, housing, and counseling
• Analyzed family situations during home visits and interviews to make determinations about children’s safety
• Attended special education meetings and truancy court hearings to serve as wellness advocate

Greater Atlanta Area

• Provided support for children and families in various environments (i.e. home, school, community, day treatment programs)
• Strengthened and developed clients’ interpersonal communications, social interactions, behavioral conduct, coping and adapting in school, community and in the home through skill-building lessons

Atlanta, GA

• Developed and implemented a Fulton County Jail wellness program to educate thirty incarcerated men for the purposes of ending the cycle of recidivism and support their re-integration into society
• Conducted bio-psychosocial assessments and both individual and group weekly counseling sessions to assist Fulton County Jail inmates with substance abuse issues, mental illness, unemployment, and poverty

Montclair, NJ

• Counseled and performed interventions with youths, aged 7-19, who were diagnosed with a variety of emotional, behavioral and psychological disorders
• Prepared individualized care plans and tracked monthly progress of clients
• Trained new employees and provided administrative support to various staff members

Master Of Social Work, Social Work

Bachelor Of Science, Communications