Tiffany Polychrones Email & Phone Number

• Providing case management services to children in foster care and their foster families • Providing Supervision to case managers• Trainer for potential foster parents• Collaborating with service providers and members of the foster child's team • Organizing and facilitating support groups for foster parents/ families• Conducting group information/education/ support group sessions for clients• On-call/ after-hours intake• Professional consultation with co-workers regarding specific case issues• Working successfully with a multitude of clientele • Involvement with committees/ groups within the agency with the goal of enhancing the quality of support CAFF provides foster families and the community; Retention and Recruitment Group to include special committees for foster parents events• Producing, Editing and Publishing a monthly newsletter with resources and important messaging• Guiding CAFF support group/ Transracial Foster and adoption group on a monthly basis• Active member of cross organizational groups

Virginia

• Providing case management to adults at risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation• Managing a caseload of elderly individuals and foster care prevention cases• Working in partnership with law enforcement to investigate reports of abuse, neglect, exploitation• On-Call/ after-hours intake for reports of abuse, neglect, exploitation for Adult Protective Services and Child Protective Services• Assisting in the proper care, treatment, management, and therapeutic needs of adults in A/N/E situations• Assisting in the proper care, treatment , management, and therapeutic needs of children and their families to prevent placement in foster care families; children ages• Assisting with the treatment and therapeutic needs of adults (18 years and older) and children ages( 6-17) with mental health diagnoses such as anxiety disorder, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, disruptive disorder, schizophrenia; physical impairments, inappropriate sexual obsessions, and learning disabilities

Virginia

• Providing special services to students in a resource, inclusive, and or self-contained placement• Assisting with the treatment and therapeutic needs of students (14-18 years old) with mental health diagnoses such as depression, anxiety disorders, oppositional defiant disorders (and other disruptive disorders), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as well as identified learning disabilities such as dyslexia, processing disorders, language issues, etc.• Maintaining appropriate paperwork for Independent Education Programs and Triennials, etc.• Regular collaboration with general educators and administrators to promote the success of least restrictive placements• Maintaining regular communication and holding regular meetings with parents/ guardians and students to assure needs were met

Va

• Accurately reporting and documenting all information for the assigned caseload of consumers• Teaching and facilitating home and self-care to consumers (cooking, bathing, cleaning, shopping, appropriate emotional expression, etc.)• Managing a direct care caseload of 10 adults with intellectual and psychological disabilities• Assisting with assigning tasks to 3-4 individuals providing more specific care to the consumers• Coordinating medical, psychological, personal appointments and daily routines of consumers• Completion and mastery of 16hr MANDT System Course• Completion and mastery of 32hr Medication Aide Course• Upholding certification in CPR and First Aid