• Intake and management of all targeted recruitment cases (locating foster homes for children facing more challenges in placement)• Creation and management of Let IT Be Us' weekly "Wednesday's Children" publication • Leader in content creation, guest speaker coordination, and hosting of bi-weekly webinars for foster home recruitment and child welfare education• Intake, management, and oversight of all coaching inquires• Participation in all management meetings; participating in organization strategy and growth planning• Participation in meetings with stakeholders • Monthly management and updating of metrics and data for targeted recruitment and coaching programs for internal review and external stakeholders

• Responsible for providing strength-based, client-centered, relationship-driven, and family-focused support interventions to birth parents served by the agency’s child welfare program • Delivering specific therapeutic services appropriate to meet needs of each individual client• Conducting thorough assessment of needs of client and client’s desired goals to create comprehensive treatment plan• Completion of quarterly reports in agency format to report to treatment team and juvenile court regarding client progress toward treatment goals and reunification with children• Preparing for and attending court hearings to testify when requested through subpoena • Participating in internal and external case reviews, staffings, clinical reviews, and critical decision meetings• Creating and maintaining documentation of case contacts, events, case decisions, and progress in client files

Individual child and adult therapist serving families involved with the agency's child welfare program (contracted with Illinois Department of Children and Family Services).

• Provided direct coaching service during family visitations for purpose of improving of parenting skill and ability to birth parents served by the agency’s child welfare program to support them in the process of reunification • Provided services utilizing developmental needs of children and parenting skills needed across the lifespan• Utilized analytical and psychosocial diagnostic skill and resourcefulness in developing treatment plans and processes using agency-approved treatment modalities• Reported on progress regularly to case manager and supervisor over-seeing family case• Completion of written reports to the treatment team, including one final submitted to the juvenile court to report status of client participation and growth in parenting capacity • Participated in regular clinical supervision meetings for consultation to maximize impact on clients served and assess effectiveness of program to maintain its impact on families

• Responsible for coordinating and facilitating all transactions and activities that must take place between administrative departments and the Foster Care Department • Coordinated and tracked program information, managed subcontracts, responsible for the oversight of all counseling subcontractors, including quality assurance of services provided and fiscal controls of billing• Assisted accounting department with DCFS transactions related to board payments and stable funding • Responsible for all traditional foster parent licensing, including transfers and renewals • Ensured contract compliance and assisting with Quality Assurance activities as necessary • Participated in orientations and developed programs for assigned child welfare workers and participated in creating training materials • Suggested policies and changes in the program to increase effectiveness of program • Served as a member of the Foster Care Leadership Team and Foster Care Permanency Committee to carefully plan and make decisions regarding programming and permanency planning for families• Assisted with general program development activities including research, communicating with collaterals, attending meetings, etc. • Delivered services with sensitivity to clients’ cultural and socioeconomic characteristics

• Developed, directed, and coordinated peer reviews, consumer surveys, and outcome analysis for all agency programs• Established and monitored each program’s progress in meeting outcome goals and developed corrective action plans when necessary• Assisted with program development, marketing, and resource development • Managed agency accreditation with COA including responding to COA correspondence and submitting the annual report to COA for re-accreditation every 4 years • Maintained summary data on clients served in programs and program statistics with response to formal inquiries for such information • Assisted in training new staff when necessary and appropriate• Coordinated annual review and revision of the agency’s foster parent law plan • Tracked and reported trends related to agency UIRs, hotline reports, and licensing investigations, ensuring plans were put in place to address negative trends• Coordinated clinical reports and priority reviews in compliance with the agency’s clinical review protocol and completing related reports • Reviewed and interpreted DCFS policy and procedural changes and made necessary updates to agency practice and procedure when necessary• Acted as a liaison to contracting agencies when necessary and appropriate, including representing the agency at external meetings when needed

• Carried placement caseload representative of cases found in agency• Provided referral services and maintained contact with providers in order to properly monitor birth parent progress toward family reunification• Interviewed clients, developed service plans using social work methods and technique to achieve effective treatment goals to assist with family stabilization • Appeared in court to testify to progress of birth parents and status of children in care• Maintained appropriate monthly home visitation of children in foster care, providing necessary referral for services when needed in the foster home setting• Maintained agency records for children in placement, as well as birth parent and foster parent records• Maintained compliance of all caseworker duties within DCFS “Code of Ethics for Child Welfare Professionals” and maintained monthly agency service statistics

• Led sports, health, and leadership curriculum for middle school girls • Created and trained staff on Chicago social service resource binder • Developed leadership program content for summer camp counselors • Co-lead weekly programming for 25-30 girls at a Chicago Public School • Assisted with attendance recording and enrollment • Attended intensive best practice and curriculum training • Assisted with program evaluation• Regularly entered dates and information into salesforce.com database • Served as role model and mentor for program participants• Assisted with general duties of daily operations of camp• Maintained communication with fellow counselors and supervisors • Participated in daily activities with participants and other staff

Seasonal summer position, worked consecutive summers (May-August) from 2009-2012. This position was held each year between the school years worked as the Site Director for Safe n' Sound.

• Observation in the courtroom during child protection and delinquency cases• Gained understanding of the role of a social worker in permanency planning• Gained understanding of social work theories and principals with regard to juvenile court• Trained in use of the MARS/CYSIS case management system, and the Cook County Clerk System• Reviewed and evaluated service plans in child protection cases• Observation in probation department• Observation of family mediation sessions• Researched and reported on court processes and permanency planning of child protection cases