Clinical social worker

Profile
Master Level Clinical Social Worker with expertise conducting Functional Behavioral Assessments and implementing: Behavioral Intervention Plans, Individual and Family Therapy, Crisis Interventions and Individual education Plans. Additional qualifying skills include policy writing, project development, administration, management and staff training.
Experience
School Social Worker, River Edge Board of Education, River Edge, New Jersey •••••present
School liaison, Bergen County Early Intervention Program. Identified, conducted social assessment, developed Individual Education Plan, and case managed pre-school population identified as needing special education services. Case load consisted of students preschool through 6th grade, and out of district special education placements. •••••Behavioral Specialist, School Social Worker, Rahway Board of Education, Rahway, New Jersey •••••
Provided direct counseling services to special education and non-classified students using behavior management, play therapy and family therapy. Assisted in crisis Interventions and arranged outside counseling referrals. Provided in-class support for special education classrooms thru modeling conflict resolution and behavior management techniques. Managed parent support group and parent education seminars. •••••Individual and Family Therapist, Family Connections, Newark, New Jersey •••••
Provided in-home individual and family therapy, case managed pre-adjudicated juvenile sex offenders, high risk juveniles released from New Jersey Juvenile Detention Centers and families mandated thru DYFS/Family Court. Conducted monthly psycho-social compliance reports for mandated clients and conducted court mandated Mental Status Evaluations for convicted adult sex offenders and/or adults convicted of child endangerment. Additional skills include conducting ASI Substance Abuse Assessments and facilitating recovery groups.•••••Project Coordinator, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York •••••
Wrote and implemented hospital wide domestic violence training text and emergency department/hospital domestic violence protocols following New York State Guidelines. Trained volunteers, emergency department professionals and administrative staff on identification and referrals for victims of violence. Responsibilities include recruiting and managing twenty-five volunteers, in addition to creating and managing a ••••• member forum on domestic violence resources and pending laws. Provided monthly program evaluations and and statistics to funding sources. •••••Project Coordinator, Doctors of the World/Family Care International, New York, New York ••••• •••••
Established domestic and international office policies and procedures. Developed databases to track and evaluate program activities, recruitment sources, and current funding sources. Responsibilities included editing international womans health educational materials and policy agenda for Beijing Womans Conference. Responsibilities included facilitating HIV/AIDS and maternal/child health training for Non-governmental Organizations in developing countries. •••••Program Officer, Non-Governmental Committee for the United NAtions International Conference •••••
on Population and Development Cairo, Egypt.•••••Supported strategic planning and organization of the Non-Governmental Organization forum held in conjunction with the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt. Designed NGO programs, scheduled daily program updates insuring NGO visibility and constructive dialogues. Provided operational support and strategic planning concerning international registration and security risks.•••••The Research Foundation City University of New York FALL •••••
Created and maintained databases for surveys on the homeless using New York City Transportation as shelter. Reviewed and complied reports to ensue the project met with joint federal governmental guidelines in addition to producing reports to federal and state government on project expenditures. Tracked project budgets and designed monthly budget system to control personnel reporting and project expense forecasting.
Education
Boston University, Bachelor in Arts, International Relations, Minor African Studies •••••
Fordham University, Masters in Social Work, Substance Abuse Specialization •••••
CURRENT CERTIFICATIONS
New Jersey License Clinical Social Worker
New Jersey School Social Worker •••••GRADUATE SCHOOL FIELD WORK
CIS Counseling Center, New York, New York •••••
Provided individual therapy for adult dually diagnosed substance abusers and facilitated a relapse prevention early recovery group. Educational goals included: Diagnostic skills, clinical skills, casework intervention, collaterals evaluations, case dynamics, including: transference, and counter transference, resistance defense structure, personality development and the different phases of treatment. •••••Graduate Field Work, NYCHA/Victim Services, New York, New York •••••
Relocated Victims of domestic Violence relocated by the New York City Housing Agency. Conducted group counseling and provided staff education on the cycle of violence. Developed database for domestic violence resources, trained crisis intervention staff and created NYCHA domestic violence emergency housing protocol.•••••ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Verbal and written knowledge of Kiswahili and Conversational Russian. skilled in Work Perfect for Windows, and other MS DOS IBM Compatible software. Working knowledge of Lotus •••••, Quatro Pro for the development and analysis of project budgets. Experience working in the following Excel, Filemaker Pro and Paradox. •••••REFERENCE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST