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SCHOOL COUNSELOR/LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER
Summary

Passionate and dedicated Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience working with individuals and families to improve mental health and quality of life; specializing in culturally-specific interventions and healing in the Black community of Portland.

Skills
  • Reliable team member
  • Organization
  • Relationship development
  • Exceptional verbal/written communication
  • Conducting assessments
  • Client Health Education
  • Tracking client progress
  • Clinical Documentation
  • Empathetic
Experience
10/2007 - 07/2020School Counselor/Licensed Clinical Social WorkerSt. Andrew Nativity School | Portland, OR
  • Created and facilitated developmentally-appropriate support groups for middle school-students, including empowerment, decision-making, self-esteem, grief and loss, stress management, anger management, yoga and mindful meditation.
  • Taught weekly classes to 6th, 7th and 8th graders, including social-emotional skills, bullying intervention, Black history, Latino History, gender and racial stereotypes and impacts of media on society.
  • Provided on-going individual counseling to 10-15 students.
  • Provided crisis intervention counseling to students and staff.
  • Provided in-school counseling for students referred by a parent or teacher.
  • Provided general school counseling to all students.
  • Coordinated all-school grief counseling in cases of current or former student deaths.
  • Provided brief family therapy.
  • Made referrals to and engaged in care-coordination with outside mental health providers.
  • Tracked academic progress, discipline statistics and conducted ongoing individual assessments to determine effective individualized interventions.
  • Promoted parent and teacher partnerships and communications to support students' education.
  • Conducted meetings with individual faculty to provide information and customized skills for engaging with and teaching youth of color.
  • Member of management team tasked with determining potential school expansion options.
  • Member of Summer Academy Student Applicant Selection Committee.
  • Provided professional development for faculty and staff; topics included social-emotional wellness, mental health matters, mindful meditation and working respectfully and collaboratively with students and parents of color.
  • Collaborated in development of healing-centered engagement school procedures.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and Google Suite.
  • Annually recognized by management for providing exceptional service to students and families.
05/2006 - 08/2012Therapist/Co-FounderSoValTi Family Services | Portland, OR
  • Taught 16-week interactive parenting skills program to individuals, couples and groups, primarily made up of African-American men and women.
  • Provided therapeutic visitation for African-American parents and children in state custody.
  • Co-facilitated 52-week Batterer's Intervention groups for African-American men court-ordered to participate.
  • Provided counseling and emotional support to domestic violence survivors.
  • Acted as role model for clients by explaining, setting and modeling healthy boundaries.
  • Provided bio-psycho-social assessments.
  • Acted as liaison between clients and service providers, including psychological evaluators, child welfare, community mental health, probation/parole, drug & alcohol and public housing.
  • Co-developed organizational vision, mission and foundational structure.
  • Created business and documentation templates.
05/2006 - 11/2006TherapistLifeworks NW | Portland, OR
  • Received education and skills for treating patients with severe and persistent mental illnesses.
  • Met with 15-20 patients weekly.
  • Educated patients and family members on diagnosis, treatment, and disease management, equipping them with tools to achieve and maintain optimal psychiatric and mental health.
  • Taught clients anger management techniques, relaxation skills, impulse control, social skills, emotional coping skills and functional living skills.
  • Assisted clients with identifying feelings and helpful vs destructive behaviors.
  • Gathered information from families and social services agencies to inform development of treatment plans.
  • Conducted phone calls and meetings with collateral contacts, including family members, doctors and landlords.
  • Created client treatment plans based on diagnoses, assessments and goals.
  • Conducted individual and group home visits.
  • Assisted in providing psychiatric crisis intervention in the field.
  • Regularly consulted with staff psychiatrist for medication management, other patient needs and concerns.
  • Accurately documented all observations, interventions, and concerns in patient charts and electronic systems, sustaining continuum of care from admission through to discharge.
  • Adhered to HIPAA confidentiality requirements by safeguarding files.
10/1998 - 04/2004Child Protective Services SpecialistState of Oregon - Department of Human Services | Portland, OR
  • Investigated allegations of child abuse and neglect, including interviews of children, parents, school staff, family members and other collateral contacts.
  • Gathered and reviewed criminal history, police reports, previous CPS assessments, social history, medical information, mental health treatment information, and academic records.
  • Made determinations of founded, unfounded, or unable to determine on all assigned cases.
  • Conducted physical removals of children from unsafe home with law enforcement, including local police, DEA, SWAT and ICE.
  • Filed petitions and wrote court reports to initiate court hearings and establish state custody of children for care and placement; participated in all subsequent court hearings for cases until transferred to on-going workers.
  • Referred parents and youth to psychiatrists, therapists, drug and alcohol assessments/treatment, parenting education classes, batterer's intervention, domestic violence programs, life skills trainers, etc. and collaborated with all providers.
  • Provided transportation for children and parents to visits and appointments.
  • Supervised and wrote reports on parent/child visitation in offices, family homes and the community.
  • Conducted home visits and home inspections.
  • Made at least monthly face-to-face contact with all children on caseload.
  • Coordinated with foster parents and relatives, and provided practical skills for parenting children from various ethnic and racial backgrounds.
  • Provided excellent service and attention to clients, families and foster parents by phone and in-person.
  • Engaged in on-going training to improve service-delivery and effectiveness.
  • Conducted family engagement safety meetings and provided written documentation for families, attorneys and the courts.
Education and Training
03/2005Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Oregon Board of Licensed Social Workers | Salem, Oregon

2 year licensure program & state exam.

06/1998Master of Social Work
Portland State University | Portland, OR
  • Oregon Minority Retention Scholarship Recipient
06/1994Bachelor of Science: Sociology
Portland State University | Portland, OR
  • Minor in Urban Studies and Planning
  • Oregon Minority Retention Scholarship Recipient
  • Black Student Union Member
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Member
Affiliations

National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Member

American School Counselor Association (ASCA), Member

Oregon Board of Licensed Social Workers (LCSW), Member

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • St. Andrew Nativity School
  • SoValTi Family Services
  • Lifeworks NW
  • State of Oregon - Department of Human Services

School Attended

  • Oregon Board of Licensed Social Workers
  • Portland State University

Job Titles Held:

  • School Counselor/Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • Therapist/Co-Founder
  • Therapist
  • Child Protective Services Specialist

Degrees

  • 03/2005 Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
    06/1998 Master of Social Work
    06/1994 Bachelor of Science : Sociology

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