Social Work Volunteer Resume Example Long Beach Community Action Network

SOCIAL WORK VOLUNTEER

Professional Overview

Pursuing full-time career as a Social Worker. Possess skill, education, and experience that reflect a passion to deliver mental health and social services to children, adults, and families. Culturally competent with knowledge of diagnostic assessments, theories, concepts, and developmental stages related to the field of Social Work. Experienced interdisciplinary team member. Seeking to join a facility that is patient centered, with an integrative approach to the deliverance of social services provided to patients, and the community. Core objective is to help people improve the quality of their lives. Career goal is to acquire supervision hours to become an LCSW.

Core Qualifications

Bio psychosocial Assessments
Counseling
Treatment Planning

Goal Setting and Implementation
Group Facilitation
Time Management

Accomplishments

Assisted mentally ill, dually diagnosed, homeless clients acquire their entitled social service benefits, arranged for representative payees as needed, assisted clients in obtaining HUD or Sober LIving arrangements. Facilitated life-skills and financial management groups, conducted home visits to monitor clients and provide assistance with treatment plan adherence. Interventions resulted in increased client self-sufficiency and independence.
Developed and implemented curriculum designed to assist developmentally disabled adolescent females with mood regulation and interpersonal skills. Group facilitation utilizing curriculum resulted in a significant decrease in incidents of verbal and physical altercations and improved appropriate communicating of wants and needs..

Education

Masters Degree : Social Work, 2011California State University － Long Beach

Bachelors Degree : Sociology, 2001California State University － Long Beach

Thesis/Dissertation

Thesis/"Nurturing Parenting Program"

Accessibility to parent education programs are highly indicative for the prevention of child maltreatment. Programs that provide parenting education teach parents new skills in child rearing. Parenting education provides a mechanism for parents to learn positive parenting techniques from sources outside their own, sometimes, maladaptive upbringing which can be revisited upon their children.

Experience

Social Work Volunteer
September 2012 to CurrentLong Beach Community Action Network － Long Beach, CA

Volunteer Long Beach Community Action Network Perform resident initial intake, conduct bio psychosocial, assist resident in the development of their individualized treatment plan, document treatment plan outcome, facilitate life-skills group, network, assist with grant writing.

Medical Social Work Student Intern
September 2010 to May 2011UCI Medical Center

Conducted daily rounds of patient visits as directed by MSW Placement Student Supervisor.
Conducted bio psychosocial assessments.
Provided brief counseling and grief/loss therapy as needed.
Assisted in the identification and reporting of suspected incidents of child or elder abuse.
Provided appropriate referrals to community resources as needed.
Attended and contributed to daily interdisciplinary team meetings.
Documentation.
Participated in required 1-day rotation of the Psychiatric Center, Pediatrics, Burn Unit, Cancer Center, Emergency Department, and Outpatient Hemodialysis Center.

Medical Social Work Student Intern
September 2009 to May 2010Fairview Developmental Center

Created curriculum to assist patients with mood regulation.
Implemented and facilitated groups utilizing said curriculum.
Prepared quarterly, semi-annual, annual progress reports for facility and Regional Center to assist in the determination of patient readiness for community placement.
Assisted MSW Placement Supervisor with the organization of patient outings and group activities, including preparations for the Special Olympics.

Mental Health Care Coordinator II
August 2006 to August 2009Telacare Corporation

Under the direction of facility psychiatrist, implemented psychiatric rehabilitation concepts, utilizing the recovery model.
In concord with client, formulated treatment plan.
Provided consultation to client and family members regarding clients treatment plan.
Assessed client life-skills and abilities.
Facilitated individualized client life-skill life-skills education and assistance.
Conducted home visits to assess clients success or impediments to treatment plan adherence.
Provided encouragement, counseling, adjustments to assist to client in attaining a successful treatment plan outcome.
Facilitated indvidulized client life-skills education and assistance.
Provided referrals to additional community resources as needed.

Case Manager II
January 2005 to January 2006Florence Crittenton for Children and Families

At a level-4 treatment facility, developed, maintained, implemented treatment plans, and goals, for children and adolescents.
Assisted clients, families, school faculty in the development of client IEP's.
Prepared quarterly, semi-annual, annual reports.
Participated in interdisciplinary team meetings.
Facilitated therapy and homework groups.
Interfaced with Juvenile Probation Officers regarding client progress, adherence to treatment plan, and behavior modification plans.
Advocated for family reunification based upon positive outcomes of treatment and behavior modification plan.

Publications

Nurturing Parenting Program

Memberships/Scholarly Societies

Board of Behavioral Sciences

(ACSW)

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Long Beach Community Action Network
UCI Medical Center
Fairview Developmental Center
Telacare Corporation
Florence Crittenton for Children and Families

School Attended

California State University

Job Titles Held:

Social Work Volunteer
Medical Social Work Student Intern
Mental Health Care Coordinator II
Case Manager II

Degrees

Masters Degree : Social Work , 2011
Bachelors Degree : Sociology , 2001

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