Mental Health group facilitator - charlie health - remote
(2025-05)
- Lead virtual mental health groups using Charlie Health's curriculum, ensuring client participation and fostering a positive group environment.
- Implement and adapt to assigned curricula, which include Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), trauma-informed approaches, and adventure-based practices.
- Complete accurate and timely clinical documentation within the electronic health record (EMR).
- Participate in group supervision sessions.
School social worker - Cobb county public schools - Marietta, GA
(2005-08)
- Serve as a liaison between students, staff, parents, and community agencies.
- Assist with identifying and eliminating barriers that are preventing students from reaching their academic potential.
- Provide crisis intervention, as needed.
- Facilitate bi-weekly social skills group with middle school students.
- Provide weekly individual social skills and emotional regulation sessions for identified students.
- Facilitate and document weekly treatment team meetings.
- Assist families with identifying and obtaining available community resources.
- Present/train staff and parents in the areas of mental health and trauma.
- Work collaboratively with staff, parents, and outside community agencies.
- Maintain organized documentation for every student on case load.
Social service foster/adoption specialist - Henry County department of family and children services - McDonough, GA
(2004-05 - 2005-08)
- Managed structured intensive in-home programs to support foster families and the children in care.
- Maintained and completed required documentation to ensure compliance and the safety of the children in care.
- Work collaboratively with court personnel, outside agencies, birth families and foster families to serve the whole child.
- Facilitated IMPACT orientations and classes.
- Conducted and completed re-evaluations and initial home studies.
- Assessed and identified any risk-factors within the placement of a child.
- Developed case plans that ensured adequate care and services were provided to both the foster parent and children.
- Attended regular court appearance on the child's behalf as required by the courts.
- Monitored activities, progress, and adjustment of children while completing health and safety inspections in the foster home.
Social service foster/adoption specialist assistant-intern - Liberty County department of family and children services - Hinesville, GA
(2003-04 - 2004-04)
- Assisted with conducting and completing foster and adoptive re-evaluations and initial home studies.
- Assisted with facilitating the MAPP program.
- Assisted with screening potential foster and adoptive parents.
- Spearheaded networking with community agencies.
- Worked with foster/adoptive families to ensure that adequate services were in place to maintain placement of the child.
