Supported students, teachers and families during crisis situations.
Provided group and individual counseling to address problems.
Identified student barriers to self-sufficiency and created relevant IEPs.
Collaborated with over 20 students, teachers, administrators, parents and outside agencies.
School Social Worker Intern
Unit 4 School District
08.2024 - Current
Collaborate with school personnel, parents and mental health providers to ensure clients educational, mental, emotional and physical needs are being met.
Offer community resources and services to clients to meet family needs for assistance.
Meet with over 10 students in small group sessions to teach social-emotional lessons
Taught SEL tier 1 lessons in 2 classrooms to encourage healthy behaviors, and strategies.
Interview approximately 6 parents to complete Social developmental Studies and collect SSIS/ABAS assessments.
Youth Family and Community Outreach Caseworker
The Center For Youth And Family Solutions
06.2024 - Current
Assess needs of each client and recommended appropriate services and resources.
Document case notes and perform follow-up documentation for each client as it relates to crisis, housing, community services needs.
Provide crisis intervention and services to clients in emergency situations.
Commute to at least 6 monthly home/school visits.
Foster Care Family Worker
The Center For Youth And Family Solutions
07.2020 - 06.2024
Conducted about 10-15 home, school, and community visits to ensure clients well-being needs were being met.
Documented data and completed accurate updates to case records.
Referred client's to community services and resources.
Created and revised family service plans to address service plan goals.
Supervised parent-child visits
Completed home safety assessments every 3 months to ensure homes were safe and appropriate.
Education
Master of Science - Masters of Social Work
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
05-2025
Bachelor of Science - Community Health- Health Education And Promotion
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
05-2015
Certification
LSW - Licensed Social Worker
Timeline
School Social Worker
Unit 4 School District
08.2025 - Current
School Social Worker Intern
Unit 4 School District
08.2024 - Current
Youth Family and Community Outreach Caseworker
The Center For Youth And Family Solutions
06.2024 - Current
Foster Care Family Worker
The Center For Youth And Family Solutions
07.2020 - 06.2024
Master of Science - Masters of Social Work
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science - Community Health- Health Education And Promotion