Cathy Baldwin
Edmonton
Summary
Social work professional with robust background in providing comprehensive support to individuals and families. Skilled in developing and implementing tailored intervention plans to address specific needs. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving impactful outcomes, adaptable to evolving circumstances.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Family Caregiver
Frederick Baldwin (Son)
07.2018 - Current
- Assist with activities of daily living, promoting independence and quality of life.
- Assist with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Assist with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Enhance comfort by providing compassionate and attentive care, addressing individual needs and preferences.
- Maintain a safe and clean environment, reducing risks and ensuring optimal health outcomes.
- Assist with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
Counsellor
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
07.2006 - 06.2018
- Providing effective and highly confidential intake, referral, advocacy and counselling services to children, teens, adults & families
- Utilizing various counselling modalities/approaches to manage complex and multi-faceted issues
- Managing on-going client risk assessments and case plans; accommodating for changes in circumstances as they occur
- Developing client safety plans to manage increasing issues of family violence
- Evaluating clients’ progress to ensure progression in goals
- Providing Employee & Family Assistance Program to employees of the RMWB and family members
- Develop and facilitate psycho-educational workshops dependent on community needs
- Provide Critical Incident Stress Management as required
- Maintain files, statistics and reports
- Initiate and maintain knowledge of available resources and key contacts
- Consult with colleagues and supervisor on a regular basis
- Provide supervisory coverage to counselling team in absence of supervisor
Case Manager
Worker’s Compensation Board
07.2002 - 03.2006
- Adjudicated, managed, and expedited complex and time-loss major claims (claims in excess of 6 weeks in duration)
Social Worker III
Government of Nunavut
08.2001 - 07.2002
- Provided direct service in the program areas of Child Welfare and Child Protection
Education
Bachelor of Social Work -
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MBBA - Community Studies
University College of Cape Breton
Sydney, NSDiploma - Community Studies
Westviking College
Stephenville, NLSkills
- Skilled in intake interviewing
- Case management
- Counseling
- Compassionate caregiving
Professional Development
- Completed all academic courses of the Master of Arts Counselling Psychology (MACP) online through Yorkville University in Fredericton, New Brunswick in April 2020.
- Facilitated an 8-week grief recovery program to residents of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo consecutively from 2017-2018.
- Provided community outreach and educational sessions around various mental health issues and grief and loss in Janvier, AB on a monthly basis, facilitating groups up to 20 people as well as providing one-on-one counselling from 2013-2018.
- Completed a two-day workshop in Mindfulness through Borealis Counselling Services, Fort McMurray, AB in 2017.
- Completed a two-day workshop in Mindfulness Counseling Strategies- Activating Compassion and Regulation through the Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute Inc., Edmonton, AB in November 2015.
- Supervised field practicums for University of Calgary BSW students (400 hours each) during the 2010-11 and 2013-14 school years.
- Participated in the Children’s Mental Health Symposium in Fort McMurray, AB in May 2014.
- Attended The 10 Best-Ever Depression Management Techniques workshop and The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques workshop in Edmonton, AB in 2013.
- Have completed ASIST suicide intervention and prevention training.
- Certified Grief Recovery Specialist through The Grief Recovery Institute.
- Certified in Critical Incident Stress Management de-briefings.
- Completed Level 1: Solution-Focused Counseling (SFC) in 2007.
- Completed SFC with Mental & Physical Illness in 2007.
- Completed SFC with Couples & Families in 2007.
- Member of the Newfoundland provincial working team regarding the implementation strategy for the Youth Criminal Justice Act from 2000-2001.
Timeline
Family Caregiver
Frederick Baldwin (Son)
07.2018 - Current
Counsellor
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
07.2006 - 06.2018
Case Manager
Worker’s Compensation Board
07.2002 - 03.2006
Social Worker III
Government of Nunavut
08.2001 - 07.2002
Bachelor of Social Work -
University of Manitoba
BA - Community Studies
University College of Cape Breton
Diploma - Community Studies
Westviking College