Edith Foss, RSSW, EHP

• Built strong relationships with parents through effective communication about their child''s progress and needs.
• Maintained clean and organized living and play areas to promote child health and safety.
• Developed engaging activities to help children learn and grow.
• Established and followed stable routine for children to meet emotional and developmental needs.
• Enhanced child development by implementing age-appropriate educational activities and playtime.
• Encouraged and supported self-help skills to establish independence.
• Encouraged physical activity with outdoor excursions like visits to local parks or nature walks around the neighborhood.
• Established foundational processes for business operations.

• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
• Collaborated with crisis responder is to bring texters from a “hot” moment to a cool calm, and to help them come up with a plan to stay healthy and safe.
• Assisted crisis responders reply to texts from people looking for support, helping them identify how they’re feeling, discuss different coping strategies and if required, collaboratively set up a safety plan.
• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Participated in team-building activities to foster teamwork and collaboration.
• Established and maintained strong relationships with colleagues through regular meetings and communication.

• Managed a caseload of 5 clients, working closely with each individual to set specific goals, achieving 75% of goals within a year.
• Create individualized treatment plans tailored to the specific mental and physical health needs of each client's.
• Connected client's with available community resources for successful discharge and transition and conduct follow-up appointments.
• Facilitated 3-5 weekly groups gathering focusing on discussions around abuse: physical, financial, and emotional.
• Educating clients about knowing their rights.
• Assisted clients and their families to access needed community resources and to reach desired mental health and behavioral goals as outlined by a treatment plan.
• Taught interpersonal and coping skills, intervened in conflicts when necessary and communicated with the entire treatment team.
• Completed progress notes and incident documentation, complied with agency policies.
• Monitored progress, intervened when necessary to teach alternative behaviors, communicated with therapists and outside agency personnel and attended treatment team meetings regularly.
• Completed weekly progress summaries and incident reports.
• Delivered active programming meeting needs and interests of individuals served.
• Helped individuals under care work toward goals outlined in ISPs and plans of care.

• Facilitated active engagement and independent skill-building.

• Supervised clerical support tasks to maximize office staff productivity.