Parminder Singh

• Collaboratively work with students, families/caregivers and school support staff to identify students’ strengths and assist schools to improve lives and educational outcomes for students
• Conduct psycho-social assessment with students and families to understand and plan for students who are struggling due to significant issues like; family stressors, bereavement, anxiety, depressions, body-image issues, identity issues, dual diagnosis, ADHD, and other mental health issues
• Provide short-term counselling to students using modalities that are student centered
• Responsible for assessing and intervening in cases of significant non-attendance and to work with multi-disciplinary teams to offer more creative options for students to help them reengage in their school or to explore other meaningful opportunities
• Intervene in crisis situations and create coping/safety plans with students who are experiencing suicidal thoughts and are engaging in high-risk behaviours
• Liaise with community agencies/hospitals to ensure case management and other long-term community supports are in place for student's who require additional support
• Develop educational workshops for parents/caregivers and educators to identify mental health concerns and how to support student's at home/school
• Offer instrumental supports and advocate for families who are struggling with financial concerns and partner with community agencies to increase supports

• Provided service co-ordination to families who had children/youth with developmental disability and or dual diagnosis
• Completed intake/assessment and identified both short and long-term goals along with reassessing, monitoring and evaluating service plan
• Provided counseling, case management duties and crisis intervention to children/adolescents and their families/caregivers
• Worked in collaboration with families/caregivers to develop and implement service plan to meet identified needs

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• Provided service coordination and advocacy for children with developmental disabilities or dual diagnosis and their families living in Region of Peel
• Completed intake/assessment and identified both short and long-term goals along with reassessing, monitoring and evaluating service plan
• Provided counseling, case management duties and crisis intervention to children/adolescents and their families/caregivers
• Assisted families to access appropriate formal and informal supports and services while working from strengths based and client-centered approach to meet identified goals
• Consistently developed partnerships and collaborated with community resources/ agencies to provide specialized services for children and their families
• Completed accurate case-related electronic and written documentation, and other records pertaining to service delivery
• Facilitated group/education sessions as required and participated in Program Planning and Evaluation along with United Way Committee.
• Communicated with clients and service providers to provide updates on work progress

• Effectively managed a high caseload of child protection cases, and provided thorough intake and assessment duties
• Received and reviewed requests and referrals to determine whether individuals were eligible for services and connected family/caregivers with appropriate supports in the community
• Successfully carried out child investigations independently and joint investigations with Police to determine if children were in need of protection; devised tentative treatment plans in such cases and provided emergency action when children were in need of protection
• Specialized in case management duties, and facilitated goal setting, and completing collateral checks with other professionals in the community to ensure safety of children
• Built solid and trusting rapport with children and families, fostering trust and communication to meet case needs
• Facilitated family therapy sessions with diverse populations and provided culturally competent supports between children, caregivers, and siblings to remediate conflict and to build healthy relationships
• Accomplished smooth case transfers to other department and external resources to provide ongoing support, as well as closing cases when children were not deemed in need of protection
• Successfully completed and maintained all necessary documentation and records according to the ministry deadlines

• Provided skilled assessment and effectively managed and designed service plans according to client and family/caregiver need
• Provided evidence based mental health supports to youth and their families
• Supported parents and their children in dealing with dual cultures and intergenerational conflicts and finding positive solutions to resolve conflicts
• Liaised with school boards to provided ongoing consultation and support to youth and their families
• Compiled resources and information to design presentations in order to create awareness on incest and conducted presentations in the community and coordinated a conference on incest awareness
• Assisted in grant/proposal writing for additional funding for the Youth Program
• Developed youth leadership in the community through education, mentoring and various activities
• Successfully supervised placement students/volunteers and provided supportive coaching and mentoring roles