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SVETLANA (ANNA) STOYANOVIC RSW, MSW

Calgary,AB

Summary

Versatile , registered,Master in Social Work with over 20 years of experience in acute care and continuing care setting. Well-versed in crisis management , counseling and case management. Offering extensive knowledge of community resources. Many years of experience interfacing with community liaisons, facilitating individuals and group supportive counselling and coordinating the best possible care of clients.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES/CAREWEST GARRISON GREEN
01.2007 - Current
  • Comprehensive psychosocial assessment, individual and group supportive counselling, Facilitating support groups for individuals and families, Daily supportive counseling to residents and their families, Crises interventions and management, risk assessment, illness adjustment, Resource navigation, advocacy and referrals, Preparing and implementing care plan with other members of interdisciplinary team, Facilitating care conferences and family meetings, Coordination, transition and discharge planning, Working with the Office of The Public Guardian and Trustee, Assisting residents and families with obtaining legal decision-making documents, Accessing the necessary financial benefits programs, both provincial and federal

Social Worker

ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES
01.2007 - 01.2013
  • Experience in adult acute in-patient care such as Geriatric & Adult Mental Health & ER, Addressing complex psycho social, legal and financial barriers that affect and delay discharge planning, Navigation complex legal and family dynamics issues, Providing clinical psycho social support to the patients who are transitioning into long term care, Conflict resolution, supportive counseling, mediation, Prevention, promotion and public health awareness activities

YWCA (Sherif King Home Women’s Shelter)
01.2001 - 01.2007
  • Crises intervention and supportive counselling, Providing safe environment for battered women and their children, Helping women to learn of services and alternatives to facilitate decisions about their future, Dealing with residents needs and concerns as they arise, Answering and recording crises calls, Accepting and discharging clients according to mandate and policies, Providing clients with community referrals (housing) and assisting in completing forms, Follow reporting guidelines for Child and Family Services

CALGARY WOMEN’S IMMIGRANT ASSOCIATION
01.2000 - 01.2002
  • Empower and assist abused immigrant women, Acting as a bridge between the abused women, their families and community services, Providing assessment, short term therapeutic cross-cultural counselling and follow up, Appropriate referrals to legal services and advocacy, Managing support groups of immigrant women, Outreach presentations

Education

Master in Social Work -

University of Calgary
Calgary
11.2009

Skills

  • Bachelor & Master of Social Work
  • Registered with Alberta College of Social Workers
  • Twenty plus years of social work experience in various settings such as community, acute and continuing care
  • Ability to work effectively with inter-disciplinary team and independently
  • Strong interpersonal, organizational, therapeutic communication, verbal and written skills
  • Demonstrated knowledge of wide range of community resources
  • Providing supportive counseling to individual and families for more than 20 years
  • Microsoft Office, Word, Excell, Outlook, Teams
  • Practicing within ACSW Standards of Practice and CASW Code of Ethics
  • Commissioner for Oath
  • Dependable, experienced and an effective team member
  • Friendly, Positive Attitude
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Multicultural Competence
  • Mental Health Assessment
  • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
  • Empathy Development
  • Grief counseling
  • Family Dynamics Understanding

References

References upon request

Timeline

ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES/CAREWEST GARRISON GREEN
01.2007 - Current

Social Worker

ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES
01.2007 - 01.2013

YWCA (Sherif King Home Women’s Shelter)
01.2001 - 01.2007

CALGARY WOMEN’S IMMIGRANT ASSOCIATION
01.2000 - 01.2002

Master in Social Work -

University of Calgary

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