Dena Vanterpool
Lindenwold
Summary
To pursue a career as a Social Worker where passion for personal development and dedication to mental health can be utilized, bringing ability to engage clients and counsel them through stresses, challenges, and behavioral issues.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Intensive In-Community (IIC) Clinician
Inner Strength Counseling
12.2022 - Current
- Work with youth between the ages of 5-21 for symptom reduction and individual skill development with the goal of restoring or maintaining the youth's functioning.
- Provide youth & families with an array of interventions such as psycho-education, effective coping skills, health limit-setting, emotional regulation, stress management & problem solving skills.
- Integral component of child Family Teams or Identified support system.
Parent Facilitator
Center For Family Services
01.2020 - 12.2021
- Educated clients on parents roles with focus on skill development and guiding children through nurturing parenting.
- Utilized knowledge of evidence-based programs to inform parents and assist in goal-setting.
- Completed exit surveys and client satisfaction survey's to families that completed 3 week group classes.
- Complete Intake phone calls for for parents enrolled in Parent Resource Center
Substitute Teacher
JFK Elementary School System
09.2018 - 06.2019
- Followed classroom plans left by class teacher to continue student education and reinforce core concepts
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies
- Upheld classroom routines to support student environments and maintain consistent schedules
- Assisted students of all ability levels and increased life-long learning skills and good study habits
Permanent Substitute Teacher For Lindenwold Elemementary
Insight Workforce Solutions
09.2017 - 06.2018
- Increased student learning by selecting age appropriate stories and read them aloud during story time
- Successfully taught grades K-4
- Worked with full time teacher to implement new teaching strategies
- Successfully managed behaviors of students who were labeled as behaviorally challenged
Substitute teacher for K-12 grade
Source 4 Teachers
09.2016 - 06.2017
- Successfully instructed students on lesson plans left by their absent teacher
- Increased learning by answering all questions posed by student questions
- Aided student learning by adopting learning materials to fit their level of understanding
- Aided children on autism spectrum by adapting lessons to fit their needs
Education
Certificate - 30 Hours - Caring For People God's Way.
Light University
Va.08.2022
Master of Science - Social Work
Widener University
Chester, PA 12.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Wilmington University
New Castle, DE08.2014
Skills
- Counseling
- Group work
- Customer relations
- Coaching and mentoring
- Culturally-sensitive
- Organized
- Compassionate
- Reliable
Additional Information
Volunteering: Furnace Prayer Ministry - Commitment Community Church - 2022- current
Volunteering: Grief Share Counseling 2023 - current
Volunteering: Lead Sunday School Coordinator. 2010 - 2019
- Incorporate Lesson plan weekly
- Facilitate monthly schedule
- Motivate students through a Biblical Lesson format
References
Furnished Upon Request
Timeline
Intensive In-Community (IIC) Clinician
Inner Strength Counseling
12.2022 - Current
Parent Facilitator
Center For Family Services
01.2020 - 12.2021
Substitute Teacher
JFK Elementary School System
09.2018 - 06.2019
Permanent Substitute Teacher For Lindenwold Elemementary
Insight Workforce Solutions
09.2017 - 06.2018
Substitute teacher for K-12 grade
Source 4 Teachers
09.2016 - 06.2017
Certificate - 30 Hours - Caring For People God's Way.
Light University
Master of Science - Social Work
Widener University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Wilmington University
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