PEYTON DUSTIN

• Maintain accurate documentation on all cases, ensuring compliance with regulations and confidentiality requirements.
• Conducted thorough assessments utilizing truancy barriers sheet provided by DJJ to assess of client situations, identify issues, goals, and choosing necessary interventions for CHINS truancy diversion agreements.
• Monitor open CHINS cases and adjusting case management strategies as needed based on evolving circumstances or new information.
• Educate clients on available programs, services, and empowering them to make informed decisions about their next steps in diversion and CHINS process.
• Sit as FAPT representative for CSU
• Maintain communication with Spotsylvania County school social workers and local organizations.
• Prepare court recommendations for CHINS cases as neccessary.

As an intern with the Spotsylvania Court Service Unit the responsibilities have included:

• Case management of Post Dispositional Case Management supervision program and Diversion contracts; to include client and family meetings, service referrals, and monthly contacts.
• Assisted in EIP program; to include placement, removal, and follow up.
• Training in CSU court representation
• Completion of First Offender reports
• EBA referrals
• Transfer report
• Travel Permit
• Organized probation files
• Pre-court services with new clients
• Completion of DJJ trainings; CANS, PREA, SEAS, Mandated Reporter

As community service coordinator the responsibilities were:

• Case management duties: intake, documentation, scheduling, and reporting to local court services units.
• Weekly community service outings with a group of youth.
• Developing community partnerships and scheduling outings.
• Development of community service-learning group.
• Coordinate facilitator scheduling, provide training, and guidance to facilitators.

A psychoeducational group for juvenile offenders ranging in the ages of 12-17. Working with them to gain an understanding of harms and needs, obligations, and engagement that follow their charge or violation.

Further including things such as:

• Engage participants in program activities and discussions.
• Maintain appropriate supervision, documentation, discipline, and re-direction of escalation of participants.
• Work collaboratively with co-facilitator and other staff to effectively communicate and problem solve.

• Create and update agency documents
• Audit and archive client files in accordance with DJJ and agency standards
• Manage client files in agency databases in accordance with DJJ and agency standards

• Co-facilitated evening psychoeducational groups
• Assisted operations manager in administrative duties
• Assisted in program development
• Completed community service hours with facilitators
• Assigned duties from program director