Tiffany Leak
Petersburg
Summary
Experienced social services professional with strong commitment to fostering positive outcomes and enhancing community well-being. Adept at providing support, advocacy, and resources to diverse populations while maintaining high ethical standards. Demonstrates collaborative approach, adaptability to changing needs, and focus on delivering impactful results. Skilled in case management, crisis intervention, and effective communication.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Truck Driver
Stevens Transport
12.2022 - 07.2024
- Operated with safety and skill to avoid accidents and delays.
- Maintained a clean driving record while adhering to company policies and federal regulations for transportation safety.
- Maintained daily, legible DOT log book and submitted corresponding documents.
- Inspected trucks for malfunctions and reported vehicles to management for corrective action.
- Demonstrated safe driving by following regulations and safety procedures, resulting in zero accidents.
Social Worker / Adoption Recruiter
Cumberland County DSS / Children’s Home Society of North Carolina
03.2013 - 06.2022
- Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Adoption Recruiter
- Recruited forever families for high risk foster youth
- Made regular home visits to certified foster/adoptive families to assess and/or address the needs of children and to provide support to foster/adoptive parents
- Develop individual case plans and treatment objectives for all assigned youth
- Coordinated all services and arranged appropriate referrals to meet treatment objectives
- Monitor that treatment objectives are met
- As appropriate, assess the needs of birth families and provide referrals to services to support them with reunification
- Monitor visits between children and birth families and provide intervention and support
- Participate in permanency planning meetings, child and family team meetings, and treatment team meetings
- Provide support through discharge planning and adoption post placement
- Assess families' strengths and needs
- Completed foster and adoption home studies on prospective kinship and court approved caretaker placements on an as needed basis
- Coordinated placement of children with other professionals to best address the child's wellbeing throughout the process
Social Worker III / CPS Investigative/Assessment/Treatment
Cumberland County Department of Social Services-Fayetteville, NC
06.2011 - 03.2013
- Provided direct services to the child and family to protect the child from further neglect or abuse
- Received and evaluated neglect and abuse referrals
- Planned and arranged family services as are necessary in treating identified challenges and barriers
- Invoked the authority of the courts when necessary for protection of the child
- Made necessary arrangements for alternative care for a child(ren) who cannot remain in his own home
- Continued to work with parents, child(ren), relatives, foster parents, and others as necessary to assure safe and healthy reunion of families
Child Care Social Worker II
(Hoke County DSS)
09.2008 - 07.2011
- Established eligibility for childcare services
- Counseled families on components of quality childcare and explained the star rated licensing system
- Completed initial intake, application, annual redeterminations
- Calculated and assessed income eligibility
- Conduct quarterly contact with clients to ensure family compliance throughout the eligibility period
- Issued monthly child care reimbursement payment for child care providers enrolled in the Hoke Co
- Subsidy Program
- Experienced in the NC State Child Care Reimbursement System
Child Care Subsidy Social Worker / Child Care Resource and Referral Specialist
(Child Care Networks)
05.2005 - 09.2008
- Provided community resource information/referrals about quality childcare to parents in Chatham County, NC
- Counseled families on components of quality childcare and explained the star rated licensing system
- Maintain childcare subsidy caseload of (150+) families
- Administered childcare subsidy funding according to state and federal policy
- Completed initial intake, application, and annual redeterminations
- Calculated and assessed income eligibility
- Conduct quarterly contacts with clients to ensure family compliance throughout the eligibility period
- Conducted presentations during the annual childcare provider meetings
New Choices Director
CEED (Formerly known as The Women's Center of Fayetteville)
06.2004 - 05.2005
- Maintained employment program for homeless, low-income, single parents
- Worked directly with at-risk client populations on job readiness/training; education/career counseling; and housing placement
- Employment search assistance provided
- Conducted outreach presentations / seminars to various groups and organizations
- Conducted monthly program reviews
- Maintained community resource manual for client population
- Supervisor of four Bachelor of Social Work Candidates for Graduation
Education
Bachelor of Social Work Degree - Social Work
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Pembroke, NCSkills
- Skilled in written documentation
- Diligent work ethic
- Client Advocacy
- Attention to detail
- Critical Thinker
- Crisis Intervention
- Case Management
- Foster Parent and Professional Training
Certification
- YouTube Media Campaigns, Dave Thomas Foundation, 2019
- YouTube Media Campaigns, Dave Thomas Foundation, 2020
- Breakout Session Trainer, Cumberland County DSS Adoption Conference, 2017
- Breakout Session Trainer, Cumberland County DSS Adoption Conference, 2019
- Family Foster Care Trainings (guest speaker), Children's Home Society of NC, 2015-2022
Timeline
Truck Driver
Stevens Transport
12.2022 - 07.2024
Social Worker / Adoption Recruiter
Cumberland County DSS / Children’s Home Society of North Carolina
03.2013 - 06.2022
Social Worker III / CPS Investigative/Assessment/Treatment
Cumberland County Department of Social Services-Fayetteville, NC
06.2011 - 03.2013
Child Care Social Worker II
(Hoke County DSS)
09.2008 - 07.2011
Child Care Subsidy Social Worker / Child Care Resource and Referral Specialist
(Child Care Networks)
05.2005 - 09.2008
New Choices Director
CEED (Formerly known as The Women's Center of Fayetteville)
06.2004 - 05.2005
Bachelor of Social Work Degree - Social Work
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
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