Driven leader with over 15 years of experience in social work and therapy. Strengths include facilitating professional development, managing diversity issues, and ensuring compliance. Provides counseling, assessments, care plans, and crisis intervention for children, families, and geriatric patients. Experienced in Medicaid/Medicare programs and policy development. Current role provides clinical therapy and assessment for at-risk youth.

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Albendia Sherrod References
Therapist James Karagon (Professor)
Youth Crisis Center
Professor
Jacksonville, FL 32258 w: 904-463-1879 Marygrove College
United States 1-313-927-1484
h: 904-410-8289
karagonj@marygrove.edu
m: 904-674-4329
f: 877-202-0011
(Superior)
albendia-sherrod@att.net Ida Crum
Family Independence Supervisor
State of Michigan
1-313-387-7100
SUMMARY
Driven leader with years of experiences. Strengths as a first-line professional manager, (Professional)
Jeri McClure
exercise
Director of Accounting
independent judgment, and apply guidelines to specific situations. Facilitate Professional State of Michigan- State Trooper
Staff 1-517-505-2496
Development. Earned a reputation as a confident and tremendously capable leader.
Strategic (Other)
Developer who can elevate organizational performance. Expert in diversity operational Brant Wimbush
issues, Analyst - Director
and continuously maintain top performance. Knowledge in Medicaid/Medicare. Excellent State of Michigan
1-313-690-4620
Customer Services experiences.
wimbushb@michigan.gov
(Superior)
Peggy Graham
Career Progression
Director
Child Care Coordinating Council of
Dimondale Nursing Care Center Wayne County
1-313-259-4411
Dimondale, MI, United States Oct 2007 - Oct 2008
Director of Social Services
Jeannie Stankowski
• Monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of social work processes.
Integrated multi-disciplinary service team. (Superior)
MSW
• Understand, respect and develop an appreciation for diversity while St John's Oakland Hospital
demonstrating the ability to practice effective social work skills with clients of 1-248-967-7434
diverse background, lifestyles and values.
• Ability to supervise and train staff, including organizing, prioritizing. Developing
policies and procedures.
• Develop the ability to assess their own practice skills and become self-
evaluating professional social workers Social Worker
• Ensure that services are provided in accordance with accepted standards of
practice and established polices and procedures.
• Provide psychosocial assessment, discharge planning, and arranging follow-up
care. Demonstrate an ability to accurately analyze themselves with the support
and guidance of supervision. Resume of a Social Worker
• Develop and demonstrate an ability to think critically, facilitating the continual
process of professional growth and knowledge expansion.
Intervention Network
Southfield, MI, United States
Clinical Therapist - Independent Contractor
• Performs psychosocial/case management assessment with the Geriatric
population
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• Develop a personalized “Care Plan”.
• Provide intensive home/community based intervention
• Performs crisis intervention to individuals experiencing episode of acute stress.
Department of Human Services
Highland Park, MI, United States
Child Protection Specialist
• Provide direct counseling services to clients
• Write and maintain social case histories /summaries
• Conduct family assessment and placement
• Investigation and case management of child abuse and neglect cases.
• Prepare legal documents, forms, and petitions for Juvenile Court work, working
with local police and Attorney General Office/Wayne County.
St. John's Oakland Hospital
Madison Heights, MI, United States
Clinical Social Worker - Intern
• Provide therapeutic intervention group psychotherapy, one-on-one
psychotherapy, and crisis intervention services
• Serve as a member of the treatment team in diagnosing problems, formulating
treatment plans, and evaluating progress.
Department of Human Services
Detroit, United States
Family Independence Specialist
• Interview applicants and assess employment potential.
• Provide direct counseling services to applicants.
• Write and maintain social case histories and summaries
• Knowledge of cultural values and patterns of behavior.
• Board Member of policy-making committees.
• Medicaid/Medicare behavioral managed program, linking in-patient mental health clients.
Child Care Coordinating Council
Detroit, MI, United States
Social Worker - Intern
• Planned and taught early childhood development to parents
• Facilitated Teen Parenting Program
• Implementing comprehensive HIV/AIDs programs for teens.
• Chaired Spellman Foundation Committee on Children with Special Needs.
State of Michigan-Department of Human Services
Detroit, MI, United States
Family Independence Supervisor
• Knowledge in implementing policies and procedures
• Supervise and instruct specialist staff
• Passion for training and continual education profession social workers.
• Ability to create and edit written materials.
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• Develop and plan resources to address families
• Evaluate and resolve service delivery problems Identify, assess and develop the
ability to employ the skills necessary to function within an organizational
structure.
• Enhanced supervisory staff skills through regular professional development
training.
Youth Crisis Center
Jacksonville, FL, United States Jan 2009 - Present
Clinical Therapist/Schools
Clinical School Therapist
Duties and Responsibilities: Provides ongoing assessment of the individual needs of each assigned
child and/or family. Establishes, updates and monitors service plan for assigned clients in
collaboration with youth, birth parents, foster parents, adoptive parents, and other members of the
clinical/permanency team.
Provides casework services consistent with service plan goals. Arranges for therapeutic or related
services designed to meet the well-being needs of children, youth and families. Maintains
confidential case records in accordance with agency and legal guidelines. This includes Adjudicated
youths.
Functions as a liaison between CFS and other community-based organizations and provides
technical assistance to other agencies as needed to advance CFS mission.Conduct a strength-
based assessment of the family~s and child~s strengths & needs. Work with each family to identify
and convene the Care Planning Team to develop an Individual Care Plan (ICP), as well as other
relevant plans such as a Behavior Management Plan and Crisis Response Plan. Secure family and
child participation in the development and understanding of the ICP goals and interventions.
Manage and deliver therapeutic services including family, individual, and group therapy, cognitive-
behavioral interventions, behavior management training, solution-focused counseling, psycho-
education, and crisis counseling as indicated by the ICP. Provide after-hours phone support to
address urgent child or family crises. Facilitate regular communication with the ICP Team members
and convene the ICP Team at least quarterly to review and revise various practices.
Education
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI, United States Aug 2005 - May 2007
Masters of Social Work, Social Work
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Marygrove College
Detroit, United States Aug 2002 - May 2005
Bachelor, Social Work
• Community Organization
• Gerontology
• Child Welfare
• Human Behavior
• Sociology
Highland Park Community College
Highland Park, MI, United States
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Associates, Child Development
Early Child Development
Michigan LLMSW #6801089412
LLMSW (State of Michigan) Apr 2005 - Apr 2009
Private Practice/Social Worker (FL NPI 1952554172) Has no expiration
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Has no expiration
SCHOLARSHIPS / SERVICES
Phi Alpha, Beta Eta Chapter
Beta Eta, Marygrove’s chapter of Phi Alpha, a national honor society for social work
students, membership of high academic scholarship in Social Work Albendia Sherrod.
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS, INC
26TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
OCTOBER 21-24 2004
James Karagon, Detroit, MI
Marcia Phillips, Oak Park, MI
Albendia Sherrod, South�eld, MI
SOCIAL WORK AND HIV/AIDS FAITH-BASED AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES
Albendia Sherrod Presenter/Lecturere for Spring Arbor College Women Conference
Child Welfare Grant Recipient Albendia Sherrod
Elected Precinct Delegate Southfield Michigan
4-H Volunteer Leader Silver Clover Recipient
Mentor for Cranbrook Institute of Science Young Scholars Program
HIV-AIDs Facilitator for Marygrove College
Department of Community Health HIV/AIDs Reviewer
Skills
Microsoft Word (Expert)
10+ Years Experience, ( Last Used <1 year ago )
Powerpoint (Expert)
10+ Years Experience, ( Last Used <1 year ago )
MDS 2.0 (Expert)
1-2 Years Experience, ( Last Used <1 year ago )
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Excel (Advanced)
5-6 Years Experience, ( Last Used <1 year ago )
SPSS (Intermediate)
3-4 Years Experience, ( Last Used <1 year ago )
Social Systems (Rockstar)
10+ Years Experience, ( Last Used <1 year ago )
Community Services
Wayne State High Scope Human Cranbrook
University Services Institute of
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Wayne State High Scope Michigan
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