Board of Directors

Susan D. Washington

234 Pony Trail
Mt. Shasta, CA 96067

(530) 926-3965 - H
(530) 925-4953 - W

LICENSES

Marriage, Family and Child Therapist - MFC31212

EDUCATION

1991 - M.S. Educational Psychology/Counseling and Guidance (with honors) - California State University, Northridge
1977 - B.A. Theology - Way College of Emporia; Emporia, Kansas
June 1972 - B.A. Music - California State University, Hayward

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

09/2005 - Current - Shasta County Department of Children and Family Services
Position: Senior Social Worker
Duties: Duties: Provide Emergency Response, Family Reunification, Family Maintenance and Permanent Placement services to abused children and their families. This included but is not limited to investigating and assessing child abuse referrals; with assistance of law enforcement, taking children into protective custody and placing them in appropriate foster care; writing and preparing required reports for the court; testifying in court as necessary; documenting progress towards resolution of stated problems with my assigned families; and providing resources and crisis resolution as needed.
02/1996 - 08/2005 - Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
Position: Children's Social Worker III; Clinical Supervisor
Duties: Provide Emergency Response, Family Reunification, Family Maintenance and Permanent Placement services to abused children and their families. This included but is not limited to investigating and assessing child abuse referrals; with assistance of law enforcement, taking children into protective custody and placing them in appropriate foster care; writing and preparing required reports for the court; testifying in court as necessary; documenting progress towards resolution of stated problems with my assigned families; and providing resources and crisis resolution as needed. Provide weekly supervision for MFT Interns - monitor casework, discuss intervention ideas, process transference issues, and review progress in caseload.
03/1988 - 02/1996 - San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health, Inc.
Position: Satellite Housing Coordinator; Mental Health Counselor; Clinical Supervisor
Duties: Oversaw day to day functioning of Satellite Transitional Living Program; assessed resources and coordinated services with county wide mental health and social service agencies; facilitated and supervised on site weekly meetings with Satellite Housing and Day Treatment clients; provided crisis intervention and resolution and life skills training; provided client assessments, treatment plans, diagnoses, weekly clinical progress notes, coordinated services plans, discharge summaries, Section 8 pre-applications, vocational rehabilitation assessments, Satellite Housing admission documents, utilization reviews and abuse reports as necessary; and provided individual, conjoint, family and group counseling. Provided individual supervision for interns working towards clinical licensurer.
09/1991 - 06/1992 - California State University, Northridge
Position: Teaching Assistant / Counseling and Guidance Master's Degree Program
Duties: Co-consultant for communication practicum and skills groups; provided counseling skills demonstrations; reviewed and processed student counseling video tapes; and prepared and presented lectures/discussions on counseling theory and practice.
09/1989-08/1990 - Salvation Army Rehabilitation Center; Canoga Park, CA
Position: Counseling Trainee/Chemical Dependency
Duties: Provided individual and group counseling; participated in weekly case conferences to review cases and treatment strategies.
10/1986 - 03/1988 - Hathaway Children's Services; Lake View Terrance, CA
Position: Childcare Worker/Residential Treatment Facility
Duties: Supervision of 24 hour care and activities for delinquent boys 8 - 15; teaching and supervising life skills; tutoring academics; providing crisis intervention; keeping logs of needs, goals, affect, medication compliance and special incidents for each client; and supervising off site outings.

REFERENCES AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST