AMY GLASSER, MSW,
LICSW
Bellingham, WA
Licensed Independent Clinical
Social Worker
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
* Private
therapist treating children and families affected by abuse, sexual assault,
domestic violence, mental illness and substance abuse.
* Private
parent educator; teaching skills to improve parenting and enhance family
functioning.
* Providing court ordered therapeutic supervised visits, reunification work, and consultation to parent, attorneys, and others who work in the best interest of children.
* Providing court ordered therapeutic supervised visits, reunification work, and consultation to parent, attorneys, and others who work in the best interest of children.
*
Contracts with the State and the County providing outreach therapeutic
services, parenting classes and case management services.
* Conduct
workshops relating to families and healthy relationships.
* Case
manager assisting clients of all ages (children - geriatric) who are at high
risk of being psychiatrically hospitalized.
*
Extensive collaboration with state agencies, schools, mental health clinics and
medical facilities.
* Specific
expertise in the area of child abuse/neglect, sexual abuse, and domestic
violence.
* Current contracts with the State of Washington providing all types of therapy and parent education and with Whatcom County Behavioral Health Access Program providing therapeutic services to the uninsured.
NARAL (Pro-choice America) 11/2002-9/2003
Vancouver, WAResponsibilities:
* Provide community education and training on matters relating to women's choice.
* Fundraising for the organization including phone solicitation and tabling.
* Managed a small office in an outreach site in Vancouver, WA.
* Assisted in informing the community about legislation, events, political campaigns and other issues relating to women's reproductive rights.
* Current contracts with the State of Washington providing all types of therapy and parent education and with Whatcom County Behavioral Health Access Program providing therapeutic services to the uninsured.
NARAL (Pro-choice America) 11/2002-9/2003
Vancouver, WAResponsibilities:
* Provide community education and training on matters relating to women's choice.
* Fundraising for the organization including phone solicitation and tabling.
* Managed a small office in an outreach site in Vancouver, WA.
* Assisted in informing the community about legislation, events, political campaigns and other issues relating to women's reproductive rights.
The Next Door 10/2001 - 10/2002
Hood River, Oregon
Wasco Family Services Program
Manager/Therapist
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
* Managed
the community Teen Court, Educational Success Project and the Drug Free
Communities Grant.
* Provided direct therapeutic services to the teens of Wasco County at risk for involvement in the juvenile system and to teens in temporary placement in the NDI Community Attention Homes.
* Manager
duties include budgeting, office management, state and government reports and
providing in-service training on abuse and neglect related issues. * Provided direct therapeutic services to the teens of Wasco County at risk for involvement in the juvenile system and to teens in temporary placement in the NDI Community Attention Homes.
* Extensive coordination with the Commission on Children and Families, local schools and all state and private agencies serving county children.
Department of the Army 8/2000 - 5/2001
Schinnen, The Netherlands, Europe
Family Advocacy Program Manager
Responsibilities:
*
Coordinating the prevention, intervention and treatment of domestic violence
and child abuse cases within the 254th Base Support Battalion community region.
*
Educating the community and professionals about recognizing and reporting
suspected family violence; providing educational classes on anger management,
parenting, marriage enrichment, abuse prevention; and all other issues relating
to families.
* Writing
SOP and community policies, coordinating and conducting policy meetings.
* Managing
the Army Foster Care Program
*
Coordinating the community’s Special Needs Program
* Budget
management.
Additional
responsibilities include:
*
Providing crisis intervention to community and military members.
*
Providing individual, family, school and community consultation.
*
Developed an extensive library of material for the community relating to the
family and individual functioning.
* Assisted
in all activities of the Army Community Service program.
Southern Oregon Child Study and
Treatment Center 4/1999 - 4/2000
Medford, Oregon
Specialized Foster Care Coordinator
Responsibilities:
*
Recruitment of therapeutic foster homes to serve severely disturbed children
ranging from ages 3-18
*
Certification of these foster homes
* Training
of foster care providers
* Case
management of homes
*
Providing supervision to foster care providers
*
Counseling to the children in the homes
* Crisis
management to the foster homes
* All
necessary paperwork and documentation required by the county agencies that
refer these children to the program.
Department of the Army 7/1995- 3/1999
Schinnen, The Netherlands, Europe
Family Advocacy Program Manager
Responsibilities:
* Coordinating the prevention, intervention and treatment of domestic violence and child abuse cases within the 254th Base Support Battalion community region.
* Educating the community and professionals about recognizing and reporting suspected family violence; providing educational classes on anger management, parenting, marriage enrichment, abuse prevention; and all other issues relating to families.
* Writing SOP and community policies, coordinating and conducting policy meetings.
* Managing the Army Foster Care Program
* Coordinating the community’s Special Needs Program
* Budget management.
Additional responsibilities include:
* Providing crisis intervention to community and military members.
* Providing individual, family, school and community consultation.
* Developed an extensive library of material for the community relating to the family and individual functioning.
* Assisted in all activities of the Army Community Service program.
Tri-City Mental Health and
Retardation Center 1/1991-3/1995
Lynn, Ma
Lynn, Ma
* Sexual
abuse, domestic violence, substance abuse and mental illness counseling &
case management
*
Coordinating medical, school and community outreach programs involved with the
families
* Managing
a community mental health multi-disciplinary treatment team
*
Supervising a staff of ten (10) therapists
*
Implementing and overseeing government contracts
*
Monitoring budgets and third party billing
Northern Essex Health Resource
Center 10/1988-11/1990
Amesbury, MA
Therapist & Program Director
Responsibilities:
*
Individual, family and group therapy to caseload of eighteen emotionally and
psychologically
disturbed adolescents males, ages 11-18
*
Developing and managing a community mental health outreach program
*
Supervising four (4) therapists in a residential program serving 100
adolescents* Providing ongoing consultation to facility management
Massachusetts
Department of Social Services 12/1978-11/1988
Lynn,
MA
Social Worker, Children's Protective Service Unit
Responsibilities:
*
Screening, investigating, assessing and case managing more than 700 cases of
child abuse and neglect
*
Conducting District Court ordered care and protection investigations
*
Presenting abuse and neglect training to families, community and professional
organizations
* Media
liaison concerning issues of sexual abuse* Teaching S.T.E.P. "Parenting" programs
*
Facilitating treatment groups for parents of sexually abused children
* Directly
delivering short-term counseling to children and families
EDUCATION
University
of New Hampshire,
Bachelor's
Degree - 6/1978
Major:
Social Work
University of Connecticut
Masters of
Social Work Degree- 12/1986
Major:
Social Work
LICENSURES AND CERTIFICATIONS
LICSW 2003, LW 00007256, Washington State
Originally licensed 1988 Massachusetts
ELECTED OFFICE
Originally licensed 1988 Massachusetts
ELECTED OFFICE
Bellingham precinct 213 Precinct Committee Officer:
2017
