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Denise
BSW, MSW, CISW
Director of Therapeutic Group Home & O/P Services
Salary: $38,000-$46,000
  • Has worked in the field of social work for over ten years, mainly providing services to children struggling with emotional, behavioral and psychiatric issues.

  • These children are in therapeutic residential treatment settings, and Denise also works closely with their families in attempts to reunify the family.

  • One particular area of expertise is working with children who have been sexually abused and who are sexually reactive.

  • Denise finds satisfaction in effecting positive change in children's lives.
  • Would like to see more primary prevention and treatment programs that emphasize working with the entire family.

  • Among future areas of need in social work Denise sees a strong necessity for improved mental health services to children and families, and more specifically services to deal with aggression and violence in youth and families.
 

 

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