Kayla Carmichael, LMSW

Experience

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  Anna Crawford Children's Center

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  Undergraduate Intern
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  Cherokee Family Violence Center

  Jan 2017 - May 2017

  Legal Department Intern
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  Georgia Division of Family & Children Services

  Aug 2018 - May 2019

  Graduate Social Work Intern
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  Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice

  Aug 2019 - May 2020

  Clinical Social Work Intern

  -Provide clinical services to juveniles currently detained at DJJ.-Attend weekly treatment team meetings.-Complete Mental Health assessments. -Provide individual and group therapy to juveniles needing complex intervention, including those who are homicidal, suicidal, or exhibit life-threatening behaviors.-Completion of complex psychosocial assessments and diagnostic impressions via DSM-V.

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  Georgia Division of Family & Children Services

  Jul 2020 - Jul 2023

  Foster Care Case Manager

  - Manage caseload which includes children and biological parents. Make meaningful contact with parent/child monthly and routinely participate in MDT meetings, FTMs, Judicial panel reviews, and court hearings. - Provide investigative and comprehensive case management for a caseload involving child abuse/neglect. Makes immediate and follow-up actions for at risk clients in need of protective services and/or placement. - Identifies the physical, educational, and mental/behavioral health needs of children and parents, and ensure identified needs are effectively addressed.- Establish permanency goals for children and make concerted efforts to ensure permanency occurs in a timely manner. Show less

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  Cherokee County Juvenile Court

  Jul 2023 - now

  Program Manager

  -Assist in the operation of Juvenile Court.-Primary duties include intake, program administration, and agency liaison.-Manage Citizen Review Panel program.-Responsible for the administration of court programs as assigned by the presiding Judge. -Interact with law enforcement and numerous agencies, departments and divisions, and exercise sound judgment regarding the safety of children.