Karen Crow, LCSW, RSW

Experience

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  Community Consolidated School District 15

  Aug 2016 - Jun 2018

  School Social Worker

  I was onboarded to provide bilingual individual and group therapeutic interventions, including grief & loss support group, anxiety management group, and social skills group for caseload of 60 general education and special education K-6th grade students.

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  CIS (Communities In Schools) of Chicago

  Aug 2018 - Jan 2020

  Senior Student Supports Manager

  In this role, I was charged with conducting comprehensive needs assessment though bilingual surveys and focus groups with parents, students, and staff to determine school needs and set annual school goals and objectives. I evaluated effectiveness of services through individual and school-wide benchmark monitoring. I also mentored and trained a 3-member staff. ***Value Added***✔Led 15+ school-wide events that connected outside organizations and resources to 750+ students to support student attendance, student engagement, and social-emotional learning.✔Recruited, enrolled, case managed, and provided bilingual counseling services and social-emotional support to caseload of 55 students in 4th through 8th grades. ✔Developed and rolled-out new school-wide referral process, bilingual programming for 60-parent child development group, and new Diversity & Inclusion Committee. ✔Played vital role in speaking and training events, including speaking on panel at Northwestern University titled, "Impacts of Poverty on Students in Chicago Public Schools."✔Provided restorative interventions and facilitated peace circles for students and staff when required. Show less

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  Family Service Toronto

  Mar 2020 - Oct 2022

  Clinical Program Manager
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  Temerty Faculty of Medicine , University of Toronto

  Oct 2022 - now

  Manager, Office of Learner Affairs