Emma Cathell, MSW

Experience

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  The Technician

  Aug 2012 - Dec 2013

  Staff Writer and Assistant Features Editor

  •Write articles profiling arts and culture in the Features section to inform NC State students about the university and the surrounding community •Interview professors, students, and professionals for articles•Turn in articles promptly and quickly to editors on a tight deadline•Brainstorm articles to run in future newspaper issues•Attend weekly meetings to choose articles•Beginning in 2014, edited articles for publication once a week once promoted to Assistant Features Editor

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  Nautica

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Sales Associate

  • Provided excellent customer service by knowing the inventory and helping customers with our products• Worked as cashier processing sales and processing credit cards• Maintained accurate inventory and made sure that products were always prominently displayed

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  The Walking Company Holdings, INC

  Dec 2014 - Jan 2015

  Sales Associate

  • Provided excellent customer service by knowing the inventory and helping customers with our products• Worked as cashier processing sales and processing credit cards• Maintained accurate inventory and made sure that products were always prominently displayed

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  Technician (Student Newspaper of NC State)

  May 2015 - May 2016

  Features Editor & Bienvenidos Editor

  • Edited and wrote articles in both the Features and Bienvenidos section (bilingual in English and Spanish) to inform NC State students, staff, and faculty about the university and the surrounding community• Researched and assigned stories, managed two newspaper sections daily, and oversaw a team of about 15 writers• Interviewed professors, students, and professionals in the local area for articles• Recruited and trained new writers on a continuous basis and advised staff writers from all sections Show less

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  Student Action with Farmworkers and Bladen County Migrant Education Program, NC

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Migrant Farmworker Educator

  • Created and taught English as a Second Language lessons to 100+ Out-of-School Migrant Farmworkers on a daily basis• Developed a new ESL teaching book with 10+ custom lessons for Bladen County MEP and was invited to present at the 6th Annual Institute on Serving Migratory Out of School Youth conference• Advocated for social change and better rights for farmworkers through legal assistance, community engagement projects, a documentary project, and by launching a fundraising campaign in which I exceeded the assigned goal by 20 percent Show less

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  Haven House Services

  May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Juvenile Diversion Team BSW Intern

  • Maintained caseload of 15 youth clients during summer internship to enhance educational, behavioral, and familial skills• Made home visits to clients and their families on a weekly basis in order to complete service plans and achieve set goals• Interpreted intake assessments from English to Spanish as well as conducted phone calls to Spanish-speaking clients• Informed and referred clients to external community resources and programs (health, education, legal, professional)• Utilized motivational interviewing as well as a strengths-based and self-determination perspective with clients Show less

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  COMEXUS Fulbright-García Robles

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2017

  English Teaching Assistant

  • Assisted and supported local English professors in the classrooms with lesson plans, activities, and evaluations• Devised daily lesson plans, activities, and games for conversations clubs that up to 60 students and professors attended a week to practice English in a comfortable and fun environment• Supervised team of 10+ student volunteers to help with Language Department projects and activities• Delivered a one-hour U.S. cultural presentation in Spanish to up to 300 students, two times per week, to enhance cultural and international awareness, understanding, and interest • Founded a bilingual university newspaper in the Language Department as part of my community engagement project: recruited and taught student staff, fundraised for resources, publicized the newspaper, covered university news and events, delegated and edited assignments in both English and Spanish Show less

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  Universidad Tecnológica de Tula-Tepeji

  Sept 2017 - May 2018

  English Professor

  • Taught five English courses per week (approx. 20 classroom hours) each semester with about 20 students per group• Prepared and executed custom lesson plans for each class, ranging from Basic to Intermediate levels• Evaluated writing assignments, speaking presentations, and English exams continuously for each class• Assisted the English Academy Office with the implementation of the bilingual university newspaper

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  Columbia University in the City of New York

  Sept 2018 - May 2019

  Research Assistant

  • Investigated, researched, and compiled statistical data from the 1970s until the present about academic social work departments across the nation for the former dean of Columbia University School of Social Work• Translated complex data into various comprehensive and organized spreadsheets and graphs

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  National Association of Social Workers - NYC Chapter

  Sept 2018 - May 2019

  NASW Intern

  • Advocated for policies to enhance the livelihood of immigrants in the U.S. by spearheading the committee to join multiple petitions, writing and submitting a persuasive brief to the Federal Register, and presenting written and spoken testimonies at an NYC Council Hearing• Assisted the greater social work community in developing, organizing, and administering roundtable discussions related to pertinent social work issues and inequities with the NASW-NYC chapter president• Planned, coordinated, and facilitated a United Nations and Fordham University conference with a 12-member committee in recognition of the 70th Anniversary of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights that had about 200 attendees • Co-edited the NASW chapter newsletter, Currents, with the special theme of immigration to inform and connect social work practitioners in the city• Designed several website templates for an immigration toolkit to publish committee resources that would inform social work practitioners in NYC• Researched and co-wrote scholarly qualitative research paper about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in New York• Collaborated, supported, and engaged in ongoing committee meetings, both virtually and physically Show less

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  Curiosity Media

  Aug 2019 - Jan 2020

  Thesaurus Author for SpanishDict.com

  • Provided Spanish and English synonyms and antonyms for a new Thesaurus tool of SpanishDict.com, one of the world’s top destinations for language learning for millions of students across the globe

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  NYC Department of Social Services

  Sept 2019 - Feb 2022

  Project Manager, Community Engagement & Partnerships

  Office of Research & Policy Innovation, Federal Homeless Policy & Reporting Unit, NYC Continuum of Care, Community Engagement & Partnerships• Project managed the annual federal funding competition for the NYC Continuum of Care (CoC), the second largest and most funded CoC in the nation, by composing the application, providing outreach and competitive grant writing support to new non-profit programs, and communicating updates to the community & federal government• Supported the NYC CoC Steering Committee, the policy-making & leadership group of the Continuum, with leaders from local government, homelessness & housing coalitions & advocates, non-profit executives, and persons with lived experience• Organized, spearheaded, and presented at community meetings on a bimonthly basis with audiences of ~200• Supported the communication efforts of the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program in New York City by managing the website, participating in comms campaigns, and creating a streamlined comms plan for the 2,000 NYC colleagues involved in EHV• Composed the NYC CoC governing & policy documents (Bylaws, Governance Charter, Written Standards)• Planned and managed the design, content, and production of the CoC website• Created informative monthly CoC newsletters and oversaw weekly communications via Mailchimp to approx. 1,700 subscribers• Participated in the oversight of program activity, budget allocation, expenditure, and claiming for U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development COVID-19 Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) funding of more than $380 million for NYC and composed the annual federal ESG funding report• Monitored program performance and compliance with federal regulations for 17 CoC-funded projects that provide $9.3 million of homeless assistance annually• Helped with planning a formal process of inclusion for survivors of domestic violence in HUD-funded Rapid Re-Housing programs in NYC’s Coordinated Entry system by creating a Vulnerability Assessment Show less

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  Children's Aid

  Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

  Behavioral Support Specialist

  • Provided Community Psychiatric Supports & Treatment (CPST) to a caseload of five-eight youth clients on a weekly basis in the form of individual, family, and group therapy• Utilized intensive interventions, crisis avoidance, intermediate term crisis management, rehabilitative psychoeducation, and strengths-based service planning to achieve client’s goals • Completed clinical assessments to establish a treatment plan for the youth and family• Completed all assessments and progress notes in a timely manner and comply with all privacy laws including HIPAA, etc.• Used and identified best practices to build a culture of quality and continuous improvement for clients Show less

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  CSH, the Source for Housing Solutions

  Feb 2022 - now

  Senior Program Manager