Kimberly Hester

Master of Social Work professional with 14 years of progressive social work experience in child welfare, foster care, family services, and social services leadership. Currently serving as a Foster Care Program Director with the Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Children Services. Extensive experience supporting children, adolescents, and families navigating trauma, family instability, behavioral challenges, placement disruptions, and complex psychosocial circumstances. Skilled in family engagement, crisis intervention, strengths-based practice, trauma-informed approaches, service coordination, psychosocial needs identification, and multidisciplinary collaboration. Seeking a part-time Supervised Therapist opportunity with Georgia’s Families in Transition to expand direct clinical practice experience, strengthen therapeutic competencies, and pursue qualifying supervised clinical experience toward Georgia Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensure while maintaining current professional leadership responsibilities.

Pursuing supervised clinical social work experience to strengthen therapeutic practice competencies and work toward Georgia LCSW licensure. Interested in applying extensive child welfare and family services experience within a structured clinical setting while continuing current DFCS executive leadership employment.

• Trauma-Informed Care
• Crisis Intervention and De-escalation
• Motivational Interviewing
• CPI / Crisis Prevention and Intervention
• Family Engagement
• Strengths-Based Practice