LaTasha Porter

• Supervise, guide, and mentor a team of up to five social services case managers

• Oversee case management of investigations for child abuse and neglect cases

• Direct staff in service delivery, set unit goals, and regulate workloads to align with agency objectives

• Ensure timely and appropriate interventions for at-risk clients

• Review and approve casework, ensuring adherence to policies and legal guidelines

• Maintain detailed documentation and make critical safety assessments

• Prepare departmental reports and facilitate cadence

• Ensured foster, adoptive, and kinship caregivers’ homes remain in compliance
• Conducted monthly and quarterly contacts and annual re-evaluations
• Assessed and screened caregivers and new household members

• Investigated reports of child abuse including child deaths, near fatalities, and serious injuries
• Provided guidance, mentorship, and bridged theoretical knowledge and real-world application
• Collaborated with community partners:
• Law Enforcement
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation
• Child Abuse Consult and forensic teams
• Prepared unit reports and legal documents for court

• Mentored and supervised youth ages 12-19 in a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility
• Documented youths’ progress towards their treatment plans and daily activities
• Organized enrichment activities and facilitated life skills groups

• Acted as liaison between youth, family, and caseworkers
• Conducted weekly visits and needs assessments for children in care
• Provided oral testimony and written recommendations

• Conducted research and data analysis
• •Prepared reports, presentations, and published
• Porter, L., Roby, S., Brown, M., & Shanley, J. (April, 2014)
• Preventing Child Maltreatment through Group and Individual Services
• Managed research logistics