About Rev. Saundra L. Washington D.D.
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1/16/2004
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Classes I'm Teaching
My Education
1992 Tennessee School of Religion, Memphis
Tennessee, D.D. (Doctorate of Divinity - hon.)
1987 Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, OH
M.A. Degree in Theological Studies
1981 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
M.A. Degree in Clinical Counseling
1978 Marygrove College, Detroit, MI
B.S.W. Degree in Social Work
1976 Highland Park Community College
A.A. Degree in General Studies
1975 African Methodist Episcopal Church, Detroit, MI
Pre-Ordination Theological Studies (4 years)
Michigan Annual Conference Board of Examiners
My Experience
HIGHLIGHTS
- Community recruitment activities toward increasing awareness of the need for foster homes and encouraging community involvement.
- Oversaw the general operation of maternal child health program and provided supervision to staff rendering coordination services to eligible prenatal and post natal mothers and their families.
- Assisted in the development of infant mortality home interview program component of research project; Established protocols for contacting eligible mothers and conducted home interviews with mothers who had suffered the death of infants due to SIDS or homicide.
- Developed and directed bereavement and spiritual care departments as well as organized and oversaw quarterly memorial services; represented employer in meetings with members of national organizations, funding sources and at special fund raising events. Hospice outreach to the African American community. Ministered to the psycho-spiritual needs of the terminally ill and their families.
- Organized coalitions and partnerships with community organizations toward working together to address common interests and concerns relating to children and their families.
- Served over 25 years as a child welfare worker providing intensive home based family treatment to high risk children and their families including foster care, substance abuse prevention, family preservation, sickle cell and maternal child health.
- Successfully coordinated therapeutic and educational groups for community's at risk females living in group residential facilities utilizing Michigan's 4-H youth development course.
- Provided successful trainings to the community in the areas of grief/loss/separation, interpersonal communications and personal development.
- Provided all aspects of case management services including crisis intervention, treatment plans, psychosocial history's, behavior modification, counseling, diagnostic assessments, legal, psychiatric & psychological team consultation, case presentations to Foster Care Review Board, and court intervention on neglect/abuse petitions; recruited, studied, assessed and licensed foster homes.
- Home visits to referred elderly patients and conducted social service needs assessment; provided patients with clarifying information and connected with appropriate community resources; documented evaluation summary and submitted to referring nurse coordinator.
- Provided clinical training and clinical supervision to professional social work staff and supervised undergraduate social work and counseling interns; provided for personnel administration, training, implementing workshops, conducting staff meetings, and completing work appraisals of staff in accordance with personnel policies; planned workloads, deadlines, work objectives and time utilization with staff and directed work schedules to ensure client needs were as effectively and efficiently met as possible.
- Provided or assisted in providing all aspects of pastoral/spiritual services to parishioners including: conducting services of worship, officiating funerals, weddings, memorials, interments, baptisms; provided grief/bereavement counseling and implemented recovery grief/bereavement groups; developed and implemented community outreach programs; oversaw the operations of our Department of Christian Education, Missionary Society, Trustee and Stewardship Boards; ministered to the sick, shut-ins, bereaved and the dying; completed quarterly church financial reports and presented to area Superintendent and Board of Trustees, participated and made presentations at both our quarterly (north district) and annual (all districts) church conferences.
URBAN MINISTRY
- Community Outreach, Hospice by the Sea, Boca Raton, FL. 5/2007 - present
- Foster Family Recruitment/Support Specialist, The Children's Place at Home Safe, Lake Worth, FL. 12/5/2005 - 2/5/2006.
- Care Coordinator Supervisor, Sickle Cell Foundation, West Palm Beach, FL.
2/2001 - 8/2004.
- Social Worker, Private Care, Inc. Palm Beach Gardens, FL. 8/2000 - 8/2002.
- Eligibility Specialist/Consultant, State of Michigan, Pontiac, MI. 1/1999 - 10/1999.
- Research Assistant, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. 10/1995 - 11/1997.
- Director of Holistic Care, Hospice of Michigan, Southfield, MI. 5/1990 - 8/1994.
- Clinical Casework Supervisor, Spectrum Human Services, Detroit, MI. 2/1977 - 4/1990.
- Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator, Eastwood Clinics, Detroit, MI, 9/1985 - 6/1986.
- Family Therapist, Franklin Wright Settlements, Detroit, MI. 4/1994 - 8/1995.
- Community Education Specialist, Southeastern Michigan Family Planning,
Detroit, MI. 9/1983 - 4/1984.
- Clinical Foster Care Worker, Children�s Aid Society, Detroit, MI. 6/1978 - 12/1982.
CHURCH MINISTRY
2004-present Founder & Director, AMEN Ministries, Palm Beach County, Florida
1995-2000 Associate Interim Clergy, Oakland County, Michigan
1994-1995 Senior Pastor, Smith Memorial Community Church, Detroit, MI.
1987-1994 Senior Pastor, New St. James A.M.E. Church, Detroit, MI.
1985-1986 Interim Pastor, Newman A.M.E. Church, Pontiac, MI.
1978-1985 Assistant Pastor, New St. James A.M.E. Church, Detroit, MI.
1975-1978, Senior Pastor, Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, Detroit, MI.
1973-1975 Youth Pastor, St. Paul A.M.E. Church Detroit, MI.
1971-1973 Evangelist, St. Stephen A.M.E. Church, Detroit, MI.
My Awards
International Who’s Who in Poetry - 2005 Edition
Who's Who Among Women in America - 1994/95 Edition
Who's Who in Religion - 1992/93 Edition
Who's Who Among Human Service Professionals - 1986 Edition
My Publications
Bereavement Magazine (poetry) Looking Out the Rear Window 1986.
A Delicate Balance (poetry) That was Then 1995
Room Beneath the Snow: Poems that Preach, ISBN 0-9740045-1-0. AMEN Ministries Publishers, 2004-2005.
Negative Disturbances: Homilies that Teach, ISBN 0-9740045-2-9. AMEN Ministries Publishers, 2004-2005.
Out of Deep Waters: My Grief Management Workbook, ISBN 0-9740045-4-5. AMEN Ministries Publishers, expected late 2008.
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