Social Worker Cover Letter Example

Forty-eight adults with co-occurring mental health and substance use diagnoses are on my caseload at Maplewood Community Behavioral Health right now, and roughly 15 of them will need a same-week crisis assessment before the month is out, which is the part of this job that never shows up on an org chart until you're the one carrying it. I want that same weight of caseload somewhere that staffs for it honestly instead of hoping attrition covers the gap.

That caseload runs a 76 percent treatment goal completion rate through CBT and motivational interviewing, and my roughly 15 monthly crisis assessments have diverted 85 percent of at-risk clients from inpatient hospitalization through safety plans that actually get followed. I prepare more than 30 court reports a year for family and probate courts and have testified in guardianship and involuntary commitment hearings often enough that I no longer need notes to stay calm on the stand.

Before Maplewood I managed a 22-family child welfare caseload at Clearview Family Services, reaching reunification within 12 months for 68 percent of eligible families against a 55 percent agency benchmark, and earlier I ran intake assessments and psychoeducation groups at Harbor Point Family Shelter. I hold an LCSW, a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional credential, and ASIST training, and I currently supervise two MSW interns toward field placement completion.

I'd welcome the chance to talk with [Agency name] about your current caseload sizes and crisis coverage, and I can start once my current cases are safely transitioned.