Tioga County Department of Social Services recently named Sarah Moore as the department\u2019s Supervisor of the Year for 2021.<\/p>\n
In a prepared release received by DSS, they wrote, \u201cThis certificate is given in recognition and appreciation of Sarah\u2019s accomplishments and contributions to the Tioga County Department of Social Services during 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n
They continued, \u201cOver the past year, Sarah has developed the Services Training Unit. All new casework staff start in her unit where they attend State sponsored caseworker training and implement on-the-job skills training at the office.\u201d<\/p>\n
They further wrote, \u201cSarah is able to balance teaching, providing feedback, mentoring, and showing new caseworkers how to do their jobs. She makes everyone feel welcome and comfortable. She knows when to push new caseworkers in developing their critical thinking skills and knows when to provide more support and guidance. She encourages her staff to leave their comfort zone in order to find out the factual information needed to make full assessments.\u201d <\/p>\n
According to the department, Sarah is frequently in the field alongside her staff coaching them through interacting with clients. She points out the positives as well as the skills that need to be enhanced. She provides feedback that is direct, firm and fair. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSarah excels at providing her staff with opportunities to debrief situations and to learn from one another through holding group supervision,\u201d the release continued, adding, \u201cSarah calls her unit \u2018the dream team\u2019 because she encourages her staff to work together when needed as well as to talk things out, including laughing together when it is needed. Sarah is patient, kind and compassionate. She embodies what it means to love what you do and to try your best.\u201d<\/p>\n The department concluded, \u201cSarah represents the DSS Core Values of responsibility, integrity, equality, respect, compassion, and excellence. She is a great asset to the Tioga County Department of Social Services.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tioga County Department of Social Services recently named Sarah Moore as the department\u2019s Supervisor of the Year for 2021. In a prepared release received by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":89248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n