Christine Escobar-Sawicki, MSW, LCSW

2011 - Present, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Social Work
Clinical Assistant Professor - Field Education
Assist in the implementation of field education program including selecting and monitoring field placement sites, providing training and support to field instructors and students; advise MSW students, teach field seminar courses, serve on various committees

2011 - 2013, Palos Community Hospital
Counseled patients and families in outpatient mental health and chemical dependency programs

2001- 2011, Chicago Children's Advocacy Center
Supervised Intake, Advocacy and Forensic Interviewing Department's, directed Quality Improvement activities, conducted forensic interviews with children, provided court testimony

1999- 2001, Gulf Coast Children's Advocacy Center - Florida. Conducted forensic interviews and psychosocial evaluations regarding abuse allegations

1997-1999, Capital City Youth Services - Florida
Coordinated short term residential program for runaway youth, counseled families and youth.

1996 - 1998, Center for Health Administration Studies- University of Chicago, Research Assistant, Evaluated the impact of a federally funded infant mortality initiative on individual and community-level health outcomes, created SAS programs to analyze computerized data

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, State of Illinois