by Deborah Hartman, CWS Division Chief
Please join me in welcoming two new members to our CWS supervisory team…Cheyenne Barrick and Janet Parat! Their effective date is January 2, 2017.
Cheyenne is a Lompoc native, living most of her life in Santa
Barbara County. She graduated from UCLA in 2012 where she earned her Bachelor
of Arts degree in Political Science. While at UCLA, Cheyenne worked with
AmeriCorps and helped provide legal assistance to self-represented litigants in
Los Angeles County. She also lived and interned in Washington, D.C. during her
final months at UCLA, working at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law and
Policy in the Federal Relations division. After graduating from UCLA, Cheyenne
participated in the USC School of Social Work distance learning program, where
she earned her Master of Social Work in 2013. She provided therapeutic services
at Aegis Medical Systems in Santa Maria and also took part in the pilot online
counseling program USC Telehealth. Cheyenne began working with Child Welfare
Services in Santa Barbara County in 2013. She has worked in Santa Maria
Ongoing, Countywide Ongoing, and the Court Services units. Over the past year,
Cheyenne has served as a Court Hearing Officer in the Court unit. She completed
the Leadership Professional Development Program in 2015 and is currently
participating in Leadership Lompoc Valley. Cheyenne is also a member of the
Safety Organized Practice (SOP) and Linkages committees.
Janet earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from
Colorado State University and then worked as an eligibility worker in
Colorado. Later, Janet relocated to the Bay Area, and worked with
attorneys and their clients (parents and children) in the juvenile dependency
system. This included attending home visits for children's attorneys, attending
TDM's for parents, and assisting parents with their court ordered case plans.
Janet earned her Master of Social Work degree from San Diego State University.
Her clinical internships with her MSW program included providing counseling for
pregnant and parenting teenagers, and providing a CSEC training to staff at
that same agency. Janet was trained in Safety Organized Practice at the County
of San Diego, Child Welfare Services, where she managed a mixed case load of
both "Court" and "Ongoing" cases. During the past
three years, Janet has worked in the Court Unit at the County of Santa Barbara,
and also was a Court Hearing Officer.
Congratulations Cheyenne and Janet on your promotions!