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Ryan Shawn Schaffer

EXPERIENCE:

2007 – 2009 Peace Corps Azerbaijan – Youth Development Worker

Lived in a rural community as a volunteer to help create sustainable projects for the development of youth in Azerbaijan
Learned to speak, read and write Azerbaijani at a proficient level
Oversaw and managed grant writing for several youth projects
Completed community needs assessment for project implementation
Collaborated with local community leaders and youth to develop projects
Organized youth events and instructed seminars on societal issues
Trained local organizations with a focus on organizational capacity building
Used sports as a means to teach teamwork, leadership, self governance and self esteem
Member of volunteer action committee and women in development, gender in development committees

2003 – 2007 New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services

Direct fieldwork with families and children
Case management and service implementation
Crisis intervention with families and children of all ages
Investigative reporting and information acquisition
Coordinated services with other governmental and non-governmental agencies
Worked with clients who have substance abuse issues and or mental health diagnosis
Over 400 CPS investigations (including over 1,000 independent child interviews)
Selected to Special Response Unit – on call investigator for after hours and weekend emergencies

1999 – 2003 Rowan University – Sociology major, Psychology associates

Multiple Dean’s list recipient
Upon graduation received annual “William and Lillian Carter Memorial Award for Excellence in Sociological Theory”

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