Social Work Unit Supervisor
Dover Police Dept
Dover, New Hampshire
Kaitlin Jones, MSW, CPS, earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work at the University of New Hampshire in 2010. Kaitlin worked within the field of Social Work at various nonprofit organizations delivering wrap-around supports to individuals and families. She then began working full-time on earning her Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Worker at Bridgewater State University in 2016 after which she continued her work with a clinical focus, providing in-home family therapy services. Kaitlin left the nonprofit sector to transfer her skills as a Student Assistance Counselor at Rochester Middle School in 2017, providing students with substance misuse prevention and early intervention services. She earned her Certified Prevention Specialist credentialing in 2019. From Rochester, Kaitlin joined the Dover Police Department in February 2022 as the first Police Social Worker for the Dover Police Department. Kaitlin was promoted to Social Work Unit Supervisor in 2023. Kaitlin reports feeling more energized in her career than ever, being given the opportunity to create the wheel for programming within the Social Work Unit position. She expresses feeling honored to be a part of such an open-minded, progressive, trauma-informed police department, and hopes to inspire and help blaze the trail for other police departments seeking to develop internal Social Work positions.
Sunday, May 4, 2025
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET