Burlington Resident Hired at Plummer Youth Promise

Plummer Youth Promise, setting a standard of excellence that improves outcomes for young people in or at risk of entering state care, has hired Kate Mun, MSW, LICSW as its first-ever Director of Practice Excellence.

To ensure the provision of high quality, current, permanency centered, age appropriate, trauma-informed interventions for youth in its care, Plummer Youth Promise created the new role of Director of Practice Excellence. In this role, Mun will work closely with the Director of Operations and the Senior Manager of Quality and Evaluation to direct and manage clinical practice through implementing the supervisory and coaching framework.

“Making sure we are delivering current best practices that prioritize family as the best outcome for young people is critical for the clients we serve,” said Nicole McLaughlin, Executive Director at Plummer Youth Promise. “Kate has worked as a consultant to Plummer for years so having her join us as a full-time employee is ideal. Her experience in working on permanency services, practice improvement, and strategic leadership within child welfare systems make her an ideal candidate for the newly created position.”

Mun has served as a Senior Child Welfare Consultant at Plummer since 2020, so she already has an in-depth understanding of the organization and its clients. As a consultant she provided training and coaching while also serving as a youth permanency social worker, family resource social worker, intensive permanency service worker and permanency mediator. Previously, Mun worked as a Permanency Specialist and Competency Clinician for the Justice Research Institute.

“I’m very excited to join the Senior Leadership Team to help direct and manage clinical practice to find the best ways to work with young people and their families to achieve success,” said Mun. “My goal is to build on Plummers recognized expertise in the field and use evidence-based practices to enhance outcomes for youth and families.”

Mun, who lives in Burlington, received both her Master of Social Work (MSW) and Bachelor of Social Work & Sociology degrees from Salem State University.