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Elisha Sockbeson
Assistant Director of Social Services

Elisha Sockbeson
Assistant Director of Social Services

Penobscot Nation

My name is Elisha Sockbeson. I am an enrolled member of the Penobscot Nation, and the Assistant Director of the Penobscot Nation Department of Social Services. I graduated in May with a bachelor's degree in Justice Studies. I continued my education and graduated in May of 2017 with a second bachelor's degree in Social Science. I attended graduate school at the University of Southern Maine and in May of 2019 graduated with my master's degree in Leadership and Organizational Studies. In August of 2013 to October of 2018, I was a telecommunications officer with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Police Department in Connecticut. I then began working for the Penobscot Nation in December of 2018 at Indian Health Services as a patient intake specialist. From there, I began working at the Penobscot Nation Department of Social Services in October 2019. I began my journey at the Penobscot Nation Department of Social Services as the Tribal Family Advocate and Violence Prevention Coordinator, coordinating family violence prevention efforts through the Parent Partner program. I also facilitated the child protection team meetings and the social emotional response team meetings, managed the licensing of resource families, developed, and maintained partnerships for community engagement and public presentation with Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness, Bureau of Maine Indian Education and other tribal departments. I often collaborated with the Penobscot Nation Child Welfare department to assist in case management to both protect and support compliant with the Indian Child Welfare Act. In July of 2021 I became the Assistant Director of Penobscot Nation Social Services Department. As the assistant director I oversee our Tribal Child Welfare department, our Prevention department and our Supportive Visit program.

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