Carmen McCorvey, MSW, is a Human Services Manager with the County of Orange Social Services Agency and has more than 30 years of experience in child welfare and social services across Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Her experience includes direct practice, supervision, workforce development, policy development, prevention services, and systems leadership. She has also played an active role in leading local CWS-CARES Readiness activities.
Carmen earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, with a minor in Africana Studies, from California State University, Dominguez Hills. She is also an Adjunct Lecturer at California State University, Dominguez Hills, where she has taught Human Services courses since 2014.
Carmen has more than 12 years of experience teaching, training, facilitating, and presenting. Her areas of expertise include child welfare practice, the Family First Prevention Services Act, CWS-CARES readiness, trauma-informed care, Safety Organized Practice, policy development, litigation-informed practice, equity and disproportionality, leadership development, and professional identity and belonging. She has presented on the experiences of Black women social workers and workplace belonging.
Carmen is passionate about strengthening families, supporting the child welfare workforce, advancing prevention-focused practice, and promoting equity throughout child- and family-serving systems. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family.
