2011 City of Roanoke Employee Service Awards Recognition

DONITA PEVERALL
Donita Peverall began her career with the City of Roanoke in
1976 as an intake eligibility worker with the Department of
Social Services. Two years later, she was promoted to the
position of social worker, and in 2007, Donita was promoted to
Senior Social Worker working as a Prevention Services Worker.
She served as Chairperson of the Social Services Child Welfare
Enhancement Project Committee, under her leadership, the
Committee was instrumental in implementing reunification
services, increasing the prevention staff and creating a of the
Foster Care Transition Worker position.
In 2009, Donita accepted the position of Social Work
Supervisor, to expand the assist with the expansion of the
agency’s Prevention Services Program and she developed the
new Community-based Prevention Program with the assistance
of out-stationed social workers at the Villages at Lincoln and
Jamestown Place complexes.
A local judge nick-named her “Wonder Woman” because of her
ability to develop successful outcomes for troubled families.