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Professional Profile

Accomplished and compassionate Clinical Social Worker with demonstrated knowledge, skills and abilities to deliver results for the organization and client.

Skill Highlights
  • Clinically Sound Judgment
  • Team Player
  • Self-motivated
  • Customer-Oriented
  • Leadership/communication skills
  • Administrative Skills
  • Employee relations
  • Vendor Negotiations
Core Accomplishments
  • Operations Management:
  • Managed entire facility
  • Handled all functions related to clinical program
  • Staff Development:
  • Launched well-received program of professional development courses for all staff.

  • Project Management:
  • Spear headed the JCAHO accreditation for the facility program which increased the agency's ability to obtain multiple contracts with a variety of state agency's; as well as, out-of-state agency's and private sector entities

  • Governor's Award of Excellence
  • Tennessee State Assembly Award of Excellence
  • JCAHO Accreditation

Professional Experience
04/2012 to 10/2013
Board Member Blount County Children's Home － Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
  • Served as an active voting member, approving facility mission, vision and goals.
  • Provision of educational and skill contritions related to knowledge of services provided within the community and state agency's; supervision for parent visitation due to DCS court orders and or involvement with the family, divorce proceedings, and/or children considered to be at risk.
  • Research for grants, grant writing, research for request for proposals (RFP's), management / clinical supervision for UT Social Work intern, and public relations.
  • Additionally, supported Executive Director to create short and long term goals, assure management continuity, constructive feedback when appropriate to the Chair and other members of the Board of Directors.
  • Supported and sponsored donor and community support, active participant in events as designated by the Board, and fund raisers for children in care and/or in need.
  • Population served: At Risk Children and their parents.
12/2012 to 05/2013
Clinical Field Supervisor University of Tennessee － Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
  • Provision of clinical supervision for a Social Work intern, with placement at Blount County Children's Home, counseling and guidance related to coordination of social services offered within the county and the Blount County's supervised visitation program offered to all families within the county, clinical documentation, conduct patient interviews, comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments, intakes, mandated reporting, HIPAA regulations, and client advocacy.
  • Population served: University student
03/2011 to 04/2012
Independent Practitioner Independent Practitioner, Psychiatric Consultants, Inc － Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
  • Provision of comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments, diagnostic impressions, individual and family insight oriented psychotherapy, insurance pre- certifications and concurrent reviews for Medicaid and private insurance companies, scheduling of appointments, medical documentation, filing, computer programs, office fax, copiers and phone systems.
  • Served individuals suffering from mental health and substance abuse/dependence disorders.
  • Population served: Children, adults and geriatrics.
08/2008 to 03/2011
Geriatric Social Worker SYMED Behavioral Medicine － Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
  • Traveling position from my home to Skilled Nursing Facilities; Provision of diagnostic interviews, follow-up visits as medially necessary for ongoing cases, brief therapy approach, insight oriented psychotherapy, behavior management, within a wide range symptomatology, to also include traumatic brain injury; collaboration with multi-disciplinary treatment teams, agency staff to improve psychosocial well-being and increase compliance, crisis intervention, education for patients, staff and family members related to mental health issues, and/or substance abuse issues and related disorders; as well as, identify additional community resources and provide additional family and individual support.
  • Medical documentation, computer software programs, fax, copier and phone systems.
  • Population served: Adults with persistent mental illness, geriatrics, and disabled veterans.
03/2008 to 08/2008
Social Work Therapist Psychiatric Consultants, Inc － Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
  • Provision of crisis intervention, intake, blood pressures, drug screenings, appointments, filing, pre-certifications for psychiatrists services for mediation management for suboxone, marketing to insurance companies and community programs that were in need of a psychiatrist's services.(Psychiatrist was setting up a new business and needed a clinician to provide the above services, as the practice expanded).
  • Population served: Young adults and pregnant mother's seeking medication management with Suboxone treatment
09/2005 to 09/2007
Facility Administrator Youth Services, Inc － Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
  • Responsible for the overall accountability of agency's day to day operations, budgeting, financial reporting, purchasing, hiring, training, annual employee reviews, quality control, day to day supervisory duties, Corporate monthly operations and management meetings and weekly/monthly at the local level; DCS audits and responses per contractual agreements.
  • Initiated new contracts throughout the private sector, state government agency's in and out-of-state and approved DCS sub-contracting agency's for the DCS Continuum of Care initiative.
  • Maintained all agency licensing with state and federal entities, DCS and Tenncare contracts, and credentialing.
  • Program design/development and evaluation.
  • Supervision of departmental mangers, contractors, and provision of clinical back-up for the agency; 24/7 on-call.
  • Supervised 60-75 employees
  • Obtained JCAHO Accreditation for the agency that previously had not been accredited
  • Population served: High Risk youth through The department of Social Services and Juvenile Justice.
01/2003 to 09/2005
Clinical Director Youth Services, Inc － Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
  • Provision of clinical supervision for therapists and case managers, administration of all intakes, comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments, diagnostic impressions/diagnosis, and crisis intervention.
  • Obtained all insurance pre- certifications and concurrent reviews agency wide for medical necessity.
  • Individual, family and group therapist addressing mental health and substance abuse needs, active participant on weekly treatment team.
  • Assisted with coordination of activities with community service agency's (The Department of Children's Services/"DCS" and The Department of Juvenile Justice/"JJ").
  • Administratively, conducted annual employee reviews for clinical and case management staff, agency credentialing; Obtained Tenncare contract the agency was not previously credentialed nor contracted with Tenncare/Medicaid), obtained single case agreements with private insurance company's; as well as, out-of-state private and Medicaid funded insurance company's.
  • Conducted quarterly chart audits, annual responses to DCS audits, created and maintained policy and procedures.
  • Trainer for mental health contractors, physician, psychiatrist, medical staff and direct care staff related clinical programming and implementation of services identified on youth's individualized treatment plans, ensuring that all staff and departments support of the program's emphasis on prevention.
  • Supervised: 8 employees
  • Population served: High Risk Delinquent youth (12-18 years of age) and their families.
11/2002 to 01/2003
Geriatric Social Worker National Healthcare Corporation － Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
  • Responsible to provide direct services for adult and geriatric patients living within their homes.
  • Conducted face-to-face assessment of their needs and make clinical recommendations for their respective primary care physicians, treatment planning and weekly attendance to treatment team, clinically supported nursing staff with behavior management techniques to increase compliance and keep patient in the home, and/or recommend psychiatric referral for re-evaluation of psychiatric medication management for mood stabilization.
  • Provision of consultation when requested for cases with severely and persistently mentally ill patients, education to medical staff and community based providers when appropriate and/or medically indicated.
  • Completed work activities independently, medical documentation, filing, computer software, copiers, fax and phone system.
  • Population served: Geriatrics and disabled Veterans.
Education
1996
Master of Science: Social Work University of Tennessee － Knoxville, TN, USA
1984
Bachelor of Arts / B.A; Concentration: Psychology and Spanish Carson-Newman College － Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
1984
Non-Degree; Graduate School: Spanish El Colegio de Covarubias － Knoxville, Spain, USA GPA: GPA: 3.38
Languages

Working knowledge of Spanish, Italian and American Sign Language

Skills
  • Dedicated work ethic and evidenced based practice

  • 14 years of clinical experience, post graduate school

  • Clinical practice with all age groups, children through Geriatrics

  • All levels of care; in-patient, out-patient, partial hospitalization, Intensive out-patient, and community mental health

  • Crisis Intervention

  • Computer skills
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Blount County Children's Home
  • University of Tennessee
  • Independent Practitioner, Psychiatric Consultants, Inc
  • SYMED Behavioral Medicine
  • Psychiatric Consultants, Inc
  • Youth Services, Inc
  • National Healthcare Corporation

School Attended

  • University of Tennessee
  • Carson-Newman College
  • El Colegio de Covarubias

Job Titles Held:

  • Board Member
  • Clinical Field Supervisor
  • Independent Practitioner
  • Geriatric Social Worker
  • Social Work Therapist
  • Facility Administrator
  • Clinical Director

Degrees

  • Master of Science : Social Work
    Bachelor of Arts / B.A; Concentration : Psychology and Spanish
    Non-Degree; Graduate School : Spanish

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