BBS registered Inter eager to collaborate with other mental health professionals to provide comprehensive treatment to clients struggling with mental disorders.
Skill Highlights
Extensive knowledge with severely emotionally disturbed adolescence.
Demonstrated skills in creating and implementing effective and individualized treatment plans.
Experiences with Department of Mental Health standards and paperwork.
Foundational coursework and training in Managing and Adapting Practices (MAP).
Experience
Conducted therapeutic individual and family therapy sessions.Charted and recorded information in client files.Worked closely with parents and teachers to implement consistent behavior therapy techniques at home and school.
Career Chronology
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Mental Health Specialist II Star View Community Services – Compton, CA
Education and Training
Expected in May 2009
Masters of Sciences: Marriage and Family Therapy California State University - Carson, CA GPA: Marriage and Family Therapy
Expected in May 2005
Bachelor of Arts: Sociology California State University - Carson, CA GPA: Sociology
Experience
11/2011 to Present
Mental Health Specialist IIVisiting Nurse Service Of New York – Morristown, NJ,
Conduct intake interviews, formulate treatment plans, and conduct in-home and school case management to children and families to provide support and assistance in problem resolution.
Provide individual, group, and family therapy for clients with variety of problems, recommended techniques to improve interpersonal skills to severely emotionally disturbed clients.
Collaborate with caregivers, DCFS, FFA, probation officers, psychiatrist and school officials to provide psycho-education and gather information regarding socio-emotional, economic, and physical needs of children of children and families geared towards symptom reduction and increased life functioning.
Maintain confidentiality, progress notes, clients coordination plans and treatment plans up to DMH standards, and participate in multidisciplinary treatment team meetings.
01/2009 to Present
Child Care WorkerMeadow Wood Children's Center – Corvallis, OR,
Keep records on individual clients, including direct supervision, daily observation and information about activities, meal served and medication administered.
Support clients emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concept.
Recommended and initiated measures to control clients behaviors, such as caring for and assisting with interpersonal needs.
Ability to handle multiple task and make sound decisions.
03/2009 to 11/2011
Mental Health Specialist ISamaritan Health Services – New Bedford And Cape Cod, MA,
Provide individual rehabilitation for clients to help clients and families with coping skills.
Process acting-out behaviors with children to cultivate coping skills.
Maintain confidentiality, progress notes for all clients to ensure proper documentation of sessions content and interventions.
Met regularly with agency colleagues to increase consistency between agency program in order to provide comprehensive and streamlined services.
01/2006 to 03/2009
Administrative Child SpecialistSeven Hills Foundation – Holbrook, NY,
Primary responsibility for administrative wraparound services, including taking minutes at Child and Family Team Meetings and Internal Team Conferences for severely emotionally disturbed adolescents.
Ensuring the dissemination of Child Family Team meeting minutes to all team members.
Aid in contacting team members to schedule and/or cancel Child Family Team Meetings and Internal Team Conferences.
Complete flex fund and check requests, and maintain family binders that contain Child Family Team Meeting minutes and Plans of Care.
12/2003 to 01/2009
Child Care WorkerAhrc Suffolk – City, STATE,
Highly skilled in supervising and interacting with severely emotionally disturbed and providing positive reinforcement Understanding of providing affection, safety and permanence in the care of children Sustained knowledge of giving out medicine to children Knowledge of setting proper limits and boundaries with clients Demonstrated ability to provide proper direction of children Maintain complete and accurate documentation of clients records.
09/2001 to 06/2003
Teacher's AideAmeri-Corp Program-Addams Elementary School – City, State,
Demonstrated ability to work with both students and adults.
Reinforce learning concepts by working with students.
Expert in interpreting and relaying information from books and academic papers.
Able to prepare exam papers and student progress reports.
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