Mobile Response Team Manager

• Jan 2023 - Present

Mental Health Therapist

• Jan 2022 - Present

Behavioral Health Director

• Oct 2016 - Oct 2021

• Provides oversight and clinical expertise of both inpatient and emergency department functions to provide appropriate treatment and timely throughput. • Works closely with medical director of psychiatric services to ensure all in house patients are adequately serviced. • Tracks readmissions and provides community outreach for clients who are frequent consumers to best insure that their needs are being met on a community level, to divert hospital admission. • Coordinates with… Show more • Provides oversight and clinical expertise of both inpatient and emergency department functions to provide appropriate treatment and timely throughput. • Works closely with medical director of psychiatric services to ensure all in house patients are adequately serviced. • Tracks readmissions and provides community outreach for clients who are frequent consumers to best insure that their needs are being met on a community level, to divert hospital admission. • Coordinates with administration to identify areas of improvement for behavioral healthcare, and implement changes as necessary. • Collaborates with other local facilities to identify how to best support the growing need of the mental health services in the Kansas City area. • Assists behavioral health clinicians with difficult cases by providing therapeutic supports, advocacy, and treatment recommendations. Show less • Provides oversight and clinical expertise of both inpatient and emergency department functions to provide appropriate treatment and timely throughput. • Works closely with medical director of psychiatric services to ensure all in house patients are adequately serviced. • Tracks readmissions and provides community outreach for clients who are frequent consumers to best insure that their needs are being met on a community level, to divert hospital admission. • Coordinates with… Show more • Provides oversight and clinical expertise of both inpatient and emergency department functions to provide appropriate treatment and timely throughput. • Works closely with medical director of psychiatric services to ensure all in house patients are adequately serviced. • Tracks readmissions and provides community outreach for clients who are frequent consumers to best insure that their needs are being met on a community level, to divert hospital admission. • Coordinates with administration to identify areas of improvement for behavioral healthcare, and implement changes as necessary. • Collaborates with other local facilities to identify how to best support the growing need of the mental health services in the Kansas City area. • Assists behavioral health clinicians with difficult cases by providing therapeutic supports, advocacy, and treatment recommendations. Show less

Clinical Case Manager

• May 2015 - Sep 2016

• Provided case management services to low income and underserved children and adolescents. • Maximized available opportunities for community participants recovering from mental illness to best allow clients to reach their full potential. • Performed clinical services including crisis intervention, psychosocial assessments, and treatment planning for children and adolescents from low income communities who are at high-risk for abuse and neglect • Deescalated crisis situations… Show more • Provided case management services to low income and underserved children and adolescents. • Maximized available opportunities for community participants recovering from mental illness to best allow clients to reach their full potential. • Performed clinical services including crisis intervention, psychosocial assessments, and treatment planning for children and adolescents from low income communities who are at high-risk for abuse and neglect • Deescalated crisis situations, provided appropriate intervention, and worked to improve family structures through wraparound services. Show less • Provided case management services to low income and underserved children and adolescents. • Maximized available opportunities for community participants recovering from mental illness to best allow clients to reach their full potential. • Performed clinical services including crisis intervention, psychosocial assessments, and treatment planning for children and adolescents from low income communities who are at high-risk for abuse and neglect • Deescalated crisis situations… Show more • Provided case management services to low income and underserved children and adolescents. • Maximized available opportunities for community participants recovering from mental illness to best allow clients to reach their full potential. • Performed clinical services including crisis intervention, psychosocial assessments, and treatment planning for children and adolescents from low income communities who are at high-risk for abuse and neglect • Deescalated crisis situations, provided appropriate intervention, and worked to improve family structures through wraparound services. Show less