Mental Health Therapist

• Nov 2022 - Present

Clinician III

• Jul 2020 - Oct 2022

-Provide in home and school based individual therapy, collaterals with families, case management with outside partners, carrying a caseload up to 12-20 clients. • Complete comprehensive intake and discharge paperwork, assessments (Columbia suicide screener, risk assessment, wellness screener, CANS, Biopsychosocial, pediatric check list, demographics, and treatment planning) in addition to maintaining clinical documentation of client’s progress. • Develop and maintains positive, open communication and working relationships with referring agencies, colleagues, clients, and families in order to break down barriers and assist with advocacy. • Maintain required documentation, records, and reports as outlined by Agency policies and procedures and state licensing requirements for Short Doyle Certification and Medi-Cal billing. • Held the responsibility of being a mandated reporter and developed incident reports when needed. • Provide on-call emergency services (crisis support) and respond to on-call as per the Agency’s standards. • Maintain appropriate professional boundaries with staff, birth and Foster Parents, children, clients, and community resources. • Maintain client and case confidentiality per state, federal and Agency standards. • Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural differences. Show less

Social Worker

• Jul 2018 - Jun 2020

-Manages a caseload of 15 homeless individuals by providing enhance care coordination services with a mental illness and/or substance abuse disorder, or that have two or more chronic conditions. -Assisting clients with services and support that is needed to break down barriers and challenges that prevent them from being successful in managing their illnesses or stabilizing their lives. -Complete comprehensive intake and discharge paperwork in addition to maintaining clinical documentation of client’s progress. -Conducts social work assessments (PHQ-9 assessment, Columbia Suicide Assessment tool, VISPDAT, and Strengths Assessment) and home visits to identify social determinants of health negatively impacting to clients’ needed healthcare; identifying needed community resources based on the results of assessment, and referring clients to needed resources. -Utilizes problem-solving skills to address client barriers to health care, housing, income, mental and physical health, substance use, and history of chronic homelessness. -Coordinates with outside providers to address client’s needs such as eligibility, housing assistance, insurance companies, local shelter, mental health providers, substance abuse counselors, and medical providers. -Operates within an interdisciplinary team to ensure all barriers to healthcare are addressed regarding medical, behavioral, social, and functional health. -Coordinates with primary care physicians, local hospitals, and supervisors/managers to direct clients and team member through crisis; client reports of domestic violence; APS/CPS reports to clients, and other complex housing, hospital, and facility transition needs. Show less

Case Manager

• Aug 2019 - May 2020

-Assisted in managing CDCR, HCHV, and GPD caseloads with extensive clinical needs ranging from Substance Use Disorders to Severe Mental Illness diagnoses to cognitive dysfunction. -Assisted in completing all appropriate intake, discharge, and progress note documentation utilizing SOAP note format to demonstrate the progress the clients made weekly. -Completed weekend safety inspection to ensure the clients were safe and secure in the emergency shelter where they reside. -Completed weekend case management with Veterans who are needed support outside of their weekly case management. -Assisted on coordinating with outside providers to address client needs such as the VA Medical Clinic, HUD-VASH, Veterans Resource Center, Housing Authority, and medical providers. -Assisted in narrative therapy with Veterans. Show less

Social Worker

• Aug 2018 - May 2019

-Managed a caseload of 2 Emotionally – Related Mental Health Services (ERMS) students and 5 other students by providing individual emotional counseling. -Provided group therapy depending on the support that was needed. - Participated in special education assessment meetings as well as individual Educational Planning Meetings (ISP’s).. - Helped students develop appropriate social interaction skills. - Worked with parents to facilitate their support in their student’s school adjustment. - Provided staff with essential information to better understand factors (cultural, societal, economic, familial, health, etc.) affecting a student’s performance and behavior. Show less

Registered Behavior Technician

• Apr 2017 - Aug 2018

-Provided applied behavioral analysis to 7 different individuals who were on the autism spectrum. -Observed and interacted with individuals, groups, and communities to assist with the healthy functioning of individuals on the spectrum. - Focused on specific behaviors that disrupt, exclude, or otherwise negatively impact the person or group. - Modified negative behaviors through treatment plans, such interventions often rely on families, schools, or other support systems to assist with monitoring, implementation, and adjustment. - Helped assist through psychological tests, observation, and interviews with clients and their support systems to gather information to develop an appropriate intervention plan. -Assisted staff in: defining and measuring behavior; understanding principles of reinforcement; teaching new behavior; implementing strategies for weakening behavior; and identifying antecedents. - Helped design a plan to address any immediate dangers or threats and also determined the necessity of long-term treatment. Show less

Behavior Consultant

• Jun 2014 - Mar 2017

• Promoted engagement and learning with each child while parents were given temporary relief • Targeted goals that the family wanted to achieve • Written reports were developed after each session that recorded behaviors • Attended The Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings • Filled out incident reports • Worked one on one with child and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) • Promoted engagement and learning with each child while parents were given temporary relief • Targeted goals that the family wanted to achieve • Written reports were developed after each session that recorded behaviors • Attended The Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings • Filled out incident reports • Worked one on one with child and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

Student Success Leader

• Jun 2015 - Jun 2016

• In charge of 50 incoming freshmen majoring in Anthropology, Biology, and History• Sent out daily emails reminding them about school events, deadlines, and important announcements that the Natural Social Science Department or major departments needed • Held community service events to help them give back to the community• Held quarterly workshops and meetings • Held quarterly study sessions and office hours

Excavator

• Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

• Excavated a rock shelter • Recorded data that was found every 10 meters down in a notebook then transferred to excel• Every day we would site survey to see what disruptions occurred• Methods were used such as mapping and site recordation • With all materials that were found, we would identify, classify, process them, and interpret the data in the lab