Experience

Centers for Children and Families
• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Case Manager

  • Nov 2022 - Present


Presbyterian Children's Homes & Services of Texas and Louisiana

• Case Manager

  • Apr 2017 - Apr 2023

  -Develops and supervises foster / adoptive / kinship parents in the implementation of Individualized Service Plans for each child placed in their home. -Provides consultation, individual training and assists with in-service training for each family on the Case Manager’s caseload. -Supervises foster / adoptive / kinship parents and their record keeping concerning client progress, medical, dental and psychiatric information, billing and reimbursement information. -Provides technical, emotional, information sharing and relationship building support to foster / adoptive / kinship parents. -Monitors each foster / adoptive / kinship home for compliance with Minimum Standards, Council on Accreditation and program standards providing each family with documentation of compliance or non-compliance with a plan of correction in the case of non-compliance. -Provide leadership to the treatment team working closely with the foster / adoptive parents, teachers, therapists, CPS caseworkers, birth family, and significant others in order to implement successful treatment for each client. Show less



Workers Assistance Program

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intake and Referral Counselor & Network Management

  • Sep 2014 - Apr 2017

  • Knowledgeable in employee assistance programs, crisis intervention, and chemical dependency • Provide initial client assessment, including follow up and providing community resources • Responsible for assigning clients to counselors for assessments, scheduling appointments, returning calls to mental health professionals and telephone crisis counseling • Assisting with additional referrals, maintaining client records and community resource database • Aiding in development of new organizational systems for I & R and clinical staff Show less



Hand to Hold

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations

• Family Support Navigator-Social Work Intern

  • Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

  • Coordinated and facilitated peer matching for St. David’s NICU families and families nationwide • Prepared and co-facilitated weekly support groups at both St. David’s locations • Identified and provided timely and effective psychosocial supports and interventions for families • Helped families identify and access medical and therapeutic services in their community • Provided bereavement support for families who have experienced a loss at any point • Coordinated and facilitated peer matching for St. David’s NICU families and families nationwide • Prepared and co-facilitated weekly support groups at both St. David’s locations • Identified and provided timely and effective psychosocial supports and interventions for families • Helped families identify and access medical and therapeutic services in their community • Provided bereavement support for families who have experienced a loss at any point



Central Texas Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Social Work Intern

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

  • Assisted with/performed patient psychosocial assessments • Communicated with case managers and nurses • Assisted with administrative duties, including answering phones operating fax machines • Communicated with patients about Medicare and Medicaid services • Assisted with/performed patient psychosocial assessments • Communicated with case managers and nurses • Assisted with administrative duties, including answering phones operating fax machines • Communicated with patients about Medicare and Medicaid services