Experience

JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Licensed Social Worker, Inpatient Psychiatry

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  • Conduct thorough psychosocial assessments and reassessments with veterans for interdisciplinary treatment planning • Utilize evidence-based individual and group psychotherapy practices for patients with a wide variety of psychopathologies • Conduct case management, discharge, safety planning, and advance directive planning with veterans • Coordinate patient care within an interdisciplinary team and managed interfacility handoffs • Conduct thorough psychosocial assessments and reassessments with veterans for interdisciplinary treatment planning • Utilize evidence-based individual and group psychotherapy practices for patients with a wide variety of psychopathologies • Conduct case management, discharge, safety planning, and advance directive planning with veterans • Coordinate patient care within an interdisciplinary team and managed interfacility handoffs



JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Social Work Intern

  • Sep 2020 - May 2021

  Suicide Prevention, Intern January 2021- May 2021 • Manage a caseload of high-risk veterans and conduct coordinated case management with the veterans’ providers • Follow up with veterans who utilize the Veterans Crisis Line to coordinate care • Implement mental status assessments, suicide risk assessments and safety plans for veterans in crisis • Conduct suicide prevention outreach with various businesses and organizations in the community • Provide lethal means prevention training and share Veterans Crisis Line information with veterans as part of suicide prevention outreach • Facilitate Operation S.A.V.E., a suicide prevention program, to veterans in psychosocial and substance use recovery programs Inpatient Psychiatry, Intern August 2020- December 2020 • Conducted thorough psychosocial assessments and reassessments with veterans for interdisciplinary treatment planning • Utilized evidence-based individual and group psychotherapy practices for patients with a wide variety of psychopathologies • Conducted case management, discharge, safety planning, and advance directive planning with veterans • Coordinated patient care within an interdisciplinary team and managed interfacility handoffs • Facilitated an anger management group to veterans in the acute inpatient psych unit Show less



Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Primary Counselor Intern

  • Aug 2019 - May 2020

  Primary Counselor, Intern • Provided both individual and group therapy sessions for patients with substance use concerns and co-occurring disorders • Maintained a positive healing and therapeutic environment for patient recovery • Conducted substance use intake assessments, individual counseling, continued stay reviews, and discharge planning • Developed in partnership with patients their treatment plans that range from harm reduction to total sobriety, based on patient goals Show less



Northwestern Settlement

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• AmeriCorps Program Manager

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2019

  • Planned and facilitated weekly member development trainings for 20 corps members• Provided member support and resources through regularly scheduled check-in meetings • Offered constructive and timely feedback to members and tracked progress in service through evaluations • Mentored members on decision making in their service year and their life after AmeriCorps goals • Monitored all recruitment efforts for the program, including advertising, interviews, and acceptances • Guided site coordinators in mentoring and checking-in with members at service sites Show less

• AmeriCorps Member

  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2015

  • Served in music, physical education, and yoga classes in a social and emotional learning focused school, Rowe Elementary • Successfully completed 1700 hours of service by the end of the program year • Instructed supplemental activities to students with IEP or 504 plans, either one-on-one or in a small group setting • Implemented culturally responsive pedagogy to teach students skills to be successful in and out of school • Led the donations, logistics, and publicity committees to create a meaningful day of service, Seeds of Service, an annual gardening project that recognizes the importance of access to healthy food and building community Show less



Sociology Department at the University of Illinois Springfield

• Springfield, Illinois Area

• Research Assistant

  • Nov 2013 - May 2014

  • Conducted research on Asian fusion restaurants in collaboration with Professor of Sociology, Dr. Lio • Co-Published a chapter titled, “From Asian Fusion to Asian Hipster Cuisine: Consuming Cosmopolitanism and Authenticity” in Chop Suey and Sushi from Sea to Shining Sea: Asian Restaurants in the United States • Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Conference in Portland, Oregon, the UIS Student Arts and Research Symposium at UIS, and the Undergraduate Research Day in the Springfield Capitol Show less



The Learning Hub at the University of Illinois Springfield

• Writing Peer Tutor

  • Jan 2012 - May 2014

  • Tutored students to help them with the writing process and develop college writing skills across disciplines • Aided students with regularly scheduled appointments to develop short and long-term writing goals • Tutored students to help them with the writing process and develop college writing skills across disciplines • Aided students with regularly scheduled appointments to develop short and long-term writing goals



The Women and Gender Studies Department at the University of Illinois Springfield

• Springfield, Illinois Area

• Intern in Applied Feminism

  • Aug 2012 - May 2013

  • Advertised the Women and Gender Studies Department’s events and courses to the campus community • Helped to create a survey to analyze department recruitment methods • Fostered connections with campus organizations to promote Women and Gender Studies and cross- collaborate on programming • Advertised the Women and Gender Studies Department’s events and courses to the campus community • Helped to create a survey to analyze department recruitment methods • Fostered connections with campus organizations to promote Women and Gender Studies and cross- collaborate on programming