Experience

Cornell Scott - Hill Health Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Clinician

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Works as a clinician at a federally qualified health center at an outpatient level for both behavioral health patients as well as methadone maintenance for substance use clients. Provides professional clinical services to individual clients, groups, and families in the CSHHC setting. Works as a clinician at a federally qualified health center at an outpatient level for both behavioral health patients as well as methadone maintenance for substance use clients. Provides professional clinical services to individual clients, groups, and families in the CSHHC setting.



Wheeler Clinic

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Clinician MDFT

  • Jan 2018 - May 2020

  Works as a clinician for an evidenced based intensive in-home program for youth ages 9-18 presenting with substance abuse issues, oppositional behaviors and family conflict. Provides clinical interventions and strategies coupled with connecting youth to services in the community and collaborating with internal and external providers, as well as addressing educational needs. Job duties include helping youth understand the connections between drug use, criminal behavior and mental health. Helping youth acquire skills that enhance positive peer relations, healthy self-esteem, connection to school and community activities, increased autonomy and an emotional connection to family members, and helping families learn to apply skills that improve familial relationships. Show less

• Clinician MST

  • Sep 2018 - Jan 2019

  Worked as a clinician for a unique treatment program designed to serve youth ages 12-18, in their community who were at risk for out of home placement. Served youth with complex emotional, social, and academic needs, including chronic, violent, delinquent behavior and serious emotional issues, including, truancy, disrespect and disobedience, aggressive and criminal behavior, drugs and alcohol problems, and running away. Job duties included integration of empirically based treatment approaches to address a comprehensive range of risk factors across family, peer, school, and community contexts. Promotion of behavior change in the youths natural environment, with the overriding goal of empowering caregivers; and rigorous quality assurance mechanisms that focus on achieving outcomes through maintaining treatment fidelity and developing strategies to overcome barriers to behavior change. Show less



Family Centered Services of CT

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

• Clinician

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2018

  Works as a clinician in an intensive in-home service that provides family and child focused services to family members who have become licensed to provide foster care to a relative through DCF. Kinship caregivers take on a dual role as foster parent in addition to grandma, aunt or cousin and deal with complicated family dynamics. The goal of the program is to prevent the disruption of placements and increase stability and permanency while providing support to families. Job duties include case management services including linking clients to community resources, providing parenting skill education, child developmental education, encouraging co-parenting and creating healthy boundaries with birth parents, providing therapeutic support surrounding grief, loss, attachment, and trauma, and identifying and assisting in ways to reduce caregiver stress. Other tasks include, intakes, assessments, facilitating monthly meetings with DCF, making referrals, and discharge planning Show less



Libby's Italian Pastry Shop

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Customer Service

  • Apr 2009 - Dec 2017

  Perform sales transactions, and assist customers Perform sales transactions, and assist customers



Milford Board of Education

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Outreach Worker

  • Sep 2016 - Jan 2017

  Worked at four elementary schools in Milford under a 1 year grant funded program, that was designed to decrease truancy. Tasks included working with children who had difficulty with attending school, making home visits when a child had excessive absenteeism, and providing families and students with assistance and appropriate services to eliminate truancy and assist the student in reaching their academic and overall potential. Worked at four elementary schools in Milford under a 1 year grant funded program, that was designed to decrease truancy. Tasks included working with children who had difficulty with attending school, making home visits when a child had excessive absenteeism, and providing families and students with assistance and appropriate services to eliminate truancy and assist the student in reaching their academic and overall potential.



Masonicare

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 400 - 500 Employee

• MSW Student Intern

  • Aug 2015 - Apr 2016

  Worked on a geriatric psychiatric unit on the Wallingford campus. Performed psychosocial assessments, held family meetings, made referrals, and discharge planning. Demonstrated strong advocacy skills, for both patients and their families. Provided families with information and knowledge regarding Alzheimer's and other mental health illnesses such as major depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Worked closely and maintained communication with the inter-professional team, which consisted of psychiatrists, nurses, and occupational therapists. Show less



Connecticut Partnership for Children, Inc.

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services

• MSW Student Intern

  • Aug 2014 - Apr 2015

  Worked at a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to supporting low income children and their families. Tasks at CTPFC include case management, program organizing, community assessment, intakes, and grant writing. Took part in planning and conducting five fundraising events, as well as creating and implementing new programs for our clients to take part in. Worked at a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to supporting low income children and their families. Tasks at CTPFC include case management, program organizing, community assessment, intakes, and grant writing. Took part in planning and conducting five fundraising events, as well as creating and implementing new programs for our clients to take part in.



Adult Probation In New Haven

• Student Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Worked with three probation officers assisting them with the preparation of written reports, assessing clients needs for risk potential and appropriate level of community supervision, interviewing victims of crime to determine impact and restitution, and conducting simple interviews with clients. Complied with the confidentiality terms, by entering and maintaining data in the automated information system. Worked with three probation officers assisting them with the preparation of written reports, assessing clients needs for risk potential and appropriate level of community supervision, interviewing victims of crime to determine impact and restitution, and conducting simple interviews with clients. Complied with the confidentiality terms, by entering and maintaining data in the automated information system.