Co-Responding Clinician

• Apr 2022 - Present

- Provide face-to-face interventions to help stabilize people in crisisand prevent further criminal justice involvement, or hospitalization when possible.- Provide comprehensive emergency client evaluations.- Assess client’s behavioral health status and provides evidence-based intervention strategies.- Provides risk assessment and intervention as part of the interdisciplinary team.- Make appropriate level of care decisions on scene.- Refer and collaborate with Mobile Crisis Clinicians or Crisis Care Managers for follow up as needed.- Work as part of a team of clinicians, specialists, first responder's, aids, case managers and psychiatric providers.- Document all patient contacts and other clinical information in the health record system.- Provide community-based crisis assessment, intervention, and on-going follow up as needed.- Provide community outreach, education, and consultation to first responders, community partners, client, and client's network of support as needed.- Provide flexibility and accommodations as needed with clients, first responders, and community partners.- Serve as an information resource and liaison to clinical and first responder teams.- Participate in job-related training sessions and seminars related to career development and continuing education.- Transport or arranges for transportation as needed in a resource scarce area. Show less

Mobile Crisis Clinician

• Jun 2021 - Apr 2022

- Provide comprehensive emergency client evaluations.- Make arrangements with emergency personnel or resources to provide care for the client.- Assess client’s behavioral health status, and provides evidence based intervention strategies.- Provide risk assessment and intervention as part of the interdisciplinary team.- Provide a care management approach around psychosocial/behavioral health needs.- Collaborates with multiple medical providers, service providers, and client support systems to coordinate care.- Work as part of a team of clinicians, specialists, aids, case managers and psychiatric providers.- Responsible for On-Call Crisis intervention for 12 or 24 hour shifts. - Document all patient contacts and other clinical information in the health record system.- Provides community-based crisis assessment, intervention, community outreach and education.- Provides telephonic and in-person crisis assessment, triage and intervention.- Serves as an information resource to clinical team and trains new clinician's on job duties and functions.- Arrange transport as needed for client care. Show less

Assertive Community Treatment Clinician

• Sep 2019 - Jun 2021

- Provide comprehensive intake assessments and develops treatment plans for clients with severe and persistent mental illnesses.- Provide risk assessment and intervention as part of an interdisciplinary team.- Facilitate behavioral action planning with client and client support systems as needed for high risk or therapy interfering behaviors.- Refer to and coordinate with appropriate emergency services, including Mobile Crisis teams, to effectively keep client in the community and deter from hospitalization.- Continually assess client’s behavioral and basic needs health status.- Provide evidence-based intervention strategies to improve client functioning and adherence.- Act as the lead liaison between client, psychiatrist, and other key providers for clients.- Provide group skill therapy, with content determined by client/clinic needs.- Provide individual and family therapy services to clients and their families determined byclient/clinic needs.- Provide resources as needed to encourage client’s progress in accomplishing treatment goals.- Collaborate with medical providers and/or additional service providers to coordinate care.- Provide a whole person care management approach around psychosocial/behavioral health needs.- Document in electronic healthcare record all patient contacts and other important clinical information.- Transport clients as needed.- Attend court, doctor's and psychiatry appointments, probation meetings, etc. to support client and information gather when client in unable to for themself. Show less

Field Guide

• May 2018 - Sep 2019

- Ensure physical and emotional safety of up to 10 clients at a time while working in backcountry and remote locations. - Facilitate group therapy, skills for emotional resiliency, and treatment plan outcomes. - Address conflicts in group dynamics while supporting client and group's social-emotional learning process. - Work in a staff team of 2-3 guides facilitating treatment outcomes, backcountry skills and safety protocols. - Work with interdisciplinary team including staff teams, individual therapists, psychiatry providers, medical teams, and program management teams to support client growth and progress. - Model and teach wilderness skills. Examples include: fire building, leave no trace principals, water safety and treatment, map orienteering, etc. - Facilitate Alcoholic's Anonymous groups weekly. - Nurture mentor-mentee relationship. - Participate and lead therapeutic activities during family program's. Accomplishments: Staff member of the month July 2019 Show less

Visitation Specialist

• Dec 2015 - Dec 2016

- Mandated reporter presence in court-ordered visits between parents and children. - Write objective, observational notes on client visits read by case workers, lawyers, and county departments. - Parent coaching and individualized parent training during each visit. - Mandated reporter presence in court-ordered visits between parents and children. - Write objective, observational notes on client visits read by case workers, lawyers, and county departments. - Parent coaching and individualized parent training during each visit.

Program Supervisor

• Aug 2014 - Nov 2015

- Oversee the facilitation of program values, therapeutic outcomes, and safety protocols by program guides while working on-call, 24 hours a day, 8 days at a time. - Act as a liaison between upper management, therapists, and field teams. - Crisis management, intervention response, and follow-up. Including debriefing teams and individuals, disciplinary action, debriefing students, incident tracking and recording, and revising protocols if necessary. - Oversee the facilitation of program values, therapeutic outcomes, and safety protocols by program guides while working on-call, 24 hours a day, 8 days at a time. - Act as a liaison between upper management, therapists, and field teams. - Crisis management, intervention response, and follow-up. Including debriefing teams and individuals, disciplinary action, debriefing students, incident tracking and recording, and revising protocols if necessary.

Program Guide

• May 2013 - May 2014

- Provide an emotionally and physically safe place for adolescence's working through disorders and addictions. - Act as a mentor, role model, and teacher in an outdoor therapeutic setting. - Uphold safety protocols and ensure weekly therapeutic outcomes are being met. - Objective observational summary of student behaviors and interactions during the daytime hours. - Provide an emotionally and physically safe place for adolescence's working through disorders and addictions. - Act as a mentor, role model, and teacher in an outdoor therapeutic setting. - Uphold safety protocols and ensure weekly therapeutic outcomes are being met. - Objective observational summary of student behaviors and interactions during the daytime hours.

Community Crew Leader

• May 2012 - Aug 2012

- Lead crews of seven-ten teenagers in community service and land projects. - Responsible for the safety, education, and job training of crew members. - Lead crews of seven-ten teenagers in community service and land projects. - Responsible for the safety, education, and job training of crew members.

ESL Instructor

• Nov 2011 - Mar 2012

Visual Art Teacher

• Mar 2011 - Jul 2011