OBJECTIVE:

• Seeking a position in the Human Services profession that will enable me to utilize my psychological skills and work experience.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Behavioral Specialist Consultant

Confidential, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities:

• Serves as a consultant to the Mobile Therapist and/or Therapeutic Staff Support while maintaining some direct contact with the child and family. Works with all members of the treatment team to design and direct a behavior modification plan that will meet the needs of the child and family.
• Provides instruction to other members of the treatment team in their roles and responsibilities in implementing the plan. Participates in special child - specific, family-focused interagency service planning meetings

Contractor/Clinical Counselor

Confidential, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities:

• Provided for client care through data collection and assessment. Collected subjective and objective data and assess the need for admissions to the services through the bio-psychosocial and diagnostic summary. Continually collected and documents data and assess problem areas. Completed preliminary treatment plans, Master Treatment Plans, Treatment Plan Updates, and discharge plan within specified time frames. Provided individual and group counseling to chemically dependent individuals and their families. Documented assessments, interventions, and client responses in the client records.

Confidential, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities:

• Listened to the family, asks questions, and provides information to the child and the family. Included parents or other caretakers as members of the treatment team and as partners in treatment. Included the child as a participant in his/her own treatment. Determined the need for any necessary family support services with the family and case manager and develop, with the case manager and other involved professionals, a plan to obtain the identified services.

Lead Family Based Clinician

Confidential

Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities:

• Provided services to children and families who have serious emotional disorders who have been prescribed Family-based Mental Health services. Performed community outreach to assigned families, either accompanied by the Family-based Counselor or alone, as appropriate.
• Joined with the individual/family in an effective and culturally competent manner in order to: perform individual and/or family therapy, develop treatment plans and behavioral interventions, oversee the implementation of the same, model appropriate behavior, and identify, make linkages with, and coordinate resources needed by the client/family. Intervened in crisis situations and serves in the twenty-four on-call rotation.

Psychologist Consultant

Confidential, Woodbine, New Jersey

Responsibilities:

• Provided weekend Behavioral Health coverage for residential facility that serves approximately 700 men with mental retardation and/or developmental disabilities. Provided Individual and Group Therapy to clients upon request from staff. Interfaces with on-duty psychologists to receive clinical updates on specific clients. Collaborated with staff to ensure proper treatment and continual development through implementation of each individualized service package. Documented direct interactions with staff and clients on a daily basis.

Behavioral Specialist Consultant/Mobile Therapist )

Confidential, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities:

• Served as a consultant to the Mobile Therapist and/or Therapeutic Staff Support while maintaining some direct contact with the child and family. Worked with all members of the treatment team to design and direct a behavior modification plan that will meet the needs of the child and family.
• Listened to the family, asks questions, and provides information to the child and the family. Included parents or other caretakers as members of the treatment team and as partners in treatment. Included the child as a participant in his/her own treatment..

Therapist

Confidential, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities:

• Maintained client caseload. Facilitated therapeutic groups. Assisted in the development of treatment plans with clients. Documented daily progress in clinical records, when deemed necessary. Attended clinical meetings as needed. Attended related clinical in-service . Participated in daily activities associated with program operations. Conducted individual therapy when deemed necessary by the clinical team.

Intensive Case Manager

Confidential, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities:

• Performed client contacts and assist with on-going needs. Engaged and interacted with client issues to assess in establishing independent living skills and maintain connection with appropriate services and resources. Attended related clinical in-service .

Therapeutic Staff Support

Confidential, Flourtown, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities:

• Provided deemed medically necessary intensive mental health support and supervision to a child/adolescent as recommended by the mental health team. Provided ongoing supervision, monitoring and assessment of the child’s activities and behavior shaping techniques. Implement appropriate consequences for negative behaviors. Documented client’s daily progress in correlation to Treatment Plan goals.

Therapeutic Staff Support

Confidential, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities:

• Provided deemed medically necessary intensive mental health support and supervision to a child/ adolescent as recommended by the mental health team. Provided ongoing supervision, monitoring and assessment of the child’s activities and behavior shaping techniques. Documented client’s daily progress in correlation to Treatment Plan goals.

Mental Health Counselor

Confidential, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities:

• Managed department’s petty cash account for related events. Documented Confidential ts’ daily progress in Partial Hospital Program in correlation with chart Treatment Plans for 15 clients. Developed and implemented treatment goals and objectives with Treatment team. Conducted Psychotherapy group sessions for Geriatric Psychiatry population. Attended related clinical in-service .