Ashlea Wesley, M.S.W., Cctp Email & Phone Number

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Coordinates mental health care for warriors through advocacy efforts with the VA and through private facilities to ensure that warrior's mental health needs are being met efficiently.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

• ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) Certified • SafeTALK (Suicide Prevention) Facilitator/Instructor Certified• Conducts comprehensive behavioral health risk assessments for post-9/11 warriors and their families to provide emotional support, complex case coordination of care, and comprehensive mental health care based on their level of need as identified by telephone engagement • Identified appropriate services to warriors in crisis, connects with law enforcement for safety checks, provides crisis response/intervention when warrior is experiencing lethality/suicidality to manage complex and emergent situations • Navigates challenging conversations with warriors related to mental health, makes recommendations for clinical treatment, including higher level of care, i.e. intensive outpatient programs (IOP), partial-hospitalization programs (PHP), and in-patient programs. • Connects warriors with treatment options that meet their mental health needs and ensures appropriate care coordination when in crisis and non-crisis situations• Debriefs, provides postvention, to teammates and leadership for ongoing emotional support • Trained to remain calm during stressful situations to promote safety of all parties involved• Maintains effective and accurate case record documentation for metrics and data performance • Regularly identifies continuous program improvements to enhance programming for warriors & families through ongoing evaluation of processes and how it impacts those served • Facilitate internal program briefings on evidence-based programs, psycho-educational briefs• Serve as a mentor to program teammates, reviews program metrics & make recommendations • Offers and participates in innovative initiatives for program enhancement

Jacksonville, Florida

• Enhance warrior resiliency and psychological well-being through emotional support, goal-setting accountability, psychoeducation, needs assessments, internal/external program referrals, and expectation management • Track individual data metrics to demonstrate an increase in resilience and psychological well-being• Ability to quickly build rapport with warriors resulting in excellent service ratings consistently • Collaborate on multiple projects within this program & cross-collaborated with other programs aimed at achieving outcomes and enhancing quality of life for warriors and their families • Develop & host psycho-educational sessions with warriors to increase connection & enhance resiliency • Conduct internal & external program briefs for recruitment, connection, & collaboration• Managed high-priority cases of warriors experiencing lethality/suicidality to ensure case coordination of emotional support, clinical connections, and ongoing recommendations

Orange Park, Florida, United States

• Conducted clinical intake mental health assessments for clients • Completed clinical treatment plans, treatment updates, behavioral health and in-depth comprehensive mental health assessments • Developed clinical recommendation of services provided, including treatment goals • Completed and scored clinical assessments to inform mental health diagnoses utilizing scientific methods • Completed clinical recommendations for diagnoses with diagnostic criteria

Jacksonville, Florida Area

• Provided individual therapy & case management services, bio-psychosocial evaluations • Developed in-depth summary reports related to participant behaviors, actions, including action plans, completed adoption home studies for child placement, conducted site visits for ongoing evaluation, coordinated services • Maintained cultural sensitivity; identified & develop community supports & resources • Conduct assessments for trauma victims, including sexual assault, provide emotional support & refer to applicable resources

Jacksonville, Florida Area

• Assessed service members short- & long-term transitional path, provided consultations and emotional support related to their post service readjustment through intake assessment, ongoing transitional plans • Provided one-on-one mentorship, support and goal-focused plans with service members to continuously develop their skills and abilities, including developing plans to overcome barriers & successfully reintegrate into civilian life• Prepared and presented programs briefs & facilitated group presentations to active-duty military • Executed organizational training plans through strategic planning activities; lead trainer during presentations to military community; subject matter expert in military & veteran resources• Conducted program outreach, built stakeholder relationships, developed plans to improve quality of life & well-being• Developed community partnerships, advocated for clients through effective communication, enhanced customer relationship management techniques • POC for marketing campaigns to promote military-related events to increase awareness & support• Collaborated to identify military transition-related challenges to coordinate events to meet trend needs

Jacksonville, Florida Area

• Conducted State & Federal Case Management Audits to evaluate program areas of opportunities & ensure appropriate assessments and case management services are provided to meet the client’s needs• Developed new effective tracking mechanisms/processes to increase data performance & trained staff on efficiency • Decreased the organization’s financial risk by enforcing systems in place & developing quality improvement systems • Enhanced training development tools, resulting in an increase in data performance • Evaluate case management activities for cases involving sexual assault and at-risk individuals, including victim care, referrals to appropriate resources, trauma recovery conditions, and ongoing client functioning assessments

Jacksonville, Florida Area

• Promoted to Associate Director of Court Services to managed indirect staff of 40+ and developing procedures and training materials for performance and specific processes for court interventions of the child welfare program• Developed & managed evidence-based case management program with triage concept, including creating the program training manual, training staff, monitoring performance, recommending & implementing program enhancements• Implemented, developed, and maintained weekly productivity stakeholder meetings to increase efficiency, timelines & accuracy by conducting workload planning & scheduling as evident by data reporting • Developed schedules for training, executed tasks from upper management, planned, conducted, and facilitated weekly trainings on topics relating to job duties to upwards of 20+ participants• Collaborated with key stakeholders, subject matter experts, and modernized instructional delivery; enhanced quality of training and employee satisfaction through a supportive working environment, resulting in a low turn-over rate• Program provided ongoing case management services to individuals with mental health issues, including active duty military, military spouses, veterans, and other clients with trauma specific to PTSD, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional/psychological abuse, and other forms of trauma• Recommended methods to improve production/quality of work and evaluating the program effectiveness for on an ongoing basis while troubleshooting to overcome identified challenges

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

• Promoted to program supervisor to lead a team specializing in at-risk youth • Developed and awarded program proposal that brought in an additional program, Extended Foster Care to the agency • Collaborated with community-based agencies in developing programmatic policies and procedures to inform social work practice with at-risk youth • Directly supervised 8 employees, provided 1:1 and group trainings on internal policies and onboarding • Tracked performance requirements and employee expectations, completed performance reviews, develop performance improvement plans, developed and enacted disciplinary actions plans• Provided leadership and guidance to employees on complex child welfare situations • Provided postvention and prioritized self-care techniques to employees managing challenging situations that can lead to compassion fatigue

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

• Promoted to specialized work with crossover ‘at-risk’ youth in both the foster care and juvenile justice systems • Developed life skills training for at-risk youth, provided mentorship to other case managers on training provided • Identified areas of opportunity for working with this population and recommended program implementation that promoted strengthening youth’s protective factors and safety • Presented recommendations and advocacy in court for dependency and delinquency court systems• Developed safety plans to ensure child welfare and safety• Trained as the agency CSEC Specialist (Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children) to work with at-risk youth and community stakeholders • Facilitated multi-disciplinary staffings to include stakeholders for youth to ensure appropriate wrap-around services through a system of car• Assessed trauma victims for appropriate services & community-based resources• Completed written technical reports; provided trainings on Human Trafficking services & assessments; reported verbally in the court system for victim advocacy

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

• Provided trauma victim case management services; Excelled at victim advocacy; Ensured appropriate services provided; Assessed victim for ongoing trauma; Completed written technical reports; Provided verbal updates to courts• Conducted family functioning assessments to determine child safety • Assess family and child needs based on level of risk to develop court ordered case plan• Monitored family outcomes, provided legal updates to the court, including testimony • Familiar with dependency law and child safety under Florida Administrative Code • Provided specialized services to family to ensure court-ordered services met their needs

Macclenny, Fl

• Prepared and presented probationary reports to the court, commitment programs, and other service providers• Completed court documents for juvenile supervision and case manager as required by statute, department policies, and procedures • Maintained accurate case files on all supervised youth, made recommendations and met with State Attorney’s to determine probationary guidelines while conducting ongoing assessments of the youth• Coordinated and participated in multi-disciplinary staffings to advocate for youth and any identified victims• Specialized in managing Jimmy Ryce/Juvenile Sex Offender cases, ensuring that service assessments were based on needs & the appropriate resources were utilized

Jacksonville, Florida Area

• Provided trauma victim case management services; Excelled at victim advocacy; Ensured appropriate services provided; Assessed victim for ongoing trauma; Completed written technical reports; Provided verbal updates to courts• Conducted family functioning assessments to determine child safety • Assess family and child needs based on level of risk to develop court ordered case plan• Monitored family outcomes, provided legal updates to the court, including testimony • Familiar with dependency law and child safety under Florida Administrative Code • Provided specialized services to family to ensure court-ordered services met their needs

Master Of Social Work - Msw, Social Work

Master Of Science - Ms, Criminal Justice/Critical Incident Management

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Criminal Justice

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology

Master Of Social Work - Msw, Social Work