Benjamin Haskin Email & Phone Number

South Lyon, Michigan, United States

Southfield, Michigan, United States

• Provide in-home and in-office individualized, person-centered, and goal-directed therapy to an ever-growing caseload of 22 people within Easterseals’ Specialized Residential Services (SRS) program.
• Practice DBT, CBT, and Trauma Focused-CBT to individuals requiring high acuity care and treatment. Support individuals with diagnoses including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, and.
• Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams and families. Participate in routine team meetings where pertinent mental health information is shared with case managers, nurses, and psychiatrists.
• Schedule, conduct, and complete Community Living Support (CLS) Assessments. Utilize sound clinical judgement to ensure individuals are placed in the most appropriate residential placements where their needs and level.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Advocate, empower, and support individuals diagnosed with Intellectual Disability and other cognitive impairment who live in SPIN’s adult residential program.
• Analyze and implement behavior data collection in the homes of individuals whom I support. Create individualized behavior data spreadsheets and visualizations to illustrate progression, regression, and highlight.
• Create and maintain person centered, strength-based behavior support plans for a caseload of 26 people. Develop strategies to help support individuals who present with challenging behaviors.
• Regularly train direct support professionals and other interdisciplinary team members on the behavior support plans I develop and the strategies within them.
• Complete behavior specific clinical reports that are included in medication reviews with psychiatry on a 90-day basis for all individuals who are followed by psychiatry.
• Facilitate group therapy for individuals in SPIN’s behavioral health arrangements bi-monthly and record progress notes for the members in these sessions.

Farmington Hills, MI

• Conducted weekly therapy sessions which addressed the needs of 3 clients aged 11-19 with cognitive and emotional impairment.
• Maintained full case management responsibility for 2 clients, which included writing court reports and Michigan foster-care Updated Service Plans, in addition to weekly therapy sessions.
• Acted as a team player by proactively coordinating communication with other parties involved in the youth’s life on a consistent basis, including adoption workers, state workers, family members, teachers, and mentors.
• Prepared medication review regimens for New Directions’ psychiatrist and checked Medication Administration Records to make sure each youth was taking the correct medication and dosage at the specified time.
• Developed exceptional clinical skills through regular supervision and mentorship from a senior LCSW.

Canton, MI

• Supervised and empowered over 30 participants aged 15+ years diagnosed with Autism and Down’s Syndrome.
• Planned, organized, and monitored recreational activities for participants within the program.

Novi, Michigan

• Perform a variety of services for the public across multiple crimes such as fraud’s, identity theft, stolen/found property, and suspicious circumstances.
• Responsible for conducting the booking procedures, including inputting criminal charges and taking fingerprints.
• Entrusted with ensuring full care was provided for inmates in custody at the department.
• Gained a significant understanding in socioeconomic and racial disparities within the criminal justice system.

Lansing, Michigan Area

• Tasked with contributing to Critical Infrastructure/Key Resource information-gathering by open source research.
• Participated in numerous professional and high level projects such as working on State Information Needs or information gathering for Law Enforcement Personnel in the field.
• Worked on gathering information through open source research for a Cyber Crime related research paper.

Canton, Michigan

• Provided friendly customer service and interacted with a wide variety of citizens.
• Trained new servers by teaching our POS system and answering questions about menu items.
• Able to comfortably balance a part time job and maintain exceptional grades in all classes.

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Social Work

Interpersonal Practice: Children and Youth in Families and Society.

Bachelor'S Degree, Criminal Justice/Religious Studies

Activities and Societies: MSU Chess Club 2012-2013 Suburban Hockey League 2012-2014

Education record