Charisse Dawkins, Lcsw, Ecmh-E® Email & Phone Number

Fredericksburg, Va, Us

Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States

• Conduct bio-psychosocial assessments, clinical interviews and administer diagnostic assessments for children, adolescents and adults• Provide clinical counseling services to individuals and families• Provide safe and therapeutic intervention based on assessed needs for various clients• Guide clients in the development of skills and strategies for coping with their problems. • Collaborate with clients to develop treatment plans and goals• Assess and implement treatment goals for each client• Generated documentation for counseling sessions, treatment plans, and utilization reviews• Collaborate with doctors, school staff, case managers and other interested parties in order to exchange necessary information during treatment.

Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Provide clinical, administrative, and daily management of Early Childhood Mental Health program ensuring effective access to and delivery of services, including hiring qualified mental health professionals.• Develop team members capacity to perform mental health consultation through clinical competency-based and reflective supervision. • Foster and inspire an inclusive workplace through facilitation of monthly team meetings and power, privilege, and oppression groups monthly with a focus on racial, linguistic, and cultural responsiveness. • Prepare, oversee, and present narrative and statistical reports documenting the work of program in relation to case activity, trends, system gaps, and efficiencies in accordance with program funding requirements.• Prepares, justifies, and administers the program budget. • Develop departmental website to increase marketing and deliver program information to external customers. • In collaboration with state and local Early Childhood Mental Health community stakeholders assisted in production of a workforce hiring guide and internship guide. • Actively participates on the CO Department of Early Childhood, ECMH Workforce Workgroup and the Early Childhood Workforce Development Subcommittee.• Facilitate Denver Health Head Start social work internship program and collaborate with University of Denver and Metropolitan State University.

Greater Denver Area

• Provides Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation services for children ages 0-6 through coaching, modeling, education, training, and guidance on appropriate mental health referrals to children, families, and Early Childhood Education staff in home and school-based setting.• Provide teaching and presentation of relevant mental health topics to the parents, caregivers, Early Childhood Educational staff, and community members. • Collaborate with Early Childhood Educators to develop classroom-based strategies that address young children's social/emotional needs, while ensuring that feasible implementation.• Provide individual Relationship-based Reflective Processing services to Early Childhood Education staff to decrease work-related stress and increase well-being. • Document consultation activities into data management system, Salesforce.

Denver, Colorado, United States

The Head Start Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation LEAD provides early childhood mental health consultation and program development as a key member of the Head Start team. This position provides culturally responsive and affirming child and family-focused consultation, classroom-focused consultation, program-focused consultation and relationship-based reflective processing to Head Start staff, children, and families. Duties include: • Participates or provides leadership of department, agency, or community meetings as well as internal Denver Health workgroups.• Participate in academic efforts in research and professional writing.• Participates in grant writing and pursuit of additional program funding to sustain and grow services• Participates in grant reporting and data collection for grant reporting.• Help Team Supervisor pursue possible CRM system to better support data collection. • Participates in research and possibly procurement of client relationship management system and or data base. • Participate in ongoing learning and research on models of Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and assessment tools to ensure best practice and effectively manage program outcomes.• Co-lead and develop working model of power, privilege, and oppression groups to create ongoing ant-bias and anti-racist practices. • Participate and assist in creation of program website and/or program pad let. • Assist in employee interviews• Participate and help train new employees. • Participate in creating a path and plan for team members to pursue IECMHC (infant and early childhood mental health consultation) endorsement.

Greater Denver Area

• Conduct bio-psychosocial assessments, clinical interviews and administer diagnostic assessments for children, adolescents and adults• Provide clinical counseling services to individuals and families• Provide safe and therapeutic intervention based on assessed needs for various clients• Guide clients in the development of skills and strategies for coping with their problems. • Collaborate with clients to develop treatment plans and goals• Assess and implement treatment goals for each client

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Conduct bio-psychosocial assessments, clinical interviews and administer diagnostic assessments for children, adolescents and adults• Provide clinical counseling services to individuals and families• Provide safe and therapeutic intervention based on assessed needs for various clients• Guide clients in the development of skills and strategies for coping with their problems. • Collaborate with clients to develop treatment plans and goals• Assess and implement treatment goals for each client• Generated documentation for counseling sessions, treatment plans, and utilization reviews• Collaborate with doctors, school staff, case managers and other interested parties in order to exchange necessary information during treatment

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Conduct assessments through interview and direct observation of individuals with autism and develop appropriate evidence-based treatment recommendations• Educate individuals, families and groups on autism spectrum disorder and evidence-based interventions • Collaborate with caregivers to develop home and/or classroom-based strategies that address young children's social/emotional needs, while ensuring that caregivers can feasibly implement those strategies• Provide technical assistance, research, training, and service activities for agencies and families• Collaborate with Florida Public Schools by providing technical assistance and training in autism evidence-based intervention strategies• Facilitate support group of students on the Autism Spectrum to include clarifying meeting content, objectives and to establish ground rules that govern behavior• Participate in community organization meetings and events to benefit the work of the agency• Supervise, instruct, and train graduate students in methods and procedures; checks and approves all work

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Conducted semi-structured multidimensional assessments for children and adolescents• Administered and score evidence-based assessment tools for school-age children• Diagnosed children and adolescents with mental health disorders based on the DSM-V

• Provided intake, identification, assessment, evaluation, tracking and referral of eligible military family members in the EFMP with accuracy and regulatory compliance• Developed Standard Operating Procedures and policies for program operating standards• Served as liaison to health care professionals on provision of available services and resources at the military installation• Demonstrated knowledge of statistical data management systems (PERNET and EDAS) in order to input and track program enrollments

Provided courteous and timely customer service to patients, family and visitors. Enter and retrieve information into Composite Health Care System (CHCS) and Armed Forces Longitudinal Technology Application (ALTHA).Scheduled patient appointments into Composite Health Care System (CHCS) and Armed Forces Longitudinal Technology Application (ALTHA). Handled approximately 35 daily phones call from patients, other medical departments and agencies. Effectively and accurately reconciled End of day reports. Created a new management routine for new hire employees to the clinic.

Supported over 30 surgeons who performed approximately 5,000 surgical procedures in a seven room geographically surgical suite Assisted providers in surgical procedures in the operating room, the surgical services includes-orthopedic, general, thorasic, laproscopic, urology, gynecology, plastics, otolaryngology, and vascular surgery.

Greeted patients, received consults and scheduled patients for appropriate Urological procedures and examinations.Reprocessed 250 surgical instrument sets in Central Sterile Supply with 100% error-free production. Assisted in maintaining a safe patient care environment ensuring optimum conditions during surgical procedures.Trained 33 operating room personnel on skin disinfection techniques. Supported 30 surgeons who performed approximately 5,000 surgical procedures in a five room geographically surgical suite. Assisted providers in surgical procedures in the operating room, the surgical services includes-orthopedic, general, urology, gynecology, plastics, otolaryngology, and vascular surgery. Assist with orientation of new OR personnel

Assisted in transporting patients to and from surgery, performed daily testing on sterilization equipment. Maintained over 250 surgical instrument sets and performed daily surgical scrub and circulating duties.Recognized by Operating Room Chief Nurse for outstanding performanceReceived Achievement Medal for Meritorious service

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Clinical Social Work

Activities and Societies: CARD- Center of Autism and Related DisabilitiesAdvance academic studies in clinical social work.

Bs, Psychology

Certificate, Clinical Mental Healthcertificate

The clinical mental health care certificate is designed to meet the needs of individuals who currently work or desire to work in mental.