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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

In an integrative healthcare environment, responsible for treatment planning, assessments, appropriate documentation of clinical progress, and the delivery of evidence-based therapy modalities and interventions to meet the needs of individuals, couples, and families. In addition, responsible for leading group sessions, educational workshops, and working closely with the clinical team in helping each patient reach their optimal health and assuring a streamlined coordination of care.

Douglasville, Ga

As a solo private practice, Olivet Behavioral Health Services is uniquely positioned to offer services to difficult to treat clients. Children and adolescent with behavioral and emotional difficulties have been known to cycle in and out of inpatient as well as outpatient treatment programs experiencing little to no success. A trauma-informed approach is clinically proven to help difficult to treat clients because of its unique targeted treatment methods designed to get at the heart of the causes of the problems.

Greater Atlanta Area

As team leader for a mobile crisis response team: trained, mentored and supervised masters level social workers in clinical practice for mobile crisis assessments, adhered to time constraints responding to calls and arriving on scene within 90 minutes within a wide geographic area in metro Atlanta; served a diverse population of clients in need of mental health mobile crisis interventions, including young children, veterans, the elderly, and homeless individuals; supervised paraprofessional staff members including Certified Peer Specialists, bachelor’s and master’s level paraprofessionals.

Newnan, Ga

Effectively decreased absenteeism for one high school, two middle schools, and six elementary schools; initiated and advocated for greater evidence based practices (EBP) system wide to the School Social Workers Association of Georgia; collaborated with IT department and guided the development of an end user computer generated output to improve reporting of attendance data and generate attendance reports for 39 schools system wide; consulted monthly with administrators at nine schools and produced and presented excel spreadsheet reports tracking trends in school attendance, identified problem areas and worked collaboratively to implement solutions; met annually with system level administrators and community stakeholders and evaluated implementation of school system attendance policy.

Fulton And Coweta Counties

Assessed the level of risk to children; conducted interviews with alleged child victims, caretakers and others; worked with law enforcement and Juvenile Court staff; testified in Court with regard to children in the agency’s legal custody.

Fayetteville, North Carolina Area

Linked, arranged, coordinated, and monitored services; developed client centered treatment/habilitation plans for children with developmental disabilities in an outpatient program; maintained medical records; managed CAP Medicaid Waiver budget.

Whiteville, Nc

Planned, individualized, and implemented instruction for special education students in self-contained classroom, grades 6-8; special populations included children with behavioral disabilities, learning disabilities, and developmental disabilities; supervised paraprofessional staff.

Fayetteville, North Carolina Area

Planned, individualized, and implemented instruction for special education students in self-contained classroom, grades 6-8; special populations included children with behavioral disabilities, learning disabilities, and developmental disabilities; supervised paraprofessional staff.

Doctor Of Social Work (Dsw), Clinical/Medical Social Work

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Honor Society

Master Of Social Work - Msw

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society