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• Manage patient and family services to meet medically related social and emotional needs as impacted on their medical condition, treatment, and recovery, providing safe transition from one care environment to another.• Utilize core competencies including knowledge of the PASAAR process for extended care facility placement, the assessment and counseling processes, knowledge of home healthcare set-up process, skills assessing neglect and abuse, including substance abuse and domestic violence, and use of EMR Epic IHIS and Aiden proficient.• Coordinate health education and the provision of material resources and linkage with community agencies, in addition to financial counseling and discharge planning

• Developed and implemented treatment plans related to the care plan of both individual patients and group therapy settings.• Conducted and collaborated with the multi-disciplinary treatment team in the planning process of patient’s care plan.• Managed therapeutic and psychiatric services to patients, families, and caregivers in collaboration with the physician and treatment team to assess patient care and progress.

• Coordinated extended training programs related to substance abuse and mental health dual diagnostic therapeutic approaches.• Conducted individual trauma counseling including life skills education, rehabilitation, and health behavior training• Provided substance abuse related cognitive behavioral therapy for in-patient program.