Jack Gorham Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles County, California, United States

- Responsible for managing, diagnosing, and treating clients in the case load. - Conducts strengths based and culturally competent assessments.- Creates long term strategies to build trust, encouraging clients to use the mental health services offered. - Develops and strengthens community relationships throughout Los Angeles County.- Outreaches to drop-in centers and community referrals to reduce barriers for access. “No Wrong Door”- Initiated DMH mental health outreach and support to Community Colleges to support students experiencing homelessness.- Visits local shelters to meet with clients and support them with individualized interventions including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, Problem-Solving Therapy (PST), and crisis management. - Ensure clients get to service providers through engagement, persuasion, and behavior modification.

- Responsible for providing ‘on-ground’ countywide support of DSWs through the high intensity COVID-19 period.- Deployed to 26 RAP sites throughout LAC to provide individual coaching, case consultations, education, and mediation between Los Angeles City RAP, DMH staff, and contracted providers. - Represented DMH at meetings and calls hosted by the LA City Mayor’s Office.- Created the agenda for DSW weekly trainings, including guest presenters from DMH and LA community groups. - Developed “DSW 101” training resulting in successful deployment of 11 newly hired Therapeutic Transport Community Health Workers. - Led the DSWs at two of the largest PRK sites totaling over 750 rooms; developed triage and tracking procedures to ensure seamless coordination of mental health needs between nursing, site managers, and DMH.

Greater Los Angeles, California, United States

- Responsible for the hiring, training, developing, and managing the performance of a team of 8 mental health professionals.- Aggressively recruited, selected, and trained three case managers, three clinical social workers, a nurse, and peer partner resulting in TAY team having no vacancies and successfully treating 74 FSP TAY with severe and persistent Axis I mental illness and co-occurring disorders.- Identified internal organizational shortfalls and streamlined reporting.- Recognized by DMH for taking on difficult clients while successfully transitioning legacy clients from FSP to less intensive levels of care.- Increased TAY’s billable services in the first year through scheduled individualized supervision and supportive interventions. - Collaborated and engaged with external community service providers to facilitate linkage between program and external resources.

- Responsible for managing, diagnosing, and treating the assigned clients in the case load. - Conducted strengths-based and culturally competent assessments to facilitate individualized mental health treatment for families and youth.- Developed, planned, and executed multiple group activities for FSP youth over the long-term resulting in reduced isolation while increasing interpersonal skills.

San Diego, Ca

- Responsible for treating clients with serious psychiatric illness in individual and group settings.

San Diego, Ca

- Responsible for coordinating AB-109 pre-release program of enhanced outpatient clients to reduce recidivism.

San Diego, Ca

- Responsible for managing operations across six satellite locations including computer support/training, maintenance, and monitoring of product inventory, increased productivity of 20%.

Weisbaden Germany

- Responsible for the training, morale, and welfare of 35 soldiers and nine local civilians in the Central Iraq Theater.- Led a combat logistics operation consisting of two distribution facilities while overcoming a staffing shortage of 45%. Successfully supported over 35,000 troops while running 24/7 operations.

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Mental Health Counseling/Counselor, 3.50

Activities and Societies: Clinical Caucus Co-Chair, San Diego Academic Center USC CalSWEC Mental Health Stipend Jannette Alexander.

Liberal Arts, Political Science, History

Activities and Societies: Football