-BA degree in psychology with a minor in human development and family studies. -Masters in Social Work-Licensed Banner Behavioral Health Hospital – [Part Time] Crisis Interventionist working within Banner Psychiatric Center. Duties include conducting triage assessments with walk in patients, determining need for inpatient hospitalization, completing suicide risk and bio-psychosocial assessments. Desert Vista Hospital – [Contract/Per Diem] Unit Social Worker. Duties include conducting intake assessments with new patients, collecting collateral information, contacting witnesses and filing court paperwork for petitions, requesting SMI evaluations, participating in discharge planning and staffings, working to locate housing and other resources for clients, setting clients up with substance abuse treatment programs and connecting patients to other services as needed. Arizona’s Children Association – Program Director for DES programs. Supervised foster care and adoption programs within Pinal and Gila Counties. Duties include: implementing programs in accordance with contract and licensing requirements, managing services performed by employees, contract staff, trainees and volunteers. Pinal Hispanic Council – Intake Clinician working to conduct comprehensive behavioral health assessments in order to enroll clients for mental health, substance abuse, counseling and/or other services offered through Cenpatico. Includes; screening for eligibility, assessing for harm, risk and safety of the client, identifying diagnoses, writing a complete bio-psychosocial assessment and working with the client to create a plan of treatment. Value Options: [Oct 2005 – May 2007] Clinical Liaison working with the seriously mentally ill population. Duties include supervising case management staff and providing direct care to clients. Conducting home, jail and hospital visits on a routine basis. Responding to crisis situations if needed. Was promoted to clinical liaison.
