• Oversee admissions, referral, and intake process• Train staff on risk assessment and strategies for safely managing crises on the unit• Review referrals to the CSU to determine appropriate level of care• Complete diagnostic interview and intake assessments• Make clinical recommendations regarding the focus of treatment at the CSU

• Facilitated the collaboration of a multidisciplinary team of 10 (including our client member) as we generated treatment goals, developed interventions, and modified plans based on day-to-day changes in conditions.• Held ultimate responsibility for the clinical care of 78 individuals being treated by our team all of whom were diagnosed with a severe and persistent mental illness, 97% of whom had suffered from trauma, and 70% who were chronically homeless.• Provided clinical supervision to team members including our Vocational Specialist, Housing Specialist, Psychiatric Nurse, Substance Use Specialist, and Rehabilitation Specialists during which I oversaw the development of discipline specific interventions to use with our members. • Reviewed all documentation including Behavioral Health Assessments, written Treatment Plans, Progress Notes, and Crisis Intervention Plans for 10 staff. • Provided in the field support to staff, modeling interventions as training, shadowing their interventions for feedback, and providing back-up in crisis management situations

• Collaborated with multidisciplinary team at Short Term Acute Residential Treatment (START)• Engaged residents in strengths-based sessions to increase psychiatric stability and plan for discharge • Completed Behavioral Health Assessments at the time of intake• Facilitated group sessions on self-esteem, co-occurring disorders, Dialectical and Behavioral Therapy, etc.

• Conducted diagnostic assessments, identifying Axis II disorders in people with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders• Implemented an experimental intervention, “Contingency Management”, which uses principles of Operant Conditioning to reward abstinence from drug use• Evaluated research participants for traumatic brain injuries and substance abuse disorders

• Provided individualized and comprehensive, community-based treatment to people with serious and persistent mental illness• Worked with a multi-disciplinary clinical team to implement the ACT model as an evidence based practice• Managed psychiatric crises in the community, enabling individuals to remain in their homes, preventing unnecessary hospitalizations while supporting them to increase self-efficacy• Worker as a Clinician on the “Creating Communities” Intentional Recovery Communities prior to accepting a promotion to ACT services