Kenneth Wyche Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

Texas Medical Center

• Interviewing and screening patients to interpret social and environmental factors and medical requirements.• Planning course of treatment and referring cases to appropriate professionals, institutions or agencies.• Collecting data to develop significant teaching endeavors, programs, and social services.• Coordinating with physician, faculty, social agencies and relatives to address patient needs.• Conducting individual and group therapies and assisting patients in developing an economically feasible method of planning for services, and to make psychological and social adjustments necessitated by different types of illnesses, and conducts individual and group therapies.• Preparing detailed reports and reviewing sessions with coworkers and faculty members.• Conducting independent psychotherapies to assist patients in achieving positive psychological and/or social adjustments.• Participating in teaching and staff development activities, functioning as an instructor in the social work graduate student clinical practicum program.• Soliciting the assistance of religious, social, and welfare agencies in the treatment of patients.

Texas Medical Center

• Developing and initiating psychosocial plan of care.• Communicating with the patient, family and medical team.• Coordinating, implementing and following-up on the psychosocial plan of care.• Engaging patient/family in problem solving.• Providing appropriate therapeutic support (individual/family/group/grief counseling, crisis intervention). • Contacting Children's Protective Services and Law Enforcement, as appropriate.• Contributing to the efficient functioning of the department.• Participating in professional and program development to ensure quality of care and service delivery.

Region 6/5S

• Conducting needs assessments for children with special health care needs who seek Personal Care Services.• Working with families to determine if their child is eligible to receive Personal Care Services. • Providing case management for clients who seek services in addition to Personal Care Services.• Linking clients to resources to help address specific needs.• Maintaining client's tangible and digital charts.• Coordinating services with families, Personal Care Service, and the Texas Medicaid Health Partnership.• Providing resources for those children that do not qualify for Personal Care Services. • Training fellow staff on new policies, protocols, and programs.

Houston And Katy

• Serving as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team to diagnose problems, formulate treatment plans, and evaluate progress.• Providing individual and group counseling, crisis intervention and social casework for health center patients.• Conducting comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments and ensuring bio-psychosocial needs are met.• Linking patients with community resources to meet their needs• Maintaining records of encounters with patients and providing verbal and written reports as necessary.

Houston, Texas Area

•Direction of the primary health projects such as ALL HEALTHY CHILDREN and SHOUT-T to enroll uninsured children in public benefits/programs.•Coordinate CDF-Texas state and regional outreach initiatives to improve the health and well-being of Texas children. •Engage with stakeholders to support CDF priority areas of health, education and welfare. •Increased outcomes of SHOUT-T CHIP/Children’s Medicaid enrollment project by 800 percent in eight months.•Identified the need for program expansion to East Harris County and the Houston area Asian Community.•Successfully engaged new partners to expand outreach efforts.

• Conceptualize, develop, and communicate on program evaluation design to report program compliance and efficacy.• Compile, analyze, and manipulate multiple sources of quantitative and qualitative data.• Design and manage performance management metrics to determine departmental productivity.• Provide recommendations on methods to address program weaknesses and maximize program strengths. • Provide consultation on the educational significance of research proposals.

• Manage and coordinate current and new parent engagement initiatives.• Manage program budget to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local guidelines.• Supervise Parent Resource Leaders, parent volunteers, and the Parent Resource Center.• Comprehensive needs assessment of the school and community.• Promote the concept of the Community School model.• Manage and promote Parent Resource Center events and activities.• Provide assistance to faculty, staff, and administration as needed.• Expanded relationships with community partners inside and outside of the community.• Doubled parent engagement by developing and implementing an incentive program.• Facilitate discussion between students, parents, faculty, and administration to create a more positive school climate.

Diversion Officer,• Supervise juveniles placed on court ordered Deferred Adjudication.• Maintain face-to-face and collateral contact as required and needed. • Provide crisis intervention, counseling, information, and referral to family-based social services and other community resources.• Provide case management to the families of juveniles referred by law enforcement, family, self, or community.• Perform intake screening and needs/risks assessments to determine action plan for the juvenile and family.• Liaison between the juvenile, family, courts, schools, and referred services. • Collaborate with other agencies to aid in juvenile reform.Detention Officer,• Provide, maintain, and monitor a safe and secure environment for dangerous and aggressive juveniles with emotional and/or behavioral disorders.• Create and implement various therapeutic and rehabilitative activities.• Provide crisis intervention and individual/group counseling.• De-escalate possible dangerous situations.• Conduct daily group sessions with juveniles to address arising issues.• Collaborate with other agencies to aid in juvenile reform.• Monitor a radio base and other administrative functions.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Social Service Administration

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Social Work