Coordinator for Access Crisis Intervention Services, Behavioral Health Assessment Team, and Emergency Room Enhancement.

Provide behavior health consultations at the Freeman West hospital, primarily within the Emergency Department.

I provided clinical supervision to the Ozark Center Crisis Intervention Team for services face to face and over telephone hotline. Provided regular quality reviews and audits. Collaborated with community through committee involvement and development of working partnerships. Actively engaged with Joplin's tornado recovery efforts, assisting with Healing Joplin and serving on a number of recovery committees (including Joplin Long-Term Recovery, Human Resource Campus, Spiritual/Emotional… Show more I provided clinical supervision to the Ozark Center Crisis Intervention Team for services face to face and over telephone hotline. Provided regular quality reviews and audits. Collaborated with community through committee involvement and development of working partnerships. Actively engaged with Joplin's tornado recovery efforts, assisting with Healing Joplin and serving on a number of recovery committees (including Joplin Long-Term Recovery, Human Resource Campus, Spiritual/Emotional Recovery) and assisted with a number of community projects. Show less

Provide telephone and face to face counseling to individuals experiencing some form of mental health crisis. Based on assessments, appropriate referrals to community resources, outpatient treatment, or inpatient treatment.Serve as project staff with a suicide prevention grant through the Missouri Department of Mental Health. Provide educational trainings in an effort help raise awareness and promote prevention for suicide.

I provided customer service to business account members for billing-related issues and first tier technical support. Within 6 months of employment, I moved to the Support Services Team, where I provide management relief services.

Worked with families that have had children removed from the home. The primary focus is keeping the children safe while executing an appropriate permanency plan for the children. These plans include reintegration, guardianship, adoption, or independent living. Worked closely with the courts and other community based agencies.

Provided psychotherapy to families that had one or more children identified as being truant. The program used a family systems approach, where we focused on helping the entire family to function differently to address the issue as opposed to one specific family member.

Worked as a graduate assistant for the Department of Psychology and Counseling, assigned primarily to the Truancy Diversion Program.

Worked as a coordinator for the Sexual Assault Response Team, Students Against Violence Everywhere, and Men against Violence Program. My responsiblities included ensuring scheduling hotline responders, serving as telephone responder, providing support to hotline responders, serving as liasion between student body and Pittsburg State University, coordinating educational materials and presentations, served as liasion to the the campus Sexual Assault and Safety Awareness Committee.