Melissa Nagle Email and Phone Number

Working within the context of a community mental health adult and geriatric outpatient mental health clinic. Practicing as a Social Worker providing individual therapy to a caseload of around 180 individuals within the cultural, socioeconomic, and environmental stressors of living in the South Bronx. Assisting my caseload in developing effective methods of coping, managing, and living in the community with chronic and persistent mental illness, various developmental disabilities, dual diagnoses, relational problems, familial problems, mandated, alternatives to incarceration, and various forms of trauma. Providing appropriate referrals, for housing, various entitlements, vocational endeavors, transportation, social, as well as medical treatment both in home and in the community. Maintaining and transitioning traditional case records into electronic case records, utilizing the MINDLINK System, within accordance of state and federal regulations; including, but not limited to diagnostic formulation, development and implementation of treatment planning, as well as documentation of progress. Run weekly 1hr psycho educational group on Mental Stability. Receiving weekly 1:1 supervision. Attend and participate in weekly staff meeting.

Working within in the context of community mental health in a Day Treatment Program setting with an interdisciplinary team. Servicing adults with persistent and chronic mental illnesses, as well as those who are dually diagnosed. Exposure to traumatic brain injury, and cognitive disabilities. Emphasis placed on providing a high level of care in multicultural setting to low-income, high risk, and mandated clients. Provide individual, group, family, and couples therapy, as well as case management to a case load no smaller than 50. Collaborative diagnostic formulation, as well as development and implementation of treatment planning. Knowledgeable of community recourses in the NYC area and appropriately linking clients to a wide array of services and treatment alternatives. Responsible for running a minimum of seven groups per week. Group therapy focused on mental health issues, dual-diagnosis, expressive therapies, as well as socialization. Experience in design and implementation of group protocols. Responsible for caseloads timely submission of paperwork. Attend weekly supervision individually, and with psychiatrist in group setting, as well as monthly supervision for group treatment. Provide supervision to Social Work Interns.

Worked in the context of an out patient clinic setting utilizing a family systems approach. Worked as an individual, family, and couples therapist with a steady caseload of two families and one individual client. Provided weekly 1:1 therapy, and was responsible for diagnosing, developing and implementing treatment plans, as well as referrals. Participated in weekly family therapy training conducted by The Minuchin Center for the Family. In addition to administrative and policy training that included meetings with stakeholders, and conducting a preliminary needs assessment for the clinic.

Worked in the context of an out patient clinic setting utilizing a family systems approach. Worked as an individual, family, and couples therapist with a steady caseload of two families and one individual client. Provided weekly 1:1 therapy, and was responsible for diagnosing, developing and implementing treatment plans, as well as referrals. Participated in weekly family therapy training conducted by The Minuchin Center for the Family. In addition to administrative and policy training that included meetings with stakeholders, and conducting a preliminary needs assessment for the clinic.

Working within a multidisciplinary team to create a therapeutic milieu for clients to transition back into the community. Was responsible for holding a client caseload of three, and developed clients treatment and discharge plans, and in addition was responsible for their case management. Provided clients with weekly 1:1 therapy, and acted as a liaison between their day treatment program and their families. Was responsible for attending monthly team treatment meetings with the client’s day treatment programs. Ran a weekly art therapy group, and aided the clients in both menu, and leisure time planning, in addition to ADL skill building.

Worked in a team of clinicians to create a therapeutic milieu for both psycharitic and drug rehabilitation services. Was responsible for holding a steady caseload of three clients, in the context of a modified therapeutic community for homeless mentally ill chemical abusing males. Provided 1:1 therapy, and was responsible for monitoring, tracking and coordinating all my clients’ needs, including case management. In addition to running an anger management group once a week.

Worked within a multidisciplinary team to provide clients with a therapeutic milieu. Working within a thirty-bed acute latency aged unit preformed restraint for crisis intervention, as well as verbal descalation. Applied behavioral treatment with an ego supportive/modifying approach. Responsible for documentation and charting on the clients development and behavior. Managed treatment plans, provided therapists alternative suggestions and goals for clients.

Behavioral treatment of individuals with autism and developmental disabilities. Trained in restraint for crisis intervention. Worked one on one with clients.

: Supervised chores and autonomous daily living tasks. Provided support and assistance in any areas needed.

Plan creative art activities for children in a Montessori environment.