Melissa Olson Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

• Conducts psycho social assessments, mental status exams, daily living assessments, diagnostic review assessments daily. • Supervise and organize a team of 5 mental health case workers, their schedules, treatment plan reviews and ability to effectively manage their case loads• Provides therapeutic interventions for consumers as needed• Educates and trains new caseworkers on motivational interviewing, problem solving techniques, therapeutic interventions along with community resources, violence de-escalation and assessing suicidal and homicidal ideations. • Creates mental health treatment plans • Coordinates care through the mental health and physical health field.• Works with both adults and children.

• To provide customer service to customers• To train and educate new servers and hosts in their job responsibilities

• Provided rape victims with support throughout hospitalizations, rape examinations and witness questioning. • Assisted victims of rape with accessing resources related to the recovery of trauma• Educated victims on their rights regarding privacy and physical health precautions related to their attack. • Served as on call metro floater victim support throughout 5 counties. • Observed a sex offender rehabilitation group for one semester in order to gain a better understanding of the criminal mind and legal consequences related to committing a sexual offense.

Master'S Degree, Forensic Psychology

Activities and Societies: n/a

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: research group