Rachael Steidl Email & Phone Number

Rachael launched YouthWell in 2016 to address the gaps in mental health services for youth (ages 5-25) and to expand the dialogue with 60+ key stakeholders and increase community collaboration. 1. Convene Community Collaborative to improve outcomes and affect systemic change through collective impact. Work to eliminate stigma, fill the gaps, and remove barriers to services so youth and families can access the care they need in a timely manner through a warm handoff. 2. Convene Youth Linkages Network monthly to educate resource navigators, probation officers, and school counselors in order to build stronger health linkages and close the loop.3. Convene Youth Advisory Board. High school students develop leadership and advocacy skills, with a focus on community engagement, and eliminating stigma.4. Host annual Student Advocacy and Wellness Summit where teens learn to amplify their voices on issues that matter to them.5. Provided online Family Resource Directory & Community Calendar in English and Spanish. Find treatment programs, crisis helplines, therapists, and aftercare resources. The Community Calendar lists workshops, support groups, classes, and more. Develop and distribute Resource Rack Cards, posters, and journals to schools. 6. Provide education with free Support Groups and wellness workshops on a variety of topics for students, parents, and those working with youth. 7. Coordinate and host Mental Health First Aid and QPR trainings. Training empowers teens, parents, educators, and other caring adults with tools and strategies. They learn to recognize signs and how to help someone struggling with a mental health challenge. [In 2024, YouthWell taught 706 adults and students in Santa Barbara County MHFA/QPR.]8. Provide a Family Care Coordination Center. Wellness Navigators & Care Coordinators meet with families, listen, support, refer, and help families connect to programs.9. Outreach... Host tables at events and provide community presentations.

Rachael has over 25 years experience in management, marketing, program development, community engagement, and strategic planning. EMAIL MARKETING... curate content, create custom templates, editorial calendar and distribute engaging newsletters. IT BUSINESS LIAISON... assist with web development and improve communication between developers and staff. https://steidlconsulting.comMARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA... create a consistent brand message and identify and manage social networks & print materials. Organize & streamline DIGITAL COMMUNICATION... manage your personal & family life... calendar, email, google docs, dropbox, evernote, mobile apps, quickbooks. DIGITAL PHOTOS & PHOTO BOOKS... sync, organize & upload your images and create albums and photo gifts.

Santa Barbara, California, Us

In 2016 through 2020, Rachael worked with the Mental Wellness Center and high school students to design the Wellness Connection Council. This a high school leadership program that educates, empowers and engages students. Rachael designed a leadership curriculum focused on raising awareness, promoting wellness and eliminating stigma around mental health through connection, education, and outreach. Students participate in team-building exercises that build character, improve communication, and reduce prejudice and stigma around mental health. Council members are taught how to design campus campaigns and activities. The YOU MATTER campaigns are all about celebrating every person's value and worth! The goal is to help students remember that their life matters and that it is OK to ask for help.Rachael created and facilitated Wellness Connection Clubs on 5 high school campuses and worked with 150+ students each year creating "mental health awareness" campaigns that promoted self-care, kindness, and encouraged youth to ask for help when they were struggling. She worked with students educating them on mental health, developing leadership skills, and strengthening communication and listening skills.

Rachael was inspired by her twins to start a website for families in Santa Barbara in 2002 as a way to connect parents with resources in the community and help provide them with choices. As the founder and publisher of ParentClick, Rachael wore many hats to develop and expand their product for over 20 communities nationwide that included everything from marketing/social media/networking/sales to business and web development. Their primary target market included parents, teachers and others working with children. Their secondary market was businesses, schools and non profit organizations trying to reach the family demographic. This required Rachael to be thoughtful in the planning and execution.Rachael worked closely with their web development company to design new features. Over the 14 years, both the backend technology and the user experience changed dramatically. ParentClick moved into the cloud environment. ParentClick also started and ran the KIDS & TEENS EXPO for twelve years held in the spring each year as well as a Mother's Day 5K/10K Run and Festival for 3 years.Additionally, she spent time analyzing their client's experience using their product so that they ensured that they were building and changing with client needs. Rachael continued to develop marketing strategies, along with streamlining the ParentClick brand and creating community partnerships from 2002-2016. Rachael provided training remotely to their community editors through monthly conference calls giving guidance, direction, online support and as a way to encourage and motivate. ParentClick operated as an online publisher that provided a pulse on the local scene and was a city guide for families in communities nationwide. ParentClick gave parents choices 24/7 by connecting them to resources in their community. ParentClick provided a directory, community calendar, product reviews, blogs, parenting articles and a weekly e-newsletter. **Rachael sold ParentClick.com in 2016.**

Santa Barbara, California, Us

Supervised several departments and programs. Responsible for coordinating, designing and maintaining all marketing collateral. Worked with the Steering Committee, special tasks force and chaired a sub committee. Helped design and coordinate the expansion of substance use community treatment capacity specifically targeted to adolescents. Helped to manage the initiatives within the strategic plan and coordinated with other agencies. Wrote reports and supervised data collection and analysis for Fighting Back grant.

Managed a staff of 50 people in 7 departments which included food and beverage management of two restaurants (organized catering, menus and special events). Managed 555 family memberships. Director of membership sales and marketing. Responsible for production and publication of four page monthly newsletter and all brochures. Liaison between Four Seasons Management and Coral Casino members. Responsible for implementing new programs. Administrative manager responsible for business offices. Responsible for budget of daily operations and labor standards.

Santa Barbara, California, Us

Co-facilitated groups, Conducted psyche-socials with patients, provided individual and family counseling. Attended meetings with the treatment team to discuss, evaluate and modify treatment plans. Wrote assessment & progress notes on individual patients.

As a staff counselor, Provided supervision and counseling to adolescents. Implemented behavioral interventions and demonstrated appropriate behavior. Taught cooking skills, healthy nutrition, and fitness. As an intern, I provided individual counseling to adolescents. Helped prepare treatment plans. Attended weekly in-house meetings in which residents were discussed and treatment plans were evaluated and modified.Worked directly with teens both individually and in groups. Provided written resident progress reports to case workers and participated in treatment planning. Implemented cooking classes for each house and “family dinners” to teach kids how to work as a team in the kitchen, learn life skills and increase communication by sitting down for meals.

Master'S Degree, Clinical Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Clinical Psychology