Robert Heath Email & Phone Number

Greater San Diego Area

Greater San Diego Area

• Reviewed and revised amendments for contracted behavioral health services related to acute psychiatric hospitalization and long term residential care
• Monitored contracted providers by reviewing monthly invoices of reimbursable costs, drafting financial projections, and completing annual site visits

Greater San Diego Area

• Served on an interdisciplinary Assertive Community Treatment team to provide evidence-based recovery-focused mental health, case management, and crisis intervention services to adults with severe and persistent mental.
• Provided housing support to chronically homeless participants enrolled in Project 25
• Conducted weekly group rehabilitation sessions with clients to learn and practice coping skills that promote symptom management, community functioning, and self-efficacy

San Diego

• Maintained a caseload of up to 32 adults experiencing homelessness to develop, implement, and evaluate case plan goals and objectives related to obtaining income and transitioning into permanent housing
• Successfully advocated for clients to receive SSI/SSDI through the Homeless Outreach Programs for Entitlements (HOPE San Diego)
• Collaborated with medical and community providers to serve clients enrolled in Housing Opportunities for Persons with HIV/AIDS (HOPWA)
• Assessed prospective clients to prioritize needs based on screening tools such as Vulnerability Index- Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (VI-SPDAT)
• Co-facilitated monthly Motivational Interviewing practice group for staff members

San Diego

• Assisted clients in navigating program requirements and connecting to services
• Enforced program policies and mediated conflicts among residents in order to promote a safe environment for all residents and staff members
• Conducted daily rounds of residential facility, assisted supervisor with room inspections, documented truancy of school aged children, and filed reports in instances of suspected or observed abuse
• Managed family shelter waitlist, facilitated program orientation sessions, and coordinated intake of new clients entering transitional housing facility

Responsible for assisting in UCLA employee training seminars and information sessions and collecting and managing incoming data from UCLA employee and customer surveys in order improve UCLA services and employment practices

Los Angeles

Responsible for recruiting applicants, scheduling interviews, and conducting interviews for outreach organizers to work for LAYN’s financial campaign to support shelters for homeless teens

Master Of Social Work (M.S.W.), Social Work

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Anthropology