Primary Care Social Worker at Providence PACE (2026-02 – Present)
- Completes psychosocial assessments and create ongoing care plans to meet the individual needs of the patients
- Provides psychosocial support to patients and families
- Provides assistance with assessments and transitions to higher levels of care
- Helps with emotional and practical needs
- Advocates for patients within a wrap around Interdisplinary Team
- Works with an interdisciplinary team to provide counseling, coordinate care, connect families and patients with community resources
- Assist with advance care planning, and help navigate the complexities of chronic and or illness to improve quality of life
Community Palliative Care Social Worker at Advanced Illness Care HouseCall Providers (2024-10 – 2026-02)
- Completes psychosocial assessments and create ongoing care plans to meet the individual needs of the patients
- Provides psychosocial support to patients and families
- Helps with emotional and practical needs
- Advocates for patients with serious illnesses and their families
- Works with an interdisciplinary team to provide counseling, coordinate care, connect families and patients with community resources
- Assist with advance care planning, and help navigate the complexities of serious illness to improve quality of life
Medical Social Worker at Healthy Living At Home (2023-04 – 2024-09)
- Completes in home psychosocial assessments
- Connects patients and families to community resources
- Works with interdisciplinary team to create plan to meet patient's needs
- Care coordination
- Case management
- Utilizes strength based approach to help patient and family meet goals of care
Medical Social Worker at Center Well Home Health (Formerly Kindred At Home) (2018-09 – 2024-09)
- Completes in home psychosocial assessments
- Connects patients and families to community resources
- Works with interdisciplinary team to create plan to meet patient's needs
- Care coordination
- Case management
- Utilizes strength based approach to help patient and family meet goals of care
Licensed Adult Therapist at Firefly Counseling Services (2016-09 – 2018-09)
- Provides counseling to adults with chronic illness, PTSD, depression and anxiety
- Provides therapy for caregivers, and issues surrounding grief and loss
- Teaches yoga classes to address depression, anxiety, and chronic pain
Therapist at Lake Oswego Counseling Center (2015-02 – 2016-11)
- Provides counseling to children, adolescents and adults, couples and families
Oncology Social Worker/Oncology Palliative Care Social Worker at Providence Health Services (2014-08 – 2015-02)
- Provide individual, family and marital counseling with Oncology Patients
- Case Management for over 200 patients
Medical Social Worker at Providence Health Services: Hospice (2013-02 – 2014-09)
- Provide Case Management in collaboration with Hospice RN case manager
- Completing psychosocial assessments to understand the need and identify the needs of each patient and family
- Provide individual and family counseling around end of life issues
- Connecting patients and families to community resources to help meet their needs
- Create care plans that address care giving, safety, and complex psychosocial needs affected by complex medical histories through end of life
- Support Patients and families through providing education, connection to resources, and crisis management
Medical Social Worker at Hospice and Palliative Care of Washington County (2012-07 – 2013-02)
- Providing a range of psychosocial services to a diverse population of terminally ill patients and their families
- Completing psychosocial assessments to understand the need of each patient and family, and creating a hospice plan of care to address their needs
- Connecting patients and families to community resources to help meet their needs
- Providing crisis and bereavement counseling to the patient and their family
- Facilitating a bereavement support group
Director of Resident Services at Holladay Park Plaza (2010-07 – 2012-07)
- In charge of facilitating admissions from hospitals into the skilled nursing facility
- Provide discharge planning services to patients and families
- Complete initial, quarterly, and annual social work assessments, including Medicare assessments of mood, behavior, and participation in assessment and goals setting
- Create and maintain care plans addressing psychosocial needs of residents including but not limited to: adjustment to current medical condition, environmental problems, underlying mental illness, and addiction issues
- Case management
- Utilizes strength based approach to help patient and family meet goals of care
- Facilitate monthly psychotropic meetings assessing residents who are currently taking psychotropic medications
- Facilitate care conferences with residents and family members
- Provide support to families making transitions through the levels of care in the CCRC, as well as families assisting SNF residents transitioning to a higher level of care in the community
- Providing overall social services support to long term care residents, skilled nursing residents, resident care facility residents, and independent residents
Medical Social Work Intern at Portland VA Medical Center (2009-09 – 2010-07)
- Provides a full range of professional social work services on behalf of veterans and their families including: conducting psychosocial assessments, facilitating discharge planning, and providing case management
- Adequately identifies, evaluates, and interprets social and environmental factors which affect medical diagnosis and response to treatment
Facilitator / Domestic Violence Advocate at Bradley Angle House (2009-02 – 2010-07)
- Responsible for facilitating support groups for up to twelve survivors of domestic violence at local domestic violence shelter, as well as in the Portland community
- Providing domestic violence advocacy and case management to ten to twelve survivors and their families
