Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Clay County Hospital - Flora, IL
(2025-01)
- complete mental health assessments and treatments plans for referred clients
- provide mental health therapy services to clients on caseload
- provide case management services as appropriate to clients
Mental Health Specialist - Illinois Eastern Community College - Olney, IL
(2023-11 - 2025-01)
- create policy and procedures for meeting the mental health needs of students
- assess programming needs of students and staff to support overall wellbeing
- implement programs to ensure compliance with the IL Public Act 101-0251 MHEAC
- co-facilitate peer support programs on each campus
- create and continually update community resource guides and mental health webpage
- create community partnerships with local mental health providers
- provide trainings to faculty and staff on various mental health topics
Assistant Special Education Coordinator - Richland County Community Unit School District - Olney, IL
(2022-08 - 2023-11)
- serve at the LEA representative at IEP meetings for students within the district
- ensure IEP paperwork is completed correctly and follows ISBE regs and state law
- support special education teachers and paraprofessionals as appropriate
- evaluate paraprofessionals annual to consider reemployment for the next school year
- monitor and assist in the RtI process to ensure appropriate special education referrals
- attend quarterly coordinator meetings
- organize and facilitate Richland County Interagency meetings
School Social Worker - Richland County Community Unit School District - Olney, IL
(2019-07 - 2022-08)
- provide counseling services to students as appropriate
- provide crisis intervention services as needed
- prepare and present classroom guidance lessons
- serve on the Student Behavioral Threat Assessment team
- serve on the School Improvement Planning team
- present on social emotional learning standards to staff
- assist in implement social emotional teaching practices into classrooms
- provide RtI group services and counseling group services as appropriate
- organize and supervise the 5th block after school program
School Social Worker - South Eastern Special Education - Ste. Marie, IL
(2018-08 - 2019-07)
- provide individual and group counseling to students with Individual Education Plans
- assist with Behavioral Response to Intervention Services to students within districts
- assist with obtaining Functional Behavioral Analysis data as needed
- attend Individual Education Plan meetings for students on caseload
- complete progress reports quarterly on caseload students
- write goals and objectives for social emotional learning standards for caseload students
- meet with parents to complete Social Developmental Studies as appropriate
- provide training to staff on behavioral and social emotional learning issues as appropriate
- assist in crisis incidents as arise within districts served
PRN Home Health and Hospice Social Worker - Clay County Health Department - Flora, IL
(2018-11)
- complete psychosocial assessments on all Hospice patients and Home Health patients
- provide education and assistance with completing Advanced Directives as appropriate
- provide end-of-life and anticipatory grief counseling to patients and their family
- make referrals necessary to ensure patients' needs are met
- provide bereavement counseling and support to all Hospice patients' families
PRN Social Worker - Wexford Healthcare- Lawrence Correctional Center - Sumner, IL
(2009-09 - 2020-04)
- complete mental health assessments on inmates
- provide mental health therapy and counseling to mentally ill inmates
- provide crisis evaluations and determine appropriate intervention
- make referrals to psychiatrist for medication evaluation and management
- monitor psychiatric medication benefit and compliance
Hospice & Home Health Social Worker - Richland Memorial Hospital Home Care Services - Olney, IL
(2008-01 - 2018-08)
- complete psychosocial assessments on all Hospice patients
- provide end-of-life and anticipatory grief counseling to patients and their family
- make referrals necessary to ensure patients' needs are met
- provide bereavement counseling and support to all Hospice patients' families
- provide educational presentations to local senior citizen organizations
- provide volunteer training annually
SASS Caseworker - Kids Hope United - Mt. Vernon, IL
(2007-09 - 2007-12)
- complete mental health assessments, including a diagnosis, and treatment plans
- provide mental health therapy for children and adolescents in their home and schools
- provide appropriate case management services to ensure that client's needs are being
- conduct pre-hospitalization screenings for psychiatric placement if client is in crisis
Child Advocate - Kids Hope United - Mt. Vernon, IL
(2006-11 - 2009-01)
- on-call for SASS program
- conduct pre-hospitalization screenings for psychiatric placement for children/teens
- provide necessary crisis intervention- deflection or hospitalization
Social Services Assistant/Discharge Planner/Senior Life Solutions Therapist - Fairfield Memorial Hospital - Fairfield, IL
(2006-06 - 2007-09)
- perform biopsychosocial assessments on all acute care patients and skilled care residents
- provide counseling to patients and their families
- carryout doctor's orders for discharge planning
- present Abuse and Neglect In-services twice yearly
- conduct Interdisciplinary Team Meetings every Friday
- prepared and implemented new acute care social service assessments and care plans
- facilitate group therapy sessions with the geriatric population weekly
- conduct chart audits on all geriatric outpatient psychiatric charts
Master's Level Intern - Southeastern IL Counseling Centers - Fairfield, IL
(2006-01 - 2006-06)
- provided mental health therapy for adults, adolescents and children
- provided substance abuse counseling to adults and adolescents
- provided Early Intervention Substance Abuse services to Mill Shoals Learning Alternative
- revised Early Intervention program materials and made program manual for staff
- attended Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings with The Amy Center and Family Violence
- assisted with the reintroduction of the Substance Abuse Group Education Program
- revised the Substance Abuse Group Education Program content and made new manual
Drug Free Community Support Program Community Development Specialist - Southeastern IL Counseling Centers - Albion, IL
(2004-12 - 2006-01)
- implemented Project Northland, an alcohol prevention curriculum, in 6th, 7th, & 8th grades
- implemented Second Step in Edwards County schools
- organized community and school education campaigns
- assisted in grant writing and reporting to secure funding
- implemented the Strengthening Families Program in Edwards County
Social Service Designee - Fairfield Memorial Hospital - Fairfield, IL
(2005-01 - 2005-08)
- performed biopsychosocial assessments on acute care and skilled care patients
- assisted in discharge planning for patients
- provided counseling to patients and their families
- assisted with Abuse and Neglect In-services
