Department of Aging and Adult Services

•	Receive, assess, and document reports of      
       Elder or Dependent Adult abuse and neglect, 
       investigate allegations, and document case-
       related activities.
•	Evaluate client problems, develop complete 
       treatment plans, and follow each case  
       through to a solution.
•	Develop case plans, court reports, and 
       associated legal documents.
•	Testify in court and respond to inquiries 
       regarding court action.
•	Conduct field visits and evaluate compliance 
       with court orders.
•	Consult, refer cases, and work actively with 
       other agencies, community groups, and 
       legal and medical professionals.
•	Determine the degree of danger and risk of 
       future abuse and neglect and evaluate for 
       needed services.
•	Disaster service worker.

Social Worker III - Adult Protective Services (APS) 

John Muir Health

• Serve as the primary inpatient psychiatric clinician (floater), providing acute care and treatment as part of an integrated treatment team led by the attending physician in a fully accredited 73-bed psychiatric hospital that caters to patients of all ages (4 units: children, adolescents, adults, and adults/SUD).
• Responsible for the care and coordination of assigned patients and their families.
• Regularly liaise with treatment team members, conduct psychosocial assessments, facilitate individual and family sessions, lead group therapy, develop safety plans, manage discharge planning, ensure aftercare follow-up, and coordinate with community agencies as needed.

Psychiatric Social Worker - Float (Inpatient)

Telecare Corporation

• Managed a team of 4 case managers, a peer support specialist, and an RN who provided services to 68 clients with high acuity, medically fragile, and co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders.
• Conducted case conferences with a multidisciplinary team, including the Public Conservators Office.
• Assisted program leadership with implementing and overseeing the responsibilities for clinical services, client standards of care, and the administrative needs of the multidisciplinary team.
• Worked closely with program leadership to communicate with community partners and all local care systems serving clients.
• Oversaw documentation by clinical staff and worked closely with program leadership to assist with audits of Clinical Charts to ensure adherence to State and County Requirements.
• Assisted with New Hire Orientation and ongoing training and mentorship for all clinical staff.
• Assisted with recruitment, screening, hiring, onboarding, performance evaluations, and terminations of all clinical staff.
• Provided after-hours supervisory support to case managers responding to crisis on-call mental health support.

Team Lead

• Dispatched and responded to mental health and substance-related emergency/crisis calls in the community across San Mateo County. 
• Provided onsite therapeutic intervention and de-escalation to persons and families in crisis. 
• Collaborated with other First Responders as needed to provide onsite crisis support, including but not limited to transporting members to appropriate levels of care including a CSU or Psych Emergency). 
• Conducted a thorough risk and safety assessment (SI/HI/GD) to accurately understand the member's needs and provide precise treatment recommendations. 
• Made appropriate referrals for placement, case management, and aftercare services, as assigned. 
• Developed and maintained an awareness of community resources.

Mobile Crisis Response Clinician

Fremont Unified School District

• (Independent contractor)
• Assessed clients using a comprehensive bio-psychosocial, mental status exam and collaboration with outside providers to identify services with the implementation of a treatment plan.
• Provided ongoing SI/HI risk assessments and partnered with school police officers to determine whether a student qualifies for 5150.
• Provided individual and family sessions to students K-8 struggling with mental illness. 
• Assessed home, school, personal, and community factors affecting a student’s learning. 
• Interviewed students to provide skill assessment and identification of needs. 
• Consulted with teachers, administrators, and other staff regarding students' social, emotional, and behavioral needs to evaluate and make recommendations in developing and implementing an appropriate plan for students. 
• Identified and provided intervention strategies for students and their families, including counseling, case management, and crisis intervention counseling. 
• Determined which students need immediate assessment and prioritized services. 
• Participated in Individualized Education Program Meetings; facilitated teams as necessary to accomplish proper results. 
• Identified problems contributing to students’ attendance issues; developed and implemented programs to provide students with opportunities to improve their attendance and reduce school avoidance.

Educationally Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS) Mental Health Provider K-12

HONOR YOUR EMOTIONS INC

• Provided psycho-therapeutic intervention, treatment, and other related mental health services to clients ages five and up dealing with ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Trauma, and co-occurring disorders.
• Developed treatment plans with the client-centered approach utilizing CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, strength-based theory, solution-focused therapy, family systems, conflict theory, and ecological systems theory.
• Competence in: Mental Status Evaluation; Mandated Reporting; Suicide/ Homicide/ Danger Assessment; Ethics and Confidentiality; the DSM (Psychopathology/Abnormal Psychology); Theories and Practices of Psychotherapy; and Personality and Psychological Development; Domestic Violence; and Chemical Dependency.
• Demonstrated experience in providing individual, family, and group psychotherapies.
• Theoretical background in cognitive, emotional, and interpersonal functioning.
Experience in establishing psychosocial diagnoses and providing standard psychotherapeutic services.
• Experience in Clinical Case Management.
• Experience in group therapy.
• ProBono services.

Psychotherapist

Effective School Solutions

•	Assessed clients using a comprehensive bio-psychosocial, mental status exam, and collaboration from outside providers to identify services with the implementation of a treatment plan.
•       Provided ongoing SI/HI risk assessments and partnered with school police officers to determine whether a student qualifies for 5150.
•	Provided individual and family sessions to students K-8 struggling with mental illness. 
•	Assessed home, school, personal, and community factors affecting a student’s learning. 
•	Interviewed students to provide skill assessment and identification of needs. 
•	Consulted with teachers, administrators, and other staff regarding students' social, emotional, and behavioral needs to evaluate and make recommendations in developing and implementing an appropriate plan for students. 
•	Identified and provided intervention strategies for students and their families, including counseling, case management, and crisis intervention counseling. 
•	Determined which students need immediate assessment and prioritized services. 
•	Participated in Individualized Education Program Meetings; facilitated teams as necessary to accomplish proper results. 
•	Identified problems contributing to students’ attendance issues; developed and implemented programs to provide students with opportunities to improve their attendance and reduce school avoidance.

Educationally Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS) Lead Clinician K-8 

HARPER MEDICAL GROUP, INC.

• Responsible for treating psychiatric patients with severe mental illness (PC 290 sex offenders and violent felony convictions) receiving outpatient treatment as part of their conditional release from various State Hospitals in California. 
• Assessed patients’ community risk and risk for re-offense with collaboration from a multidisciplinary treatment team (San Jose Police Department, Santa Clara County District Attorney, psychologist, psychiatrist, and other clinicians).
• Provided individual, group, and couples psychotherapy.
• Court testimony as an expert witness, working collaboratively with other professionals in the field of forensic psychiatry, and travel to county jails to conduct psychiatric placement evaluations for persons found Incompetent to Stand Trial and Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. 
• Traveled to various state hospitals throughout the state of California for the purpose of evaluating outpatient treatment readiness.
• Conducted collateral and client interviews, bio-psycho-social assessments, risk assessments, and prevention utilizing the DSM V.
• Provided after-hours crisis on-call mental health support.
• Collected of urinalysis to monitor compliance of CONREP terms and conditions.

Forensic Mental Health Specialist

• Provided psycho-therapeutic intervention, treatment, and other related mental health services to clients ages five and up dealing with ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Trauma, and co-occurring disorders.
• Developed treatment plans with the client-centered approach utilizing CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, strength-based theory, solution-focused therapy, family systems, conflict theory, and ecological systems theory.
• Competence in: Mental Status Evaluation; Mandated Reporting; Suicide/ Homicide/ Danger Assessment; Ethics and Confidentiality; the DSM (Psychopathology/Abnormal Psychology); Theories and Practices of Psychotherapy; and Personality and Psychological Development; Domestic Violence; and Chemical Dependency.
• Demonstrated experience in providing individual, family, and group psychotherapies.
• Theoretical background in cognitive, emotional, and interpersonal functioning.
Experience in establishing psychosocial diagnoses and providing standard psychotherapeutic services.
• Experience in Clinical Case Management.
• Experience in group therapy.

Contra Costa County

•      Worked closely with LCSW Supervisor, Mitigation Specialist/Investigator, and Deputy Public Defender.
•      Worked with adult clients (youthful offenders) charged with felonies and misdemeanors to provide resources to address immediate legal needs and identify issues of concern that may have led to involvement in the criminal justice system. 
•	Advocated for community-based solutions as alternatives to sentencing; developing re-entry plans based on client strengths/needs assessments (through direct communication with clients, their support system and records research). 
•	Submitted Social History reports that reflected client’s life experiences and identified alternatives to incarceration such as substance use treatment, mental health treatment or linkage to re-entry case management programs throughout Contra Costa County.
•	Coordinated resources through pre-release planning and collaborated with county mental health systems, probation, community-based organizations, and other partners to link clients to relevant services when transitioning from custody to community.

Forensic Social Worker - Intern

Felton Institute

• Provide intake and assessment for older adults (geriatric population) with psychiatric and dual diagnosis disabilities utilizing the DSM 5.
• Crisis intervention and management to prevent hospitalization and or facilitate involuntary hospitalization as needed.
• Provide individual or group therapy utilizing evidence-based treatments and practices to stabilize clients and prevent de-compensation.
• Provide case management services, including evaluations, service plan development, assisting clients in accessing housing, financial, medical and other needed services.
• Complete and maintain clinical record of clients.

Clinical Case Manager

I am an experienced Social Worker with a demonstrated history of working in human services and the healthcare industry with lived experience. I am skilled in nonprofit organizations, crisis intervention, cultural competence, conflict resolution, mediation, team building, and management. I am a strong community and social services professional, and I am passionate about social justice and mental health. My interdisciplinary experience makes me an asset to any agency due to my knowledge, passion, strong work ethic, and diligence. Colleagues and clients have described me as humble, authentic, and nonjudgmental.

I have worked with the disabled and mental health population, including the unhoused, elderly, incarcerated, children, teens, and adults who struggle with mild, moderate, and severe mental illnesses in addition to co-occurring disorders.

I am skilled in CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, solution-focused, strength-based, and client-centered interventions utilizing bibliotherapy and ecological, family, and conflict systems theories. 

I take a holistic approach to increasing insight and understanding of contributing factors influencing behaviors and thought patterns that negatively impact mental health. Through evidence-based interventions, we can minimize symptoms and improve well-being.

MSW, ACSW. “Let us work together on your healing journey!” (Humanitarian/animal rights activist, clinician, psychotherapist, forensic social worker, change agent, advocate, survivor, and warrior)
First-generation Canadian American!

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