Alana Zacharias
Ferndale,MI
Summary
Management Professional & Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Partial Hospitalization Program Therapist
River’s Bend West PC
West Bloomfield, Michigan
02.2026 - Current
- Facilitating psychoeducational and process group therapy sessions for up to 12 clients.
- Completing intakes to assess for appropriateness of care and making referrals as necessary.
- Ensuring necessary safety measures are in place for a higher-acuity population; including safety planning, regular screening and measures, and appropriate releases of information for family support and continuity of care.
- Providing collaborative treatment planning as well as weekly individual therapy sessions to ensure clients are progressing towards goals.
- Participating in daily case consult meetings with interdisciplinary team.
- Designing group curriculum for program and regularly auditing and assessing for effectiveness of material.
Director of Operations
June Rose LLC
Detroit, MI
08.2024 - 09.2025
- Orchestrated the successful launch of a new restaurant concept, designing and implementing all foundational operational infrastructure, POS systems, and service workflows.
- Directly managed daily operations, including labor scheduling, payroll, and inventory procurement, while maintaining strict oversight of food and labor costs to ensure profitability.
- Built and mentored a high-performing team through strategic hiring and comprehensive training programs, fostering a culture of excellence in guest relations.
- Spearheaded the development of a full-scale events program, generating new revenue streams through the management of onsite private bookings and offsite catering for groups of up to 250 guests.
- Served as the primary Event Planner, managing the end-to-end lifecycle of events — from initial client consultation and vendor negotiation to staff coordination and day-of execution.
- Collaborated with the culinary team to engineer profitable event menus, designed all internal BEO (Banquet Event Order) documentation, and managed administrative invoicing.
- Detroit
Private Therapist
Mental Wellness Counseling
Traverse City, MI
05.2023 - 07.2024
Clinical Social Worker
Freedom Behavioral Health
Traverse City, MI
02.2023 - 07.2024
- Served as the sole mental health clinician for a 185-capacity correctional facility, providing comprehensive behavioral health oversight and independent clinical decision-making.
- Directed crisis intervention and risk assessment protocols, identifying high-risk individuals and implementing immediate safety plans to mitigate self-harm and suicidal ideation.
- Developed and facilitated individualized treatment plans focused on distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and evidence-based coping skills for a complex patient population.
- Managed the complete continuity of care process, including diagnostic evaluations and coordinating critical referrals to external psychiatric and social services upon reentry or transfer.
- Collaborated with facility leadership and medical staff to ensure patient safety standards and suicide prevention policies met state and federal correctional mandates.
- Traverse City
Case Manager
Wellspring Lutheran Services
Traverse City, MI
01.2021 - 02.2023
- Coordinated comprehensive home-based interventions for high-risk families, facilitating collaboration between Wellspring and MDHHS to ensure child safety and family stability.
- Managed a caseload of 16 families, developing individualized service plans to address the intersection of mental health disorders and substance use recovery.
- Improved family reunification rates by providing crisis intervention, psycho-education, and advocacy within the Traverse City community.
- Traverse City
Server/Floor Manager
Wren
Suttons Bay, MI
06.2020 - 02.2023
Front of House Staff
The Cook’s House
Traverse City, MI
06.2020 - 01.2021
Assistant Manager
Amical
Traverse City, MI
11.2019 - 03.2020
Manager
Lady of the House
Detroit, MI
10.2018 - 11.2019
Education
Masters in Social Work -
Wayne State University
Detroit05-2018
B.A. - Psychology and Spanish
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor05-2014
Skills
Exceptional time management
- Highly organized and adaptable
- Meticulous attention to details
- Creative problem-solving
- Excellent communication
- Crisis intervention
- Group therapy facilitation
- Treatment planning
- Assessment techniques
- Evidence-based practices
- Client advocacy
- Trauma-informed care
Timeline
Partial Hospitalization Program Therapist
River’s Bend West PC
02.2026 - Current
Director of Operations
June Rose LLC
08.2024 - 09.2025
Private Therapist
Mental Wellness Counseling
05.2023 - 07.2024
Clinical Social Worker
Freedom Behavioral Health
02.2023 - 07.2024
Case Manager
Wellspring Lutheran Services
01.2021 - 02.2023
Server/Floor Manager
Wren
06.2020 - 02.2023
Front of House Staff
The Cook’s House
06.2020 - 01.2021
Assistant Manager
Amical
11.2019 - 03.2020
Manager
Lady of the House
10.2018 - 11.2019
Masters in Social Work -
Wayne State University
B.A. - Psychology and Spanish
University of Michigan