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Alexandra Painter

Macomb,MI

Summary

Social work leader with experience providing guidance, support and assistance to team/organization, and overseeing departmental programming in acute inpatient setting serving both adults and adolescents.


Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Behavioral Health Social Work Supervisor

Henry Ford Kingswood Hospital
08.2023 - Current
  • Oversees/evaluates employee development and performance, including orienting employees with appropriate laws, policies, regulations and procedures.
  • Serves as a liaison between department and organization to provide guidance, support, identify development needs, and manage relationship between staff and organization.
  • Quality initiative, including improving Press Ganey Survey responses, and rapid patient readmissions.


Behavioral Health Inpatient Social Worker

Henry Ford Macomb/Kingswood Hospital
07.2021 - 07.2023
  • Creating outcomes for the patient and family by managing complex psychosocial and economic co-morbidities.
  • Provide group and individual therapy.
  • Developing personalize care plans.
  • Participates in discharge planning for complex patients to provide appropriate linkage with post-discharge care providers.
  • Referred clients to other outpatient programs and community agencies to enhance treatment processes.

Psychiatric Social Work Student Internship

Detroit Receiving Hospital
09.2020 - 04.2021
  • Facilitate group therapy.
  • Conduct psychosocial assessments.
  • Identifying resources that may be helpful in problem resolution, and developing plans for the resolution of the crisis.
  • Provide necessary support for each patient according to health status, personal strengths and weaknesses, emotional state and additional factors.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills to communicate with diverse populations including physicians, employees, patients and their families.



Caseworker

The Noah Project
09.2019 - 09.2020
  • Provided support and guidance to clients through case management services.
  • Provided daily lunch services and essential basic need items.
  • Completed assigned duties and consistently produced high volume of work to support daily client/agency needs.
  • Worked well in a team environment as well as independently.
  • Empower low income and homeless Detroiter's to achieve stability by empowering individuals journey to self-sufficiency.



Education

Master of Science - Social Work

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
05.2021

Bachelor of Science - Social Work

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
05.2020

Skills

  • Communication
  • Critical thinking/problem solving
  • Conflict resolution
  • Interdisciplinary team collaboration
  • Organization
  • Time management

Timeline

Behavioral Health Social Work Supervisor

Henry Ford Kingswood Hospital
08.2023 - Current

Behavioral Health Inpatient Social Worker

Henry Ford Macomb/Kingswood Hospital
07.2021 - 07.2023

Psychiatric Social Work Student Internship

Detroit Receiving Hospital
09.2020 - 04.2021

Caseworker

The Noah Project
09.2019 - 09.2020

Master of Science - Social Work

Wayne State University

Bachelor of Science - Social Work

Wayne State University
Alexandra Painter