Brenda Ennis

• Establish a safe and supportive environment for clients, fostering open communication and trust during therapy sessions.
• Utilize a number evidenced based treatment modalities during sessions to help clients move toward making lasting change for improved quality of life.
• Build strong rapport with clients through active listening skills and empathic understanding of their experiences, fostering lasting therapeutic relationships.
• Develop personalized treatment plans to address each client''s specific needs, leading to improved mental health outcomes.
• Evaluate client progress regularly, adjusting treatment plans as necessary based on changing needs or circumstances.
• Provide clinical supervision to graduate level social workers working toward full licensure.
• Critical incident debriefing for health care providers - McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital.
• Field Liaison, MSW program - Spring Arbor University
• Field Liaison, MSN-Psychiatric - Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program - Walden University

August 2020 - December 2020

• Managed the delivery of Medicaid covered psychosocial rehabilitation services in a world renowned Clubhouse program.
• Provided clinical supervision of Clubhouse staff.
• Responsible for overseeing all clinical documentation. Duties involved intake evaluation, masters level clinical assessments, and writing treatment plans and reviews.
• Crisis evaluation and acute stabilization of Clubhouse members.
• Linking and coordination with inpatient psychiatric facilities.
• Member of the Clinical Forum Committee, a monthly gathering of program and site supervisors who provided clinical consultation to direct care staff and supervision of high risk (forensic) clients integrated in the community.
• Attended weekly clinical meetings overseen by a NCCMH staff psychiatrist. Presented assessments and treatment planning documentation for signature. Aided the psychiatrist in their medication management duties by providing pertinent mentation updates of patients being seen for medication review.
• Demonstrated excellence in managing the demands of a challenging position by steadfastly upholding the tenants of the Clubhouse model while working within a medical model auspice agency. Commended by Clubhouse staff and program members, as well as the clinical team of the auspice agency, for being accessible and competent by consistently demonstrating sound clinical judgment, decisiveness, and leadership.
• Awarded a Certificate of Merit "for showing us daily the reward of working together with the attention to the interests of all" - December 2005

• Trained new employees and delegated daily tasks and responsibilities.
• Maintained a clean and safe work environment while ensuring all employees adhered to safety guidelines and protocols.
• Shared on-call rotation with program supervisor and worked collaboratively with on-call staff psychiatrist to facilitate after-hours admission and support acute stabilization of residents in psychiatric crisis.
• Assisted in formulating individualized treatment plans in accordance with Medicaid guidelines and discharge planning protocols.
• Oversaw medication administration for program residents