Chasity Gaultney-Tyler
Lenexa
Summary
Demonstrated commitment to enhancing programs and services for diverse client populations. Expertise in developing collaborative treatment plans and fostering strong relationships with clients and interdisciplinary teams. Focus on empowering individuals through personalized approaches ensures effective support for unique challenges.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Therapist
Halls and Mental Health Associates
Lawrence
02.2023 - 09.2025
- Help manage clients' mental health issues, navigate life challenges, and foster personal growth through various therapeutic techniques.
- Individual and family therapy sessions to educate patients regarding psychological and emotional.
- Develops treatment plans by establishing treatment goals with the clients, determining treatment methodologies.
- Monitors progress toward treatment goals by evaluating and adjusting services provided.
- Display active involvement in the treatment planning process.
- Documents events of a therapeutic process in a confidential manner.
- Assist students, families, and school personnel with students' mental and behavioral concerns.
- Contributes to team effort by consulting with other professionals; accomplishing related results as needed, and engaging in consultation with teachers, parents, and administrators.
- Actively communicates with clients, families, and outside referral sources.
- Work with the interdisciplinary team and complete utilization review.
- Demonstrates appropriate crisis intervention.
- Advocating for clients to ensure clients’ safety.
Assessor/Case Manager
Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging
Lawrence
08.2022 - 04.2023
- Helped customers maintain their freedom to live as independently as possible by providing case management services for optimum customer satisfaction.
- Provided information, education, and support to older adults, persons with disabilities, and their caregivers who seek assistance in making self-determined, informed choices about their short and long-term care needs, completing referrals to community service providers.
- Completion of functional assessments for HCBS Medicaid waivers and PACE.
- Provided Case Management services to individuals aged 60 and older.
- Provided Options Counseling service to individuals, caregivers, and professionals: Assess the physical, social, emotional, and financial situation of the client and use a strengths perspective with the client.
- Provided functional eligibility determinations for Shawnee, Jefferson, and Douglas County residents (HCBS Frail Elderly, HCBS Physical Disability, HCBS Brain Injury, PAC) (Program for All-Inclusive Care).
Trauma Recovery Specialist
Friends of Yates
Kansas City
03.2026 - 06.2026
- Provide supportive counseling using trauma-informed principles, including cognitive behavioral techniques (CBT).
- Conduct assessments within 72 hours of a survivor’s arrival at the shelter.
- Develop collaborative, strength-based treatment plans addressing trauma, mental health, and substance use.
- Deliver onsite mental health crisis interventions and connect clients to inpatient or outpatient care as needed.
- Facilitate weekly support groups for trauma, domestic violence, and substance use recovery.
- Educate survivors on domestic violence and sexual assault dynamics and available resources.
- Coordinate case management and referrals to in-house and external resources.
- The Trauma Recovery Specialist works within Friends of Yates’ advocacy empowerment model, offering trauma-informed core domestic violence services to survivors in the Kansas City, KS metro area.
Family Specialist Case Manager Tier 2/Family Therapist
DCCCA
Mission
11.2018 - 06.2022
- Family Preservation Services (FPS) provides intensive in-home services and case management services to families who have one or more children at risk of out-of-home placement or who will be at risk of out-of-home placement at birth.
- Focus on tremendous success in meeting outcomes that promote the safety and well-being of children.
- Delivered culturally competent, strengths-based case management services to children and families consistent with the evidence-based practice models.
- DCF timelines to connect with the family within 24 hours of referral; facilitate initial family meeting, complete assessment-based case plan within 20 days of referral, and case closure plan.
- Engaged and worked with families to complete assessments and develop case plan goals and objectives.
- Provided home-based family skills training, which may include Nutrition, Hygiene, Household and Time Management, Home and Child Safety, Basic Parenting, Transportation, Problem Solving, and Communication.
- Prioritized identified problems that require resolution, establishes goals and objectives, utilizes available resources, and arrives at decisions appropriate to the family by using the strength perspective.
- Assessed each child’s safety at every family contact.
- Remains current on the availability of community resources and assists all families in obtaining assistance.
- Act as a liaison with schools to obtain child records, attend conferences, track attendance, and support achievement.
- Working with the school social workers at KCK, Olathe School, and Shawnee Mission School District as an Interdisciplinary Team.
- Monitored family progress and service provision using assessment tools, and updated the family case plan based on those assessments.
Disabilities Care Management/Rep-Payee
Jewish Family Services
Milwaukee
01.2016 - 12.2019
- Provided support to eligible adults with physical and developmental disabilities, frail elders, and severe persistent mental illness.
- Given opportunities to achieve their full potential and thrive to stay in their own home.
- Responsible for providing, arranging, coordinating, and monitoring members' overall long-term care needs in accordance with Jewish Family Services policies and procedures.
- Coordinated and created individual care plans, intake assessment, case monitoring, home visits.
- Helped with government benefits such as SSI, SDI, Food Share, T-9, Medicaid Renewal, and housing.
- Scheduled and arranged medical appointments for clients and assist with MD Appts.
- Provided Representative Payee and money management services for clients with assistance with the CFO of Jewish Family Services.
- Responsible payee for clients and processing checks to pay related bills Providing Money.
- Pull billing files at month-end and manage petty cash distribution and reconciliation.
Family Care Case Manager
Goodwill Industries
Milwaukee
01.2014 - 12.2016
- Provided support to eligible adults with physical and developmental disabilities, frail elders, and those with mental health concerns.
- Responsible for providing, arranging, coordinating, and monitoring members' overall long-term care needs by My Choice Family Care Program policies and procedures.
- Coordinated and monitored services to meet members’ outcomes cost-effectively and provided oversight of natural support.
- Coordination of these services requires regular visits with the member and phone contact per MCO policy and working with service providers.
- Conducted Initial Assessments, developing services plans, ongoing support to members and their families, case monitoring, home visit, financial assistance such as Medicaid recertifications.
- Completed the care management portion of the MCO initial and comprehensive assessment and completed MCP per procedure which includes daily entry of case notes per MCP policies.
- Coordination of social and medical/nursing services including acute and primary care services through ongoing communication with medical health professionals.
Service Coordinator
Aging Partners
Lincoln
01.2012 - 12.2013
- Provided long-term case management to clients for the elderly population that have developmental disabilities, and mental health, evaluated client needs by conducting assessments, created care plan for those needs, and monitored client progress.
- Conducted assessments and created care plans for elderly clients to support their independence at home.
- Assessed the person for the level of functioning and for needs that the individual may have to help set up and access all services that are available to meet those needs.
- Supported seniors in maintaining independence and engagement within their homes and communities.
- Educated clients on available programs and services to enhance their access to needed resources.
- Maintained up-to-date client documentation to ensure compliance and accessibility of services.
- Prepared monthly reports to the Department of Health and Human Services.
- Prepared court reports and testified in court cases.
- Demonstrated outstanding case management (Caseload up to 50) and dedication to clients.
- Performed home visits in collaboration with social work staff, family, and providers.
Education
Master’s Social Worker -
University of Kansas
Overland Park, KS01-2022
Bachelor of Applied Science - Human Services
Washburn University
Topeka, KS01-2011
Skills
- Case Management
- Treatment planning
- Discharge Planning
- Intervention Plans
- Care plans
- Discharge management
- Intervention strategies
- IEPs
- Cultural Competency
- Community Outreach
- Communication
- Counseling
- Advocacy
- Self-Awareness
- Treatment strategy
- Safety planning
Community Volunteer Work
University Of Kansas Integrated Health Scholars Program, Recipient Member, 01/20, Present
Timeline
Trauma Recovery Specialist
Friends of Yates
03.2026 - 06.2026
Therapist
Halls and Mental Health Associates
02.2023 - 09.2025
Assessor/Case Manager
Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging
08.2022 - 04.2023
Family Specialist Case Manager Tier 2/Family Therapist
DCCCA
11.2018 - 06.2022
Disabilities Care Management/Rep-Payee
Jewish Family Services
01.2016 - 12.2019
Family Care Case Manager
Goodwill Industries
01.2014 - 12.2016
Service Coordinator
Aging Partners
01.2012 - 12.2013
Master’s Social Worker -
University of Kansas
Bachelor of Applied Science - Human Services
Washburn University