Summary
Registered with Board of Behavioral Sciences as Associate Clinical Social Worker, working towards licensure for Licensed Clinical Social Worker ASW#109720.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Psychosocial Clinician
Kaiser Permanente
San Diego, CA
04.2023 - Current
- Applied knowledge of medical or mental health diagnosis.
- Provided clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, sociocultural determinants and community resources.
- Provided telephone assessment, counseling, resource information and referrals.
- Monitored clients' progress and tracked client services to provide crisis interventions.
- Participated in multidisciplinary teams to create a holistic approach to client's needs.
Clinical Social Worker
NaphCare
San Diego, CA
04.2023 - Current
- Coordinated individualized discharge plans to manage safe transition back into community and home environments.
- Conducted group counseling sessions each week.
- Recommended long-term residential treatment, short-term residential treatment and individualized and group drug counseling for clients with substance abuse issues.
- Developed individual treatment plans and provided counseling to patients.
- Worked at local jails and created discharge plans.
Medical Social Worker
Lifespan Therapeutic Home Health
07.2022 - Current
- Refer to Adult protective Services, as needed
- Assess Living Situation/Support system, Health Factors, Environment and Financial resources of primarily geriatric homebound patients
- Refer the patients to community resources (IHSS, Meals on Wheels, Transportation Assistance).
- Complete assessments for each patient via electronic notes using an electronic medical record.
- Organized clinical documentation, treatment plans, and referrals.
- Prepared all required treatment records and reports.
- Collaborated with healthcare providers to drive continuity of care.
- Conducted in-home visits to provide supportive services.
- Completed psychosocial evaluations and needs assessments.
- Developed partnerships with community organizations to expand services and referrals.
Protective Services Worker
County of San Diego
04.2015 - 04.2023
- Emergency Response- Investigate allegation of child abuse by using Safety Decision Making tools, court intervention when necessary to mitigate risk of child abuse
- Created safety plans with family and collaterals
- Managed a case load and closed referrals in a timely manner
- Complete CANS assessments for children
- Border Asylum- In partnership with California Border Protection, assisted Officers in investigations of Asylum refugees, interviewed family and transported minors to Polinsky Children Center
- Extended Foster Care- In accordance with AB 12, mentor young adults in the foster care system, case managed and completed court reports, with the goal of teaching independence life skills
- Completed CANS and case plans
- Dual Jurisdiction- Mentor youth involved in both criminal and child welfare system
- Collaborated with Probation
- Officers to ensure youth were meeting their goals towards independence
- Pathways to Well-being- Ensure foster children are receiving adequate mental health services
- Level of Care- Strength based approach to determine care rates, by matching individual care and needs of foster children with a resource parents level of support.
- Assisted families in navigating the social services system, including applying for benefits, accessing resources and connecting with other family support services.
Case Manager
Mobile Crisis Response Team, MCRT
07.2022 - 12.2022
- Provided in-person support to individuals of any age experiencing a mental health, drug, or alcohol-related crisis
- Provide crisis intervention, as necessary and assisted License Clinician in creating 5150 hold.
- Make appropriate recommendations for living environments, therapy, psychiatrist visits, case management and other services.
- Ensure all services described in the Recovery Plan were provided.
- Provide appropriate interventions in crisis situations, created safety plans to ensure members were safe until they were able to receive services
- Refer to Adult Protective Services or Child Protective Services when needed.
- Offered supportive counseling and crisis intervention to individuals in crisis.
Investigative Social Worker
Riverside County
08.2014 - 03.2015
- Investigate allegation of child abuse by using Safety Decision Making tools, court intervention when necessary tomitigate risk of child abuse
- Interviewed families and case managed referrals while closing in a timely manner.
Social Worker Intern
Sutter County Children Services
09.2013 - 05.2014
- Assisted in case planning, drug and treatment court, and family reunification
- Worked on ICWA (Indian Child
- Welfare Act) cases, ICPC (Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children) reports, fund requests
- Maintained own case load, made a minimum of one monthly compliance visit with the clients to assist reunificationof children.
Social Worker Intern
Butte County Children Services
09.2012 - 05.2013
- Assisted in social workers in their cases by creating contacts for each visit
- Trained in Child Welfare laws including Welfare and Institution codes.
Sexual Assault Peer Counselor
Rape Crisis Intervention and Prevention
09.2011 - 03.2013
- Received calls from Rape Crisis Hotline
- Counseled survivors of sexual assault and aided clients during the legal process, as a state Certified Trained,
- Sexual Assault Counselor
- Provided referrals within the community.
Community Action Volunteers for Education, CAVE
08.2006 - 05.2011
- Screened applicants that wanted to join the Golden Gate Program
- Lead trips to San Francisco in order topreserve the Golden Gate National Parks
- Helped take out wild vegetation to help home species thrive andflourish in the Golden Gate National Parks
- Help put posts up throughout the Golden Gate parks for fencing
- Tutored/ worked with children K-12 at Azads Martial Arts and at the Boys and Girls Club
- Worked with the staff and interacted with the mentally disabled at Sonoma Developmental Center
- Learned aboutthe developmental center and their clients
- Worked with clients, with a serious mental illness, to support each individual to achieve personal recovery at Napa
- State Hospital.
Education
Master - Social Work
05.2014
Bachelor Of Applied Arts - Psychology
05.2013
Bachelor Of Applied Arts - Social Work
05.2013
Skills
- BILINGUAL- SPANISH/ENGLISH
- CPR- BLS certified
- Tech savvy: Microsoft word/ excel/outlook/ teams/zoom
- Experience using CWS/CMS California Child Welfare Data base, San Diego County's Cerner
Timeline
Psychosocial Clinician - Kaiser Permanente
04.2023 - Current
Clinical Social Worker - NaphCare
04.2023 - Current
Medical Social Worker - Lifespan Therapeutic Home Health
07.2022 - Current
Case Manager - Mobile Crisis Response Team, MCRT
07.2022 - 12.2022
Protective Services Worker - County of San Diego
04.2015 - 04.2023
Investigative Social Worker - Riverside County
08.2014 - 03.2015
Social Worker Intern - Sutter County Children Services
09.2013 - 05.2014
Social Worker Intern - Butte County Children Services
09.2012 - 05.2013
Sexual Assault Peer Counselor - Rape Crisis Intervention and Prevention
09.2011 - 03.2013
- Community Action Volunteers for Education, CAVE
08.2006 - 05.2011
California State University Chico - Master, Social Work
California State University - Chico - Bachelor Of Applied Arts, Psychology
California State University Chico - Bachelor Of Applied Arts, Social Work