Danyel Godwin
Concord,NH
Summary
Dedicated Social Worker with extensive experience delivering social services to diverse populations. Skilled in assessing client strengths, advocating for resources, and conducting in-depth home and community visits. Proven conflict resolution and decision-making abilities enhance client support and outcomes.
Overview
1
1
Certification
10
10
years of post-secondary education
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Therapist
Pine Haven Boys Center
05.2026 - Current
- Provide individual, group, and family therapy to youth in a residential and therapeutic setting.
- Assessed youth functioning, emotional needs, behavioral concerns, and treatment progress to inform therapeutic strategies.
- Utilize CBT, DBT, play therapy, trauma-informed practices, and TBRI-informed approaches to address emotional, behavioral, relational, and developmental needs.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary professionals to develop and implement individualized treatment plans.
- Collaborated with clinical, residential, educational, and family-support professionals to ensure seamless continuity of care.
- Review and update treatment plans in response to changes in youth functioning, treatment progress, and emerging clinical needs.
- Implemented trauma-informed and developmentally responsive approaches in treatment planning and clinical interventions.
Emergency Services Clinician
Riverbend Community Mental Health, Inc.
12.2025 - Current
- Conduct comprehensive mental health evaluations, risk assessments, and lethality assessments for individuals presenting with acute behavioral health concerns.
- Develop clinical formulations, dispositions, and individualized safety plans within a fast-paced emergency department environment.
- Managed Involuntary Emergency Admission (IEA) processes, ensuring compliance with New Hampshire statutes and facilitating effective court coordination and clinical documentation.
- Conducted 24-hour behavioral health assessments for patients in emergency departments, aiding in timely intervention and appropriate care planning.
- Assisted Mobile Crisis services during high-demand community assessment periods.
- Coordinated referrals and case management, enhancing continuity-of-care planning for individuals needing additional behavioral health or community-based services.
- Prepare comprehensive referral materials and collaborate with receiving inpatient facilities to facilitate appropriate levels of care.
- Communicate clinical recommendations and relevant risk information across multidisciplinary teams to support safe and appropriate dispositions.
- Apply structured clinical assessment and risk-management principles when evaluating acute safety concerns.
Milieu Clinician
Mount Prospect Academy
Campton, New Hampshire
12.2024 - 05.2026
- Provided individual, group, and family therapy to youth with complex emotional, behavioral, and developmental needs in a residential treatment setting.
- Utilized CBT, DBT, play therapy, ARC-informed approaches, and trauma-informed interventions.
- Assessed youth functioning and collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop individualized treatment plans.
- Developed and implemented behavioral support plans addressing high-risk behaviors, emotional dysregulation, and individualized treatment goals.
- Trained residential staff on behavioral management strategies and trauma-informed interventions, enhancing team capacity to support youth.
- Developed and implemented individualized behavioral support plans to address high-risk behaviors and emotional dysregulation, improving treatment outcomes.
- Participated in multidisciplinary case consultation regarding youth behavioral health, safety, treatment progress, and permanency.
- Collaborated in multidisciplinary case consultations to evaluate youth behavioral health and treatment progress, thereby contributing to effective care strategies.
Master's Level Clinical Intern
Mount Prospect Academy
Campton, New Hampshire
01.2024 - 05.2025
- Reviewed clinical research and evidence-informed practices to enhance treatment approaches for children and adolescents in residential behavioral health services.
- Developed and strengthened clinical skills in assessment, treatment planning, documentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Connected youth with community resources and activities to foster therapeutic development and enhance personal growth and social engagement.
- Provided clinical observations on youth progress and behavioral concerns to inform multidisciplinary team discussions and optimize treatment plans.
- Connected youth with community resources and activities supporting therapeutic development, personal growth, and social engagement.
Permanency Coordinator
Mount Prospect Academy
Campton, New Hampshire
01.2023 - 12.2024
- Coordinated permanency planning for at-risk youth, ensuring effective pathways for reunification, adoption, and legal permanency.
- Collaborated with youth, families, social workers, attorneys, and courts to develop and achieve individualized permanency goals.
- Acted as liaison among families, service providers, legal professionals, and treatment teams to facilitate effective communication and support.
- Participated in multidisciplinary meetings, case reviews, court hearings, and permanency-related planning.
- Maintained comprehensive case records and prepared documentation in accordance with regulatory and agency requirements.
- Completed ongoing professional development related to child welfare, permanency planning, legal requirements, and youth services.
Youth Counselor
Mount Prospect Academy
Campton, New Hampshire
05.2021 - 01.2023
- Delivered direct care, supervision, mentoring, and therapeutic support to adolescents with complex behavioral and emotional needs, fostering individual development and stability.
- Facilitated support for youth during emotional dysregulation and crisis utilizing trauma-informed and ARC-informed principles, contributing to enhanced emotional regulation.
- Provided positive role modeling, structured redirection, and support for individualized treatment goals.
- Recorded therapeutic milestones and behavioral concerns, providing critical insights for clinical observations and treatment planning.
- Documented therapeutic milestones, behavioral concerns, and significant clinical observations.
Permanency/Clinical Intern
Mount Prospect Academy
Campton, New Hampshire
05.2021 - 08.2021
- Collaborated with milieu clinicians, academic case managers, and permanency coordinators to enhance youth-care initiatives.
- Participated in residential treatment team meetings and interdisciplinary case discussions to inform care strategies.
- Coordinated and scheduled appointments for youth services and supported coordination of services for youth.
- Developed foundational knowledge of risk and protective factors, trauma, mental health, child welfare, and residential treatment models.
Education
Master of Social Work (MSW) -
Colby-Sawyer College
New London, NH 08.2023 - 08.2025
Bachelor of Arts - Crime and Legal Studies
Colby-Sawyer College
New London, NH 09.2018 - 05.2022
High School Diploma -
East Hampton High School
East Hampton, CT 08.2014 - 06.2018
Skills
- Clinical Intervention: CBT DBT Play Therapy ARC TBRI-Informed Practice Trauma-Informed Care Crisis Intervention Therapeutic modalities
- Assessment & Risk: Mental Health Evaluation Risk Assessment Lethality Assessment Clinical assessment Safety Planning Behavioral Assessment
- Crisis management
- Risk assessment
- Child Behavioral Assessments Suicidal Ideation Trauma IPV Residential Treatment Child Welfare Crisis Systems
- Professional Practice: Team collaboration Case Consultation Care planning Clinical records Staff Training Court liaison Care Transitions
- Child Behavioral Assessments Suicidal Ideation Trauma IPV Risk assessment Residential Treatment Child Welfare Crisis Systems
- Professional Practice: Team collaboration Case Consultation Care planning Clinical records Staff Training Court liaison Care Transitions
Certification
Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) — Functional Assessment Systems, Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) — Praed Foundation, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) — Mount Prospect Academy, Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) Safety Intervention — Crisis Prevention Institute, Heartsaver for K–12 Schools — American Heart Association
Timeline
Therapist
Pine Haven Boys Center
05.2026 - Current
Emergency Services Clinician
Riverbend Community Mental Health, Inc.
12.2025 - Current
Milieu Clinician
Mount Prospect Academy
12.2024 - 05.2026
Master's Level Clinical Intern
Mount Prospect Academy
01.2024 - 05.2025
Master of Social Work (MSW) -
Colby-Sawyer College
08.2023 - 08.2025
Permanency Coordinator
Mount Prospect Academy
01.2023 - 12.2024
Youth Counselor
Mount Prospect Academy
05.2021 - 01.2023
Permanency/Clinical Intern
Mount Prospect Academy
05.2021 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Crime and Legal Studies
Colby-Sawyer College
09.2018 - 05.2022
High School Diploma -
East Hampton High School
08.2014 - 06.2018