Competent Clinician offering multi-disciplinary approach to patient care. Eager to utilize years of experience to help clients improve conditions and reduce symptoms. Positive and friendly people-person with organized and diligent attitude. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
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DEBORA A SCOTT
Indianapolis,IN
Summary
Overview
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Community Fairbanks Behavior Health Pavilion
Clinician
02.2022 - 03.2023
Job overview
- Teamed with other physicians, specialists and health care providers to provide well-rounded care for complex cases.
- Administered high level of care to patients using active listening and open-ended questioning.
- Preformed therapeutic regiments involving medications and other interventions to mitigate symptoms and prevent reoccurrence.
- Established appropriate course of treatment and implemented interventions
Gallahue Mental Health Services
Clinician
12.2013 - 02.2022
Job overview
- Work with adults diagnosed with mental illness, assist them to stay medically complaint, skills building so that they could live independently in the community
- Possessed the ability to function independently under supervision, problem solving abilities/good judgment
- Interpersonal skills, included motivation, flexibility, persistence, and patience
- Have the ability to relate in a non-judgmental and culturally competent manner
- Have knowledge of behavioral health competencies specific to the population being served
- Possessed, by specialized training and/or experience, age-specific competencies to deal with the needs of the consumer, patient, client population being served
- Possess the knowledge and creativity in regard to community resources
- Valued client/family centered care and able to apply strength based needs assessment
- Make home/community based site visits
- Established appropriate course of treatment and implemented interventions.
- Provided patients with detailed information about symptoms, causes and treatment expectations.
Gallahue Residential Program Stepping Stones
Clinician
01.2015 - 01.2022
Job overview
- Performed direct resident care, increased safety of clients through use of daily assessments, treatment plan implementation with provision of individual, and group instruction of activities of daily living skills
- Decreased aggressive behavior management appropriate to population served.
Farm Resource Center, FRC
Director
01.2006 - 01.2012
Job overview
- Provided clinical consultation to outreach workers (ORW) in field training
- Completed consumer case record reviews upon opening and closing of consumers
- Created clinical activity report to provide to Board of Directors during quarterly meeting, including number of cases opened, closed, temporary, aftercare, linkage, referral, statements of agreements etc
- Review policy and procedure manual and worked with Executive Director to assure compliance with accreditation standards pertaining to clinical issues
- Worked with Team Leader to develop and provide clinical insight during in-service training
- Provided clinical training for all new employees
- Responsible for developing clinical research materials to be used by agency
- Maintained after hour crises line Mon/Fri 4:30p/8a, weekends and all holidays
- Conducted monthly peer reviews and case reviews
- Conducted telephone satisfaction surveys upon case closing and one random telephone survey per month on open consumers and report on results quarterly
Education
Southern Illinois University, SIUCCarbondale, Il
Master of Social Work from Social Work
University Overview
Southern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondale, IL
Bachelor of Science from Social Work
University Overview
John A Logan CollegeCarterville, IL
Bachelor of Science from Social Work
University Overview
Skills
- Crisis Situations
- Individual and Group Therapy
- Individual Instruction
- Microsoft Office
- Manage Case Files
- Communication Strategies
- Patient Health Education
- Lesson Planning
- Hands-On Clinical Instruction
- Patient Relations
- Managing Client Cases
- Maintaining Quality Assurance Standards
Timeline
Clinician
Community Fairbanks Behavior Health Pavilion
02.2022 - 03.2023
Clinician
Gallahue Residential Program Stepping Stones
01.2015 - 01.2022
Clinician
Gallahue Mental Health Services
12.2013 - 02.2022
Director
Farm Resource Center, FRC
01.2006 - 01.2012
Southern Illinois University, SIUC
Master of Social Work from Social Work
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Bachelor of Science from Social Work
John A Logan College
Bachelor of Science from Social Work
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