Demond Roberts
Licensed Master Social Worker
Summary
Social work professional with robust background in providing comprehensive support to individuals and families. Skilled in developing and implementing tailored intervention plans to address specific needs. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving impactful outcomes, adaptable to evolving circumstances.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Social Worker
Compass Behavioral Health Inpatient
Kinder, Louisiana
06.2025 - Current
- Provides direct clinical services in accordance with accepted standards of social/work clinical practice.
- Plans and conducts individual family and/or group therapy as assigned by the Director of Social Services or physician's order.
- Conducts, assesses and interprets completion of Comprehensive Integrated Assessment.
- Reviews all Multidisciplinary assessments and compiles a Multidisciplinary Treatment Plan under the supervision of the attending physician.
- Performs case management and discharge planning as assigned by the Director of Social Services.
- Attends multidisciplinary treatment team meetings, provides updates on assigned patients and their progress toward treatment goals; combines the reports of all disciplines into a multidisciplinary treatment integration summary, which facilitates the patient's progress towards treatment plan goals
- Delivers patient services in an ethical manner which promotes respect for the patient and enhances the patient's dignity and satisfaction; demonstrates the ability to assess and interpret a patient's response to treatment in age/disability/culturally sensitive specific manner.
- Assesses and interprets age/disability/cultural needs; Identifies safety, psychosocial, special mobility and special equipment needs; and Communicates in an age/disability/culturally sensitive related manner to patients and their families
- Conducts treatment and discharge planning in accordance with age/disability/cultural needs and involves members of the patient's support system in decision making as appropriate.
- Performs other duties and projects as assigned.
Social Worker
Compass Behavioral Health Outpatient
09.2024 - 06.2025
- Conducting psychosocial assessments and screenings
- Providing compassionate individual and group counseling
- Treatment planning
- Discharge planning
- Utilization management/review for authorizations and concurrent reviews
- Completing appeals and peer reviews for patient's insurance
- Monthly family and nursing home contacts
- Organization of patient's files and documentation
- Referrals to mental health outpatient services for community patients once discharged from program
Mental Health Professional
Resource Management Services
06.2024 - 12.2024
- Excellent communication and listening skills
- Computer literate
- Good organizational and prioritization skills
- Detail oriented with the ability to follow through a given task
- Maintained appropriate composure when dealing with sensitive subject matter
- Recognized, retained and preserved confidential information
- Telehealth with clients
- Input clinical notes in CareLogic
- Staff cases with supervisor
- Scheduled therapy sessions
Program Assistant/Crisis Counselor
Louisiana Spirit Crisis Counseling Program
10.2023 - 06.2024
- Works with individuals, families, and groups to provide outreach, basic support, individual and group counseling, public education and referrals to LGE
- Provide group counseling and one on one on an as needed basis
- Provide grief and loss resources when necessary
- Engage survivor to establish rapport and identify those who are at risk and develop a plan to help survivors cope
- Provide support networks to families through Local Governing Entities
- Provide intervention strategies to survivors and their families to mitigate psychological trauma with appropriate interventions /referrals
- Provide psycho-educational training for community and volunteer organization on crisis intervention
- Assess individual for referral purposes
- Outreach to diverse organizations to provide knowledge on stress management through presentations on disaster reactions, coping skills and the CCP
- Work with assigned dyad to perform duties allocated by supervision
- Conduct debriefing and support services to volunteers, caregivers and other responders.
- Provide support to outreach workers/resource linkage coordinator when required
- Communicate the needs of survivors and communities recovery concerns to the team
- Attend daily team meetings
Therapist/Social Worker (PRN)
Oceans Behavioral Hospital
06.2023 - 11.2023
- Plans and conducts individual family and/or group therapy as assigned by the Director of Social Services or physician's order.
- Conducts, assesses and interprets completion of Comprehensive Integrated Assessment - (Biopsychosocial) as assigned by Director of Social Services or physician's order within 72 hours (or 3 sessions) of admission.
- Reviews all Multidisciplinary assessments and compiles a Multidisciplinary Treatment Integration under the supervision of the attending physician within 96 hours (or 4 sessions) of admission.
- Performs case management and discharge planning as assigned by the Director of Social Services.
- Attends treatment team meetings when indicated and reporting on assigned patients and their progress toward treatment goals; combines the reports of all disciplines into a multidisciplinary treatment integration summary, which facilitates the patient's progress towards treatment plan goals
- Delivers patient services in an ethical manner which promotes respect for the patient and enhances the patient's dignity and satisfaction; demonstrates the ability to assess and interpret a patient's response to treatment in age/disability/culturally sensitive specific manner.
- Assesses and interprets age/disability/cultural needs; Identifies safety, psychosocial, special mobility and special equipment needs; and Communicates in an age/disability/culturally sensitive related manner to patients and their families
- Conducts treatment and discharge planning in accordance with age/disability/cultural needs and involves members of the patient's support system in decision making as appropriate.
Marketing-Media Manager
Louisiana Spirit Crisis Counseling Program
10.2022 - 04.2023
- Increase program awareness and base by developing content creation through newsletters, social media pages and information packets
- Track and report marketing campaign performance bi-weekly to help with optimizing current and future plans.
- Compose weekly posts for social media and help build corporate presence on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
- Create professional business correspondence, spreadsheets, and presentations.
- Film, edit, and deploy videos, social media posts and other marketing collateral
- Compile marketing and media quarterly reports for federal partners to review
- Assist employees with handouts and PowerPoint presentation edits
- Participate in presentation site visits with stress managers for media coverage
Program Assistant/Crisis Counselor (Full-time)
Louisiana Spirit Crisis Counseling Program
06.2021 - 01.2023
- Works with individuals, families, and groups to provide outreach, basic support, individual and group crisis counseling, public education, and referral.
- Conducts one-on-one counseling sessions (up to 6) to individuals in need of more crisis counseling and refer survivor to proper mental health services once completed.
- Keeping survivor engaged while multi-tasking to document interview, look up resources, and contact outside resources for resource linkage.
- Provide grief and loss counseling to survivors when necessary.
- Engage survivor to establish rapport, identify those who are at risk for trauma, and develop a plan to help survivors cope.
- Provide information to families and other support networks.
- Provide intervention strategies to survivors and their families to mitigate or reduce psychological trauma.
- Provide psycho-educational training for community and volunteer organizations on dealing with crisis.
- Provide individual, family and group counseling to disaster survivors.
- When appropriate, may travel door-to-door, on a regular basis and upon special request, throughout the assigned neighborhood to provide in-home and community level outreach.
- Represents program in the community and networks with other agencies and partners to ensure needs of survivors are met.
- Work with assigned dyad partner, (Outreach Worker/Resource Linkage Coordinator) to actively engage with survivors to assess survivors needs and circumstance and uses iPads to input program data required information.
- Conduct debriefing and support services to volunteers, caregivers and other responders.
- Provide support to Outreach Workers/Resource Linkage Coordinators when those served require additional services.
- Communicate survivors and communities’ recovery issues to the teams.
- Provides presentations to community groups on disaster reactions, coping skills, stress management, and the CCP.
- Assess crises and respond with appropriate interventions/ referrals.
- Complete weekly reports, tentative calendar, and document community outreach weekly numbers and encounters.
Intern (Part-time)
Allen Correctional Center
08.2021 - 05.2022
- Conducts individual counseling with mental health offenders
- Conducts risk management group conjointly or under close supervision
- Shadows MH Director and LMSW for review board, cell block and suicide watch
- Document session with offender into mental health document
- Conducts level of care follow ups under close supervision
- Observes psychiatrist for in-person psych clinic with mental health offenders
- Assists offender with monthly phone contact with family
- Prepares offender for release by setting up mental health appointment and completing discharge information
Intern (Part-time)
Compass Health-Allen Parish Community Healthcare
01.2021 - 07.2021
- Participates in psychosocial assessments with LPC.
- Completes psychosocial assessments with patients.
- Assists with treatment plans for psychiatric patients.
- Attends weekly psychotherapy group with LPC.
- Conducts weekly psychotherapy group with psychiatric patients.
- Participates in weekly treatment plan meetings with psychiatrist and staff.
- Assist in finding resources for patients before being discharged.
Child Welfare Specialist 3 (Full-time)
Department of Children and Family Services
02.2017 - 01.2021
- Participated in developing case plans and objectives in family team conferences and agency staffing, and prepares cases for presentation to the multi-disciplinary team for consultation.
- Provided supportive counseling and other supportive services for clients and arranges for the provision of services from community resources based on the case plan.
- Interviews clients and families and composes correspondence to compile social histories and psychosocial assessments.
- Prepared and submits appropriate reports to the court and the district attorney on cases in compliance with state laws and agency policy, prepares and submits necessary affidavits, and testifies in court proceedings.
- Conducted regular home visits to assess safety factors and works with the family toward reunification or some other permanent placement for the child.
- Searched for relatives and locates, selects, and oversees the most appropriate placement for a child.
- 24-hour on-call duty to respond to child abuse and/or neglect reports.
- Investigate allegations of abuse and/or neglect of children and/or adults in accordance with agency policy and state law. Provides those services required for the child’s immediate safety.
- Transported clients to and from visits.
- Developed a case record for family.
- Filed documentation in family record.
Cashier (Full-time)
Gus Hayes Mini Mart
06.2016 - 11.2016
- Greet customers when entering and leaving store.
- Assist customers with sales.
- Scan items and collect payments.
- Take money in the form of cash or credit card.
- Count money in cash drawers at beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and there is adequate change.
- Responsible for daily deposits.
- Maintain clean workspace.
- Make sure store is cleaned at all times (mopping, sweeping, dusting).
Education
Master of Social Work - Social Work
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA05.2022
Bachelor of Science - Child and Family Studies
University of Louisiana At Lafayette
Lafayette 05.2001 -
Skills
- Superb computer skills (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint)
- Excellent background check
- CPR Certified
- Mental Health First Aid Certified
- Psychological First Aid Trainer
Adaptable and fast learner
Social services
Psychosocial assessment
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Client documentation
Timeline
Social Worker
Compass Behavioral Health Inpatient
06.2025 - Current
Social Worker
Compass Behavioral Health Outpatient
09.2024 - 06.2025
Mental Health Professional
Resource Management Services
06.2024 - 12.2024
Program Assistant/Crisis Counselor
Louisiana Spirit Crisis Counseling Program
10.2023 - 06.2024
Therapist/Social Worker (PRN)
Oceans Behavioral Hospital
06.2023 - 11.2023
Marketing-Media Manager
Louisiana Spirit Crisis Counseling Program
10.2022 - 04.2023
Intern (Part-time)
Allen Correctional Center
08.2021 - 05.2022
Program Assistant/Crisis Counselor (Full-time)
Louisiana Spirit Crisis Counseling Program
06.2021 - 01.2023
Intern (Part-time)
Compass Health-Allen Parish Community Healthcare
01.2021 - 07.2021
Child Welfare Specialist 3 (Full-time)
Department of Children and Family Services
02.2017 - 01.2021
Cashier (Full-time)
Gus Hayes Mini Mart
06.2016 - 11.2016
Bachelor of Science - Child and Family Studies
University of Louisiana At Lafayette
05.2001 -
Master of Social Work - Social Work
Louisiana State University
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