DR. LELLA STILL

Results-driven Director of Behavioral Health Social Work at UK Healthcare with a strong focus on team management and regulatory compliance. Successfully led initiatives at Eastern State Hospital that significantly improved social work outcomes while supervising a diverse team of 33 professionals. Recognized for exceptional leadership development skills, fostering collaboration across functions and enhancing staff capabilities. Aiming to leverage expertise to further elevate service delivery and organizational performance.

Step Away from the To-Do List and Bring Social Work out of the Shadows, The New Social Worker Magazine, 01/21

• Race-based Trauma Treatment Certificate, The Collective Care Center, Spaulding University, 01/22
• LCSW Clinical Supervisor, 01/16-Present

• Lexington Office of Homelessness Prevention & Intervention (OHPI), Board Member, 1/22- Present
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• Kentucky Society for Clinical Social Work (KCSW)

• Alphabet Soup: A Guide to Understanding the LGBT Community, National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Kentucky Conference, 01/13
• Adult Behavioral Health in Kentucky: Available Community Resources, Criteria for Hospitalization and Legal Considerations, Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Conference, Louisville, KY, 01/16
• Coordinated Supervision in Social Work: An Inpatient Behavioral Health Perspective, RAPID- Research Initiatives and Practice Day Conference, Eastern State Hospital/UK HealthCare, 01/19
• Stigma, Structures, and Shame: Understanding the Structural Injustice and Biases Against People with Serious Mental Illness, Transforming Care Conference, Equitas Institute, Columbus, OH, 01/19
• Coordinated Supervision in Social Work: Poster Presentation Accepted, NASW National Conference, Washington, D.C., 01/20, Accepted, conference cancelled due to COVID
• Clinical Supervision, Co-facilitated a six hour training required by KY Board of Social Work for Clinical Supervisors, 01/21 & 01/22
• Evaluating the Caring Contacts Program: Integrating DSW Coursework into Real-World Clinical Settings as a Social Work Administrator, 2022 National Conference on DSW Education and Social Work, University of Alabama School of Social Work, 01/22
• Social Determinants of Mental Health, 2023 Social Determinants of Health Summit, Business Research Intelligence Network, San Diego, CA, 01/23
• Patient Callbacks and Kept Appointments following Psychiatric Hospitalization: Findings from a Caring Contracts Program, 2024 Suicide Research Symposium, Virtual Conference, 01/24
• Building the Future of Behavioral Health: Practice and Research Initiatives Showcase at Eastern State Hospital (PRISE), 01/24