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Gabriela Sobrevilla

Malden,MA

Summary

Dedicated leader and learner with extensive experience providing compassionate clinical care with a focus on empowerment and equity in agency and community based social service settings.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

HUD-VASH Social Worker

Department of Veterans Affairs (FT)
Boston, Massachusetts
04.2023 - Current
  • Provide individualized, comprehensive, community-based clinical case management services to 35+ formerly homeless veterans and their families.
  • Facilitate access to community services, with a focus on housing stabilization and increased quality of life.
  • Engage in clinical care coordination with interdisciplinary providers and collateral clinics, both internal and external to the VA, for referrals and services for veterans.
  • Assist veterans in navigating various social, legal, and benefits systems, and facilitating advocacy when needed.
  • Provide crisis intervention to veterans, and establish and monitor recovery plans.
  • Maintain accurate required documentation, and complete administrative tasks for tracking of services and work completed.

ACCS Integrated Team Director

Bay Cove Human Services (FT)
Boston, MA
03.2022 - 03.2023
  • Direct the daily functions of a multidisciplinary team of clinical and direct care staff to provide high quality recovery oriented services to over 125 individuals navigating a MMI/SU diagnosis.
  • Oversee operations of 5 residential group homes in addition to service delivery for individuals living in the community in apartments, shelters, hospitals, jails or unstably housed.
  • Facilitate referrals, intakes and discharges in collaboration with the Department of Mental Health.
  • Ensure that agency and regulatory standards are met and maintained by team, including agency QA audits, CARF, DMH licensing, Executive Order 509, and MAP reviews.
  • Oversee staff recruitment and hiring processes.
  • Provide risk management, prevention, and intervention daily/ on-call on as scheduled.

ACCS Assistant Integrated Team Director

Bay Cove Human Services (FT)
Boston , MA
06.2021 - 03.2022
  • Assisted in the facilitation of the day-to-day operations of multidisciplinary team as above.
  • Oversaw clinical care of 5 residential group homes and community caseload.
  • Led the coordination of risk mitigation, assessment and critical incident tracking.
  • Supervised record maintenance of individual's treatment plans and progress notes.
  • Provided direct supervision and training to LCSW clinicians, case managers and MSW Interns.
  • Collaborated with external systems and agencies regularly to partner and coordinate care.
  • Provided crisis assessment, prevention, and intervention daily and while on-call as scheduled.

Resident Service Coordinator II

Erickson Senior Living (FT)
Hingham, MA
11.2019 - 06.2021
  • Managed social service support to 600+ residents and their family in a CCRC senior community.
  • Provided short term case management and crisis intervention to residents in need of services.
  • Assisted with clinical care coordination, risk review, and LOC assessment within healthcare team.
  • Conducted wellness interviews/psychosocial intake assessments for potential residents.
  • Facilitated groups on topics including: Bereavement, low hearing, Parkinson's and Diabetes.
  • Selected to participate in Mass General/Henry Benson Institute SMART certification training.

Resident Service Coordinator

Trinity Management LLC (FT)
Boston, MA
10.2016 - 11.2019
  • Provided social service support to up to three multi-family, elderly, affordable housing communities (300+ households) to support tenancy preservation and increased access to community resources.
  • Provided case management and crisis intervention.
  • Facilitated conflict mediation for community disputes, and promoted community engagement.
  • Completed 504 Reasonable Accommodation requests within ADA compliance.
  • Provided advocacy and partnership building in support of community needs to external vendors and resources.
  • Partnered with community leaders to create onsite community programming, including an afterschool program, monthly movie nights, back-to-school socials, holiday socials, and a large-scale annual Unity Day hosting 250+ residents and multiple community partners.
  • Provided task supervision to MSW interns and per diem resident services staff.

MSW Intern at Student Disability Services

City College of New York (PT)
New York , NY
09.2015 - 05.2016
  • Provided clinically informed assessment and support to students with disabilities.
  • Conducted intake sessions with new students to determine strengths and accomodations needed.
  • Provided case management services and counseling support ongoing to students at the center.
  • Developed and co-facilitated "Project 25" a weekly support group for students served.
  • Co-lead initiatives to update emergency services plans to include students with disabilities
  • Advocated for increased physical accessibility on campus and increased LBGTQA+ services.

Teaching Assistant and Student Support Specialist

GO Project (PT)
New York, NY
07.2015 - 05.2016
  • Provided academic enrichment/ social emotional support to 5th and 6th grade students with IEPS/ disabilities throughout summer and yearly programming.
  • Partnered with educational team to assist with classroom management and student behaviors.
  • Conducted therapeutic student support groups.
  • Provided 1-1 solution focused counseling and conflict medication.
  • Assisted with student advocacy and family engagement to support student success.

MSW Intern/Consultant

Center for Court Innovation (PT)
New York, NY
03.2015 - 05.2016
  • Supported workforce development/ fatherhood programming for non-custodial fathers who were court involved or returning from incarceration at UPNEXT located in Midtown Community Court.
  • Assisted in the development of a professional white paper on fatherhood focused programming and best practices.
  • Co-developed a training and facilitation module focused on positive parenting skills for fathers.

MSW Intern

Center for Court Innovation (PT)
New York , NY
09.2014 - 03.2015
  • Provided mental health resources and social- emotional support to family and criminal court involved youth ages 11-19 in the Bronx as an alternative to incarceration.
  • Conducted mental health assessments/ screenings using a validated instrument as assigned.
  • Assisted with care coordination efforts, supportive counseling and treatment planning.
  • Agency closed due to lack of funding, assisted in transition and termination of care.

AmeriCorps Member

City Year Boston (FT)
Boston, MA
08.2013 - 06.2014
  • Provided academic enrichment and support to 3rd grade students in a Boston Public School.
  • With team, enhanced school community culture and partnership with staff and families.
  • Conducted 1-1 literacy and attendance interventions with students needing support.
  • Assisted with crisis response, conflict meditation, advocacy and student/ family partnership.
  • Attended contributed to IEP/ other interdisciplinary meetings.
  • Co-developed and led afterschool "Starfish" enrichment programming for students.

Education

Master of Social Work - Clinical Social Work

New York University
New York, NY
05.2016

Bachelor of Social Work - Social Work And Justice Studies

University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
05.2013

Professional Licensure

  • LICSW: December 2024
  • CDP (Certified Dementia Practitioner): November 2020
  • LCSW: October 2017

Timeline

HUD-VASH Social Worker

Department of Veterans Affairs (FT)
04.2023 - Current

ACCS Integrated Team Director

Bay Cove Human Services (FT)
03.2022 - 03.2023

ACCS Assistant Integrated Team Director

Bay Cove Human Services (FT)
06.2021 - 03.2022

Resident Service Coordinator II

Erickson Senior Living (FT)
11.2019 - 06.2021

Resident Service Coordinator

Trinity Management LLC (FT)
10.2016 - 11.2019

MSW Intern at Student Disability Services

City College of New York (PT)
09.2015 - 05.2016

Teaching Assistant and Student Support Specialist

GO Project (PT)
07.2015 - 05.2016

MSW Intern/Consultant

Center for Court Innovation (PT)
03.2015 - 05.2016

MSW Intern

Center for Court Innovation (PT)
09.2014 - 03.2015

AmeriCorps Member

City Year Boston (FT)
08.2013 - 06.2014

Master of Social Work - Clinical Social Work

New York University

Bachelor of Social Work - Social Work And Justice Studies

University of New Hampshire
Gabriela Sobrevilla