Gloria Young Thomas

• Provided comprehensive clinical services for children and families as they adapt to acute chronic health conditions.
• Assessed children's needs to link them with appropriate services through various community agencies.
• Created an environment responsive to meet patient and/or familial needs through cultural and socioeconomic understanding.
• Worked as a part of multi-disciplinary team to support other clinicians with patient case management.
• Provided supervision for social work interns from various local social work programs at Bay Area universities.

Supervisor:

• Provided supervision for social work interns from various local social work programs at Bay Area universities.

Nursery:

• Provided safe assessment and discharge planning for mothers and their infants which included referrals to community based support services.
• Made referrals to Child Protective Services as necessary for post partum depression, anxiety and positive tox screens.
• Lead joint task force with Child Protective Services and other community agencies to provide substance abuse treatment within the hospital.
• Co-coordinated collaboration with perinatal services and substance abuse services within the hospital.

Intensive Care Unit:

• Conducted long-term counseling for families of critically ill patients, including donor issues and advance directives.
• Spearheaded "Stop the Violence" project which culminated in a community march and rally

Emergency Room:

• Provided crisis counseling for families in cases of sudden-death, disability, major trauma and serious illness.
• Coordinated services between City agencies, hospital, patients and community providers