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Ian Mearns

Ian Mearns

Seattle,WA

Summary

Successful and competent career social worker with a clinical and supervisory background in forensic and mental health is seeking new opportunities within an organization that will allow them to help foster the growth and success of the programs and services they will be a part of by using their success in building and motivating program teams to meet project goals via their leadership skills in systems implementation, program execution, and process improvement engagements.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Program Manager

Downtown Emergency Services Center
10.2022 - Current
  • Mentor and support 32 staff members of the HOST program to help create a strong workplace culture.
  • Scheduled and facilitated meetings between stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
  • Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status.
  • Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
  • Reported regularly to Directors on project budget, progress and technical problems.

Supervisor & Coordinator – LINC Program

Community House Mental Health Agency
06.2022 - 10.2022
  • Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
  • Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas.
  • Maintained compliance with organizational policies, objectives and communication goals.
  • Met with prosecutors on a weekly basis to help ensure clients were engaged with court ordered services.
  • Maintained compliance with contract policies, objectives, and communication goals.

LINC Case Manager

Community House Mental Health Agency
10.2017 - 06.2022
  • Helped clients receive appropriate care with reasonable results once they released.
  • Helped design and evaluate treatment plans against the individual goals and healthcare standards of each client.
  • Partnered with physicians, therapists, psychiatrists and release planners to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented patient interactions and interventions.
  • Identified care needs of individual patients and coordinated responses based on advice of integrated care team.

Child & Family Welfare Services - Social Worker

Dep. Of Child Youth & Families- Washington State
07.2013 - 01.2017
  • Ensured that high-quality child care standards were being used to care for children on my caseload.
  • Oversaw safety requirements, inspection and certification procedures to facilitate licensing review for foster parents.
  • Interviewed clients, families or groups to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs.
  • Maintained regular contact with clients by calling and visiting clients' homes.

Education

Master of Social Work - Social

Yeshiva University, New York, NY
05.2023

Doctorate of Education - Organizational Leadership Studies

Northeastern University, Boston, MA
08.2021

Master of Arts - Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences

University of Washington, Tacoma, WA
06.2012

Bachelor of Arts - Urban Studies

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
08.2010

Skills

  • Program Reviews Project Coordination
  • Policy Interpretation
  • Relationship Management
  • Staff Leadership
  • Project Coordination Psychosocial Assessments Cognitive Processing Therapy Site Visits
  • Relationship Issues Management
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Strengths-Based Practices
  • Individual and Group Counseling
  • Community Reintegration
  • Updating Treatment Plans
  • Crisis Evaluation and Intervention
  • Best Practices and Standards
  • Psychiatric Consultations
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Coordinating Care
  • Behavioral Health Electronic Health Records
  • Diagnostic Assessments
  • Managing Patient Cases
  • Community Mental Health Programs
  • Word Processing
  • Social History Intake Procedures

Certification

Basic Life Savers (BLS)

Substance Abuse Counselor


Languages

Spanish
Limited Working

Timeline

Senior Program Manager - Downtown Emergency Services Center
10.2022 - Current
Supervisor & Coordinator – LINC Program - Community House Mental Health Agency
06.2022 - 10.2022
LINC Case Manager - Community House Mental Health Agency
10.2017 - 06.2022
Child & Family Welfare Services - Social Worker - Dep. Of Child Youth & Families- Washington State
07.2013 - 01.2017
Yeshiva University - Master of Social Work, Social
Northeastern University - Doctorate of Education, Organizational Leadership Studies
University of Washington - Master of Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
University of Washington - Bachelor of Arts, Urban Studies

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