James Henderson

Within this role, i’m tasked with conducting individual and/or family psychotherapy as indicated by diagnosis and individualized treatment plan. I complete comprehensive assessment of psychiatric history to include the totality of their lives. In collaboration with clients, I develop an individual treatment plan and provide ongoing assessment of clients' co-occurring symptoms and clients' response to treatment to makes appropriate changes in treatment plans to ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status or behavior which put clients at risk. Additionally, I educate and supports clients and their families, and advocates for clients' rights and preferences. I maintain documents in an EMR system to maintain a permanent record of client activity according to established methods and procedures. Lastly, I participates in staff organization meetings and treatment planning review meetings. As a member of the multidisciplinary team, works in close conjunction with all team members, and other collaborating agencies to ensure the best possible client outcomes and to ensure that clients' needs are addressed.

• I managed a caseload of 100 foster children to ensure the appropriateness of their placement by obtaining critical information through interviews of children, community agencies, parents, and relatives
• Additionally i was tasked with facilitating multiple disciplinary meetings (virtually/in-person), facilitating emergent placement stability meetings, managing financial reports, documenting all efforts and outcomes in the organization's database, ensuring compliance with state and federal foster care licensing laws and procedures, timely completion and submission of daily, weekly, and quarterly reports to the organization's contracted agencies
• Participating with quality assurance and improvement trainings, answering phone call in compliance with project que timeframes, and completion of weekly 24/7 on-call each month.

• Managed department in the absence of the supervisor; Responsible for staffing cases, training new CPIs, providing professional support, analyzing investigations, overseeing and evaluating casework activities; Testifies in court and attends forensic interviews; Conducts abuse, neglect, or abandonment investigations; telephonic and in-person Interviews families and recommends services; Maintains and prepares legal documents and files; Counsels parents and provides Psychoeducational advice; assist all employees with high profile/critical injury/media/fatality cases, assist with records assessments, assist with streamlining cases for closure to improve statistics.

• Managed department in the absence of the supervisor; Responsible for staffing cases, training new CPIs, providing professional support, analyzing investigations, overseeing and evaluating casework activities; Testifies in court and attends forensic interviews; Conducts abuse, neglect, or abandonment investigations; telephonic and in-person Interviews families and recommends services; Maintains and prepares legal documents and files; Counsels parents and provides Psychoeducational advice; assist all employees with high profile/critical injury/media/fatality cases, assist with records assessments, assist with streamlining cases for closure to improve statistics.

• Coordinated clerical office duties and performed more complex functions in the office; Maintained payroll, personnel files, accounts payable, supplies, and inventory; Answered telephones, prepared correspondences, handled mail and deliveries; Supervised, trained, and provided guidance to other clerks; Assisted customers by educating them on products or services, answering questions, and preparing rental invoices;

• Practiced mental health counseling under the supervision of a Senior Counselor, served as an Intern; Completed 182 hours with 145 hours of direct client contact; Gave comprehensive substance abuse prevention, intervention, education and treatment services to women, men, and their children regardless of age, race, religion or nationality; Performed various counseling duties, assessments and mock diagnosis, group and individual therapy, case reviews, and created status reports;

• Assisted patient with all activities of daily living and personal care; Prepared complete dietary meals; Light housekeeping and laundry services; Transported patient to any appointments or errands; Helped patient learn to care for themselves and also instruct family members on ways to care for the patient; Observed and reported changes in behavioral patterns and health to family registered nurse; Maintained a safe, clean, healthy environment;