Jennifer Oswinkle, LCSW-C
Havre de Grace,MD
Summary
Dedicated Social Worker provides exceptional professional care and implements appropriate interventions. Utilizes variety of resources to identify unique needs and assist vulnerable populations. Adept at establishing strong rapport with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Treatment Coordinator
Pressley Ridge
06.2012 - Current
- Provide therapeutic case management services, individual and family counseling for youth and families, while coordinating treatment with service providers
- Assisting with placement and stability in therapeutic foster homes, including weekly home visits to ensure clients needs are being met
- Supporting youth with maintaining a relationship with biological family
- Advocacy for youth’s medical, education, and legal needs
- Referral to community, medical, and educational services to assist the youth and treatment parent
- Completion of bio-psychosocial assessments, therapeutic treatment plans, CANS, CAFAS, Drug and Alcohol, Trauma Screenings, Suicidality Screenings, discharge plans, and Functional Behavioral Assessments to support diagnostic impressions and treatment planning
- Supervision and in home trainings to treatment foster parents
- Weekly home visits to ensure client needs are being met
- Crisis management to clients as needed and monthly on-call program crisis management services to youth in treatment foster care, parent-child foster care, and independent living programs
- Documentation and compliance for all client charts
- Participation in individual and group supervision
- Maintained detailed records of patient treatments, ensuring accurate billing and efficient followups.
- Increased case acceptance rates through persuasive presentation of treatment options and benefits.
- Explained treatment choices to patients and helped determine best options.
Social Work Intern
Harbor City Unlimited
08.2011 - 07.2012
- Working with adults with severe mental illness in a psychiatric day program
- Completion of client intakes and assessments
- Co-leading therapeutic rehabilitation groups for stress management techniques
- Completion of client treatment plans
- Assisting clients with obtaining community resources to meet their needs
Clinical Coordinator
Phoenix Homes/ Mentor Maryland
01.2010 - 05.2012
- Provide case management and counseling services to treatment foster care youth and families
- Develop and implement treatment plans for youth
- Completion of community, mental health, and education referrals
- Supervision and in home trainings to treatment foster parents
- Crisis management to clients as needed
- Monthly on-call program crisis management services to youth in treatment foster care
- Documentation and compliance for all client charts
- Participation in weekly staff meetings
- Weekly home visits to ensure client needs are being met
Social Work Intern
Baltimore City Public Schools
08.2010 - 05.2011
- Planning and teaching social and informative groups
- Provide classroom assistance for youth struggling academically
- Locating and referring youth to community resources
- Basic counseling and debriefing during times of student crisis
Residential Rehabilitation Counselor
KeyPoint Health Services
07.2004 - 01.2010
- Caring for chronically mentally ill adults in a residential setting, including tasks of daily living
- Monitoring medication
- Creating and implementing treatment plans
- Documentation of client progress
- Conducting weekly social and ADL skills groups
- Transporting clients to appointments and ensuring medical and mental health needs are met
- Crisis intervention as needed
Social Work Intern
Spring Grove Hospital Adolescent Forensic Unit
08.2008 - 06.2009
- Assisting with psychosocial assessments
- Co-lead therapeutic group sessions
- Discharge planning and service coordination
- Observe forensic interviews and court hearings
Residential Caretaker
Maryland School for the Blind
09.2003 - 01.2004
- Caring for children ages five to twenty-one years of age with multiple disabilities
- Assist youth in leisure activities
- Completing ADLs, personal care, and feeding of clients
Education
Master of Social Work -
University of Maryland School of Social Work
Bachelor of Social Work -
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Skills
- HIPAA Compliance
- Treatment Planning
- Organizational Skills
- Relationship Building
- Care Planning
- Case Management
- Patient Advocacy
- Case Documentation
- CPR, First Aid, AED
- Cultural Competency
Licensenumber
15579
Certification
- CPR/AED Certification
- LCSW-C
Timeline
Treatment Coordinator
Pressley Ridge
06.2012 - Current
Social Work Intern
Harbor City Unlimited
08.2011 - 07.2012
Social Work Intern
Baltimore City Public Schools
08.2010 - 05.2011
Clinical Coordinator
Phoenix Homes/ Mentor Maryland
01.2010 - 05.2012
Social Work Intern
Spring Grove Hospital Adolescent Forensic Unit
08.2008 - 06.2009
Residential Rehabilitation Counselor
KeyPoint Health Services
07.2004 - 01.2010
Residential Caretaker
Maryland School for the Blind
09.2003 - 01.2004
Bachelor of Social Work -
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Master of Social Work -
University of Maryland School of Social Work
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