Josh Bassarear
Fayetteville,AR
Summary
Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Strengths in building and maintaining relationships, crisis management, excellent clinical skills with individuals and groups, and staff development.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Social Work / Bereavement Manager
Circle of Life
10.2021 - Current
- Assisted in creating this new role within the agency, identifying job duties and responsibilities by leading a group of 15-18 social workers
- Provide direct grief counseling to individuals and groups
- Provide LCSW supervision and MSW intern supervision, as well as professional development to all social workers
- Crisis management consultation and guidance for complicated cases.
Outpatient Social Worker
Circle of Life
06.2018 - 10.2021
- Develop and implement individualized care plans for terminal patient’s and family’s psychosocial needs
- Utilize creative interventions – such as guitar, mindfulness, and games – to provide comfort
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to ensure compassionate care is provided for patient and family’s physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Therapist – Inpatient Geriatric
Vantage Point
01.2018 - 06.2018
- Work collaboratively with interdisciplinary team and family to ensure high quality of treatment from intake assessment to comprehensive discharge plans
- Conduct biopsychosocial assessment and create/implement treatment plans
- Facilitate individual, group, and family therapy.
Therapist – Floater
Vantage Point
06.2017 - 12.2017
- Adapted to multiple teams and environments fluidly
- Focused on youth/adolescent TDT and adult IOP programs
- Helped revise and implement intake protocol at TDT location, and to construct meaningful groups in IOP.
Graduate Assistant
University of Utah
08.2016 - 05.2017
- Assisted social work professor in qualitative research projects, focusing on sex trafficking, domestic violence/sexual violence, and homelessness
- Collected, coded, and analyzed data with NVivo software
- Wrote portions of peer review articles to be submitted.
Psychiatric Technician
University Neuropsychiatric Institute
11.2015 - 04.2017
- Crisis management and de-escalation
- Member of interdisciplinary team with social worker and medical provider
- Connected patients with appropriate community resources based on needs.
Research Assistant
Colorado State University
08.2011 - 12.2011
- Participated in qualitative research about mental wellbeing related to World of Warcraft gaming
- Assisted with interviews, transcriptions, and coding
- Co-authored a peer-reviewed, published article.
Education
Master of Social Work -
University of Utah
05.2017
Bachelor of Anthropology -
Colorado State University
05.2012
Skills
- Clinical counseling to individuals and groups
- Team Leadership
- Crisis Management
- Time Management & Task Prioritization
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Staff Training and Development
Certification
- Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW) in AR, 2019
- Advanced Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care (ACHP-SW) through NASW, 2019
Affiliations
National Association of Social Workers
Publications
A guild culture of ‘casual raiding’ enhances its members’ online gaming experiences: A cognitive anthropological and ethnographic approach to World of Warcraft, Snodgrass, J.G., Batchelder, G., Eisenhauer, S., Howard, L., Dengah, F., Thompson, R.S., Bassarear, J., Cookson, R.J., Defouw, P.D., Matteliano, M., Powell, C., 2016
Projects
Sex Trafficking in Salt Lake City, UT (2016-2017)
Effects of World of Warcraft on Mental Wellbeing. Fort Collins, CO (2011)
Timeline
Social Work / Bereavement Manager
Circle of Life
10.2021 - Current
Outpatient Social Worker
Circle of Life
06.2018 - 10.2021
Therapist – Inpatient Geriatric
Vantage Point
01.2018 - 06.2018
Therapist – Floater
Vantage Point
06.2017 - 12.2017
Graduate Assistant
University of Utah
08.2016 - 05.2017
Psychiatric Technician
University Neuropsychiatric Institute
11.2015 - 04.2017
Research Assistant
Colorado State University
08.2011 - 12.2011
Master of Social Work -
University of Utah
Bachelor of Anthropology -
Colorado State University
- Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW) in AR, 2019
- Advanced Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care (ACHP-SW) through NASW, 2019
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