KATHERINE A. BROWN
Hinesville,GA
Summary
Seasoned Social Worker with professional experience and knowledge in the field of chronic and persistent mental illness, substance abuse/co-occurring disorders, homelessness, geriatrics, supervision and management, professional case management, teletherapy, military issues, trauma, and integrative care.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
IOP Therapist
Winn Army Community Hospital
Fort Stewart, GA
07.2023 - Current
- Provide therapeutic interventions in an intensive outpatient group setting for 3 hours per session, three days per week to active service members of the United States Army who have been affected by combat, sexual, and other traumas
- Provide weekly individual therapy sessions
- Serve as lead clinician for staffing of walk in service members presenting in crisis
- Participate in command consultations addressing challenges related to service member’s ability to maintain a status of deployment ready.
Teletherapist
AbleTo
Remote
01.2018 - Current
- Provide care remotely via video conferencing and/or phone, to patients who are suffering from behavioral issues associated with a medical or life transition to include chronic health conditions, mental health diagnoses, and substance use disorders.
Licensed Mental Health Professional(Contract Employee)
Appling Integrated Treatment Facility
Baxley, GA
04.2023 - 07.2023
- Provided mental health case management services to patients in a correctional setting and consults with a multi-disciplinary team in providing comprehensive mental health care, including: intake and assessments, crisis intervention, treatment planning, and providing individual and group therapy
- Addressed issues related to chronic and persistent mental illness, co-occurring illness, and trauma.
HCM-SS Care Manger
Humana
Remote Work from Home
11.2019 - 03.2023
- Assesses and Evaluates members’ needs and requirements to achieve and/or maintain optimal wellness
- Provide case management and coordination of services within Humana and in the community to address health and/or interpersonal deficits
- Linkage to resources to address financial concerns, i.e.-food insecurity, functional deficits in the home, and lack of a support system
- Assess for safety and risks, and provide intervention based on level of need, to include addressing medical, mental health, and/or substance impairment crises.
HUD VASH Social Worker
Carl Vinson VAMC-Dublin
GA
12.2016 - 11.2019
- Provide intensive case management services based on acuity to homeless veterans to assist with obtaining and maintaining stable housing
- Provide clinical services such as mental health counseling and education, substance abuse counseling and support, suicide assessment and prevention, and provide linkage to community resources
- Provide continuous case management services through inpatient care, discharge and re-integration into the community
- Evaluate mental health status and make determinations on whether a veteran meets the criteria for baker act
- Provide advanced level diagnosis, assessment, treatment planning, and advanced case management services to veterans with highly complex mental health and/or substance abuse diagnoses.
HUD VASH Social Worker
Baypines VA
St. Petersburg, FL
12.2015 - 12.2016
- Provide intensive case management services based on acuity to homeless veterans to assist with obtaining and maintaining stable housing
- Provide clinical services such as mental health counseling and education, substance abuse counseling and support, suicide assessment and prevention, and provide linkage to community resources
- Provide continuous case management services through inpatient care, discharge and re-integration into the community
- Evaluate mental health status and make determinations on whether a veteran meets the criteria for baker act
- Provide advanced level diagnosis, assessment, treatment planning, and advanced case management services to veterans with highly complex mental health and/or substance abuse diagnoses.
Medical Social Worker
Nurse on Call
Brooksville, FL
02.2015 - 12.2015
- Provide professional case management services to elderly individuals with complex medical needs to live in a safe environment and ensure personal needs are met
- Refer patient and/or family to community resources to assist with recovery from mental and/or physical illness and provide access to services such as financial assistance, legal aid, mental health and substance abuse treatment, food, and assisted living and skilled nursing placement
- Counseling for long term planning and decision making
- Counseling to develop plan to prevent institutionalization and/or re-hospitalization
- Evaluation of psychosocial factors and provide interventions, including but not limited to evaluation of mental health status for baker acts.
Medical Social Worker
FL Homecare Specialist
Crystal River, FL
04.2014 - 12.2015
- Provide professional case management services to elderly individuals with complex medical needs to live in a safe environment and ensure personal needs are met
- Refer patient and/or family to community resources to assist with recovery from mental and/or physical illness and provide access to services such as financial assistance, legal aid, mental health and substance abuse treatment, food, and assisted living and skilled nursing placement
- Counseling for long term planning and decision making
- Counseling to develop plan to prevent institutionalization and/or re-hospitalization
- Evaluation of psychosocial factors and provide interventions, including but not limited to evaluation of mental health status for baker acts.
Assistant Director of Adult Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Svcs.
The Centers
Lecanto, FL
11.2012 - 12.2015
- Assist management staff with program/agency growth and sustainability through development and management of new programs within the agency including but not limited to teletherapy and integrative care
- Provide ongoing training and guidance to front line staff
- Serve as a Licensed Clinician as needed and carry an active case load within various programs within the agency, including but not limited to evaluation and facilitation of baker acts/marchman acts, intakes, primary therapist, Clubhouse Coordinator, TANF program coordinator, Substance Abuse Treatment, and case management
- Oversee and manage the following agency specialty programs: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Family Intensive Treatment(FIT), Family Intervention Services(FIS), Supportive Housing and Employment, Mental health recovery Clubhouse
- Spokesperson at community meetings and events to represent and promote the agency
- Facilitate and participate in peer reviews of agency’s documentation and charts
- Proficient in the agency’s electronic medical record program.
Social Services Coordinator/Mental Health Therapist/Case Manager
Springbrook Hospital
Brooksville, FL
03.2006 - 10.2013
- Coordinate and manage the daily activities of a social services unit at a for profit inpatient psychiatric hospital, that consisted of 5 full time therapists, and 3 case managers/discharge planners
- Provide individual, family, and group psychotherapy and professional case management services to 3 inpatient units-Critical Care Unit(acutely psychotic and/or suicidal patients, 18 and older, requiring acute stabilization, and close supervision); Older Adult Unit(geriatric population with organic disorders, such as Dementia; Depressive Disorders; and last, but not least, Adjustment Disorders adversely compromising safety and stabilization); and the Eclipse Unit(individuals that suffer from a dual, co-morbid disorder of a chronic mental illness, and substance abuse or dependence disorder)
- Participate in Peer reviews and ongoing training
- Professional, person centered treatment Planning for coordination of care and management of treatment progress and discharge planning
- Provide professional case management services to assist with placement into safe housing prior to discharge
- Participate in weekly interdisciplinary staffings with psychiatrists, medical doctors, nursing staff and family for treatment and discharge planning to ensure continuity of care.
Emergency Evaluator
The Centers
Ocala, FL
04.2009 - 03.2011
- Provide mental health and substance abuse screening services to children and adults presenting on baker acts and for voluntary admission, due to being in need of acute, inpatient crisis stabilization, or substance abuse detoxification
- Provide appropriate referrals when patient is not admitted for voluntary admission to mental health, substance abuse and housing services
- Assess for danger to self and/or others and facilitate baker act when risk of harm to self or others is present
- Provide crisis counseling, on a 24-hr emergency crisis line.
Emergency Services Screener
The Harbor Behavioral Health Care
New Port Richey, FL
03.2008 - 07.2008
- Provide mental health screening services to patients presenting on baker acts and for voluntary admission, due to being in need of acute, inpatient crisis stabilization
- Provide appropriate referrals when a patient is not admitted for voluntary admission
- Assess for danger to self and/or others and facilitate baker act when risk of harm to self or others is present
- Provide crisis counseling, on a 24-hr emergency crisis line.
Youth Care Specialist II, Shift Lead
New Beginnings Youth Shelter
Brooksville, FL
07.2001 - 01.2006
- Responsible for the care and direct supervision of clients, ages 10 to 17, in a residential program under the direction of the Residential Director/Residential Supervisor
- Performed tasks including but not limited to, management of food, including shopping and cooking; facility maintenance; intake screening; supervision of clients on field trips and during daily activities, as well as clerical and record keeping responsibilities
- Conducted life skill and psychoeducational groups and assisted youth with G.E.D
- Preparation.
Enclave Instructor
The Arc of the Nature Coast
Brooksville, FL
08.2005 - 11.2005
- Instruct, supervise, and support developmentally delayed adults in employability training with community employers, to assist with the development and coordination of employment skills and self-sufficiency.
Nurse's Aide
Tangerine Cove
Brooksville, FL
03.2001 - 07.2001
- Provide basic patient care at an assisted living facility under the direction of nursing staff
- Perform duties, such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, and change linens
- Observe patient's physical, mental, and emotional conditions and report any changes to the nursing or medical staff
- Complete documentation on all patients' progress.
Education
MSW: Social Work -
University of South Florida
01.2008
BSW: Social Work -
St. Leo University San Antonio
01.2006
Skills
- Chronic and persistent mental illness
- Substance abuse/co-occurring disorders
- Homelessness
- Geriatrics
- Supervision and management
- Professional case management
- Teletherapy
- Military issues
- Trauma
- Integrative care
Certifications Licensure
- Qualified Supervisor for Licensed Clinical Social Worker Interns in FL, 2014-present
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker in multiple states, FL, SW10919, 2012-present, GA, CSW006415, 2018-present, NV, 8774-C, 2020-present, AL, 4613C, 2020-present, LA, 17153, 2022-present
- Certified Bachelor and Master level Intern Supervisor through the University of South Florida, 2010-present
- Certified Bachelor and Master level Intern Supervisor through St. Leo University, 2015-present
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
IOP Therapist
Winn Army Community Hospital
07.2023 - Current
Licensed Mental Health Professional(Contract Employee)
Appling Integrated Treatment Facility
04.2023 - 07.2023
HCM-SS Care Manger
Humana
11.2019 - 03.2023
Teletherapist
AbleTo
01.2018 - Current
HUD VASH Social Worker
Carl Vinson VAMC-Dublin
12.2016 - 11.2019
HUD VASH Social Worker
Baypines VA
12.2015 - 12.2016
Medical Social Worker
Nurse on Call
02.2015 - 12.2015
Medical Social Worker
FL Homecare Specialist
04.2014 - 12.2015
Assistant Director of Adult Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Svcs.
The Centers
11.2012 - 12.2015
Emergency Evaluator
The Centers
04.2009 - 03.2011
Emergency Services Screener
The Harbor Behavioral Health Care
03.2008 - 07.2008
Social Services Coordinator/Mental Health Therapist/Case Manager
Springbrook Hospital
03.2006 - 10.2013
Enclave Instructor
The Arc of the Nature Coast
08.2005 - 11.2005
Youth Care Specialist II, Shift Lead
New Beginnings Youth Shelter
07.2001 - 01.2006
Nurse's Aide
Tangerine Cove
03.2001 - 07.2001
MSW: Social Work -
University of South Florida
BSW: Social Work -
St. Leo University San Antonio
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