Kevin Birdsell
N. Chesterfield,USA
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven clinician with robust skills in project management, site supervision, and client relations. Demonstrated expertise in delivering high-quality outcomes through collaborative teamwork and adaptability to evolving project requirements. Committed to maintaining safety, ensuring compliance, and optimizing resource utilization for maximum efficiency. Recognized for reliability and a goal-oriented approach, consistently achieving successful project completions that exceed expectations.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Contractor
Self Employed
2017.02 - Current
- 10-15 hours per week
- Providing clinical supervision for MSW’s in a outpatient therapy setting. Setting up and conducting weekly supervision meetings with employees. Monitoring and editing clinical documentation. Ensuring timely and accurate submission of insurance reimbursement requests. Training staff members on modifying and enhancing their clinical documentation. Conducting regular trainings on suicide prevention and crisis management. Completing clinical assessments and discharge planning for clients experiencing complex behavioral health issues. Collaborating with referring localities on accessing community resources and other clinical resources.
Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) Coordinator (GS-12)
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
2014.07 - Current
- Acting as the facility’s primary liaison between the court system, local and regional jails, and law enforcement officials. Partnering with a multidisciplinary team to create and launch the Rappahannock Veterans Docket in Spotsylvania Circuit Court, as well as the Chesterfield Veteran’s Docket (Chesterfield Circuit Court). Creating and facilitating several therapeutic groups for Veteran Docket participants. Providing leadership in several VA Homeless Program initiatives including the Homeless Program Surge, Encampment Task Force and Stand Down events. Case Managing complex Veteran clients with SMI, Substance Abuse, and other psychosocial stressors.
Private Practice/Therapist
Resource Guidance Services
2016.05 - 2017.08
- 10 hours per week
- Independent provider for multiple insurances companies to include Aetna, Anthem BC/BS, Cigna, Coventry Health, and Tricare. Therapist providing individual, family, and marriage counseling with the following specializations noted: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Cognitive Processing Therapy), Addiction, Serious Mental Illness, Anger Management, and Intimate Partner Violence. Facilitating a weekly group called “Every Man’s Challenge” that focuses on sexual addiction recovery.
HUD/VASH Social Worker (GS-11)
Central Virginia VA Healthcare System
2011.12 - 2014.07
- Coordinated housing related services and other treatment needs for chronically homeless Veterans. Lead Clinician providing services for “Level One” clients under the Housing First Model; representing highly complex cases that require frequent clinical interventions. Supervising and recruiting over 100 volunteers at the annual Stand Down outreach event. Creating and implementing the Veterans Computer Resource Center (VCRC). Duties include: writing proposal and SOP, creating supporting documents, educating the HCHV team on usage, monitoring/maintaining program and managing data. Consistently exceeding expectations for clinical encounters and assisting others in developing techniques to increase productivity.
Clinical Director
Kids in Focus
2008.08 - 2011.12
- Supervised a clinical team consisting of six Therapists, two Art Therapists, two Admissions Case Managers, and one Psychological Evaluator. Responsible for clinical programming and operations within 5 diagnostic residential facilities, serving children age 5-18. Involved in the treatment of chronically mentally ill and/or volatile clients who had often been unsuccessful within home, foster care, or alternate residential settings. Effectively spanned the boundaries of large, complex systems to include social services, juvenile/criminal court and probation, school districts, and Medicaid.
Assistant Clinical Director
Kids in Focus
2007.08 - 2008.08
- Offered clinical expertise and made service recommendations at various court hearings, FAPT, and CAT meetings statewide. Responsible for the continuous quality improvement of comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and other documents that were the core of the Kids in Focus program. Provided supervision and clinical support for therapists within a diagnostic residential setting. Completed psychosocial evaluations and assigned risk level to sexually reactive clients.
Family Therapist
Clinical Alternatives, P.C.
2004.04 - 2007.04
- Provided outpatient, group, and intensive home-based therapy services for adolescents, children, and families; employing a variety of treatment paradigms. Lead Therapist for Henrico County’s Post-Disposition Program: providing clinically based re-entry services for incarcerated adolescents. Initiated and facilitated an anger management class for the Hanover County Employee Assistance Program. Created and facilitated a court ordered Violence Prevention Group for Hopewell Court Services. Trained a group of justice involved teens for a 5k road race and lead a related discussion group.
Clinical Supervisor
Family Continuity Programs, Inc.
2002.04 - 2004.04
- Assisted leadership team with transition from state-run to privatized child protective services programs throughout Pinellas and Pasco Counties. Duties included: training new staff, providing clinical consultation, and meeting regularly with CPS and Sheriff’s office leaders to address various issues. Supervised and trained Master and Bachelor level clinicians, providing therapeutic services (outpatient, in-home, group, crisis counseling) within the child welfare system. Monitored and sought to continuously improve Medicaid based documentation agency wide, while implementing various trainings to improve in this area.
Family Therapist
Family Continuity Programs, Inc.
1999.06 - 2002.04
- Provided outpatient and in-home family therapy for individuals involved in the child welfare system; focused primarily on reunification cases. Specialized in working with high risk cases involving parents returning to homes from the prison system. Successfully built relationships and demonstrated behavioral change in families deemed “high profile” due to prior convictions for murder, sexual offenses, and other serious crimes. Independently created and facilitated the Violence Prevention Program (VPP) at Gulf Middle School, teaching conflict resolution and anger management skills.
Clinical Social Work Intern
William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute
1998.08 - 1999.05
- Provided clinical services for individuals, age 12-21 within an inpatient psychiatric facility; focusing on two longer term treatment units. Created and facilitated a Grief and Loss Group for female adolescents, as well as a Conflict Resolution Group for the co-ed unit.
Clinical Social Work Intern
New Dominion School
1998.01 - 1998.05
- Learned fundamentals of group and individual therapy skills at a longer term residential wilderness program. Co-facilitated various psychoeducational groups focused on sexually reactive behaviors, anger/emotion management, and transitional challenges.
Education
Master of Social Work - Advanced Standing Program
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC05.1999
Bachelor of Social Work - undefined
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA05.1998
Skills
- Collaborative decision making
- Community advocacy
- Project coordination
- Technical documentation
- Strategic issue analysis
- Competency analysis
- Intercultural communication skills
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Prioritization and scheduling
Timeline
Clinical Contractor
Self Employed
2017.02 - Current
Private Practice/Therapist
Resource Guidance Services
2016.05 - 2017.08
Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) Coordinator (GS-12)
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
2014.07 - Current
HUD/VASH Social Worker (GS-11)
Central Virginia VA Healthcare System
2011.12 - 2014.07
Clinical Director
Kids in Focus
2008.08 - 2011.12
Assistant Clinical Director
Kids in Focus
2007.08 - 2008.08
Family Therapist
Clinical Alternatives, P.C.
2004.04 - 2007.04
Clinical Supervisor
Family Continuity Programs, Inc.
2002.04 - 2004.04
Family Therapist
Family Continuity Programs, Inc.
1999.06 - 2002.04
Clinical Social Work Intern
William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute
1998.08 - 1999.05
Clinical Social Work Intern
New Dominion School
1998.01 - 1998.05
Bachelor of Social Work - undefined
James Madison University
Master of Social Work - Advanced Standing Program
University of South Carolina