MARISOL GELY
Willingboro
Summary
Mental health therapist with expertise in diverse therapeutic methodologies to enhance client well-being. Bilingual professional skilled in building rapport and promoting growth through effective treatment approaches. Experienced in delivering individual, couples, adolescent, and family therapy sessions.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Social Work/ Family Service Specialist (FSST2) Bilingual in Spanish & English
Department of Children and Family (DCF)
Burlington-West
01.2025 - Current
- Screen allegations of child abuse and/or neglect; and/or
- Initiate or conduct various types of investigations, including child welfare assessments or abuse and/or neglect referrals in problematic, high-risk situations, in-home supervision, residential placement, and/or
- Conduct assessment, recruitment, and placement in resource family/foster homes, adoption-related work, and placement supervision; and/or
- Provide direct treatment/counseling services, Family Team Meetings, and referrals for family services to a high-risk caseload requiring intensive intervention; and/or
- Assist supervisory staff in developing, coordinating, and facilitating social programs using sophisticated social work skills, including engagement, analysis, assessment, group work, and/or individualized therapeutic interaction with clients; and/or
- Assist in developing needed services, additional resources, and training programs; and/or
- Oversaw multiple components of court-involved cases to ensure compliance and effective service delivery.
- Executed tasks to support team objectives.
Bilingual Therapist – Part-Time LAMFT Licensed
Ellie Mental Health
Cherry Hill
03.2025 - 07.2025
- Evaluate mental health diagnosis, create, and implement a treatment plan, complete ongoing documentation, including further diagnosis, treatment plan reviews, and case notes according to company policy.
- Developed and implemented creative interventions that empowered clients to achieve their personal goals.
- Prepare and submit individual documentation for each session according to the company guidelines and protocol.
- Coordinated services among case managers, families, and medical personnel to ensure comprehensive client support.
- Delivered exceptional customer service and collaborated with team to address community mental health needs.
- Full-time Clinicians must maintain a caseload of a minimum of 27 client visits per week.
- Attend and participate in all clinical staff meetings and training sessions.
Bilingual- Care Manager
Capital County Children’s Collaborative
10.2024 - 01.2025
- Becoming proficient in the wraparound model and process as the standard of care management delivery.
- Helping families identify needs - the CM is certified by the NJ Division of Children’s System of Care to Assess and complete Strengths and Needs Assessments.
- This tool is used to identify strengths and needs of the child and family as a guide for planning purposes.
- Developed comprehensive Individual Service Plans that identified specific needs and strategies to address them.
- Throughout this process, the SCM maintains contact with many system partners (DCP&P, Probation, Juvenile Justice, and school systems).
- Completed all documentation, plan development, and target performance goals defined by the contract and the internal QAPI plan established by Capitol County Children's Collaborative.
- Engaged continuously with child and family, meeting with families twice a month to ensure consistent support.
- Throughout their tenure with Capitol County Collaborative, the CM offers supportive counseling as most of our families are overwhelmed by multi-systemic needs (mental health, substance abuse, alcohol/drug abuse, poverty, and a lack of community-based resources needed for long-term stability).
- The CM works with the families from a strength-based perspective to help the families achieve empowerment and self-determination.
- Community linkage – Link families to available resources in the community, including housing, rental assistance, social service entitlements, domestic violence, outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities, food pantries, etc.
- Advocated for families by attending meetings (school, DCP&P, court hearings, mental health appointments) to amplify their voice.
- Https://capitolkids.org/
Bilingual Case Manager/ Clinician -Crisis Intervention Outpatient Program
Catholic Charities Early Intervention Support Services (EISS)
Burlington
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Assessed client needs and determined eligibility for services.
- Counsels and aids individuals and families requiring agency assistance.
- Provided supportive counseling in individual settings.
- Designs, implements, and monitors individual program plans for clients.
- Assists clients with accessing other services (job training, counseling, housing, medical services, etc.).
- Facilitated scheduling and organized client activities to improve engagement.
- Maintained client records and ensured compliance with agency and accreditation standards.
- Networks with other providers to generate community resources for participants.
Older Adult Services Case Manager
Zufall Health Center
Somerville
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Conducts intake process and determines clinical and social needs and coordinates plan of care for each patient.
- Facilitated patient enrollment into appropriate providers, programs, services, or organizations.
- Guided patients in application processes for Charity Care, Medicaid, NJ Family Care, and other relevant benefits or insurances, improving access to essential services.
- Provides one-time as well as ongoing case management based on the needs of the patients.
- Assists patients with arrangements for transportation, translation, and other barriers to attending appointments and accessing care.
- In the older adult population, barriers may include dementia, mobility issues, low motivation related to depression, and inadequate social support systems.
- Works as part of the Care Team to identify patients in need of services and communicates with the patient’s healthcare team of progress of the case and of unidentified needs.
- Facilitated in-reach to Zufall Health Center providers and healthcare team members, enhancing referral processes for patients ages 55+.
- Increases patients’ sense of empowerment in their ability to navigate the healthcare system.
- Provide support, empathy, and guidance to patients related to their healthcare journey.
- Acts as an advocate for patients with community organizations and governmental agencies.
- Establishes and cultivates excellent external referral relationships with community-based organizations who are referring to or who will be referred to, as appropriate.
- Developed and maintained a targeted referral resource list for older adults, streamlining access to community services.
- Conduct home visits when indicated.
- Assists physicians and nurse practitioners with contacting patients to discuss results and additional procedures.
- Educates patients about what, why, and how tests are being done.
- Instruct patients with preparation for all procedures.
- Enters interventions done and plans in the electronic medical record via telephone encounter or case management notes.
- Assists with tracking program enrollment, levels of services provided, collecting data, and tracking program activities.
- Works to meet program target objectives.
Access Representative Coordinator/ Emergency Room
Saint Peters Hospital
New Brunswick
01.2017 - 01.2022
- Ensured customer satisfaction by efficiently obtaining patient demographic information, enabling timely registration and accurate database entry.
- Ensured patients in the emergency room completed necessary paperwork and signed consent forms.
- Acted as Spanish interpreter and unit clerk, supporting physicians and nurses in effective patient communication in the emergency room.
- Assist patients who have a question about a bill and take payments or copayments at the time of service.
- Initiated billing process by gathering and entering insurance information into hospital billing systems, facilitating smooth financial transactions.
- Perform other clerical tasks, such as filing, faxing, answering phones, and taking messages.
Assistant Management Coordinator/ Admission & Registration-Pediatric ER
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Registered patients in emergency room promptly, collecting all necessary information for accurate entry into hospital database.
- Verified emergency room admission paperwork, ensuring patients or guardians signed required forms and received copies of materials.
- Confirm the information of the patient or guardian with a follow up visit at their room\bedside to compare the information in the hospital computer system.
- Initiate the billing process by gathering insurance information and entering insurance data into the hospital billing systems.
- Assist patients who have a question about a bill and take payments or copayments at the time of service.
- Executed clerical tasks, including filing, faxing, answering phones, and taking messages to support operational efficiency.
Substitute-Teacher Per Diem
Franklin Township Public Schools
Somerset
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Executed lesson plans provided by classroom teacher to ensure continuity in student learning.
- Facilitated student engagement and understanding to achieve curriculum goals outlined in lesson plans.
- Creates a classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate to the students' maturity and interests.
- Utilized effective instructional strategies and materials to meet specific lesson objectives.
- Indicates to students at the beginning of class the basic expectations for behavior in the class in accordance with school and Franklin Township Public Schools policies.
- Ensures that the students are never left unattended in the classroom.
- Reports to school office at beginning of school day to pick up required materials/schedule of classes and at the end of the school day to return materials.
- May perform duties usually required of absent teacher such as lunchroom duty, hall monitoring, etc.
- Knows procedures for referring students who have disciplinary problems.
- Understood and followed school procedures and regulations to ensure compliance.
- Executed additional responsibilities assigned by the principal.
- Worked with varying age levels from kindergarten through eighth grade.
Bi-lingual-Spanish Teller
Wells Fargo Bank
North Brunswick
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Greeted customers, fostering a welcoming environment
- Processing transactions for customers
- Identified customer needs, enhancing convenience of financial services
- Recommended additional products and services tailored to customer needs
- Referring customers to your Wells Fargo partners
Front-End Lead Store Supervisor
K-mart
Somerset
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Monitored traffic patterns to identify staffing needs and optimize service levels.
- Participates in the interview process for potential Checkout Service and Service Desk Associates
- Train and supervise the Checkout Service and Service Desk Associates
- Ensure that registers are completing all requirement tasks on a continual basis
- Facilitated communication between front-line associates and store leadership to address concerns and improve operations.
- Works closely with the HR Lead to ensure completion of compliance training of all departments’ associates
- Applied suggestive selling techniques to enhance customer experience and increase sales opportunities.
Education
Master Social Work -
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ05-2024
Bachelor's Degree - Psychology, Education K-6th
Rutgers University
New Brunswick05-2017
A.S. - Education K-12th
Raritan Valley Community College
Branchburg Township, NJ05-2012
Skills
- Bilingual in Spanish
- Teaching capabilities
- Strong communication skills
- Support for employees
- Knowledge of policies/procedures
- Teamwork ability
- Independent task management
- Proficient in MS Office applications
- Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Familiarity with Outlook and Teams
- Experience with Zoom meetings
- Windows user knowledge
- Detail-oriented mindset
- Organizational effectiveness
Related Experience
- Psychotherapy Clinician Intern, Catholic Charities (EISS), Burlington, NJ, 06/23
- BH Provider Master's Level Intern, Zufall Health Center, Plainsboro, NJ, 03/23
- Intern, Caritas Holy Parish Intern Program, New Brunswick, NJ, 09/21
- Support Teacher, North Plainfield Middle School, North Plainfield, NJ, 03/12
- Support Teacher, Bridgewater High School, Bridgewater, NJ, 03/12
- Support Teacher, Franklin Township Public Schools, Somerset, NJ, Fall 11
Timeline
Bilingual Therapist – Part-Time LAMFT Licensed
Ellie Mental Health
03.2025 - 07.2025
Social Work/ Family Service Specialist (FSST2) Bilingual in Spanish & English
Department of Children and Family (DCF)
01.2025 - Current
Bilingual- Care Manager
Capital County Children’s Collaborative
10.2024 - 01.2025
Bilingual Case Manager/ Clinician -Crisis Intervention Outpatient Program
Catholic Charities Early Intervention Support Services (EISS)
01.2023 - 01.2024
Older Adult Services Case Manager
Zufall Health Center
01.2022 - 01.2023
Access Representative Coordinator/ Emergency Room
Saint Peters Hospital
01.2017 - 01.2022
Assistant Management Coordinator/ Admission & Registration-Pediatric ER
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
01.2015 - 01.2018
Substitute-Teacher Per Diem
Franklin Township Public Schools
01.2014 - 01.2015
Bi-lingual-Spanish Teller
Wells Fargo Bank
01.2012 - 01.2014
Front-End Lead Store Supervisor
K-mart
01.2010 - 01.2011
Master Social Work -
Rutgers University
Bachelor's Degree - Psychology, Education K-6th
Rutgers University
A.S. - Education K-12th
Raritan Valley Community College