Marti Morris-Beckford
Fort Myers,FL
Summary
Compassionate licensed clinical social worker with two decades of expertise in promoting holistic personal development across physical, social, and emotional dimensions. Easily creates necessary environments and relationships that foster open communication for effective problem solving. Strengths include exceptional interpersonal skills, strong understanding of therapeutic approaches, and ability to create personalized treatment plans. Previous work has elicited positive client feedback, improved patient wellness, and contributed to collaborative healthcare teams.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Therapist
Grow Therapy
www.growtherapy.com
02.2024 - Current
- Implement strength-focused, evidence-based practices to empower clients to meet their desired goals.
- Collaboratively create treatment plans that accurately identify clients' needs and strengths for goal achievement.
- Accurately evaluate when clients need a higher level of care, and refer to the appropriate services.
- Establish connections with clients promoting feelings of security and contemplation.
- Empower clients to pinpoint and utilize inherent strengths to resolve issues.
Medical Social Worker
Gulf Coast Medical Center
Fort Myers, FL
12.2019 - Current
- Educate patients and families on diagnosed illnesses and prognosis to allow for self-determination.
- Engage with health care providers, insurance companies, and community resources to ensure ongoing patient support after discharge.
- Provide expertise and knowledge of social determinants of health and psychological issues on health outcomes during daily progression of care rounds to nursing, medical providers, and leadership.
- Advocate for the wishes of the patient and family.
- Implement unconventional thinking to resolve complex discharge obstacles supporting safe patient transitions and preventing rehospitalization.
Crisis Clinician/Triage Supervisor
Eliot Community Human Services
Lynn, MA
02.2010 - 11.2019
- Facilitated telephone crisis intervention, triage, counseling, and referrals with professionalism and sensitivity, prioritizing customer satisfaction.
- Delegated clinicians to perform evaluations promptly and ensured supervision of duty execution.
- Managed and evaluated daily crisis alerts, relaying critical information to next shift.
- Utilized de-escalation techniques with clients and families in crisis to complete an effective crisis assessment and ensure safety.
- Facilitated therapeutic resolution of crises to enhance outcomes and implement comprehensive safety planning.
- Engaged family, friends, professionals, insurance companies, and other supports to formulate comprehensive safety plans.
- Referred adults with high rates of hospital admission and inconsistent use community resources to essential interventions.
Psychiatric Social Worker
Steward Carney Hospital
Dorchester, MA
10.2014 - 09.2019
- Evaluated adolescent to older adult patients admitted to inpatient psychiatric units to identify optimal interventions for achieving stabilization goals.
- Coordinated with collaterals, caregivers, and guardians to identify vital resources and services for achieving optimal patient outcomes upon discharge.
- Provided psychoeducation to caregivers and patients regarding mental health symptoms and treatment options.
- Applied solution-focused brief therapy with patients to determine actionable strategies for alleviating mental health symptoms.
- Partnered with multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, occupational therapists, unit managers, nurses, mental health clinicians, and additional unit staff to deliver exceptional patient care.
Independent Outpatient Clinician
Outpatient Clinic
Quincy, MA
07.2017 - 10.2018
- Applied active listening to establish rapport with clients.
- Delivered gentle yet honest feedback to clients to assist with gaining insight to psychological barriers.
- Empowered professionals, mothers, couples, elderly individuals, and adolescents to achieve positive gains in lives.
- Maintained social work license by fulfilling required continuing education and expanding knowledge base.
PACT Team Lead Clinician
BayCove Human Service
Jamaica Plain, MA
02.2014 - 08.2014
- Facilitated all client engagement and assessment processes by ensuring optimal team member assignments, executing initial assessments, and monitoring ongoing evaluations.
- Acted as the Lead Clinician for multidisciplinary team for 80 clients with severe, persistent mental Illness.
- Created and maintained risk list encompassing all 80 clients highlighting their risk history to identify imminent risk and create necessary safety plans.
- Particpated in Daily Organizational Meeting by listening for any risk issues and coordinating care as needed.
- Coordinated with inpatient psychiatric units to secure highest quality care and comprehensive discharge planning throughout hospitalization.
- Delivered clinical support to team members for clients with imminent risk.
- Established trust with clients and families that have had negative experiences with mental health services.
Intake Coordinator/Early Intervention Specialist
BayCove Human Service
Dorchester, MA
11.2005 - 02.2014
- Acted as primary liaison for families exploring Early Intervention services.
- Cultivated trusting space for caregivers to discuss concerns related to child and family.
- Served as liaison with doctors, public schools, Head Start, and other community agencies.
- Contributed as multidisciplinary team member skilled in determining program eligibility and developing Individualized Family Service Plans.
- Facilitated family transitions from Early Intervention by providing critical referrals to community and public school systems.
- Generated written reports for children transitioning into public schools to support provision of Individualized Education Plans.
- Supervised four social work interns to provide strengths-based family interventions.
- Co-lead community and Early Intervention play groups to inspire child development.
- Spearheaded parenting group fostering connections to support child development.
Education
Masters of Social Work - School Social Work
University of Illinois, Jane Addams College of Social Work
Chicago, IL06.2005
Bachelors of Science - Family Social Services
Northern Illinois University, College of Health and Human Sciences
DeKalb, IL05.2001
Skills
- Treatment planning
- Crisis intervention
- Psychoeducation
- Solution-focused therapy
- Patient advocacy
- Care coordination
Certification
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Florida Department of Health, 09/01/19
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of Professional Licensure, 07/01/08
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Therapist
Grow Therapy
02.2024 - Current
Medical Social Worker
Gulf Coast Medical Center
12.2019 - Current
Independent Outpatient Clinician
Outpatient Clinic
07.2017 - 10.2018
Psychiatric Social Worker
Steward Carney Hospital
10.2014 - 09.2019
PACT Team Lead Clinician
BayCove Human Service
02.2014 - 08.2014
Crisis Clinician/Triage Supervisor
Eliot Community Human Services
02.2010 - 11.2019
Intake Coordinator/Early Intervention Specialist
BayCove Human Service
11.2005 - 02.2014
Masters of Social Work - School Social Work
University of Illinois, Jane Addams College of Social Work
Bachelors of Science - Family Social Services
Northern Illinois University, College of Health and Human Sciences