Shawna Sullivan
Taunton,MA
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Community Based Day Supports
Grow Associates
11.2021 - Current
- Enhanced team collaboration through regular communication, goal setting, and performance evaluations.
- Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Coordinate all aspects of community based day programming including program development and scheduling, tracking of participant attendance against budget, and monthly billing
- Oversee the implementation of positive behavior supports, ISP objectives and treatment plans.
- Facilitate communication between stakeholders including parents, guardians, and other providers both within and outside of the agency, and funding sources.
- Knowledgeable of HCSIS system for ISP review and providing incident report data entry.
- Provides oversight and maintenance to information and data collected in the agency’s Electronic Health Care Record (EHR) system, ensuring all required and relevant information related to outcomes are properly documented.
- Complete and maintain accurate and current programmatic documentation as required.
- Maintain required trainings current, including: First Aid, CPR, MAP and other related trainings.
- Assist and attend to personal care needs of people served as needed.
- Responsible for interviewing, hiring and the performance evaluation process of program staff.
- Ensure that proposed community activities align with the individual’s support plan goals and interests.
- Participate in planning, development and implementation of both programmatic and agency wide goals and objectives.
- Achieve and maintain full and timely compliance with DDS licensing and certification standards and CARF.
Mental Health Coordinator
Norfolk Advocates for Children
09.2020 - 11.2021
- Provide internal and external education and training opportunities to community partners on various topics including trauma, mental health issues, and mandated reporting
- Identify and maintain relationships with local providers and clinicians who can provide treatment, services, and care for victims and families
- Participate in all SAIN interviews for children at the NAC
- Provide mental health referrals and work with families to provide the appropriate mental health care
- Attend weekly multidisciplinary team meetings, offering consultation regarding mental health and work cohesively with the other team members
- Manage caseload of families appropriately and timely.
Assistant Program Director
Granite House- Baystate Community Services
06.2019 - 09.2020
- Provide administrative assistance to Program Director
- Assisted program manager with developing budget and schedule
- Ran staff meeting weekly to review client's with floor staff
- Maintained a caseload of two-three families for weekly family therapy, as well as individual check ins as needed
- Provided comprehensive case management services, including creating treatment plans and connecting clients and families to appropriate resources
- Supervised milieu staff
- Worked collaboratively with other mental health professionals to provide consistent care and minimize diversion
- Completed monthly billing.
Family Therapist
Granite House-Baystate Community Services
05.2018 - 06.2019
- Provided family therapy up to 7 families for residents and their identified family unit
- Collaborated with social services, referral sources, and other professionals, to meet patient needs
- Conducted comprehensive assessments in order to create thorough treatment plans for each resident
- Updated quarterly treatment plans, and hosted treatment meetings with providers and clients
- Administered client's medication under MAP certification
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy
- Participated in an on-call rotation to offer staff support as well as crisis intervention when necessary
- De-escalated and safety planned with residents.
Continuum Clinician
Baystate Community Services
11.2016 - 05.2018
- Responsible for caseload of six families
- Worked with both children and adolescents with multiple mental health diagnoses and multiple hospitalizations
- Provide weekly in-home family counseling sessions regarding family stabilization, self-harm, and suicidality
- Offer weekly parent sessions when appropriate
- Assist in de-escalating crisis situations both in person and over the phone
- Conduct intakes, assessments, quarterly treatment meetings, and discharge planning
- When necessary provide transportation for youth and family
- Create and implement treatment plans as well as safety plans and assessments
- Attend weekly supervision and group supervision as well as monthly DMH meetings
- Work both collaboratively with continuum team and independently when called for
- Maintain contact with all collateral providers providing weekly updates
- Complete documentation in a timely manner
- Participate in on call program 1-2 times a month for the duration of a week
- Established appropriate course of treatment and implemented interventions.
Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Counselor
New Hope
09.2014 - 11.2016
- Community Based Counselor/Advocate for Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Survivors
- Provide counseling and crisis intervention to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault
- Manage caseload of clients including phone calls, appts, etc
- Answer 24-hour hotline utilizing crisis management and complete referrals both internally and refer clients externally when needed
- Attend weekly supervision with supervisor and utilize feedback with clients
- Attend a weekly clinical team meeting
- Input client data into the database
- Complete assessments with clients when scheduled
- Help to de-escalate when situations arise at shelter
- Participate in on-call coverage for SANE program one week out of the month
- Respond to two local hospitals for sexual assault cases
- Attend related training's when available
- Coordinate with other agencies when appropriate
- Work independently as well as with the counseling team
- Facilitate Domestic Violence 101 Groups
- Empathetically communicated with victims to facilitate collection of evidence and employ treatments
- Collaborated with law enforcement and district attorneys, to improve services for sexual assault victims.
Education
Master of Education - Counseling
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA05.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Westfield State University
Westfield, MA05.2013
Skills
- Crisis Management
- Skills in de-escalation
- Comfortable managing a team as well as working within one
- MAP Certified
- Safety Care / CPR certified
Certification
- LMHC Eligible
- MAP Certification
- CPR certified
Timeline
Director of Community Based Day Supports
Grow Associates
11.2021 - Current
Mental Health Coordinator
Norfolk Advocates for Children
09.2020 - 11.2021
Assistant Program Director
Granite House- Baystate Community Services
06.2019 - 09.2020
Family Therapist
Granite House-Baystate Community Services
05.2018 - 06.2019
Continuum Clinician
Baystate Community Services
11.2016 - 05.2018
Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Counselor
New Hope
09.2014 - 11.2016
Master of Education - Counseling
Bridgewater State University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Westfield State University
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