Tricia A. Reese

• Conducting interviews, screenings and diagnosing for individuals on misdemeanor or felony probation both in person and remotely.
• Review and summarize within a report the criminal history, criminal documents, prison and supervision history, and treatment history. Identify and summarize dynamic risk factors.
• Prepare professional mental health or psychosexual reports suitable for probation or court.

Performed assessments, psycho-education case management for patients, victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. Coordinate and educate their families in collaboration with other members of the treatment team, clinical charting, discharge planning. Assisted in monitoring client outcomes; and make recommendations for improved performance. Performed the most complex clinical and case management assignments to include child sexual assault and other complicated cases. Assisted Program Supervisors with special projects.

• Work in collaboration with medical team, community resources, and outside referrals. Serves as a member of interdisciplinary team consulting with physicians, APPs, nurses, psychiatrists, and medical staff.
• Ensures the delivery of quality treatment to patients utilizing best practices and standards of care. Assessed patients' social, emotional, and environmental needs for comprehensive care planning. Coordinated interdisciplinary team meetings to develop and implement effective treatment strategies.
• Provided crisis intervention and emotional support to patients and families during traumatic events. Facilitated discharge planning, ensuring continuity of care through community resources and follow-up services.
• Developed patient education materials addressing coping mechanisms and resource navigation. Trained staff on best practices for social work interventions within trauma settings. Advocated for patient rights and access to essential healthcare services in complex situations. Evaluated program effectiveness, recommending improvements to enhance service delivery outcomes. Connected patients with community resources, ensuring access to essential services such as housing, healthcare, and financial assistance. Offered crisis intervention services to address urgent concerns related to mental health, substance abuse, or domestic violence issues.
• Developed cultural competence through ongoing professional development opportunities, providing culturally sensitive services to diverse patient populations.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate resources and support services for trauma patients.
• Provided crisis intervention and emotional support during high-stress situations, enhancing patient coping strategies.
• Mentored junior social workers, fostering professional development and enhancing team collaboration in patient care initiatives.

• Collaborating with family members and associates of individuals that are facing criminal penalties to gather collateral information concerning client’s education, prior criminal history, mental health, military service and substance abuse history.
• Conduct assessments, personality testing and other testing as needed.
• Assist in developing mitigating factors regarding individuals facing criminal charges.
• Prepare social history reports for experts to refer to for mitigating purposes and final dispositions.

• Conducted bio-psycho-social assessments both for mentally ill and substance abuse clients facing Federal criminal charges both in and out of jail. Sought out resources for substance abuse and mental health programs, vocational training programs, community resources and other appropriate services. Work collaboratively with other agencies to obtain services for our clients and this involves contact with multi-systems, such as courts, community-based organizations, social service agencies, health services, education, probation and mental health agencies.
• Gathering pertinent information through records requests, client interviews, and interviews with other witnesses. Identify significant factors to facilitate addressing our clients' needs and highlight mitigating factors contributing to or resulting from criminal justice system involvement.
• Request and review prior military records. Collaborate with community resources to assist Veterans with connecting them to appropriate services.
• Other additional duties included but not limited to: Analyzed behavioral health and other records (school, medical, psychiatric) for collaboration with external forensic experts to conduct evaluations of clients. Locating sentencing records and witnesses; reviewing mitigation records for relevant mental health information; and developing client social histories for use in sentencing memorandums.
• Conducted interviews with client and client's families to explore past abuse, trauma, mental illness, or other factors to mitigate clients' sentences. Managed assigned caseload; prepare narratives and reports from client meetings, documents case files regarding client status and correspondence. Conducted thorough investigations to gather evidence for federal defense cases. Collaborated with attorneys to develop case strategies and support legal arguments.
• Assisted in the development of investigative strategies, resulting in more efficient case resolutions. Prepared case reports from allegations, transcripts of interviews and physical evidence.
• Conducted comprehensive investigations to gather evidence for defense cases.

Extensive interaction with indigent criminal clients.

• Gathering clients’ background data to include the facts and circumstances surrounding their criminal cases. Drafting, filing and serving Motions, Orders and Subpoenas for multiple attorneys.
• Assisted in the preparation for and the trial of General Sessions, and juvenile cases including but not limited to: Extensive interviewing of witnesses and victims. Assisting attorneys in reviewing discoveries, assisting in the procurement of expert witnesses, coordinating the efforts of attorneys, witnesses, and experts.
• Facilitating discussion between Judges, solicitors, and attorneys for the public defender’s office regarding how criminal cases are resolved. Aiding attorneys in the determination of clients’ need for mental health services.
• Coordinating with DMH regarding the evaluation of clients for criminal responsibility and competency to stand trial. Corresponding with multiple law enforcement and state agencies. Assisted in finding placements for clients when released from jail. Maintained and submitted all vouchers for payment to indigent defense for Lexington County Public Defender Agency. Review, advise and assist with Mental Health Evaluation regarding client’s competency. Conducted comprehensive investigations to gather evidence for defense cases.