Hi, I’m
Vincent Seeger
Ballston Lake
Summary
Dynamic clinical social worker with extensive experience in healthcare, excelling in psychotherapy and collaborative care model. Proven leadership in managing teams and developing policies, while demonstrating emotional intelligence and problem-solving skills. Committed to enhancing patient-centered care and achieving positive outcomes through effective communication and strategic planning.
Overview
13
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Saratoga HospitalWilton
Social Worker
03.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Provide psychotherapy to adult patients at the hospital's largest primary care practice.
- Complete psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, diagnoses, referrals, case coordination, and individual therapy for a broad range of patients.
- Utilization of best practices and evidence-based interventions within a collaborative care model.
- Assist in the development of mental health services and act as the central therapist within a network of 8 affiliated outpatient facilities.
- Collaborate and act as a liaison with the practice psychiatrist, primary care physicians, physician assistants, case management staff, and nursing team.
Baptist Health Nursing HomeScotia
Director of Social Services
10.2022 - 03.2023
Job overview
- Oversee, manage, and run the day-to-day operations of the Social Services Department in a 260-bed skilled nursing home.
- Supervise three social workers and the nursing home chaplain.
- Provide staff supervision and identify training needs, ensuring that the social, emotional, and spiritual needs of residents are being met.
- Develop and review the department's annual budget.
- Participate in interdisciplinary care and management teams.
- Recommend and implement policy revisions.
- Provide short-term counseling to residents and families.
- Facilitate the resident council meeting.
- Ensure departmental compliance with overseeing agencies, including DOH, CMS, and NYSED.
- Provides in-service training.
The Charlton SchoolCharlton
Assistant Clinical Director
10.2019 - 09.2022
Job overview
- Supervise five residential and Ketchum Grande school therapists.
- Facilitate Child Study, Residential Group, Management, and Clinical meetings.
- Provide training, presentations, and clinical supervision on psychotherapy interventions and best practices, with an emphasis on trauma-informed treatment, personality pathology, and adolescent and family therapies.
- Perform crisis intervention and safety assessments.
- Design and facilitate Strategies for Living and SEL group therapies.
- Design psychosocial assessment documentation and clinical note format.
- Assume the role of Clinical Director as needed, in coordination with the Executive Director.
Four Winds HospitalSaratoga Springs
Therapist
08.2015 - 10.2019
Job overview
- Provide psychotherapy to adults in the inpatient unit.
- Perform social assessments, treatment plans, individual, group, and family therapy, as well as utilization management, case management, and discharge planning.
- Develop groups in the chemical dependency track and with suicide risk assessments.
- Provide clinical supervision to interns, obtaining their master's in mental health counseling or social work.
Warren County CorrectionsLake George
Forensic Social Worker
05.2014 - 08.2015
Job overview
- Provide psychosocial assessments, brief individual therapy, crisis intervention, psychoeducation, and suicide risk assessments to inmates at Warren County Department of Corrections.
- Act as a liaison between inmates, nursing staff, and the staff psychiatrist.
- Worked collaboratively with corrections staff, nursing, and social work team, providing treatment recommendations, training, consultation, and data collection.
- Correctional Medical Care
Ellis Outpatient Mental Health ClinicSchenectady
Psychiatric Social Worker
03.2013 - 05.2014
Job overview
- Provide individual therapy to patients at Ellis Mental Health Outpatient Clinic.
- Develop treatment plans and outreach strategies, and perform scheduled treatment plan reviews, assessing treatment goals and objectives.
- Provide case management services to patients and communicate regularly with collateral relations in the community.
- Advocate for community services for patients and make referrals to appropriate support agencies.
Education
University at AlbanyAlbany, NY
MSW from Social Work
Empire State CollegeSaratoga Springs, NY
B.S. from Community and Human Services
Nassau Community CollegeUniondale, NY
A.A.S. from Liberal Arts/Humanities
Skills
- Professional accountability
- Psychotherapy expertise
- Management and leadership
- Collaborative teamwork
- Social work ethics
- Policy development
- Staff supervision
- Effective communication
- Emotional intelligence
- Conflict resolution
- Problem solving
- Psycho-social assessments
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Family therapy
- Patient-centered care
- MS office
- Medicare and medicaid applications
- Addictions expert
- Individual and group counseling
- Grief and bereavement counseling
- Family dynamics
- Strategic planner
- Skilled couples counselor
- Staff training and onboarding
- Strengths-based solution-focused therapy
Certification
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Timeline
Social Worker
Saratoga Hospital
03.2023 - Current
Director of Social Services
Baptist Health Nursing Home
10.2022 - 03.2023
Assistant Clinical Director
The Charlton School
10.2019 - 09.2022
Therapist
Four Winds Hospital
08.2015 - 10.2019
Forensic Social Worker
Warren County Corrections
05.2014 - 08.2015
Psychiatric Social Worker
Ellis Outpatient Mental Health Clinic
03.2013 - 05.2014
University at Albany
MSW from Social Work
Empire State College
B.S. from Community and Human Services
Nassau Community College
A.A.S. from Liberal Arts/Humanities