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Overview
Work History
Education
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Virginia Moreno

Porterville,CA

Summary

Seasoned Social Worker specializing in situational assessments, conflict resolution and effective communication. Services clients to promote optimum mental, emotional and behavioral health in collaboration with other members of health care team. Demonstrates psycho-social assessment, treatment planning and advocacy skills. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

LCSW/Case Management

CDCR Division Of Adult Parole Operations
Fresno, CA
07.2023 - Current
  • Provide clinical case management support to individuals leaving prison and entering parole supervision.
  • Work with client towards establishing linkages to community resources that can remain available even after parole supervision ends.
  • Develop an individual reintegration plan to focus on specific needs and amount/type of support needed.
  • Provide emergency clinical services to client’s on a needed basis to ensure safety utilizing knowledge and experience, effective communication skills, ethical practice, team work, laws, rules, regulations and departmental policies and procedures, etc. as required.

LCSW

Path
Porterville, CA
10.2021 - Current
  • Provide continuous individual psycho-teletherapy to diverse population of ages 16 to 60 years of age.
  • Conduct individual mental health assessments. Manage caseload of 50 clients.
  • Develop individualized treatment plans addressing patient needs and routinely reviewed progress to ensure quality and effective treatment.
  • Manage caseload of multiple sessions weekly using various types of therapies and approaches.
  • Respond to emergency situations and provide crisis support.

LCSW

CDCR - Corcoran State Prison
Corcoran, CA
08.2014 - 07.2024
  • Assist inmate-patients within Mental Health Service Delivery System by providing individual and group therapy in accordance within guidelines to help achieve therapeutic goals while effectively documenting therapeutic encounters.
  • Participate and collaborate in interdisciplinary Treatment Team (IDTT) and discuss level of care considerations, discharge planning, treatment goals and termination.
  • Provide emergency clinical services to inmate patients on an as needed basis in order to ensure inmate-patient/institutional safety utilizing knowledge and experience, effective communication skills, ethical practice, team work, laws, rules, regulations, departmental policies and procedures, etc. as required.
  • Participate in meetings/committees/conferences (e.g. departmental, clinical, continuing education, On-Job-Training, In-Service Training, etc.) in order to develop policies and procedures, effective clinical operations, professional development, to meet licensure requirements, enhance treatment delivery.

Medical Social Worker

Community Regional Medical Center Emergency Department
Fresno, CA
08.2019 - 01.2022
  • Conduct intake screening assessments for the medical floors of the hospital as well as the Emergency Room.
  • Consult with the charge nurse and physician for disposition of patient. Performs comprehensive bio psycho social assessments and evaluation of ED patients requiring crisis intervention services.
  • Documents social work assessments, treatment goals, interventions, outcomes, and discharge plans in the patient’s medical record congruent with departmental policies.
  • Provides focused case management services for clients, particularly frequent ED utilizers.
  • Provides emotional support and therapeutic interventions to Behavioral Health ED patients.
  • Utilizes knowledge of community resources in planning for the treatment of patients in various Behavioral Health Services programs. Maintains current knowledge of trends related to medical and psychiatric social work health care issues through attendance and active participation in continuing education and professional organizations.

Education

Master of Science - Social Worker

California State University - Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
06-2015

Skills

  • Conflict resolution
  • Culturally sensitive
  • Spanish (fluent)
  • Client Advocacy
  • Decision-Making
  • strong multi-tasking
  • excellent verbal and communication skills

Certification

LCSW - LCSW93606

Licensed for 4 years.

Languages

Spanish
Professional

Timeline

LCSW/Case Management

CDCR Division Of Adult Parole Operations
07.2023 - Current

LCSW

Path
10.2021 - Current

Medical Social Worker

Community Regional Medical Center Emergency Department
08.2019 - 01.2022

LCSW

CDCR - Corcoran State Prison
08.2014 - 07.2024

Master of Science - Social Worker

California State University - Bakersfield

LCSW - LCSW93606

Licensed for 4 years.

Virginia Moreno