To secure employment that is challenging and creative utilizing education and experience to benefit others in the community. Ability Summary ** I have been employed in numerous positions in the field of Social Work, beginning in a small Geriatric Partial Hospitalization program with recently de-institutionalized persons who resided in personal care homes and moving through the system to learn outreach, community involvement, intensive case management, individual, group and family therapy, supervision skills, and management skills. I have worked* with children and adolescents, and Psychiatric Emergency Services. I have the ability to function as a liaison* to other person serving*community services. I have maintained partial ownership in a psychiatric rehabilitation program, performing the role of Clinical Director for many years. I have served as Clinical Director in other Community Programs specifically Judicial Wrap Around Project and AMI, I have learned the skills necessary to provide functional family therapy, life skills therapy, contract services, court expert testimony.* I have a knowledge of*military family life and resources available to the military and other learning experiences. I continue to maintain a passion for my chosen profession and have always looked to the needs of others. I consistently demonstrate an ability to make decisions based on the principles of fairness and the right to self determination. The decisions also include a responsibility to the tenets of the profession with ethical decisions being forefront in daily encounters.* I have learned many skills, attended a myriad of seminars and volunteered services to the community, I remain committed to the field of Social Work and to people in need.

Highlights:

• Behavioral Health
• Children and Adolescents
• Ethical
• Quality Assurance
• Services
• Therapy