Management Human Resources

Antwan Brownlee, LPC, CAMS

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Fairburn, Georgia 30213 Cell: 770-***-****

Dedicated mental health professional that goes above and beyond the duties of the job and seeks to provide

consumers with quality and competent care through leadership, excellent work ethics, team work, creativity and

professional growth.

Bio-Psychosocial Assessment PCAFAS, CAFAS and LOCUST Teambuilding & Training

Gathering Productivity Data Front-End Supervision Proficient in Sharenote and

Designed and Managing Programs Marketing Outpatient Programs Kaliedacare

Individual, Group & Family Therapy MICPS, CORE, and Inpatient

Knowledge

Professional Experience

Cure Counseling and Assessment Centre 3/13 to Present

Contract Therapist/Private Practice

• Provide therapeutic counseling to consumers assigned and respective families when appropriate. Provide supervision to

lower level counselors to ensure the receipt of individualized treatment plans. Performed psycho-diagnosis testing to those

clients displaying clinically severe or unusual psychological disturbances.

• Administered Taylor Johnson Temperament Analysis Assessment, The Brown Attention Deficit Disorder Scales, Connors

Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scale, The Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire (PDQ-4) to determine the needs of

clients.

• Provided Group Therapy, Individual Therapy and Marriage and Family Counseling.

P.A.B.S Family Counseling and Intervention Services 3/13 to present

Team Leader/Therapist

• Provide therapeutic counseling to consumers assigned and respective families when appropriate. Provide supervision

to lower level counselors to ensure the receipt of individualized treatment plans. Performed psycho-diagnosis testing to

those clients displaying clinically severe or unusual psychological disturbances.

• Development and monthly review of treatment plans to ensure consumer progress is facilitated. Treatment plans are to be

complete, individualized, based on consumer input and designed to drive the delivery of services and support the clinical

necessity

• Design, implement, and administer counseling compatible with counseling principles and practices. Make careful

assessment of culture difference; identify culture barriers that could possible impede treatment. Remain culturally sensitive

while minimizing barriers.

• Provided Clinical Supervision for case staffing and directed the course of treatment for consumers through individual and

group supervision of staff which consisted of reviewing assessment of psychosocial functioning, family dynamics, and

family intervention.

• Evaluate progress notes/share notes and ensure establishment of clinical services outlined in notes are needed and

fulfilled; ensure that billing reflects services received by consume.

• Scheduled and completed Bio-psychosocial Assessments, MICPS (on-going), CAFAS (on-going), LOCUST, Treatment

plans, Safety Plans and Discharge Summaries.

Uplifting the Community Services 8/12 to 3/13

Clinical Director

Supervise the clinical service team with the goal of ensuring the team provides consistent, competent, and

respectful treatment in accordance with protocols, policies, and guidelines .

• Ensure team member is maximizing clinical services to the consumers assigned to that team member

• Evaluate progress notes/share notes and ensure establishment of clinical services outlined in notes are needed and

fulfilled; ensure that billing reflects services received by consumer.

• Manage stages of team development including conflict resolution; develop and facilitate team building activities.

• Manage, lead, and guide team members as deemed necessary. Assess and facilitate the developmental needs of

team members.

• Development and monthly review of treatment plans to ensure consumer progress is facilitated. Treatment plans are

to be complete, individualized, based on consumer input and designed to drive the delivery of services and support the

clinical necessity.

• Ensure that all activities of the clinical services team are in compliance with audit and accreditation policies,

guidelines, recommendations and procedures.

• Participate in all audit accreditation preparation as required.

• Schedule, attend, and facilitate weekly clinical team meetings including ensuring that the team meeting minutes are

recorded accurately and maintained appropriately.

• Invent behavioral plans, therapy and strategies for consumers

• Identify clinical strengths and weaknesses of consumers; formulate innovative approaches to address identified

strengths and weaknesses.

• Engage consumers in active change oriented treatment by discovering and conquering barriers to engagement.

• Implement problem conceptualization, treatment planning, intervention implementation, outcome review and strategy

revision procedure to aid the consumer with achieving identified goals.

• Collaborate with all relevant systems and key participants within each system to ensure their buy-in and cooperation

throughout treatment.

• Design, implement, and administer counseling compatible with counseling principles and practices. Make careful

assessment of culture difference; identify culture barriers that could possible impede treatment. Remain culturally sensitive

while minimizing barriers.

• Facilitate all training, supervision and consultation activities.

• Documentation using the BIRP format (Behavior, Intervention, Response, and Plan).

• Attend court hearings for consumers as necessary.

• Abide by and promote the established treatment goal guidelines by facilitating weekly staff meetings; conduct training

sessions, introduce newly published state guidelines, discuss old business, progress, and oversee the implementation of

action items.

• Educate consumers and respective families as well as caregivers about mental illness and provide therapeutic coping

skills and mechanisms to manage that mental illness.

• Provide therapeutic counseling to consumers assigned and respective families when appropriate. Provide supervision

to lower level counselors to ensure the receipt of individualized treatment plans. Performed psycho-diagnosis testing to

those clients displaying clinically severe or unusual psychological disturbances.

• Formulate consumer treatment plans in conjunction with team lead and other team members as required. Lead

interdisciplinary treatment team members ensuring that treatment plans are individualized and created according to

Medicaid standard.

• Chair workgroups designed to assess consumer needs, establish, and evaluate treatment goals.

• Evaluate staff’s progress/share notes to ensure quality compliance with guidelines and regulations according to

Uplifting the Community’s policies and procedures. Ensure that the clinical necessity for service provided is established

and supported.

• Facilitate multidisciplinary team meetings

• Provided psychoeducational programs for individuals and family consultation.

• Regularly conduct SWOT analysis to identify weaknesses in processes. Offer and enforce solutions, implement

strategies to identify and minimize barriers.

• Adhere to ethical regulations established by the State of Georgia governing ethical practices of the licensing board.

Comprehensive Counseling Solutions 09/11 to Present

Programs Manager/ Associate Clinical Director

Management for Comprehensive Counseling Solutions. Oversaw documentation, documentation tracking, auditing, case

management, scheduling and prior authorization and reauthorization processes with Medicaid. Maintained compliance of

Council of Accreditation, Medicaid, Department of Human Resources (DBHDD) Provider Manual. Gathered and presented

statistical data for productivity, quality assurance and trainings.

Developed a tracking system to ensure that documentation for consumer’s records was submitted. Reduced the

occurrence of multiple documents. Reviewed and approved documentation for Medicaid Standards.

Provided Medicaid Core Services to children, adolescents and adults through Individual Therapy, Family Therapy and

Skills Building Sessions.

Designed a productivity chart to assist the Executive Director in managing profit and loss to determine the needs of the

facility through the monthly budget.

Recruited, hired, and managed staff. Issued disciplinary action as needed. Regularly provided updates to the Executive

Director.

Directed the operations of Core Services (Child and Adolescent Services, Adult Services, and Community Support

Services and Fidelity Monitoring of services) for consumers that were referred by DFACS, DJJ, Schools, treatment

facilities and other community agencies while collaborating with the aforementioned agencies to ensure consumers and

family receive the treatment they deserve.

Scheduled and completed Bio-psychosocial Assessments, MICPS (on-going), CAFAS (on-going), LOCUST, Treatment

plans, Safety Plans and Discharge Summaries.

Facilitated weekly Management Team meeting which consisted of coordinating the treatment between team members to

ensure that the needs of the consumers are met through case review, supervision, planning and implementation of

services.

Actively participated in Regional, State and Local Agency meeting to ensure that the facility is operating by the standards

that have been set.

Implemented Trainings to assist Clinicians and Community Support Workers with Interventions for sessions and

documenting sessions according to Medicaid and APS standards which included knowledge of knowledge of theories of

individual, group and family therapies.

Provided Clinical Supervision for case staffing and directed the course of treatment for consumers through individual and

group supervision of staff which consisted of reviewing assessment of psychosocial functioning, family dynamics, and

family intervention.

Developed Individualized Treatment plans, discharge plans and aftercare plans for consumers

CHRIS KIDS Atlanta, Georgia

11/10 to 9/11

Business Marketing Manager

Planned and managed the daily operations of the CHRIS KIDS Counseling Center (Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Services, CORE Services). Responsible for overseeing the referral process and scheduling consumers for initial bio-

psychosocial assessments; Oversaw grants, consumer payments, monitored staff productivity, and monthly budget.

Transformed operations resulting in monthly losses to achieve $10K+ in profits each month. Exceeded all referral target

goals and developed new partnerships despite increased competition presented by other service providers.

Managed 1.5 Million dollar budget.

Managed all CHRIS Counseling Center Grants and Services and monthly billing (i.e. Promoting Safe and Stable Families

(PSSF), DeKalb Juvenile Court, DeKalb County DFACS (CCFA’s), etc.).

Developed a productivity tracking system to manage employee time, check requests, mileage requests, miscellaneous

expenses and salaries and reported findings monthly to CEO and COO.

Actively participated in Regional, State and Local Agency meeting to ensure that the facility is operating by the standards

that have been set.

Recruited, hire, and managed staff. Disseminated disciplinary action as warranted.

Advised Leadership of the day-to-day office operations.

Developed Memos of Understanding to create partnerships and alliances with other service providers, crisis centers, state

and private hospitals (psychiatric), government and county agencies.

Developed and Implemented contracts for employees based upon billable units.

Managed all consumer payments, deductibles, co-pays, sliding scale fees and late payments.

Developed marketing tools and strategies for all CHRIS Counseling Center Programs through social networking (i.e.

Facebook, Twitter, blogs, health fairs, town hall meetings, and posting to website).

Developed and implemented an evaluation system to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of in office services,

community services and community integration.

Developed new methods and proposed new criteria for policies and procedures.

Anchor Hospital- Atlanta, Georgia 2/08 to 11/10

Assistant Director of Assessments and Referrals- 2/08 to 11/10

Mobile Crisis Coordinator- 2/08 to 11/10

Responsible for assuring the appropriateness of risk assessments, crisis interventions and referrals for appropriate care of

consumers while demonstrating the knowledge and skill in provision of services to varied populations including

adolescents, adults, geriatrics, and dually diagnosed consumer’s in an inpatient and outpatient setting while managing a

staff of 40 employees.

Conducted FLASH REPORT which consists of tracking admissions, discharges, referrals, calls coming into assessments

and referrals department, physician’s census, calls from mobile crisis referrals, bed availability, and hospital census.

Supervised the Comprehensive Assessment and Referral process of clients seeking mental health treatment and directed

the course of treatment.

Provided Clinical Supervision for Staff.

Coordinated precertification and recertification of benefits with insurance companies which included managed care

insurance companies (i.e. BBS, AETNA, UBH, CIGNA, KAISER, etc.), Medicare and Managed Care Medicaid (i.e.

Amerigroup, Cenpatico/Peachstate, Magellan/Wellcare).

Managed FTE’s and departmental needs and supplies while assuring that FTE hours and Per Diem hours remained within

the department’s budget.

Developed a system to assure that the clinical components to all assessments and disposition referrals of consumers are

completed during the admission/comprehensive assessment process.

Created a monthly schedule and on call list for Mobile Emergency Rooms (referrals which include Piedmont Fayette,

Piedmont Newnan, West Georgia Medical Center, Henry Medical Center, and Upson Regional Medical Center). Mobile

ER’s require 24 hour coverage, 7 days a week. Functioned as direct contact for Mobile ER Directors.

Conducted monthly drop analysis of mobile assessments which consisted of financial diversions, uninsured clients,

medical diversions, consumers refusing treatment, and analysis of Managed Care Medicaid vs. Private Insurance and

daily reports of mobile calls and assessments.

Facilitated monthly meetings to ensure that mobile assessors and mobile administrators have updates regarding changes

in ER’s, disposition of clients, facility changes and documentation training.

Facilitated CIWA and COWS assessment for alcohol and substance abuse. Coordinated psychoeducation and treatment

for the consumer and families of consumer with chemical and substance abuse issues.

Worked with the multidisciplinary team to provide overall care to adolescents, families, staff and community.

Provided effective service, consultation and planning for consumers and families.

Handle with care trainer (2008-2011). Trained and oriented staff on how to use verbal de-escalation techniques and

instructed staff in the Techniques used to physically restrain consumers without causing injury to the client or staff member.

Handled conflict and problems dealing with the consumer/patient constructively.

Staff Advocate (2009-2011). Served as a liaison between human resources and department supervisors. Responsible for

resolving conflict between employees and supervisors by providing alternative solutions. Responsible for providing CEO

and Corporate Office with monthly reports of incidents that occurred.

Anchor Hospital- Atlanta, Georgia 6/07 to 2/08

Expressive Therapy Coordinator

Performed Human Resource management duties including screening and selection of Expressive Therapy staff, providing

department orientation and training, completing performance evaluations and giving feedback to the Clinical Director and

Director of Human Resources.

Managed Departmental budget, FTE’s and Pier Diem hours, oversaw the needs and supplies of all hospital units.

Developed Treatment recommendations that were individualized to each consumer needs in conjunction with the

interdisciplinary treatment plans and also discharge planning of consumers which included utilization review and case

management.

Responsible for maintaining the clinical and administrative documentation associated with services provided including the

auditing of the consumer record.

Used knowledge of theories of individuals, group, families, psychosocial functioning, and alcohol and substance use to

facilitate group, individual, and family therapy sessions with adolescents, geriatrics, adult psychiatric, adult substance

abuse, and adults with dual Diagnosis.

Developed the Expressive Therapy Department Policy and Procedures manual.

Anchor Hospital- Atlanta, Georgia 6/03 to 6/07

Expressive Therapist

Facilitated Psycho-Educational Groups with the emphasis on Life Management Skills, Relapse Prevention/Chemical

Abuse, Substance Abuse Issues, Self- Awareness, Reality Orientation, Stress Management and Biofeedback, Leisure

Education, Anger Management, Art Therapy, Play Therapy, and Role-Modeling.

Case Management of adolescents, adults with substance/chemical abuse issues, adults with chronic mental health issues

and Partial Hospitalization consumers.

Responsible for completing Expressive Therapy Assessments on clients entering the hospital on a daily basis,

documented the progress of consumers that attended groups and individual sessions on a daily basis, evaluating patient

treatment and updating treatment plans as needed.

Conducted Interdisciplinary meetings to review the treatment of consumers and also assisted with the discharge planning

of consumers.

Implemented Pet Therapy contract for the hospital through Happy Tails and Atlanta Pet Rescue.

Turning Point, Inc. - Peachtree City, Georgia 8/05 to 7/06

Child and Family Therapist

Responsible for completing the documentation of consumer cases which included Bio-Psychosocial Assessments,

Comprehensive Child and Family Assessments, Therapy and Consumer Support Services documentation.

Facilitated Individual Therapy, Family Therapy and CSI (skills building) session with consumer’s and family members.

Functioned as a Case Manager. Documented sessions weekly and collaborate with external agencies (i.e., DFACS Case

Managers, DJJ Probation Officers) for treatment recommendations (Treatment plans) of consumers, discharge

recommendations and discharge summary of consumers.

Transported clients to appointments, supervised visitation sessions and linked consumers and family members with

resources within the community.

Peachford Hospital- Atlanta, Georgia 5/01 to 6/03

Expressive Therapist

Facilitated Psycho-Educational Groups with the emphasis on Life Management Skills, Relapse Prevention, Self-

Awareness, Reality Orientation, Stress Management and Biofeedback, Leisure Education, Anger Management, Art

Therapy, Play Therapy and Role-Modeling.

Case Management of adolescents, adults with substance/chemical abuse issues, adults with chronic mental health issues

and Partial Hospitalization consumers.

Responsible for completing Expressive Therapy Assessments on clients entering the hospital on a daily basis,

documented the progress of consumers that attended groups and individual sessions on a daily basis, evaluating patient

treatment and updating treatment plans as needed.

Conducted multidisciplinary meetings to review the treatment of consumers and also assisted with the discharge planning

of consumers.

Implemented Pet Therapy contract for the hospital through Happy Tails and Atlanta Pet Rescue.

Devereux Network of Georgia- Kennesaw, Georgia 4/01 to 9/02

Direct Care Professional II

Responsible for overseeing the milieu of the Horizon Unit (Sex offender) and understanding the confidential nature of all

consumers while facilitating all activities with direct supervision.

Completed all documentation of staff that were assigned to 2nd shift, which included daily progress notes entered into

consumer’s record in BIRP format, completion of consumer checks in 15 and 30 minute intervals, and recommending

updated treatment plans for consumers.

Monitored and supervised the daily operations of unit milieu which included implementing and maintaining adequate

standards of residential care (RBWO).

Facilitated group therapy, community meetings and structured activity groups daily.

Education

Argosy University of Sarasota Sarasota, FL 1/05 to Present

Graduate Candidate Ed. D in Counseling Psychology.

Troy State University- Atlanta, Georgia 6/04 to 12/04

M. Ed in Counseling Psychology

State University of West Georgia- Carrollton, GA 9/93 to 6/97

B.S. in Therapeutic Recreation

Trainings

• Adult First Aid and CPR- 4/12

• Trainer in the prevention and Management of Aggressive Behavior 8/10

• Ropes Course Certified- 3/00 to the present

• Completed Management Leadership Training 5/11

• Certified Trainer for Handle with Care 6/11

• Impact Training 8/11

• TF-CBT Training 9/11

References available upon Request.

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