Mental Health Manager

David W. Vandegrift, MSW, LICSW

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Kirkland, WA 98034

H: 425-***-**** C: 425-***-****

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QUALIFICATIONS: Manager (MSW), Special Programs/Molina Healthcare Req. 1161

Clinical Expertise and Knowledge:

• LICSW in Washington State (LW00004260) with full, valid, and unrestricted standing.

20 years providing a full array of social work services. Counseling with evidenced-based

therapeutic interventions including cognitive, behavioral, and exposure therapies.

Individual, couple, and family therapy struggling with chronic homelessness, chronic-

mental illness, trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, chronic substance abuse/dependence,

and domestic and family violence. Experienced in early childhood development/learning,

at-risk adolescence, interpersonal and family relationship abuse and violence with special

focus on the batterer, and special focus on cultural, ethnic, and other minorities. Provided

neuropsychological, psychological, and intelligence testing to children, adolescents, and

young adults as means to increase success in academics, social engagement, and

resilience in mental health functioning. Developed, initiated, monitored, and evaluated

group therapy for primary aggressors of family and interpersonal violence. Provided

outreach services to individuals and families affected with homelessness, poverty, and

family violence. Assured medical and mental health care at area service centers to the

chemically-dependent, homeless, chronically mentally-ill, and incarcerated adolescent,

young adult, adult, and the older adult.

Administrative Skills:

• Provided planning, implementation, and evaluation services to area mental health

programming.

• Provided leadership to staff and community participants in community programs through

a scholar/practitioner model of practice.

• Provided critiques and performance reviews with staff members, supervisees, and

university level Masters students in psychology and family therapy.

• Provided ongoing training, motivation for successful performance, and supportive

services with supervisees to promote an atmosphere of collaboration and civic

responsibility.

• Provided ongoing monitoring and evaluations for programmatic efficiency and

effectiveness while assessing for research related relevance.

• Develop systems to properly gather data, for later reports on program activities.

• Develop and monitor program budgets.

• Oversees financial well-being of the program by analyzing cost effectiveness of program

and performing cost control activities.

• Prepares, submits and justifies budget enhancement requests. This position will oversee

each participating congregations' project expenses to ensure that the expenses are in line

with the approved project's budget.

• Develop workshops on family homelessness, advocacy, and best congregational practices

in social issue advocacy.

• Develop selection criteria within general project guidelines and select a total of 12

Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, Jewish and Muslim congregations in King, Pierce and

Snohomish counties. Determine re-granting levels for each of the 12 congregations to

help them achieve their family homelessness goals.

• Provided 3+ years supervisory and administrative responsibility for the management of

assigned staff in a community outpatient mental health center and in an involuntary

inpatient psychiatric unit.

• Assured that professional staff was aware of and in compliance with agency, state, and

federal laws and JCAHO and state licensing standards.

• Educated multidisciplinary staff to relevant and timely documentation strategies in which

to identify diagnoses and treatment progress for involuntary mental health court

proceedings.

• Developed, monitored, and managed budgetary projections for mental health agency.

• Designed, implemented, and evaluated innovative mental health initiatives that helped

balance program budget by surpassing projection by a 5% margin. S

• Significant leadership experience, teaming, and negotiation skills. Produced empirical

and evidenced-based results in leading and co-leading large and complex projects through

development, implementation, monitoring, group processes, and individual relationship

building. Produced effective, concise, and timely written documentation and presentation

materials. Participated in the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work

Licensed Master’s Approved Supervision Course (2005). Computer literate in EPIC,

Horizon, and other documentation, scheduling, and production programs.

EDUCATION

Seattle, WA Antioch University Seattle

2007-present Doctoral Studies in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.)

Concentration: Health/Forensics/Adult and Child

Completion date: 04/2012.

Dissertation: “Understanding the Complexities of War-Stress Injury”

Mark Russell, Ph.D. Dissertation Chair

Li Ravicz, Ph.D. committee member

Indianapolis, IN Indiana University

1987-1991 Masters in Social Work (MSW) Emphasis in Psychiatric; Family; Couples

Indiana University is fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)

per the VA Handbook 5005, Part II, AppendixG39.

Seattle, WA Seattle University

2005 Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work: Licensed Master’s Approved

Supervision Course

Indianapolis, IN United Way

1986-1988 Crisis and Suicide Intervention Service: Trainer/Supervisor

WORK EXPERIENCE

Group Health Cooperative – Hospice/Homecare Social Worker: 09/2001 through 06/2011.

Primary Responsibilities: Provided advanced-illness and end-of-life consultations to Group

Health members in Providence Colby Campus in Everett and Overlake Hospital. Conducted

comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, diagnoses, treatment planning, evaluating

effectiveness of interventions. Enacted empirically substantiated therapeutic interventions for

anxiety, depression, chronic and complex biopsychosocial conditions. Engaged in family

counseling specific to chronic medical advanced illness, mental health, grief/loss, and end of life

counseling. Completed required charting and other administrative duties as identified in state

and federal requirements.

Harborview Medical Center -AIDS and Mental Health Social Worker: 07/1995 through 09/2001.

Primary Responsibilities: Conducted comprehensive mental health and biopsychosocial

assessments with youth and adults newly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS to end-stage. Provided

outreach and ongoing monitoring services to the individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS,

chronically mentally-ill, chronically chemically dependent, homelessness, and chronic

incarceration. Delivered specific motivational interviewing techniques to individuals with

HIV/AIDS and practicing unsafe sex practice - as part of a King County Health Department/

University of Washington/Harborview study. Co-chaired Harborview clinic safety committee.

Co-created current emergency domestic violence assessment form used in Harborview

Emergency Department.

Overlake Hospital Medical Center – Psychiatric Social Worker : 07/92 through 07/1995.

Primary Responsibilities: Conduct psychiatric inpatient mental health assessments. Participate in

interdisciplinary team meetings in which individualized treatment plans including discharge

plans were delineated. Conducted family education groups. Cross-trained in providing social

work services at Overlake Emergency Department.

Eastside Mental Health, Inc. – Team Lead and Supervisor: 06/1990 through 07/92.

Primary Responsibilities: Supervised 6 Master level therapists in their work with 25-30

individuals with chronic mental illness. Provided direction and oversight to case managers in

matters of least restrictive environments, suicide and homicide assessments, thorough and timely

biopsychosocial assessments and treatment plans. Assured compliance and promoted responsible

environment in which applicable state and federal laws were met by staff. Projected unit

budgetary requirements and exceeded budget projections by 5% with the development and

implementation of innovative mental health project.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Invited consultant to participate with DSHS East King County Child Protection Service

(CPS) in a community consultation team with especially complex and extreme violence

potential to children and youth and need for urgent placement. (2011)

Consultant to University of Washington “Men’s Checkup” research project (2006 to

current).

Advisor/Consultant to City of Seattle Strategic Planning and Development regarding

Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault (2008-2009) resulting in the development of “Gold

Standard” for Domestic Violence Perpetrator Treatment Programs (2009 to current).

Selected by Group Health to develop and initiate new Hospital-Hospice Consultation

program at Providence Hospital, Everett, WA (2010-2011).

Leadership Team for Eastside Family Violence Action Coalition (2009).

Volunteer Trainer with Eastside Domestic Violence Program. Training EDVP volunteer

staff on perpetrator, survivor, and children dynamics (2006-2008).

Collaborated with Project Smart Turn and Kid’s Court to provide pro bono youth and

adolescent violence risk assessments for Lake Washington, Northshore, Shoreline,

Bellevue (1996-2008).

Participant in King County Family Law Workgroup (2008 to current).

Past Chair Eastside Domestic Violence Intervention Committee (2001-2007).

Co-Creator Harborview Medical Center Emergency Room Screening Tools for Victims

of Domestic Violence (2001).

State certified domestic violence/family violence perpetrator treatment program (1994-to

current).

Domestic Violence Assessments for Civil Court Proceedings (1994- to current).

REFERENCES

Mike Hayes, MSW, Director Social Work, Group Health Cooperative, Inc. 206-***-****.

Lori Jones, RN, MSW Manager Acute Care, Hospital Hospice Consultation 206-***-****.

Megan Bilder, MSW, LICSW 425-***-****; or cell 206-***-****.

Kyle Shephard, M.D. Group Health Lead Hospitalist/Providence Everett, WA 425-***-****.

Jay Uomoto, Ph.D., Deputy Director VA, Defense Centers of Excellence: Washington, D.C.

Mark Russell, Ph.D. (retired military) Antioch University Seattle – Core Faculty 206-***-****.

Li Ravicz, Ph.D., Vice Chair Washington State Psychological Association 206-***-****.

Pat Linn Ph.D., Antioch University Seattle – Director Core Faculty 206-***-****.

Alejandra Suarez Ph.D., Antioch University Seattle - Core Faculty 206-***-****.

Andy Benjamin, Ph.D., J.D. University of Washington 206-***-****.

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