Mental Health Manager

Roshanda L. Roberts

***** ********* **** ******, ** 21601

410-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain and secure a position in Human Services to utilize the skills

that I have obtained from diverse institutions.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS:

Morgan State University-- Baltimore, MD 21234

Bachelor of Science-Psychology

Graduation May 2002

Salisbury University-- Salisbury, MD 21801

Masters of Science-Social Work (LGSW eligible)

Graduation May 2008

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Talbot County Drug Courts

Easton, MD

Case Manager

2008-Present

Responsible for overseeing the ancillary service component of the drug

court program. Provide expert knowledge of the community and services to

citizens in general, facilitating access to services and monitoring

participant progress, completing weekly case notes, writing agreements,

following judicial directives, weekly report writing, evaluating new

resources, establishing new contacts, developing partnerships, being

innovative with traditional services, foresight to assess program and

participant needs, and support client needs.

Perform instruction-related duties and responsibilities in a timely manner

and in accordance with the mission, policies and procedures of the Maryland

Judiciary Court System. Assist participants in identifying various

resources, networks and support systems that contribute to their success

and recovery. Build and develop case plans individualized to participants

needs while incarcerated as well as reentry. Utilize extensive knowledge

to build rapport, develop trust, and open dialogue in the helping

relationship. Monitor fiscal and program grants according to the Maryland

Judiciary Court System. Remain abreast of ongoing developments and

practices in my professional content area(s).

Affiliated Sante Group

Salisbury, MD

Mobile Crisis Specialist

2010-Present

Develop crisis plans and make referrals to appropriate resources for

consumers as needed to decrease the amounts of emergency petitions to

hospitals on the Eastern Shore. Work with local Law Enforcement and/or

Emergency Personnel to respond to calls for consumers with mental health or

situational crises. Assists police and persons in the community possibly

in need of de-escalation, crisis intervention, and referrals to local

behavioral health resources.

Warwick Manor Behavioral Health

East New Market, MD

Mental Health Therapist

June 2008-October 2008

Develop and implement treatment plans for consumers who are in the dual

diagnosis group. Provide consumers with group and individual therapy to

assist them with strategies to deal with everyday life during their period

of recovery. Provide medication monitoring to those consumers who are on

Psychotropic medications.

Correctional Mental Health Services

Salisbury, MD

Mental Health Case Manager, Wicomico, Somerset, Talbot County Detention

Centers 2005-2007

Provide case management services to adults who were incarcerated in the

detention center with serious and persistent mental health symptoms. Assist

consumers to access the community resources necessary to meet their

individualized needs including, but not limited to mental health, medical,

educational, residential, and social support services in preparation for

release from the detention center. Develop positive working relationships

and routine communication with detention center personnel, consumers,

family members, referral sources, service providers, and community

resources to facilitate service delivery.

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