Mental Health Management

DIANNA M. OTIENO FISHER, MSW

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SUMMARY

A highly skilled, compassionate and a solution-oriented mental health professional dedicated to

providing exceptional care to adults, children and families. The opportunity of demonstrating

my expertise to diverse populations in clinical and non-clinical settings has given me the

knowledge-base necessary to work effectively in the human service field. Building trusting

relationships, identifying individual needs, assessing strengths for coping with difficult life

changes while providing support and hope in traumatic situations has primarily been my focus.

Working in and with multi-disciplinary teams (or independently), establishing outside collaterals

contacts and researching community resources has broadened my ability to work successfully in

meeting the needs and accessing services. Past experience includes some supervisory and

management responsibilities.

Educational Experience:

MSW Simmons College School of Social Work (May 1985)

Major: Social Work

Concentration: Child Welfare and Family

Course work: Advocacy and Social Action, Social Policy, Domestic Violence and

Family Welfare, Legal and Ethical issues

B.S. University of Massachusetts (May 1981)

Major: Criminal Justice

Social Work Licensure:

• LCSW – Massachusetts State Board of S.W. Examiners,

1997

• LMSW – Texas State Board of S.W. Examiners, 2010

Professional Experience:

Clinical Social Worker Jan. 2009-Present

South Bay Mental Health

• Outreach social worker and therapist to individuals and families with Post Traumatic

Stress, Bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety issues, panic, drug abuse, domestic

violence and families in crisis;

• Work closely with collaterals, psychiatrist and other professionals for medications and

part of the urgent care, trauma assessment and family stabilization teams; and

• Case management.

Service Coordinator June 2004-Oct. 2008

Barnstable Housing Authority

• Overseer of independent senior citizen housing program;

• Developed and coordinated services such as the daily nutritional food program,

workshops for health programs;

• Coordinated workshops for safety (fire) housing protection, states or national

disasters, advocacy and maintained a safe and harmonious environment. Assessed for

medical services; and

• Case management.

School-Based Counselor Oct. 1997-Aug. 2001

Lucy Stone School

• Overseer of the clinical school-based counseling services;

• Worked closely with the school principle to implement services for children, their

families and teachers;

• Provided individual and group therapy for the children;

• Was a liaison between teachers and parents, provided developmental workshops,

family outreach, trainings and whatever else deemed needed within the environment;

• Developed school-based programs with multi-disciplinary team; and

• Case management.

Clinical Social Worker Feb. 1999-May 2004

Children’s Hospital

• Worked with teen mothers and their children in the Single Parent Program assisting

with housing, advocacy, providing counseling;

• Worked with at-risk families dealing with low income, health issues, mental health

issues, substance abuse issues, domestic violence, and homelessness;

• Worked closely with outside collaterals; and

• Case management.

Forensic Social Worker McLean Hospital/Bridgewater State Prison Program July 1985-Jan. 1992

• Contracted services in penal facility, Bridgewater State Hospital;

• Provided clinical services to psychiatric patients and inmates;

• Provided group therapy, individual therapy, family therapy;

• Trainings for staff and students on family assessments, wrote mental health and court

ordered evaluations, crisis intervention;

• Supervised social work student;

• Worked with multi-disciplinary team; and

• Case management.

Community Service:

Food Pantry: Delivered food to the homeless shelter in the Cape Code, MA community,

2001-Present

National Association of Social Workers (since 2003)

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