Lukose Jacob

Email: abptqj@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Gainesville

State: FL

Zip: 32608

Country: USA

Phone: 209-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

Talented Clinical Social Worker dedicated to providing effective and empathetic care. Seeks to provide effective and supportive care while simultaneously continuing both personal and professional development.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from Loyola College, Sacramento CA 1/2001 to 5/1977 (Social Work)

High School Dipolma from Loyola College (Affiliate of Kerala University), Sacramento CA 1/2001 to 11/2012

Job History / Details:

Summary

Talented Clinical Social Worker dedicated to providing effective and empathetic care. Seeks to provide effective and supportive care while simultaneously continuing both personal and professional development.

Highlights

Cognitive behavioral therapy

Dialectical behavioral therapy

Structural family therapy

Trauma-Focused therapy

Family maintenance

Strong communicator

Excellent interpersonal skills

Team player

Grief and bereavement counseling

Mood disorders knowledge

Patient-centered care

Strategic planner

Support and Rehabilitation

ADHD/ADD specialist

Family therapy

Community Based Intervention, Family Support and Rehabilita

Mental Health interventions with ages 0-5

Home health/medical social work

Crisis assessment & management

Juvenile justice population

Substance abuse/addictions

Trained in Aggression Replacement Therapy (ART)

Trained in Early Childhood Mental Health assessment (DECA, ASQ-3, ASQ:SE)

Trained in Child & Adolescent Needs & Strengths assessment (CANS)

Accomplishments

Provisional Clinical Social Work license (PSW 875), Florida

State level Jaycee KAMALAPATRA award for Outstanding Young Project Manager for more than 500 low-cost housing programs through micro-financing in India

Secured UNICEF' and State AIDS Cell sponsored AIDS CIRCLE meet award and PENPOL TROPHY' for the best scientific paper presented on AIDS prevention, control and effective intervention strategies in the state of Kerala, India

HiLDA Trust: Secured National Award in 2006 for outstanding poverty alleviation program in India

Experience

September 2006 to Current

Victor Community Support Services Stockton, CA

Mental Health Clinician

Conduct mental health assessments for children and adolescents receiving child welfare and prevention services

Practice cognitive behavioral, motivational enhancement and structural family therapy

Reduce the unnecessary risk of institutional care by treating high-risk clients living in the community

Advise clients on community resources, make referrals and devise realistic treatment plans

Communicate with public social and welfare agencies to obtain and provide information

Present case history material for review and discussion with other staff members

Provide crisis management and stabilization as needed

Facilitate up to 10 individual and group therapy sessions per week

Evaluate and address individual client needs and concerns

Maintain a caseload of 25-30 patients, working under strict deadlines

September 2009 to Current

Teen Triumph Stockton, CA

Youth Counselor--Level 14 Group Home (on call)

Assessment and treatment plan review with residentially placed Juvenile Sex Offenders

Counseling, mental health and behavioral health needs

Helping youth develop social and coping skills

Crisis intervention as needed

September 2010 to November 2010

Bright Star Home Health Agency Stockton, CA

Home Health Social Worker

Assessment, medical social service evaluation and treatment planning.

Psycho-social interventions and symptom reduction strategies.

Collaborative work with different medical providers.

Provided patient and family with education to assist with self-management.

Community referral services.

July 1987 to June 2006

HiLDA Trust Kerala, India

Project Manager, Supervisor, and Training Officer

Clinical/Medical Social Worker in community health centers

Project Manager for the 1500 Women Neighborhood groups and Micro-crediting programs.

Developed more than 400 community Business ventures for employment generation and received several recognitions from government, banks and NGOs at the national and international level

Project Manager for HIV/AIDS prevention including targeted intervention among high risk behavior groups. The project was developed as a model project in the state

Director for the Child Help Line project and became the Nodal NGO for Wayanad district

Team Leader for Environment Protection and Natural Resources Management

Team Leader for Emergency Preparedness & Response in Tsunami affected areas

Chief faculty for more than 300 entrepreneurial development training programs

Worked as the Director for MSW Study Center of University of Calicut, attached to HiLDA Trust

September 1977 to June 1987

MGDM Hospital Kerala, India

Hospital Based Social Worker

Intake coordinator, assessment, treatment planning & Interventions

Discharge planning, resource mobilization, family support services

Coordinated mental health activities and community rehab for the patients

Coordinated Community Health and Development project

Coordinated school health programs in ten schools

Coordinated community based rehabilitation for disabled patients in ten centers

Patient and family discharge planning

Education

1975 CMS College Trivanddrum, Kerala

Bachelor of Science Zoology

1977 Loyola College (Affiliate of Kerala University) Trivanddrum, Kerala

Master of Arts Social Work

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