licensed clinical social worker

Ellen Lazar LCSW, CADC

**********@*****.***

847-***-**** EDUCATION

Loyola University of Chicago: LCSW, CADC

Northeastern University,Chicago: MA, Counselor Ed

University of Illinois, Urbana: BA, Rhetoric and Spanish

SUMMARY

My tenure in education gives me the insight to quickly assess cognitive and emotional strengths of each client, then establish an authentic rapport. As we identify issues, clients reveal resistance-and motivation-toward more congruent identities, hopes, and plans.

EXPERIENCE

Social Worker for the Partial Hospital Program

Hartgrove Hospital, Chicago 2013-2017

Conducted psycho-social histories;

Composed treatment plans;

Provided individual and family therapy sessions;

Planned transition and aftercare services;

Communicated weekly with academic providers, at least weekly with

primary caregivers, with suggestions for

facilitating recovery at home upon request;

Built alliance with academic support services and family to create new

support system for patient post discharge;

Maintained organized documentation in timely fashion for utilization review;

Led psycho-education and recreation groups in milieus;

Assisted with management in high acuity milieus;

De-escalated patients experiencing acute distress;

Processed patients' transfer to a higher level of care as needed.

Intern, Alcohol and Chemical Addiction Program

Habilitative Systems, Inc. Chicago 2012-2013

Performed intake and assessments;

Conducted psycho-education groups for MISA and

for mandated populations;

Provided individual counseling;

Recorded progress notes, attendance daily.

Intern, After-school program

Chicago Youth Centers/Centro Nuestro 2010-2011

Assisted children with social-emotional regulation.

Tutored children grades 1-5 with homework.

Direct Service Personnel

The Douglas Center, Skokie, IL 2008-2009

Adapted work stations in sheltered vocational workshop to best fit unique

needs of individuals with physical, psychiatric, and emotional challenges.

These were adult wards of state whose needs ranged from having inventory

counted to feeding; from counting change to monitoring ambulation safety.

Teacher, School Counselor

Chicago Public Schools 1991-2005

Bilingual Spanish CPI/CPR Certified CADC

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES:

Ms. Ellen Zemel, LCSW, Supervisor, Evanston, IL 847-***-****

Ms.Deborah Schwab, Manager, Pediatric Partial Program, Hartgrove Hospital 773-***-****

Mr. Steve Greenberg, Exec. Dir., RCOSA, Chicago, IL 312-***-****

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