Mental Health Manager
Resume:
William C. Armour, MSW L.S.W.
Dayton, Ohio 45426
Cell Phone: 937-***-****;
E-mail address: ********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain the position of Therapist, or Social Worker MSW, LSW
EDUCATION
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; Master’s Degree in Social Work, Aug 2013
Wright State University; Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, June 2008
Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio; Associate of Applied Science Degree in Corrections, June 2000
LICENSE
License Social Workers (LSW), issued by the State of Ohio CSWMFT Board. Certification #S.0900509
Other Training
Completed Correction Officers Training Academy
Completed the Kettering Medical Center Environmental Tech. training program
Honorably Discharged Member of the United States Air Force (Law Enforcement Specialist)
Skills
Excellent assessment skills
Computer literate: Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Works, and PowerPoint
Ability to operate standard office machinery
Customer service
Excellent communication and people skills
EMPLOYMENT
Social Worker/ Therapist/Counselor
Feb 2015 to Present: Cornerstone Project LLC. Employed as a Therapist; providing both mental health and substance therapy to clients with opiate addictions. Performing intakes, assessments, goal setting, treatment planning, and discharge summaries. My duties also includes conducting individual and group psychotherapy, and family counseling; organizing, managing, and administering adult, child and family prevention and outreach services; interviewing clients to establish the nature and extent of concerns/issues, provide professional assistance to them, and determine appropriate referral services/opinions; and in planning and implementing professional community organizational strategies and initiatives; formulating of needs assessments, development of prevention programs.
Social Worker/ Therapist/Counselor
Oct 2014 – Feb 2015: Wise Medical Staffing (PT)
Contracted as a Social Worker to perform duties at the Dayton Correctional Institution.
Job Duties includes direct contact services (e.g., psychological, substance abuse, etc.) to inmates assigned to a specific living unit and caseload. Prepares initial social summaries (e.g. interviews inmates, reviews, records and compiles social summary reports as needed or assigned), and makes appropriate referrals to treatment units within the institution. The social worker also coordinates activities with other treatment units, volunteers and/or community service providers. Writes reports and correlates data as needed to include classification data, pre-parole summaries, admission summaries, parole risk assessments and security designation forms. Titled as a Mental Health Liaison, the social worker writes proposals for unit programs (e.g., treatment planning, case planning & risk assessment, utilizing Ohio Risk Assessment System). Develops, implements, and conducts unit programming for inmates on designated caseload.
Social Worker/Therapist II
Juvenile Forensic; Samaritan Behavior Health: Crisis Care: (PT)
May 2014 – Oct 2014 Position Summary: The Juvenile Forensic Therapist II (PT) functioned as a member of a team providing assessments for crisis screening services for youth in Montgomery County, who are or may be experiencing mental health and/or substance abuse problems or who may be victims of abuse, neglect have dependency issues. Services include crisis screening, lethality screening, consultation, educational and referral to other community resources. These services may be delivered by phone or face to face at the Montgomery County Juvenile Court Detention Center.
Social Worker/Therapist/Counselor (PT)
August 2010 - May 2014: Cornerstone Project LLC. I begin as a Counselor (part time), then became employed providing both mental health and substance therapy to clients with opiate addictions. Performing intakes, assessments, goal setting, treatment planning, and discharge summaries. My duties also includes conducting individual and group psychotherapy, and family counseling; organizing, managing, and administering adult, child and family prevention and outreach services; interviewing clients to establish the nature and extent of concerns/issues, provide professional assistance to them, and determine appropriate referral services/opinions; and in planning and implementing professional community organizational strategies and initiatives; formulating of needs assessments, development of prevention programs.
August 2012- August 2013: Access Counseling Services LLC; Provided therapeutic services under the supervision of an LISW-S, at the same time learning techniques for diagnosing, also assessing, and treatment planning for clients (both adult and children) with mental health and/or substance issues. (Graduate Internship)
Jan. 2010- June 2010 Grandview Hospital (Intern Social Worker, mental health)
Under the supervision of an LISW, I perform individual group meetings. I also perform assessments of patient’s treatment, and discharge planning at the mental health unit of Grandview Hospital. My duties also includes conducting individual and group psychotherapy. (Graduate Internship)
April 2009- Dec. 2009: DayMont Behavioral Health Care Inc.: Case Manager, Community Support Specialist
Under the supervision of the Manager of Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment Services, I provided direct care and case management services to the Severely Mentally Disabled (SMD) population. My essential job functions and responsibilities were to: Assist SMD clients in meeting their housing needs; assist SMD clients in meeting their non-mental health, medical, dental and other health needs; assist SMD clients in obtaining all economic and other benefits to which they are entitled. The caseload assigned to me by the Unit Manager was an active caseload of 40-48 clients. I was required to maintain several direct care hours assigned by the agency. I was responsible for developing and maintaining ISP's on active cases, and must insure that all client documentation is appropriately completed with supervisor sign-off, as well as perform other duties and/or assignments as required by the agency.
2007-2008: Dayton Veterans Medical Center.
I performed social work duties under the supervision of a licensed social worker. My duties included working the intensive care, and acute care units. I performed assessments, placement, discharge planning. I also linked patients to aftercare facilities, and community links. Some of the patients I cared for were geriatric and some were long term care individuals. (Undergrad Internship)
2006-2007: Riverside Nursing Home
I performed two thirty-two-hour internships, one at; where I studied to assess the consumer upon admission, change of condition and review and update care plans; provide direct psychosocial intervention; assist with family in coping with placement, illness and grieving; also, coordinating outside care links, and the second internship at the St. Vincent DePaul Homeless Shelter. This was a long-term care facility. (Undergrad Practicum)
2004 - 2009, Student, collecting Veterans pension.
2001 - 2004 Chauffeur, Stagecoach Sedan Service, Dayton, Ohio
I drove clients from one location to another in a safe and timely manner.
2005 Receptionist, Senior Resource Connection, Dayton, Ohio
Interact with customers in person or by phone, to direct them to wherever, or whomever they needed
to be in contact with at the Dayton Convention Center. Duties included light typing, filing, and
answering phones.
1992 - 2001 Cab Driver, Yellow Cab, Dayton, Ohio
I drove passengers to destination in a safe and timely manner for fare. Included record keeping
1993 - 1994 Support Enforcement Specialist, Clark County CSEA, Springfield, Ohio
I enforced federal, state, and local child support laws. I used investigative skills, report writing scheduled interviews, held interviews, kept court appointments, and other related duties.
1992 - 1993 Comm. Correctional Specialist, Alvis House C O P E, Dayton, Ohio
I supervised clients at a halfway house sentenced by the courts, or released from ODRC.
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