Mental Health Medical
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ELIZABETH A. KERSHNER, MSW, LCSW
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
March 2008 – Present: Clinical Social Worker
As self-employed independent contractor, organize and provide individual and group psychotherapy, behavior therapy, school social work, including the following activities:
Assess patients utilizing a variety of diagnostic tools, provide diagnosis and develop focused
treatment plans to target problem primary diagnoses-related issues
Provide psychological treatment and consultation services to patients during initial treatment,
rehabilitation, and follow-up care
Train all relevant team members on plans, design and implement tracking tools for data collection,
collect data and monitor patient progress
Work collaboratively with team members, state and federal agencies
Conduct individual, family and group psychotherapy and behavior therapy sessions in a variety of
environments with diverse populations
Timely completion of all necessary documentation, including that required by the Developmental
Disabilities Waiver, New Mexico Department of Health and New Mexico Medicaid, New Mexico
Public Education Department
May, 2016-July 2017: Telephonic Clinical Advisor, Humana at Home, Albuquerque
Humana at Home, provide services to members, including the following activities:
Assess and link members to community resources
Liaise with member’s current resources to determine needs and ability to access resources
Perform crisis management for members and their families
Advocate for members as they access services in the community
Maintain relationships with community resources to promote a team approach to members’ concerns
Liaise with medical team as they provide referrals and report concerns for members’ well-being
November, 2014- December, 2015: Clinical Social Worker, Maxim Government Services
Artesia New Mexico and Dilley, Texas, provide clinical mental health services to refugees, including the following activities:
Provide primary mental health care, crisis care, psychosocial assessment as part of the Medical Team
Extensive use of telephonic translation services to facilitate mental and medical health care
Engage in medical and mental health treatment team meetings, team building exercises
Liaise with medical team members, law enforcement personnel, and staff to ensure appropriate mental health treatment for adult and child refugees, provide consultation and treatment during crises
Provide facilitation and consultation for federal law enforcement officers regarding required separation of children and their related adult for legal purposes
Provide support, mental health care and guidance to staff members who had personal or job-related concerns, crises, child behavior issues and other concerns as need dictates
Ensure complete confidentiality, integrity and client-centered, focused treatment, guidance and consultation to staff member and refugees
Provide education, referral and linkage to resources in the client’s new living environment and societal norms, customs and access to local services
Complete psychosocial and psychological assessments, write appropriate, attainable goals train treatment and medical teams on client’s plan and goals
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July, 2014 – December, 2014: Clinical Social Worker
The Enhancement Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, organize and provide
individual and group psychotherapy, behavior therapy, school social work,
including the following activities:
Assess patients utilizing a variety of diagnostic tools, provide diagnosis and develop focused
treatment plans to target problem primary diagnoses-related issues
Provide psychological treatment and consultation services to patients during initial treatment,
rehabilitation, and follow-up care
Train all relevant team members on plans, design and implement tracking tools for data collection,
collect data and monitor patient progress
Work collaboratively with team members, state and federal agencies
Conduct individual, family and group psychotherapy and behavior therapy sessions in a variety of
environments with diverse populations
Timely completion of all necessary documentation, including that required by the Developmental
Disabilities Waiver, New Mexico Department of Health and New Mexico Medicaid, New Mexico
Public Education Department
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
August, 2004 – March, 2008: Senior Investigative Social Worker
State of New Mexico Children Youth and Families Department, Albuquerque, New Mexico, served in several positions of increasing responsibility, beginning as a Social Work Intern. Specific responsibilities include the following:
Conduct psychosocial assessments of case participants and assess pertinent data, including functional status and capability; provide written targeted treatment plans
Interface effectively and work collaboratively with city and county law enforcement, legal systems,
physicians, hospital staff, Albuquerque Public Schools personnel, All Faith’s Receiving Home
Safe-house personnel and a multitude of other service providers to ensure the safety of children
Build and maintain dynamic relationships with community members and service providers
Initiate timely and proactive investigation and maintain a of a caseload of fifteen to twenty Child
Protective Services referrals per month to ensure the safety and enhance the well-being of all
children and their families on the caseload
Prepare legal documents and testify at relevant hearings as necessary
Conduct all aspects of complicated child abuse and neglect investigations
Build rapport and work successfully with high-need clients with a variety of different functioning
levels from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds
June, 2000 – November, 2002: Client Service Advocate
Albuquerque Works Program, Albuquerque, New Mexico, provided assistive services to transition individual clients from welfare to work, including the following case management duties:
Perform psychosocial assessment of clients to determine barriers to employment within the
Welfare-to-Work population, refer client to appropriate supportive services as needed
Assist clients in determining goals and developing work and activity plans to ensure success in the
workforce and compliance with the New Mexico Works Act
Monitor client activities to determine adherence to treatment plan
Track employment and retention of approximately 300 clients
Maintain client files in both paper and database format to reflect all activities
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Licensed Independent Social Worker License Number: I – 07705
State of New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department, Board of Social Work Examiners
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, License Number: 60321
State of Texas Board of Social Work Examiners
Level Two Pre K – 12 School Social Worker License Number: 344682
State of New Mexico Public Education Department
EDUCATION
2006 – 2008: Post-graduate Coursework in Special Education and Counseling
New Mexico Highlands University, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
2005– 2006: Master of Social Work- Clinical Concentration, Advanced Standing
New Mexico Highlands University, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
2001 – 2005: Bachelor of Social Work
New Mexico Highlands University, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
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