Service Home Health

Tina Marie James, MSW, LCSW

**** ****** ****** ** *** # 307

Folsom, CA, 95630

Telephone: 916-***-****

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

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Psychotherapist/Coordinator of Suicide Prevention Grant May 2013 to

Aug 2014

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians

Health and Wellness Center / Behavioral Health Clinic

5281 Honpie Road

Placerville, CA 95682

Provide social services and or clinical treatment of an advanced nature to

a variety of clients with identified needs including emotionally disturbed

individuals, mentally ill persons, and or substance abusers; counseling to

individual and groups: crisis intervention: participate in the development

and implementation of various treatment and outreach services. Coordinate

Federal Suicide Prevention Grant for clients who are Native Americans from

the ages of 10 to 24 years.

Clinical Social WorkerIII/Volunteer Coordinator Jan

2012 to May 2013

Ridgecrest Hospital Home Health and Hospice

1653 Triangle Drive

Ridgecrest, CA 93555

Social Services in Home Health Care Agency and Hospice Program. Conduct

Psychosocial Assessments and ongoing treatment interventions to patients

and their families. Facilitate Bereavement Support Groups and ongoing

bereavement services. Coordinate, recruit, train and supervisor Volunteers

for the Hospice Program. Provide In-Services for interdisciplinary team.

Field Instructor for MSW Intern from USC School of Social Work.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Oct 1989 to Nov 2009

Lighthouse Staffing, Inc

4202 Loma Street

Irvine, CA 92406

Founded this national registry for social workers and mental health

professionals. Duties included developed and maintained a 1.5 million

dollar budget; coordinated national marketing efforts; oversaw national

recruiting; training and supervising regional staff managers; wrote and

negotiated facility contracts; drafted employment and independent contract

agreements; developed and implemented companywide policy and procedures and

employee handbook; supervised human resources and accounting departments;

oversaw business operations, fiscal management; and clinical supervision of

professional staff; middle management and administrative staff.

The Professional Experiences listed below were concurrent with my work at

Lighthouse Staffing Inc. These were undertaken to ensure I would keep up my

clinical skills and experiences, while operating my own company on an

executive and administrative level. These work opportunities enriched my

overall clinical skill set. These jobs in many diverse locations around the

country allowed me to provide for my daughters differing rich educational

setting and social experiences valuable to their own personal and

scholastic development. Unfortunately, in 2007, my husband was diagnosed

with ALS, subsequently making it necessary for me to close Lighthouse

Staffing, Inc and constrain my professional efforts considerably until his

demise.

Clinical Director Sept 2009 to

May 2010

Unity Care Group (spouse had

ALS/passed away)

237 Race St.

San Jose, CA 95126

Responsible for the administrative oversight and clinical supervision of

Unity Care Group's Outpatient Mental Health Clinic, Therapeutic Behavioral

Services (TBS) and multiple other clinical programs related to family

reunification and sustainability. Duties include provision of clinical

support to ensure quality of care adherence to best practice guidelines;

management of internal day-to-day operations including oversight of budget

and establishment of external community relationships; facilitation ongoing

staff meetings and trainings, and periodic clinical review of

documentation; represented Unity Care Group on various community committees

and organizations as well as providing clinical education and supervision

internally and within the greater community; provided program development

and implementation; ensured continuous refinement of existing programs as

well as extensive outreach and program development for existing needs

within the catchment area of the agency.

Community Care Program Coordinator April 2008 to

Jan 2009

U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs (resigned

due to spouse illness)

215 North Main Street

White River Junction, VT 05009

Responsible for the provision of Social Work Services to veterans

participating in the Medical Center's Community Care Program. This program

includes the Community Contract Nursing Home Program and the Contract Adult

Day Health Care Program. Responsible for site visits to ensure quality of

care, liaison services, family support, monitoring, advocacy, community

referrals and appropriate discharge planning. Coordinate and Conduct annual

site survey inspections to both Community Contract Nursing Homes and

Contract Adult Day Health Care Programs.

Psychiatric Social Worker Aug 2007 to

Jan 2008

Metropolitan State Hospital (resigned

due to spouse illness)

11401 South Bloomfield Avenue

Norwalk, Ca 90650

Member of Psychiatric Team providing clinical services in a forensic

setting to Mentally Ill Population. Duties include researching and writing

court reports; conducting psychosocial assessments; providing individual

and group therapy; writing wellness and recovery treatment plans; providing

case management services including money management/trust office issues,

family contacts and CONREP follow-ups.

Emergency Service Clinician April 1999 to Dec

1999

Genesis Behavioral Health

(contract)

111 Church Street

Laconia, NH 03246

Member of Emergency Services Team. Duties include conducting psychiatric

assessment in the Emergency Room; Out-Patient clinic, all units of the

medical hospital and county jail, telephone triage and crisis intervention;

providing follow up clinical services in the Stabilization Clinic;

assisting case mangers in developing appropriate treatment plans including

DBT therapy; act as a consultant to the case mangers and residential

treatment facility staff during crisis situations and debrief with

psychiatrists and provide appropriate discharge planning.

Psychiatric Social Worker/Case Manager Aug 1997 to

Aug 1998

Montana Community Partners

(org lost contract)

Division of CMG Health, Inc

Norwest Bank Building

175 North 27th Street, Suite 1400

Billings, MT 95101

Member of the Behavioral Health Adult Team of Case Managers. Duties

included crisis intervention and assessments telephonically and by

computer; assigning appropriate clinical providers; reviewing and

authorizing clinical treatment plans for outpatient providers as well as in-

patient facilities; assist in appeals process for denied services. The

population served included individuals, couples, Gero-psychiatric clients

and the chronically mentally ill.

Psychiatric Social Worker III March 1996 - Aug

1997

Deaconess Psychiatric Center

(hospital wide layoffs)

2950 10th Avenue North

P.O. Box 37000

Billings, MT 59107

Member of the Psychiatric Assessment Team. Duties included conducting

psychiatric assessments in the Emergency Room and facilitate direct

admissions into the In-Patient Unit. Psychiatric assessments were also

conducted on all units of the medical hospital and outpatient medical

clinics associated with the Deaconess Medical System. This Psychiatric

Assessment Team also conducted telephonic assessments for rural outlying

areas in Montana. The Emergency Room assessments conducted were for the

geographic area that included the Eastern part of Montana, the Western part

of South Dakota and the Northern party of Wyoming, inclusive of the Indian

Reservations within those geographic regions. The populations served

included children, adolescents, adults, geriatric and chronically mentally

ill patients.

Hospice and Medical Clinical Social Worker Aug 1986 to

Jan 1996

Family Health Plan

9930 Talbert Avenue

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

Hospice and medical social worker in the home health division. Duties

include providing direct social services to patients, families and

significant others in their homes; networking the patients and their

support system to all and available community resources as indicated by

their needs and treatment plan; provided in-service training to all

professional staff on the appropriate role of the social worker on a home

health team staff and with hospice patients and their support system; on-

call social worker for after hours and weekends for all emergency

situations throughout the FHP system, including psychiatric and medical

emergencies that required social service intervention; provided in-house

counseling and intervention to Nursing staff in the NICU unit during

difficult administrative transition time. Conducted group therapy and

supportive services to the Nursing staff throughout the HMO system as

indicated.

Rehabilitation, Psychiatric and MCSW Sept 1987 to

Oct 1989

Long Beach Community Hospital

1720 Termino Avenue

Long Beach, CA 90804

Social Worker on the Rehabilitation Unit and float social worker to the In-

Patient Psychiatric Unit, Oncology floor, NICU, Child and Maternal Health,

Emergency Room and Medical/Surgical floors. Duties include conducting

psychosocial assessments, individual and family counseling sessions,

facilitating group therapy, conducting family conferences and providing

complex discharge planning.

Manager of Rehabilitation Services Oct 1986 to

Aug 1987

Visiting Nurses Association of Orange County

2500 Red Hill Avenue

Santa Ana, CA 92705

Supervised a staff of 17 Physical Therapists, Speech Therapists,

Occupational Therapists and medical social workers in the Central Orange

County area. Duties included clinical supervision of Rehab staff providing

in-home direct clinical services to their patients; prepare and conduct in-

service training programs within the agency and throughout the community on

clinical rehab and social service issues; review and evaluate treatment

plans for PT, OT, ST and MSW staff in the central Orange County area;

represented the VNA on various community committees and boards including

the Orange County AIDS Advisory Committee, Orange County Adult Protective

Service Advisory Counsel and Orange County Oncology Social Work

Association.

Director of Social Service Department Oct 1982 to Oct

1986

Goldenwest Home Health Care

17011 Beach Boulevard

Huntington Beach, CA 92647

Developed a Social Service Department within an existing Home Health Care

Agency. Duties included clinical supervision of all social workers

providing in-home direct services throughout all of Orange County and part

of Los Angeles County; performed administrative functions including staff

development; in-service training for social service staff and

interdisciplinary team; supervise graduate and undergraduate student

interns as their field instructor for California State University at Long

Beach and University of Southern California.

Psychiatric Social Worker and Consultant Aug 1981 to

Oct 1982

County of Riverside, Department of Health

Office of Continuing Community Care

1695 Spruce Street

Riverside, CA 92507

Case Manager and Consultant for chronically mentally ill clients placed in

a locked psychiatric facility. Duties included providing consultation and

review of

treatment plans for all county patients placed in the locked facility;

provided out-patient case management and therapy for caseload of 20 plus

chronically mentally ill clients; interfaced and networked with the various

community agencies that service this population; served as a member of

Riverside County Regional Quality Assurance Committee; Co-Chair of Provider

Level Peer Review Committee; member of Provider Level Utilization Review

Committee; trained paraprofessionals to develop appropriate individualized

treatment plans and approaches for clients in locked long-term care

facility.

COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE

I have been actively involved in continuing education and community service

throughout my 30 years of experience as a social worker. In this area, I

have served as a guest speaker and panelist for numerous seminars

including:

. Speaker at the National Social Work Association (NASW)

Conference on the social worker's role as a member on an

interdisciplinary team home health care

. Speaker at the Vermont Healthcare Association on rehab

guidelines for skilled nursing home patients.

. Speaker at the Post Award Conference: Bio-Medical Ethics in the

Nursing Home Setting.

. Speaker at the California Association of Health Care Services at

Home (CAHCS) on social work issues in home health care

. Guest appearance on "Make Today Count" a televised show

discussing Cancer issues

. Facilitating "I Can Cope" an American Association of Cancer

education program

. Developed and facilitated "S.H.A.R.E." a Cancer support group in

Orange County

. Served as Creator and Associate Producer of "Senior Support

Services" a televised educational program on Roger's Cable

systems

. Served as Creator, Associate Producer and Host of "The Human

Kind" a televised education program on Roger's Cable systems

. Authored and edited a monthly column on home health issues for

the National Association of Social Workers, California

Newsletter

HONORS AND AWARDS

. 2003-2004 Fellow Lifetime Member of Continental "Who's Who"

. 2002-2003 National Leadership Award Honorary Co-Chairman of the

Business Advisory Council

. 2001-2002 Honored Professional in the National Registry "Who's Who"

In Executives and Professionals

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE

. May 10, 1984 - Received State of California License (LCS 10644)

GRADUATE EDUCATION

MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK - MAY 1981

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

Mental Health Concentration

Master Research Project: An Exploratory Study of Independent Living

Skills for

The Chronically Mentally Disabled in San Diego

County

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - JUNE 1979

California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California

Major in Human Services, Mental Health Concentration

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