Licensed Clinical Social Worker skills included in resume

Lydia L. Kievit, MSW, LCSW

*** ************ **. ********, ** 07675

Cell: 201-***-**** Home: 201-***-****

Professional Experience

Executive Director

AAH of Bergen County, Inc. Washington Township, NJ

1997-2011

. Responsibilities included preserving the agency's reputation, service

programs and financial and facilities resources.

. Ensuring the effective operation of the agency's programs, including

clinical supervision and training of staff.

. Overseeing quality assurance and fostering and maintaining

relationships with investors in the community.

. Working with the agency's board of trustees to ensure the maintenance

and support of the agency's programs.

. Designed agency website utilizing Microsoft Office Live.

Residence Coordinator/Program Director/Crisis Specialist

Care Plus of NJ 610 Valley Health Plaza, Paramus, NJ

1977-1997

. Total clinical involvement with the chronically mentally ill and young

adult client, addressing multi-faceted needs from socialization

through vocational and independent living skills.

. Individual counseling as well as crisis coverage 24 hours a day.

. Liaison to state hospital and partial hospitalization program.

. Developed schedules for overnight staff and trained new workers.

. Initiated volunteer program development and agency acceptance of

volunteer program linking community residents with individual

psychiatric clients on a one to one basis for the purpose of

facilitating transition to community life.

. Acted as liaison to the community to establish more positive

relations, as well as recruitment, training and supervision of more

than 100 volunteers.

. Served as "Professional on Call" for a 24 hour emergency line covering

all of Bergen County, NJ. Trained in handling emergencies ranging

from active psychiatric emergencies to domestic violence and drug and

alcohol problems.

. Responsibilities included decision making regarding psychiatric

hospitalization, police intervention and dispatching mental health

worker emergency staff to any of the 9 transitional residences when

necessary.

. Created suicide prevention program to interface with already existing

school programs in the Bergen County area. Trained and lectured

school personnel and students from grades 5-12 in regard to signs and

symptoms of potential suicide risks and techniques for prevention.

Education

Yeshiva University Masters in Social Work

New York, NY

Ramapo College BA Psychology

Mahwah, NJ

Vermont College Associate of Arts

Montpelier, VT

Accreditation

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, State of NJ. License # 44SC00269200

ACSW

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