Mental Health Care
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Betty Susan Thunder
Argonne, WI 54520
Phone: 715-***-****
Cell: 715-***-****
************@*****.***
Masters of Social Worker with 17 years experience as a Behavioral Health Director of a small rural Tribal Behavioral Health Department. Provided oversight and supervision of a state certified mental health and AODA department that serviced the native community and the surrounding area. Areas of expertise include: management of professional and para-professional staff, planning, coordinating care, community outreach, coalition building, oversight of prevention services, grant oversight, referrals, meeting coordination, evaluations, assessments. Responsible for knowing all Wisconsin statutes pertinent to outpatient mental health and AODA certification for the department and staff.
● Experience with Juvenile delinquent populations
● Able to participate in multidisciplinary team
approach
● Able to recognize individuals under the
influence
● Alcohol and Drug Counselor license
● Aware of legal and ethical standards
● Comfortable with diverse populations
● CPR and First Aid certified
● Excellent relationship building skills
● Excellent team player and community builder
● Experience performing assessments
● Experience with prison populationSubstance
abuse counseling experience
● Sensitive to cultural differences
● Team player and self-motivated
● Understanding of adolescent development
● Ability to de-escalate clients in another
vulnerable emotional state
● Ability to maintain accurate client records
● Ability to maintain required clinical records
● Able to manage client crises
● Able to meet Criminal Clearance Indexing
requirements
● Familiarity with Electronic Medical Records
● Experience working with adults
● Experience working in a clinical setting
● Familiarity with the Addiction Severity Index
(ASI)
● Familiarity with substance and mental health
systems
● Familiarity with the criminal justice system
● Group facilitation, presentation, and
organizational skills
● Knowledge of chemical dependency issues
● Knowledge of health education information
● Knowledge of rehabilitation philosophy
● License in the state of WI.Proficiency with
Windows and Microsoft applications
● Proficient computer skills
● Understanding of communicable disease
prevention and control
● Understanding of diverse communities
● Understanding of dyadic frameworks
● Valid WI Driver's License
● Certified and Trained in GAINS (Global
Assessment of Individual Needs Assessment
administrator
Case Management;
● .Responsible for coordinating inpatient treatment care and aftercare of adults and adolescents.
● Follow up of returning clients for after-care and upon discharge.
● Monitored all clinical client files to meet standards of policy and procedures and state of WI requirements. Clinical Services:
● Achieved goal of having an art therapist for children/teens verses the traditional talk therapy.
● Achieved the goal of obtaining tele-psychiatry for all clients for medication evaluations in a rural area. Policy Development:
● Wrote all policies for outpatient mental health and AODA for state certification and for AAAHC accreditation Quality Improvement:
● High standards for rural outpatient and mental health facility in a small tribal community which serviced Education
Experience
the whole area.
● Participated in quality improvement surveys to improve client care. Collaboration: With other agencies to plan and implement client care, when working with high risk youth, or juvenile delinquents. Worked with county social workers, county intensive supervision workers, other treatment providers, probation officers.
● Achieved goal of providing out reach education at local county jail. Provided AODA education to inmates on a weekly basis.
● Started a Community Coalition to Prevent Juvenile Delinquency in the community. This ended up being translated into the CCFC, the Community Coalition of Forest County and is still ongoing. Involves two tribal governments and one county government.
● Was a member of the Wisconsin Native American Prevention Council and a start up member of this. We received an award as Coalition of the year at the WI State Prevention Conference. Documentation/Confidentiality/Compliance:
● Documented patient information obtained from intake interviews.
● Maintained compliance and confidentiality with regulatory standards by policies and procedures and audits.
My field of study was social work with my Major focus on Mental Health and AODA with a focus on children, adolescents. My minor was in the area of Child Welfare. I am a Licensed Social Worker and AODA professional in the state of WI.
Additional Certification:
● .CSAC Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor
B.S.W. and M.S.W.: Indiana University – Social Work 1994 Bloomington/Indianapolis, Indiana USA
● I was responsible for assuring high quality services in the areas of outpatient mental health and AODA services to adults, children and adolescents.
● We provided individual, group, family, conjoint therapy.
● Assurance that programming met standards of care, and culturally appropriate and sensitive.
● Accountability component of AODA services, worked closely with probation and parole.
● Implemented drug screenings and sober living outings in AODA groups
● Assurance that policies and procedures were followed and met WI outpatient accreditation standards.
● Budgets, supervision of professional and paraprofessional staff, performance improvement evaluations and recommendations.
● Supervised tele-psychiatry and provided protocols and policies and procedures. Supervision off contractual professional providers.
● Supervised and trained tribal members in the area of providing community prevention educational services to the tribal community and the public schools in the local area.
● Collaborated and built relations with probation and parole, local county social services, law enforcement, gang prevention specialists, school officials, etc.
● Conducted audits on files to assure compliance with standards of care and policies and procedures. Forest County Potawatomi Outpatient Behavioral Health Director 01/1995 - 01/2012 Forest County Potawatomi Tribe Crandon, WI 54520
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