Tina Marie James, MSW, LCSW

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Monroe, LA 71203

Cell: 714-***-****

acwzrs@r.postjobfree.com

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 Worker III/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

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

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

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

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 managers in developing appropriate treatment plans including DBT therapy; act as a consultant to the case managers 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

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

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 35 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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