Ebony Tiara Wright

Mobile: 843-***-**** Email: aczexm@r.postjobfree.com

Education: Savannah State University

Master of Social Work

Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2016

GPA: 3.97

Emory and Henry College

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Graduated: May 2014

Work Experience: Easter Seals UCP North Carolina & Virginia, Inc.

May 2016 – present

Multisystemic Therapist (MST)

Participates in a team approach designed to address the identified needs of children and adolescents with significant behavioral problems who are transitioning from out-of-home placements or are risk of out-of-home placement and need intensive interventions to remain stable in the community.

Essential Job Functions:

Conducts MST assessments including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weakness, and developing an analysis of the fit of problem behaviors within the ecological context.

Engages primary caregivers and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement.

Implements a problem conceptualization, treatment planning, intervention implementation, and outcome review and strategy revision procedure using the MST Analytic Process.

Collaborates with all relevant systems and key participants within each system to ensure their buy-in and cooperation throughout MST treatment.

Provides direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with MST principles and practices.

Participates in all MST training, supervision and consultation activities.

Non-Essential Job Functions:

Provides modeling, positive reinforcement, redirection and anticipatory guidance within recovery and strengths-based principles to help develop the independence of the person and/or family served.

Provides training to caregivers, service providers and others who have a legitimate role in addressing the needs identified in the service plan.

Works cooperatively with the person served, their guardian, and the Child/Family Team in the provision of services to meet the goals developed in the service plan.

Participates in community collaborative efforts to improve the delivery of community based services in the region.

Monitors monthly financial reports and manage expenditures according to annualized budget, including receivables reports.

Savannah State University

September 2015 – March 2016

Graduate Assistant

Provide assistance with event planning

Assist faculty members with research projects; engage in literature searches

Perform a variety of administrative tasks, such as presentations and data entry

Hold office hours and meeting with students

Collecting, coding, cleaning or analyzing data

Grading students' assignments such as homework, tests, paper, and projects

Memorial Health Center for Behavioral Medicine

August 2015 – Present

MSW Intern

Identify patients’ needs and analyze psychological problem

Provide psycho-education of psychological problems to patients, family members

Making sound judgments regarding patients' clinical impressions for discharge

Schedule follow-up appointments for outpatient services such as therapists, psychiatrists, and primary physicians

Advocate for patients' services based upon policies and insurance

Make therapeutic alliances with community services in the area

Help develop treatment plans regarding patients' diagnoses such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective, suicidal/homicidal ideation, depression, psychosis, PTSD, substance abuse

Initial assessments

Interviewing with new patients

Attend mental health meetings such as Flash meetings and Ethics meetings

Provided patient education and recommended various materials to assist the client in their goal towards wellness

Provide clinical assessments

Conduct individual and group therapy sessions

Performed psychosocial assessments and maintained computerized clinical documentation

United Military Care

August 2014 – May 2015

Intern

Conducted individual, family, and couples’ therapy sessions

Interviewed clients individually and with families to determine what services would best address their needs

Advised patients on community resources, made referrals and devised realistic treatment plans

Communicated with public social and welfare agencies to obtain and provide information

Presented case history material for review and discussion with other staff members

Consulted with other professionals regarding the treatment of specific clients

Intake assessments

Handled and processed confidential patient information

Established and maintained effective communication system

Gathered and analyzed data on community needs and interests

Seacoast Youth Academy

May 2013 – June 2013

Intern

Charted and recorded information in client files

Responded to crisis situations when severe behavioral and mental health arose

Efficiently gathered information from incoming client to inform development plans

Collaborated closely with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services

Organized treatment projects that focused on problem solving skills and anger management techniques

Guided clients in understanding treatment plans

Taught clients impulse control, social skills, emotional coping skills, and anger management techniques

Job Related Training: Ethical Considerations for Managing Patient with Mental Illness (10/2015)

175Years of Experience and Counting: A Discussion with Five Journeymen (10/2015)

STAR Behavioral Health Providers: Military Culture Training (Tier ONE) (06/2015)

The Military Child Education Coalition: The Journey from "Welcome Home" to Now: Reunion, Reconnecting, and Routine (09/2014)

Honors: Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society

License/Certification: License Clinical Social Work Associate

P011098

10/28/2016 – 11/30/2018

Computer Skills: Efficient with the following software packages and operating systems: EPIC system, Microsoft Office programs, SPSS, Desktop Publishing Software

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