Mental Health Social Worker, Administrative Secretary/Data Entry
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Drawing, painting, writing
DEIDRE DICKERSON Dedicated professional with 12+ years of experience as a receptionist/secretary as well as 30+ years experience as a psychotherapist dealing with children and adults. Solid team player with a positive demeanor and proven skills in establishing rapport with clients. Committed to maintaining professional relationships to increase profitability and drive business results. Master of Social Work
University of Southern Indiana, Evansville
Aug 1993 - Jun 1996
Bachelor of Social Work
University of Southern Indiana, Evansville
Aug 1990 - May 1993
Associate of Applied Science
Henderson Community College, Henderson
Aug 1986 - Dec 1988
School Based Therapist
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, Owensboro
Provide direct treatment to students and their families in the form of individual and collateral sessions. Worked in conjunction with the students' parents and/or guardians to complete biopsychosocial assessments, developed evidence based treatment plans, and completed other types of documentation and charting. Provided treatment to limit and reduce the number of crisis intervention contacts, hospitalizations, and incarcerations. Jan 2021 - Present
Psychotherapist
Beckman Mental Health Center, Greenwood
Provided direct treatment to patients from 5 years to 75+ years of age in the form of individual, family, and group therapy. Worked in conjunction with the patient's to complete biopsychosocial assessments, develop treatment plans, and to complete other types of documentation and charting. Provided intensive home based therapeutic services for adolescents who were at risk of being removed from their family unit and/or involved in drug/alcohol usage. Worked with psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other therapeutic team members to discuss and determine the appropriate medication and care that needed to be provided to the patients.
Nov 2004 - Dec 2020
Psychotherapist
Devereux Florida Residential Treatment Hospital, Viera Completed biopsychosocial assessments on each new admission. Wrote treatment plans, administered various assessment and screening tools to clients and maintained appropriate documentation and charting for clients a s part of the therapeutic team. Planned and delivered direct treatment for individual, group, and family therapy. Conducted out of state visits with funding sources and DCF. Attended high end staff meetings, court hearings, IEP meetings, child to adult staff meetings, and court status updates. Dec 2001 - Nov 2004
Psychotherapist
River Valley Behavioral Health Hospital, Owensboro Planned and delivered direct treatment for individual, group, and family therapy. Evaluated client's and completed psychosocial assessments. Planned discharge of patient's and coordinated services with outside agencies. Wrote treatment plans and maintained appropriate documentation and charting for clients as part of the therapeutic team. Sep 1996 - Nov 2001
Outpatient Psychotherapist
River Valley Behavioral Health Hospital, Owensboro Planned and delivered direct treatment for individual, group, and family therapy. Evaluated client's and completed psychosocial assessments. Coordinated services with outside agencies. Wrote treatment plans and maintained appropriate documentation and charting for clients as part of the therapeutic team.
May 1988 - Nov 1999
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Clinical Assessor
River Valley Behavioral Health, Owensboro
Screened and scheduled appointments for outpatient, inpatient, and school based services, including mental health and substance abuse. Provided data entry support while coordinating services with criminal justice agencies, health agencies, health departments, schools, and other mental health/substance abuse agencies.
Sep 1997 - Dec 1997
Master of Social Work Student Intern
Family First Family Preservation Services, Owensboro Provided a complete diagnostic services for children and their family units with results to be used in casework planning, treatment planning, and recommendations. Provided intensive home-based, therapeutic services for children who were at-risk of being removed from their family unit through juvenile court action. Provided home-based therapeutic services for children and their families who had prior involvement with one or more intensive home-based services and could benefit from counseling. Administered and scored psychological and other tests. Conducted psychosocial histories through intake assessments, Geno-grams, and echo maps.
Jan 1996 - Jun 1996
NEISP/ED. Coordinator
Carver Community Organization, Evansville
Managed the Twenty-First Century Parent/Scholar Program, PREP Program, Indiana University GROUPS Program, STYLE Program, and the Educational Opportunity Center. Supervised four AmeriCorps members and one Parent/Education Coordinator. Wrote grants, budgets, and proposals while planning educational trips and conducting professional training sessions. Sep 1993 - Apr 1996
Radio Dispatcher
Owensboro Police Department, Owensboro
Trained and certified in LINK, NCIC, NLETRS, and Telecommunications. Dispatched emergency/911 calls while performing various data entry functions. Dec 1991 - Sep 1993
Social Work Practice Student
Owensboro Spouse Abuse Shelter, Owensboro
Performed duties as a court advocate and as a counselor with victims of abuse. Counseled women's groups, worked with children of abuse, handled crisis calls. Jan 1991 - May 1993
Social Work Practice Student
Mercy Hospital Rehabilitation, Owensboro
Interviewed patients and family members of patients to obtain and write up their family histories. Read medical charts. Executed discharge planning and intake assessments of patients. Handled mainly geriatric patients suffering from strokes, CVA's, aneurysms, hip replacements, etc.
Aug 1992 - Dec 1992
Secretary/Receptionist
Job Center, Evansville
Greeted customers, typed, filed, answered phones, filled out reports, took applications and assisted clients' in filling them out. Filled out tax forms, worked on the computer, ran the copy machine.
Mar 1990 - Dec 1992
Radio Dispatcher/Receptionist
Kentucky State University Police Department, Frankfort Carried out duties as a radio dispatcher and receptionist. Typed, transmitted information to the patrol officers, filled out reports, patrolled on campus, checked buildings, and dealt with the public.
Aug 1989 - Feb 1990
Security Guard/Receptionist
Accuride Corporation, Henderson
Carried out duties as a receptionist, typist, telephone operator (I handled 15 phone lines when the switchboard closed down). Ran errands and performed regular security duties of the factory, its perimeter, and the offices.
Aug 1985 - May 1990
Clerical Assistant in AD Nursing Program
Henderson Community College, Henderson
Prepared large volumes of documents for the nursing students, typed, completed word Jun 1988 - Aug 1988
processing and receptionist duties.
Jackie Williams
Beckman Mental
Health Center
Darlene Marshall-Ware
Department of
Community Based
Services
David Cousert
University of Southern
Indiana
Microsoft Word, typing, filing,
word processing.
Academic Scholarship University of Southern Indiana, 1995 Dean's List University of Southern Indiana, 1991 1996 Golden Globe Award for Poetry Washington, DC 1989
National Collegiate Minority Leadership Award Henderson Community College, Dec. 1988 Scholastic Scholarships Henderson Community College, 1986 1988 Who's Who Among American College Students Henderson Community College, 1988 Phi Theta Kappa Honorary Fraternity Member Henderson Community College, 1986 Forensic Social Worker/Diplomat Status 1999 2000
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