Social Worker Behavioral Health
Resume:
David C. Withrow, LCSW
McAllen, TX 78501
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Profile
Clinical Skills: Proven skills in providing counseling and case management services to individuals and families in a variety of healthcare settings.
Management Skills: Good organizational and problem solving skills and proven ability to effectively manage resources and budgets. Successfully completed a number of project start-ups and administration experience. Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Professional Experience
The Behavioral Hospital at Renaissance Doctor’s Hospital 5510 Raphael Drive
Edinburg, TX 78539 12/17/12-10/2020 956-***-**** Behavioral Outpatient Services Supervisor
● Oversee the therapy department and supervision of the inpatient and outpatient therapists
● Develop and manage an intensive outpatient services for adults that is self-supporting
● Supervision of staff in adolescent unit
● Participate in the hospital’s management team
● Develop a formal training program for student interns
● Built the first Intensive Outpatient Program and it is now self-supporting
● Initiate a second program and weekly outpatient counseling at multiple sites,
● Provide psychotherapy and wellness coaching to diabetic and bariatric patients in the DHR system Kindred Healthcare at Mission Regional Medical Center 900 N. Bryan Road
Mission, TX 78579 03/2009 to 2012 956-***-****
Medical Social Worker
● Medical Social Worker for a 27-bed physical rehabilitation unit located in Mission Hospital
● Responsible for all initial psychosocial assessments, primary liaison between families and physicians
● Placement of patients in continued long term care if necessary
● Discharge planning which included assessing the clients’ needs prior to discharge from facility
● Setting up any type of equipment or services necessary, part of the interdisciplinary team
● Utilization review, and chart auditing to assure compliance with applicable Medicare regulations PHP Consultants, Inc., dba Teen Guidance Center 956-***-**** 1500 W. Jonquil Ave.
McAllen, TX 78501
Chief Executive Officer/Owner 05/1997 to 10/2008
● Company provided behavioral health, substance abuse treatment and educational services with organizations such as the Work Force Board, Federal Probation and school districts.
● Initiated business start-up, increased revenue to $350,000 through contracts with PSJA ISD and Workforce Solutions contracts
● Provide counseling services to at- risk students at alternative schools and at the Teen Parent campus. Services were provided by six counselors and one Para-professional David C. Withrow, LCSW Page 2
Tropical Texas Behavioral Health Center 956-***-**** P.O. Drawer 1108
Edinburg, TX 78539 12/2006 to 10/2007
Program Specialist
● The primary focus was to help the agency reduce the size of the waiting list
● Provided clinical supervision of other staff.
● Office and home-based counseling to children and parents. Crossroads Behavioral Health Center 956-***-**** P.O. Box 5935
McAllen, TX 78501
Chief Executive Officer/Owner 02/1995 to 02/1999
● A licensed partial hospitalization program serving adults and older adults.
● Seeing the need for new services, I initiated this company which grew to four facilities with 45 staff and a five-million dollar annual budget.
● Directly supervised the Clinical Director and four Program Managers and initiated JCAHO accreditation efforts and corporate compliance program.
Tropical Texas Center MH/MR Inc. 956-***-****
P.O. Drawer 1108
Edinburg, TX 78539
Director of Programs II 09/1988 – 02/1995
● Developed psychosocial rehabilitation services for adults with mental illness
● expanded programs to four different sites serving 200 clients per day
● Initiated supported housing and supported employment services
● Brought agency into compliance with State regulations
● Brought in three million dollars in new revenue (new Medicaid Dollars) to the agency Prior Relevant Experience
Prior experience includes supervisory and clinical experience in two other community mental health systems and a 120-bed private, psychiatric hospital, Saint John’s River Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla.32210. Owned my own mental health business (PHP & IOP).
Education and Licensure
Bachelor of Arts Degree, WV Institute of Technology, Montgomery, WV Master of Social Work, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Licensed as a Clinical Social Worker, Texas SW# 16262 David C. Withrow, LCSW Page 3
References – Business
Jonathan Gill, V.P. of Rehabilitation Services Olivia Benford, LBSW, LCDC Doctors Hospital at Renaissance PSJA ISD
5403 Doctors Drive 218 E. Juarez St
Edinburg, TX 78539 Pharr, TX 78577
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Melinda Leo-Rodriguez
LCSW-Veteran’s Clinic
McAllen, TX 78501
Jessica Garza, LCSW
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References – Personal
Robert Skaggs, City Programs Safety Manager
City of Wilmington
P.O. Box 1810
Wilmington, NC 28401
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