Mental/Behavioral Health Intake Specialist Leader

CAREER SUMMARY

●Expertise in Mental/ Behavioral Health Assessing, Testing / Screenings Community Education Training and Care Plans

●Creating Healthy Action Plans for Every Patient, focusing on the Patients

Environmental, Social, Financial and Cognitive Functioning

●Providing Patients with a high level of Direction, which will Prolong

Re-Admission

●Strong Intake Process Background, with all the Components

●Communication of Assessment Findings with Doctors and Unit Nursing

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Sun Behavioral Health – Erlanger, KY Intake Therapist (2019–2026)

Conduct comprehensive behavioral health assessments, crisis response, and care coordination.

●Administers the Mental and Behavioral Health Level of Care Assessments including the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and the completion of the Broset Violence Checklist. Giving report on the assessed patient, to the appropriate unit.

●Population Served ranges from Childhood, Adolescents, Adult and Senior Populations. At the completion of the Assessment, Therapist coordinates with the On Call Provider to ensure the Appropriate Level of Care and Diagnosis is Provided.

●Additional Duties Include but not Limited to Crisis Calls, Telehealth Assessments, Appropriate Treatment Referrals (Inpatient/Outpatient and Community Based). Therapist Ensures appropriate Screening for Medical and Behavioral Emergency Conditions.

●Therapist addresses and Documents Incoming Inquiry Calls, in relation to Sun Behavioral Inpatient, Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Services.

CareStar – Cincinnati, OH Recovery Manager (2018 – 2019)

●Administers the Adults Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA) in order to check qualifying criteria, for the State of Ohio Medicaid Specialized Recovery Services Program (Initially and annually).

●Monitoring 80 plus clients, physical and mental health welfare and status, for various diagnosis and populations.

●Assessing and creating client individual Service Goals and Objectives. Updating as necessary.

●Scheduling, facilitating, 30-Day-Updates, 180-Day Updates and Annuals, as well as facilitating meetings with Trans-Disciplinary Teams Members.

●Linking and referring clients to necessary Community Resources and meeting clients’ Case Management needs.

●Monitoring, Identifying and reporting all incidents and Event Based Updates (EBU). Prevention planning to reduce risk of reoccurrence.

●Developing Person Centered Plans for SRS program.

●Assisting clients with their Annual Medicaid Redetermination.

●All office and secretarial duties including but not limited to filing, faxing, scanning, insurance updates, provider calls, assessment tracking, billable overtime and initial electronic charting data entry.

Humana At Home– Cincinnati, OH Personal Health Coach (2013 – 2017)

●Team Bridges expert and lead presenter, in the area of Motivational Interviewing. Trained Bridges team members in Motivational Interviewing, modules I, II, and III, via face to face and online methods.

●Have met and continue to exceed, all Metrics for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and to date.

●Instrumental in creating a form with Humana Pharmacy, which became an official Humana training document for the Humana Pharmacy and PHC’s employees.

●Individualized care management, meeting members where they are and providing members with a high level of support, which will meet their needs.

●Creating Healthy Action Plans for every member, including screenings, focusing on the members Behavioral, Environmental, Social, Functional, Financial and Cognitive functioning.

●Addressing alerts in a timely manner to ensure, that members are being cared for at the appropriate level of intervention.

●A strong background in senior counseling, easily establishes positive rapport with members, utilizing Motivational Interviewing skills and techniques.

●Successfully maintains a caseload of 415 Humana members.

●Module of Care rate of 93%, which includes member experience and high level of care.

LifeSpan Incorporated – Hamilton, OH Staff Guardian (2012 – 2013)

●Court appointed guardian for the Mentally Ill, Developmentally Disabled and the Geriatric populations. Making decisions for Wards that have been deemed Legally Incompetent.

●Manage and maintain case load responsibilities including all required documentation, Ward Notes, Guardian Court Reports, Assessments, Care Conferences, Individual Service Plans, Chart Audits, Monthly Visits, Medical Consents and the overall maintenance of the client’s quality of life.

●Actively participates within the Court and Legal process pertaining to client.

Brown Properties Inc – Cincinnati, OH Property Office Manager (2010 – 2012)

●Showing of Rental Properties and implementation of background checks.

●Trouble shooting all mechanical malfunctions and the scheduling for appropriate repairs.

●Created tenant communications on behalf of the property owner, i.e., flyers, educational material, tenant infrastructures, expectations and building rules/regulations.

●Monthly communication with the Accountant and all other office administrative duties.

Community Police Partnering Center – Cincinnati, OH Community Safety Specialist (2005 – 2010)

●Engaged, motivated, organized, trained and educated community stakeholders in the application of the problem-solving methodology SARA and CPOP.

●Developed and implemented effective strategies to reduce crime and disorder.

●Facilitated Positive Engagement and relationships between the Cincinnati Police and community members.

●Mobilized stakeholders with Police Officers to improve community safety in four racially and socio-economically diverse neighborhoods.

●Organized, structured, and facilitated Spring/Summer Cincinnati Youth Curfew Center Programs and community focused resource fairs and events.

●Community organizing, program implementation and created individualized action plans.

PsychTemps/Talbert House Drivers Intervention & Adapt-Pathway Programs – Cincinnati, OH (2004 –2005) Program Facilitator/ASM Supervisor

●Assisted clients with the educational facilitation of Substance Abuse and DUI programs.

●Actively involved in the initial orientation and check in process.

●Supervised twelve ASM staff.

The Counseling Source – Cincinnati, OH Psychology Assistant (1998 –2004)

●Facilitated educational groups within the Cincinnati Public School System.

●Provided Individual Counseling and Psychotherapy to encourage personal accountability, coping strategies and self-management.

●Conducted Mental Status Exams and Clinical Interviews.

●Prepared and implemented Diagnostic Assessments.

●Created individualized behavioral action plans.

St. Aloysius Orphanage – Cincinnati, OH Therapist Case Manager (1998 –1998)

●Prepared individual treatment and behavior plans, CAFAS, Diagnostic Assessments and discharge plans/summaries.

●Conducted clinical groups, focusing on the specific needs as well as providing individual and family counseling for children

with special needs.

●Juvenile Court experience, exposure to various agencies, and case management services.

St Elizabeth Behavioral Health Center – Edgewood, KY Dept Head of Recreational Therapy Services (1988 –1998)

●Instituted and implemented creative, educational, recreational, and process-oriented groups.

●Involved with Inpatient and Outpatient Services. Including but not limited to Outpatient Chemical Dependency, Day-Treatment, Wellness, Vocational Training and Partial Hospitalization.

●Supervised various interns, volunteers, and field placement students.

●Responsible for ordering and purchasing necessary materials and equipment.

●Managed and projected departmental fiscal year program budget.

EDUCATION

●Xavier University Post Masters Clinical Counseling Program – Cincinnati, Ohio

●Xavier University Masters of Education in Agency and Community Counseling – Cincinnati, Ohio

●Ohio University - Bachelor of Science in Therapeutic Programming – Athens, Ohio

VALARIE A. BROWN-GREEN

Cincinnati Ohio 513-***-**** ************@*****.***

Ability to Think Outside of the Box

Positive Rapport and Maintains

Diagnostic Treatment Recommendations

Create Actions Plans

Goals to Decrease Overall Admission Rate

Core Competencies

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