SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN, Philadelphia, PA Director of Social Service, June 1995 – June 1999 This position required the administration of the department policies and clinical supervisor for all of the master level social workers and support staff, (language interpreter, secretarial and staff psychologist). The Department of Social Services aimed at providing support, education, case management and clinical intervention to all orthopedic and spinal cord injured children and their families during their stay in the hospital. Many parents resided at Shriners for many months while their children received treatment and relied on the services of the social work department to support them. As Director, I was also responsible for maintaining, developing and training staff on standards of practice. ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER, Philadelphia, PA Pediatric/Medical-Surgical/Prenatal Social Worker – 1993-1995 As an in-patient clinical social worker, I provided case management and discharge planning for adult orthopedic patients and was the sole pediatric social worker in the hospital which included all pediatric trauma and emergency walk-ins and admissions. PHILADELPHIA CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER, Philadelphia, PA Family Therapist/Supervisor – 1985-1993 Following a year of internship at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, I was hired as a family therapist and continued to work in a newly created and innovative program that provided intensive home-based services for multi-problem and culturally diverse client population in Southwest Philadelphia, (Social Rehabilitation Program). Treatment included a combination of family and individual therapy, community resource allocation and collaboration with various local agencies. In 1987 I rose to a supervisory level and trained many master level students in home-based family therapy. FORREST HOSPITAL, Des Plaines, IL Psychiatric Technician – 1981-1983 Forest Hospital is a private psychiatric facility that admits both children and adults. As a Psychiatric Technician, I worked on a specialized adolescent unit for behavior disordered children, and received training to facilitate daily patient groups as well as weekly family and multifamily groups. Additionally, as part of the psychiatric team, I was responsible for a caseload of patients to support their individual goals. In 1982, I enjoyed the opportunity to assist in the on-site development of this program in another psychiatric hospital in Missouri.
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN, Philadelphia, PA Director of Social Service, June 1995 – June 1999 This position required the administration of the department policies and clinical supervisor for all of the master level social workers and support staff, (language interpreter, secretarial and staff psychologist). The Department of Social Services aimed at providing support, education, case management and clinical intervention to all orthopedic and spinal cord injured children and their families during their stay in the hospital. Many parents resided at Shriners for many months while their children received treatment and relied on the services of the social work department to support them. As Director, I was also responsible for maintaining, developing and training staff on standards of practice. ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER, Philadelphia, PA Pediatric/Medical-Surgical/Prenatal Social Worker – 1993-1995 As an in-patient clinical social worker, I provided case management and discharge planning for adult orthopedic patients and was the sole pediatric social worker in the hospital which included all pediatric trauma and emergency walk-ins and admissions. PHILADELPHIA CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER, Philadelphia, PA Family Therapist/Supervisor – 1985-1993 Following a year of internship at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, I was hired as a family therapist and continued to work in a newly created and innovative program that provided intensive home-based services for multi-problem and culturally diverse client population in Southwest Philadelphia, (Social Rehabilitation Program). Treatment included a combination of family and individual therapy, community resource allocation and collaboration with various local agencies. In 1987 I rose to a supervisory level and trained many master level students in home-based family therapy. FORREST HOSPITAL, Des Plaines, IL Psychiatric Technician – 1981-1983 Forest Hospital is a private psychiatric facility that admits both children and adults. As a Psychiatric Technician, I worked on a specialized adolescent unit for behavior disordered children, and received training to facilitate daily patient groups as well as weekly family and multifamily groups. Additionally, as part of the psychiatric team, I was responsible for a caseload of patients to support their individual goals. In 1982, I enjoyed the opportunity to assist in the on-site development of this program in another psychiatric hospital in Missouri.