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Vermont Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners
Non-Licensed and Non-Certified Psychotherapists
Cheryl Shive, M.S., MSW, LICSW - Resume
SUMMARY:
Broad experience in counseling at-risk children and adolescents in a school setting, community mental health center, in-patient facility, and private practice. Direct, practical experience with adolescents who have co-occurring disorders. Proven ability to quickly establish excellent working relationships with clients. Demonstrated capability to adapt to new situations and various program changes. Desire to shed light on issues surrounding children's social, emotional, and mental health. Seasoned, long-term foster parent to children and youth and transitional youth who are victims of abuse and neglect.
Skillful manager of non-governmental, non-profit social work processes including the development and implementation of a business plan, startup and ongoing management of operations as well as therapeutic care of children with diverse emotional, social and developmental needs. Educated, with highest honors, and certified mental health professional that is a thought and process leader with business and education leadership experience.
• Years of experience working with Children and Families
• Excellent Rapport With Clients
• Excellent Critical Thinking Skills
• Detail Oriented
• Strong Communication Skills
• Strong Conflict Resolution Skills
• Project and Management Experience
• Strong Writing Skills
• Proficient Organizer
• Excellent Leadership Skills
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Clinical Social Worker January 2019- Present
Matrix Health Systems
Vermont Center for Anxiety Care
112 Lake Street,
Burlington, VT 05401
• Practice in accordance with NASW values and Code of Ethics.
• Practice in a culturally affirming manner with diverse populations.
• Complete various intake and evaluation forms with clients.
• Provide therapeutic interventions and documentation including treatment goals and therapy notes.
• Family Counseling, Parenting Support, Individual, and Christian Counseling
• Continually assess client needs and communicate with primary care doctors and
psychiatrists.
Clinical Social Worker October 2017 – October 2018
Ten Ten Counseling, LLC
17320 Moore Rd,
Boyds, MD 20841
• Practice in accordance with NASW values and Code of Ethics.
• Practice in a culturally affirming manner with diverse populations.
• Complete various intake and evaluation forms with clients.
• Provide therapeutic interventions to the identified client populations in order to enhance the client’s optimal functioning and interactions in the home and community.
• Family Counseling and Parenting Support
• Continually assess client needs, service availability and appropriateness
• Provide the appropriate documentation for service delivery including treatment goals and therapy notes
Master’s Field Internship September 2016-July 2017
Behavioral Health Partners of Frederick
604 Solarex Ct., Suite 201
Frederick, MD 21703
Master of Social Work Intern Responsibilities:
• Provide individual and family therapy in schools and at client’s homes
• Document and perform biopsychosocial and mental health assessments
• Develop individual treatment plans
• Participate in interdisciplinary treatment team meetings
• Obtain insurance authorizations through Beacon Health
Master’s Field Internship September 2015-April 2016
The Jefferson School and Residential Treatment Center 2940 Point of Rocks Road Jefferson, MD 21755
The Jefferson School and Residential Treatment Center is a 12-month special education day school and residential school, located 15 minutes from Frederick, Maryland, serving students ages 12 to 21 with severe emotional and behavioral disabilities who need a specialized educational environment, complete with a therapeutic milieu and recreational and community-based activities.
Master of Social Work Intern Responsibilities:
• Participate in individual therapy for clients
• Co-Lead Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills and homework group
• Participate in case management for caseload
• Involved in treatment teams
• Work cooperatively with other staff members in managing and facilitating treatment/care
planning for clients
• Participate in unit program development/ improvement
• Involved in Quality Evaluation of programs
• Participate in Discharge Planning and coordinator of services
Creator and Director September 2009-Present Faith Home Ministries
• Managed the startup of non-profit organization including business plan, construction and initial operations.
• Managed business and construction logistics including daily interaction and management of trades and disciplines such as finance, budget, policy, procedure, engineering, electricians, plumbers, project managers, architects, retailers, etc.
• Managed startup team including the assistant project manager, with construction details that included procurement of materials, construction, and charitable donations
• Manage ongoing financial management for the organization, achieving debt-free, operational surplus every year since inception
• Development of rules, guidelines, policy and procedure for organizational functions including objectives, goals, long-term planning, and operations
• Frequent, extensive interaction with children in therapeutic care, including broad care teams consisting of social workers, lawyers, government social service departments, biological parents and court systems and processes, providing for the children’s physical, emotional, social, spiritual and developmental needs
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Years of therapeutic care excellence, meeting the needs of children in Montgomery and Fredrick Counties. Received Proclamation of Commendation July 31, 2012 from the County Council of Montgomery County, Maryland for “untiring devotion to children in crisis and for making a difference in the lives of children in their home well-beyond the time they temporarily share a home.”
Lovaas Behavioral Therapist September 1998 - February 2000 Cheverly, MD
• Home care therapeutic service for autistic children as a Lovaas method behavioral therapist
• Implemented plan training, materials and activities for student
• Documented applied behavior analysis results and treatment results.
Research Assistant University of Maryland, College Park College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Center
for Child Studies April 1998 - April 2000
College Park, MD
• Worked on team research project sponsored by Children’s National Medical Center and the University of Maryland, College Park Center for Child Studies to determine the difference in foster children raised in a kinship versus non-kinship foster home
• Responsible for intake of research material via filming and documentation
• Participated in weekly status and analysis meetings
• Frequent travel to remote sites for data gathering, documentation and field work and to hospital setting for research material acquisition and compilation
• Daily interaction with kinship foster parents, non-kinship foster parents, foster children, fellow research assistants, and behavioral scientist.
Lovaas Approach Therapist February 1994 – April 1996 Laurel, MD
• Home care therapeutic service for autistic children as a Lovaas method behavioral therapist
• Participated in Lovaas Institute training program for children diagnosed with autism or related disorders and implemented the training and materials into treatment program
• Documented applied behavior analysis results and treatment results.
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, MEMBERSHIP & HONORS:
- Vermont Medical Reserve Corps Mental Health Volunteer; Chittenden and Addison Counties September, 2018-present
- Volunteer American Red Cross Disaster Mental Health Responder September, 2018-present
- Master of Social Work, Summa Cum Laude July 2017 Mental Health Specialization University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Master of Science, Psychology, Summa Cum Laude September 2012 University of Phoenix Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Cum Laude May 2000 University of Maryland, College Park
- SBIRT Certification November 2015 University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Social Work Understanding the Behaviors of Traumatized Children Training Certificate April 2013 University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Social Work
- The County Council of Montgomery County Maryland Proclamation July 2012
“for their untiring devotion to children in crisis and for making a difference in the lives in those children well beyond the time they temporarily share a home.”
- Attachment Disorder & the Family Training Certificate March 2012 University of Maryland, Baltimore, Child Welfare Academy
- Behavior Management Skills & Techniques Certificate 2010 - 2011 University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Social Work
My practice is also governed by the Rules of the Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners. It is unprofessional conduct to violate those rules. A copy of the rules may be obtained from the Board or online at www.wec.state.vt.us
Information concerning unprofessional conduct for this profession posted in common area.