CLARE HUGHES
Social Worker
San Diego
Summary
Versatile Clinical Social Worker well-versed in healthcare systems and case management. Strong partner within a larger interdisciplinary team to provide comprehensive and cohesive patient care. Offering extensive knowledge of community resources and discharge planning. Proactive and understanding individual committed to serving disadvantaged populations, including the homeless, mentally ill and substance use communities, medically complex and chronically ill, and elder or dependent adults.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Clinical Social Worker
Mission Hospice
09.2022 - Current
- Provided emotional support, case management, and resource procurement to patients and their families while at home, and in facilities, on hospice services.
- Managed a full caseload each month of 35-45 patients, assessed their psychosocial needs, addressed any barriers to services, and assisted with completing paperwork such as advanced healthcare directives, disability or FMLA paperwork, or insurance applications.
- Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings and collaborated with members of that team including nurses, doctors, chaplains, and volunteers to define and implement a plan of care.
- Provided brief counseling to patients and their families to help explore and process anticipatory grief, various grief stages, and bereavement.
Clinical Social Worker
Scripps Mercy Hospital
11.2019 - 09.2022
- For past two years, have been exclusively working in ICU with critical care patients.
- Responsible for training new social work team members on ICU protocols.
- Document case notes daily and coordinate follow-up for seamless case management.
- Partner with multidisciplinary teams to develop treatment plan strategies to provide comprehensive and continuous care plans for patients.
- Coordinate individualized discharge plans for patients to manage safe transition back into community and home environments.
- Perform short-term therapy, provide education, and respond to crisis situations.
- Interview patients, families, or groups to assess situations, limitations, and issues and implement services to address needs.
- Establish and nurture key relationships with community members to form valuable partnerships.
Clinical Social Worker
Riverside Methodist Hospital
03.2018 - 10.2019
- Documented case notes daily and coordinated follow-up for seamless case management.
- Formulated treatment plan strategies with multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive and continuous care plan.
- Coordinated individualized discharge plans to manage safe transition back into community and home environments.
Mental Health Therapist
Southeast Mental Health and Recovery Services Inc
05.2017 - 01.2018
- Provided individual outpatient counseling to clients seeking mental health services.
- Co-facilitated group therapeutic interventions for male perpetrators of domestic violence.
- Managed relationships with various support systems to ensure quality services.
- Completed diagnostic assessments and maintained timely clinical documentation.
Behavioral Health Intern
PrimaryOne Health
05.2015 - 08.2016
- Administered Integrated Care Brief Screenings to patients visiting their primary care doctors.
- Provided short-term counseling to patients of PrimaryOne Health.
- Participated in trainings related to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Risk Assessment.
Graduate Intern
Mental Health American of Franklin County, MHAFC
01.2016 - 05.2016
- Assisted in administering phone screenings to clients seeking services within the Pro Bono Counseling Program.
- Observed and participated in various MHAFC groups such as the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Support Group and the Get Connected group.
Patient Volunteer
Crossroads Hospice
01.2015 - 05.2015
- Visited with a hospice patient and their family and provided assistance to them as needed.
Psychology Research Assistant
University Of Dayton
09.2013 - 05.2015
- Assisted graduate students with psychology research in their designated research studies.
- Worked directly with participants in designated research studies and guided them through their participation.
Education
Masters of Social Work -
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 09.2015 - 05.2017
Bachelors of Arts - Psychology
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH 09.2011 - 05.2015
Skills
Multidisciplinary team collaboration
undefinedCertification
First Aid/CPR Certified
Timeline
Licensed Social Worker-State of Ohio
07-2024
Clinical Social Worker
Mission Hospice
09.2022 - Current
First Aid/CPR Certified
10-2021
Clinical Social Worker
Scripps Mercy Hospital
11.2019 - 09.2022
Clinical Social Worker
Riverside Methodist Hospital
03.2018 - 10.2019
Mental Health Therapist
Southeast Mental Health and Recovery Services Inc
05.2017 - 01.2018
Graduate Intern
Mental Health American of Franklin County, MHAFC
01.2016 - 05.2016
Masters of Social Work -
The Ohio State University
09.2015 - 05.2017
Behavioral Health Intern
PrimaryOne Health
05.2015 - 08.2016
Patient Volunteer
Crossroads Hospice
01.2015 - 05.2015
Psychology Research Assistant
University Of Dayton
09.2013 - 05.2015
Bachelors of Arts - Psychology
University of Dayton
09.2011 - 05.2015
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