Kevin Barry, MSW, MPA, RSW, RCC-ACS

As the Client Care Coordinator, co-supervise15 master level therapists/counsellors providing them with clinical supervision

Co-supervise 12 psychiatric nurses and the Car 67 program on the weekends.

Co-supervise 5 admin staff

Co-supervise the homeless outreach team

Co-supervise up to two healthcare workers

As the Clinical Coordinator, supervised a multidisciplinary team that provided direct care and assessment to adolescents with serious mental health issues in a day treatment program through methods such as delivering individual and group interventions, assessing behaviour, emotional and mental status, implementing treatment plans, and participating in client meetings and rounds.

• Operating from the Housing First model and serving clients with serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders that are complex and who have very significant functional impairments
• Individually tailor services with each client and address the preferences and identified goals of each client
• Supervise and facilitate educational groups for clients and families
• Engage clients in treatment who are otherwise difficult to engage through various engagement techniques.

• Consultative substance abuse services to healthcare professionals and patients within Surrey Memorial Hospital
• Collaborated with other members of the health care team discussing and reviewing care plans, discharge planning, and identifying the needs and appropriate interventions for the coordination of services to be delivered
• Performed activities such as reviewing patient/family history, conducting bio psychosocial assessments whilst utilizing evidence-based assessment tools.

• Provided crisis support to adolescents experiencing, acute mental illness, and suicide ideations
• Worked with children and adolescents ages 6 to 18 who are in acute crisis
• Provided assessments, short-term crisis intervention, resource and referral coordination, and up to six follow-up therapy sessions.

• Provided social work care for 36 individuals with Alzheimer disease
• Designated responder to look into reports of suspected abuse and neglect of, or self-neglect by adult patients who cannot seek help for themselves.

• Provided social and emotional support for people living with cancer and their family members
• Provided cancer resources, assisted patients without insurance, and facilitated bereavement support group.

• Co-founder and co-owner
• A 5-star rated multi-disciplinary health clinic located Downtown Vancouver
• Inspirithealth.ca

Currently teach the psychology theory course, psychology of addictions course, and clinical supervision to Master's of Counselling students.

Teach the CBT Course and adults living with ADHD.

• Provided counseling, crisis intervention and case management for adolescents with severe and persistent mental illness.

• Initiated a cancer awareness and educational outreach program for students in elementary and high school
• Currently known as the Cancer Education for Teens program that has become a health class requirement for schools in Washington State.

• Performed various aspects of personal care with the mentally ill patients -assessments, assistance in daily activities, mealtime supervision, co-leading therapy groups - depending on education and skill level of employee