Meghan Shanahan B.A., M.S.W., R.S.W.
Brighton,Ontario
Summary
Dedicated, hard-working and insightful Social Worker with a proven track record of delivering past practice health and mental health interventions across a variety of populations and communities. Motivated and inspired to learn, lead, grow and excel utilizing excellent clinical, collaborative and communication skills.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Counsellor
Loyalist College
08.2023 - Current
- Provides individual counselling to support mental health and maximize student success utilizing best practice therapies.
- Created and delivered groups workshops on distress tolerance and mindfulness.
- Collaborates with other Loyalist departments to promote mental health, student engagement and student success.
- Guest lectures and workshops upon request.
- Member of College Council with current focus on the Indigenous Education Protocol.
Social Worker
Quinte Health
01.2020 - Current
- Provides crisis intervention services to community members on the phone, in the emergency room and during urgent walk-in hours.
- Conducts emergency best practice crisis supports including comprehensive mental health assessments, suicide assessments, short term crisis counselling and community referrals.
Social Worker
Quinte Health
11.2019 - 08.2023
- Formulates treatment plans with multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care to patients and their families in 20-bed Intensive Care Unit.
- Provides short term counselling.
- Established ICU Follow Up Program for patients at risk for Post-ICU Syndrome.
- Provides expertise around psychosocial determinants and trauma-informed care.
- Collaborates in continuous quality improvement .
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Ethics Committees.
Social Worker
Belleville and Quinte West Community Health Centre
08.2012 - 11.2019
- Provided individual, couple and family therapy for hundreds of youth and adult clients utilizing best practice treatments.
- Facilitated therapy and psychoeducation group for youth and adults (DBT, CBT, Trauma, Stress Management, Sleep and Post-Partum Mental Health).
- Planned, developed and evaluated over a dozen mental health and wellness programs based on community need and organizational strategic plan.
- Selected to participate in progressive leadership initiatives including front-line leadership team, Instincts at Work and LEADS Lite training.
- Provided Health Link Care Coordination (provincial quality improvement initiative) for marginalized communities and high users of the health care system.
- Social Prescribing Coordinator/Pilot Project Lead. Established and managed a team of 30 volunteers.
- Community Health Team representative on Health Equity.
- Implemented poverty screening in primary care.
- Established referral and treatment pathway for clients experiencing chronic pain.
- Co-created a community DBT initiative to decrease wait times and increase facilitator capacity.
- Team Lead of IDEAS QI Program (former HQO).
- Harm Reduction Task Force of Hastings Prince Edward, Rainbow Youth Outreach (LGBTQ2S+Youth), Prenatal Educators Network (HPE Public Health), Suicide Prevention Committee.
Social Worker
Hotel Dieu Hospital
05.2008 - 08.2012
- Provided Social Work services and case management to individuals experiencing first episode of psychosis.
- Facilitated psychoeducation, substance use and family support groups.
- TAMI (Talking About Mental Illness) Educator: Provided education and health promotion about mental illness to secondary school students.
- Casual Social Worker in Urgent Care Centre completing emergency mental health assessments and Adult Mental Health Intake Department.
Social Work Intern
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
09.2007 - 05.2008
- Acute Care and Transitional Care mood and anxiety units.
- Provided individual and group counselling and discharge planning.
Social Work Intern
Women's College Hospital
01.2007 - 06.2007
- Conducted individual and group counselling with women experiencing mental health concerns related to their reproductive life stage (perinatal and postpartum).
Education
Master of Social Work - Mental Health And Health Stream
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON2008
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Trent University
Peterborough, ON2005
Skills
- Mental health, addiction and trauma expert
- Extensive experience providing best practice mental health care
- Comprehensive knowledge of health equity and social determinants of health
- Community building
- Innovative systems thinking
- Quality improvement and project management
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Skilled Placement Supervisor for SSW, BSW and MSW Students
- Strong team player
Certification
Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT200)
Registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
Trauma and Addictions Course (Wilfred Laurier U)
Centering Black Youth Wellbeing Certificate
Solution Focused Brief Therapy for Complex PTSD
Basic Certificate in Quality and Patient Safety- Institute for Healthcare Improvement
IDEAS Advance Learning Program-Heath Quality Ontario
LEADS Lite Training
Evolution of Thinking leadership training
Indigenous Cultural Safety Training
Trauma Informed Palliative Care
Consent, Capacity and Substitute Decision Making (Osgoode Hall Law)
Infant Mental Health Certification
Perinatal Mood Disorders-Components of Care Training
Level 1 Certificate in Trauma Counselling
Attendee at IHI Summit
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Certification
Fundamentals of Addiction (CAMH)
Overview of Assessment and Intervention for Trauma
Deepening Mindfulness in Clinical Practice
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Intermediate Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Techniques
Volunteer Experience
- Sexual Assault Centre of Quinte and District (crisis line volunteer)
- Sexual Assault Centre of Kingston (crisis line volunteer and member of the social action and community engagement committee)
- Brighton Public School Parent Council and KPRDSB Regional Parent Council
- Rainbow Youth Outreach
- Municipality of Brighton Sustainability Advisory Working Committee
- Brighton and District Minor Hockey Association (team manager)
Timeline
Counsellor
Loyalist College
08.2023 - Current
Social Worker
Quinte Health
01.2020 - Current
Social Worker
Quinte Health
11.2019 - 08.2023
Social Worker
Belleville and Quinte West Community Health Centre
08.2012 - 11.2019
Social Worker
Hotel Dieu Hospital
05.2008 - 08.2012
Social Work Intern
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
09.2007 - 05.2008
Social Work Intern
Women's College Hospital
01.2007 - 06.2007
Master of Social Work - Mental Health And Health Stream
University of Toronto
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Trent University
Similar Profiles
Mansi MansiMansi Mansi
Teacher's Assistant at Loyalist CollegeTeacher's Assistant at Loyalist College
UJUNWA MARY IGBOUJUNWA MARY IGBO
Student Content Creator at Loyalist CollegeStudent Content Creator at Loyalist College
Karen McKeownKaren McKeown
OntarioLearn Specialist at Loyalist CollegeOntarioLearn Specialist at Loyalist College