Vita

Jennifer M. Barnett
3618 Valihi Way, North Glendale, CA 91208 (323) 669-7373 jb1287c52@we
stpost.net
EDUCATION
Pepperdine University, Culver City, California
Master of Arts in Psychology, 1996
California State University Northridge, Northridge, California
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, 1989
Alliant International University
Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology, 2010
Alliant International University
Currently working on Psy.D. in Forensic Psychology-ABD
HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
1996 Psi Chi-The National Honor Society in Psychology-Pepperdine University
1989 California State University Northridge Psychology Honor Society
2009 American Psychological Association
2010 American Board of Forensic Psychology
PROFESSIONAL/CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Tarzana Treatment Center
August 24, 2009 to Present
Internship
* Responsible for intakes of dual diagnosis mental patients, both adult and ad
olescent.
* Responsible for administering psychiatric tests in an effort to provide a pr
eliminary diagnosis to supervising psychologist and develop an appropriate trea
tment plan.
* Responsible for conducting clinical assessments in inpatient unit.
* Responsible for providing crisis intervention and supportive counseling in i
npatient unit and psychotherapy in residential program.
* Responsible for co-facilitating psychotherapy groups with inpatient and outpa
tient patients.
Home Health/Medical Social Services
August 1995 to August 2009
Medical Social Worker
* Assisted geriatric patients and their families in adjusting and coping with m
edical or mental illness, in an effort to attain physical, psychological, and
psychosocial rehabilitation.
* Assessed the psychosocial needs of the patients and utilize all of the availa
ble family and community resources in an effort to improve and maintain the pat
ients' rate of rehabilitation.
* Provided crisis management, suicidal assessments, and memory assessments in
an effort to develop a realistic plan of care.
* Provided bereavement counseling with a focus on end of life issues/terminal
illness.
* Assisted in identifying financial and social issues hindering patients' stabi
lity.
* Work in tandem with nurses, medical doctors, and psychiatrists in developing
a plan of care for patients.
* Provided counseling and assessment for the severely mentally ill, dual diagno
sis, Alzheimer's, dementia, brain injured, and stroke patients.
* Reported suspected cases of senior abuse and self-neglect to Adult Protective
Services.
* Managed direct marketing team in an effort to consolidate contracts with vari
ous home health agencies. Opened the contracts and managed most of them for 14
years.
* Coordinated marketing strategies in an effort to educate medical doctors, ho
spitals, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Board and Care Facilities, psychologists, a
nd psychiatrists regarding the program and what it had to offer. Was successfu
l in opening accounts and maintaining accounts with the individuals and institu
tions.
* Responsible and was instrumental in preparing and consolidating the marketing
packages that were utilized in marketing strategies.
* Utilized the application of the principles of marketing, advertising, and pub
lic relations in the establishment of accounts and contracts.
* Acted as a consultant to other agency personnel and home health agencies.
Participated in case conferences and in-services as needed for the training of n
ew employees and the education of prospective clients.
* Provided testing to Alzheimer's, Dementia, and mental patients to determine
severity of the disease process and provided the psychologist with a preliminary
diagnosis.
Covina Valley Community Hospital-Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Program
November 1994 to February 1995
Intake Supervisor/Counselor
* Provided services to the acute and sub-acute mentally ill, including dual di
agnosis.
* Facilitated supervised psychotherapy groups for the chronically mentally ill.
* Interviewed and provided intakes for prospective participants in the partial
program.
* Participated in daily and weekly briefings of patients and assisted in develo
ping patients' plan of care.
* Participated in discharge planning and referrals to appropriate supportive
agencies in an effort to maximize rehabilitation and stabilization within the

community.
* Interfaced with medical doctors, psychiatrists, and care providers regarding
a patient's decompensation in functioning and/or exacerbated psychiatric signs
and symptoms requiring emergency hospitalization.
* Instrumental in admission, treatment planning, and discharge of chronic, acut
e, and sub-acute psychiatric patients.
* Provided a preliminary psychiatric diagnosis to the hospital psychiatrist.
* Responsible for marketing in an effort to keep the partial psychiatric at its
optimal level of clientele. Was also responsible for maintaining HIPPA regula
tions and protocol throughout the hospital.
* Concentrated primarily on Board and Care Facilities, Skilled Nursing Faciliti
es, and private medical doctors, psychiatrists, and psychologists in educating
the above about our partial program and encouraging patient daily attendance.
* Worked as part of a multicultural team sensitive to the cultural and linguist
ic needs of the patients and referral sources.
* Responsible for all intakes of new patients and collaborated as a member of t
he treatment team in addressing patients' needs, advocating for services, refer
ring the patients to beneficial resources within the community in an effort to
provide an ultimate goal of patient stabilization once matriculated out of the
partial program and back into society.
Beyond Shelter Social Services
April 1991 to November 1994
Social Services Supervisor/Counselor
* Supervised a caseload of approximately 25 homeless single women and their ch
ildren.
* Provided counseling services to women and their children.
* Provided services to women with a history of misdemeanors and felonies.
* Provided services to the chronically mentally ill, those suffering from perso
nality disorders, dual diagnosis, and a criminal background.
* Advocated for children to return to the home or stay in foster care.
* Reported cases of suspected child abuse to the Department of Children and Fa
mily Services.
* Worked in tandem with the Housing Authority in an effort to obtain a Section
8 voucher and low-income housing for women and their children.
* Negotiated terms of tenancy with prospective managers and/or property owners.
* Assisted women in developing a realistic financial budget to ensure their in
dependence and stability within the community.
* Provided services to women and their children diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
* Provided supportive services to infants and children born addicted to drugs
and/or suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome.
* Provided services to mothers involved with a high-risk pregnancy.
* Worked in tandem with the Director and founder of the agency in marketing our
program primarily to homeless shelters.
* Managed accounts with agencies and provided ongoing in-services and training
to referral sources regarding the criteria for our program.
* Provided safe, quality, and appropriate care according to physician orders,
applicable practice acts, professional competency and training, federal and stat
e laws, and agency policies.
* Participated in discharge planning after the clients' goals were satisfied.
* Participated in the evaluation and analysis of agency's statistics and the c
hanging health care market providing recommendations to overall business planni
ng strategies.
* Developed and implemented agency brochure and forms necessary for successful
marketing.
* Responsible for applying the principles of marketing, advertising, and public
relations.
Covenant House
January 1989 to January 1991
Shelter Supervisor/Crisis Counselor

Provided counseling services to runaway teens.
* Provided counseling services to teens and young adults who were incarcerated.
* Supervised a day drop in center and shelter for runaway teens.
* Worked on a van until 4:00 AM providing counseling services and food for thos
e teens that were homeless.
* Advocated with teens' families to have them returned home if home was not ab
usive.
* Provided services to mentally ill teens that were also abusing substances and
involved in street related crimes/gang associations.
* Worked in tandem with law enforcement officials in returning teens back home.
Provided sex education to those teens who were prostituting.

Specialized Training
* Domestic Violence Training
* Substance Abuse and 12-Step Training
* Suicide Prevention Training
* Geriatric/Elder Abuse Training
* Management of Assaultive Behavior Training
* CPR/First Aid
* REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST