Dr. Karen R. White CADC, NCRS's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

Director @ Educate, support and provide leadership for a team who provides educational training, employment education, recovery skills, spiritual coaching and pastoral counseling. Also, DUI assessments and evaluation along with behavioral health services. I am the promoter of the organization whereas networking and building healthy relationships with potential partners. From September 2015 to Present (4 months) Clinical...

Director @ Educate, support and provide leadership for a team who provides educational training, employment education, recovery skills, spiritual coaching and pastoral counseling. Also, DUI assessments and evaluation along with behavioral health services. I am the promoter of the organization whereas networking and building healthy relationships with potential partners. From September 2015 to Present (4 months) Clinical Supervisor @ • Responsible for providing direct supervision to counselors and other clinical staff delivering developmentally appropriate client treatment. • Oversees client services and ensures compliance with established program standards and service delivery objectives. • Assess clients for level of care placement into the program. • Audits client records. • Assists in interviewing, selecting, evaluating, scheduling and disciplining assigned staff. Responsible for orienting and training staff. • Serves as resource to assigned staff in identifying and resolving complex case problems. Interprets and enforces area policies and procedures, and initiates corrective actions. • Assumes client caseload in response to work load or staffing shortages. From July 2011 to Present (4 years 6 months) Clinical Counselor @ • Provide Individual/Family Counseling and Therapy. • Parenting Educator – DCFS Approved. • Department of Children and Family Advocate for client. • Department of Corrections Advocate for client. • Assist with managing Private Pay Insurance Claims. • Maintain a caseload of 12 or more clients – Including PPI Clients. • Facilitate didactic and therapeutic groups and document for each client in attendance. • Clinically assess clients for appropriate level of care placement. • Provide clinical treatment planning, treatment referral, and continued care/aftercare planning to assigned clients. • Maintain assigned clients charts in a manner that meets Gateway Center’s Quality Assurance standards. • Provide case management, referral, and referent contact services to assigned clients. • Monitor client medication self-administration. • Monitor physical and emotional health status of client and facilitate appropriate referral when assessed to need medical, psychiatric, dental evaluation/care. • Provide crisis intervention as required and follow-up clinical assessment with client(s) involved to determine a need for appropriate clinical course of action. • Attend client staffing/interventions From July 2006 to Present (9 years 6 months) Clinical supervisor @ From 2013 to 2013 (less than a year) Clinical Supervisor @ • Provide Individual/Family Counseling and Therapy. • Parenting Educator – DCFS Approved. • Department of Children and Family Advocate for client. • Department of Corrections Advocate for client. • Assist with managing Private Pay Insurance Claims. • Maintain a caseload of 12 or more clients – Including PPI Clients. • Facilitate didactic and therapeutic groups and document for each client in attendance. • Clinically assess clients for appropriate level of care placement. • Provide clinical treatment planning, treatment referral, and continued care/aftercare planning to assigned clients. • Maintain assigned clients charts in a manner that meets Gateway Center’s Quality Assurance standards. • Provide case management, referral, and referent contact services to assigned clients. • Monitor client medication self-administration. • Monitor physical and emotional health status of client and facilitate appropriate referral when assessed to need medical, psychiatric, dental evaluation/care. • Provide crisis intervention as required and follow-up clinical assessment with client(s) involved to determine a need for appropriate clinical course of action. • Attend client staffing/interventions From June 2003 to June 2006 (3 years 1 month) Doctor of Education (EdD), Organizational Leadership @ Argosy University Chicago From 2009 to 2013 Master's Degree, Psychology @ National-Louis University From 2007 to 2009 Bachelor's Degree, Psychology @ Chicago State University From 2004 to 2007 AAS, Addiction Studies/Mental Health @ Harold Washington College From 2002 to 2004 Dr. Karen R. White CADC, NCRS is skilled in: • Technology Literacy: IBM, Compaq Presario, Sperry Univac, Hewitt Packard, Gate, Gateway Apple, and other well known desk/laptop computers., Psycology/Org. Leadership, Project Management, Mental Health, Healthcare, Psychotherapy, Clinical Research, Treatment, Case Managment, Mental Health Counseling, Group Therapy, Crisis Intervention, Behavioral Health, Policy