Deirdre Jennings
Charlottesville
Summary
Licensed clinical social worker with over 6 years of experience in an academic healthcare center. Skilled in providing a wide range of social work services to patients with complex medical needs. Experience in leading projects to implement health-related social needs screening and improving mental health screening and counseling processes. Committed to providing patient-centered care with cultural sensitivity and humility.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Social Worker - Adult Cystic Fibrosis
UVAHealth
09.2020 - Current
- Conduct clinical social work assessments, treatment planning and evaluation.
- Administer individual and group therapy utilizing evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
- Provide referrals to community resources and system navigation to ensure linkage to social supports.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary care team members to provide tailored care to address psychosocial needs.
- Coordinate care for patients with complex social and medical needs across the continuum of care.
- Provide resources and counseling to support patient ability to sustain daily care in community setting.
- Lead the design and implementation of multisite health-related social needs screening and intervention programs.
- Work with clinic staff to test and sustain improvements to mental health screening and counseling processes.
- Provide crisis intervention and safety planning to patients in acute distress.
- Partner with patient family and support systems to address psychosocial barriers and enhance emotional wellbeing.
- Serve on department committees to implement health-related social needs screening and suicide risk assessment in ambulatory clinics.
- Provide education to department staff related to social drivers of health.
- Report safety concerns including child and vulnerable adult abuse and neglect to appropriate agencies in adherence with state laws.
- Provide instruction to students and participate in orientation for medical residents and fellows.
- Maintain timely, accurate electronic health record documentation.
Clinical Social Worker - Inpatient
UVAHealth
09.2018 - 09.2020
- Complete social assessment and treatment planning for patients admitted to the hospital.
- Provide psychosocial discharge planning.
- Connect patients with social resources to facilitate safe transition of care to the community setting.
- Provide emotional support to patients coping with significant life changes related to illness and injury.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to address patient health-related quality of life goals.
- Facilitate treatment team goals of care discussions with patients and families.
- Counsel patients and families experiencing grief and loss.
- Refer patients to inpatient and intensive outpatient programs for substance use, eating disorders and other specialized treatment as indicated.
- Serve on department committee related to social work consultation for multidisciplinary staff.
- Provide department trainings related to reducing burnout, administering PHQ-9 depression screening and utilizing Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale.
- Report safety concerns including child and vulnerable adult abuse and neglect to appropriate agencies in adherence with state laws.
- Participate in orientation for medical residents and fellows.
- Maintain timely, accurate electronic health record documentation.
Education
Master of Social Work -
Simmons College of Social Work
Boston, MA01-2018
Skills
- Trauma-informed care
- Motivational interviewing
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Suicide risk assessment
- Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Psychoeducation
- Medical social work
- Addressing health-related social needs
- Independent social work practice
- Peer and staff consultation
- Providing education to students, residents and fellows
- Leading research and quality improvement projects
Accomplishments
- Received 2024 Shining Star Award from Cystic Fibrosis Social Work and Nutrition Consortium.
- Served on Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Experience of Care (XoC) Steering Committee.
- Facilitated Cystic Fibrosis Foundation research prioritization workshops for social risk factors.
- Presented at North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference on topics related to social drivers of health, body image dissatisfaction and weight neutral approaches to care.
- Presented at the Cystic Fibrosis Learning Network Conference in conjunction with clinic patient partner regarding quality improvement work.
Certification
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Virginia Board of Social Work
- License #0904012843
Timeline
Clinical Social Worker - Adult Cystic Fibrosis
UVAHealth
09.2020 - Current
Clinical Social Worker - Inpatient
UVAHealth
09.2018 - 09.2020
Master of Social Work -
Simmons College of Social Work
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