Meredith Gilbert

4 Woodland Station, Seaford, DE 19973

302 519-0144
Meredith5364@gmail.com
Objective: To provide an empowering environment through effective leadership and utilize my skills and
experience to help individuals with mental illness improve their overall quality of life.
I. Work Experience
March 2013- Present

Fellowship Health Resources

Georgetown, DE

Associate Clinician/Case Manager - Responsible for general care of program clients while providing counseling and advocacy in a
therapeutic setting assisting young adult through geriatric clients with chronic mental illness and co-occurring disorders, achieve
social, economic, emotional, and personal independence in order to live in the community.

Assists with assessing all aspects of client care including, records/documentation, quality of service, outcomes, risk
management and client surveys and assures all standards are met or exceeded.
Collaborates with family members with regard to client treatment planning and execution.
Creates treatment plans with respect to individual client needs and limitations.
Ensures treatment plans and interventions are current best practice, individualized, specific, measureable, and strength
based for the needs of a diverse population.
Assists director in certifying that programs are in compliance with all regulatory, licensing, accrediting and agency
requirements.
Assessess client needs during initial intake process to determine client eligibility for services.
Operational knowledge of mental illness and co-occurring disorders including the behavioral aspects of the disease and
medications used to treat these conditions.
Practice current best practice crisis intervention techniques with physically and verbally aggressive clients.
Monitors the response of clients to treatment programs and evaluates the quality of services to ensure they are being
delivered in an individualized, consistent, flexible and responsive manner.
Works in concert with psychiatric professionals in monitoring, executing and adjusting client programs.
Provides individualized assistance to each client to identify training, education and employment options that meet client
needs.
Organizes work activities and personal time management techniques to meet deadlines and achieve work objectives in a
systematic, efficient, and timely manner.

August 2011 March 2013

Peoples Place, Inc.

Milford, DE

Support Staff for S.A.F.E. Program Provide emergency shelter in a safe and supportive environment using the empowering
Sanctuary Model for woman victims of domestic violence and their children.

Help clients with safety planning, including obtaining P.F.A.s and No-Contact Orders.

Receive extensive experience in crisis prevention and intervention.

Facilitated educational group sessions with children and women of domestic violence, including identifying abuse, gaining
financial independence, and teaching how to secure employment.

Determined the needs of each individual and work in conjunction with a team to meet every possible need.

Monitored, assessed and evaluated individual client progress and compliance with program goals.

Provide counseling in trauma-informed setting, including initial intakes into the shelter.

II. Education
2012-Present

Wilmington University

Dover, DE

Masters of Science in Human Services Administration (Graduating 12/2014)

Focus on Administrative Position in Non-Profit

2007-2011
Bachelors of Science in Human Services
III. References

Upon Request

University of Delaware

Newark, DE