Maria Larraguibel, LCSW, SIFI

Experience

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  Coalition for Hispanic Family Services

  Aug 2000 - Aug 2001

  Mental Health Clinician

  Provided mental health crisis intervention, social casework, and therapeutic services to a caseload of Individuals, children and their families with psychiatric disturbances, dysfunction, and/or impairment. Administered mental health status examinations to severely emotionally disturbed children and screen for disorders and impairments requiring mental health services.Developed, implemented, monitored, and documented treatment plans, case monitoring, and discharge planning.

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  The Child Center of NY

  Sept 2001 - Sept 2003

  Clinical Social Worker

  Provided crisis intervention, individual, and family therapy to children in pre-school, latency, adolescence and their caregivers.Assessed individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds to address family systems and provide advocacy and diagnostic treatment services.Developed, evaluated and implemented treatment goals and recommendations for behavior change.

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  PRFI, Inc.

  Aug 2003 - now

  Manage daily operations of clinic during business hours and in absence of Program Director.Provide clinical and administrative supervision to clinical staff and masters level social work student interns. Monitor clinicians caseloads, levels of service, and timely completion of required documentation.Carry a part-time clinical caseload of approximately 20 patients and provide direct clinical services. Coordinate OMH Continuing Quality Improvement Project (CQI).Attend to patient's crisis and assist clinicians with risk management procedures and protocols.Coordinate referral procedures for the clinic including review and assignment of referrals.Assist with supervision of administrative staff.Responsible for screening and interviewing potential staff and submitting recommendations to the Clinic Director. Show less Assist Clinic Director with the day to day management of the clinic.Conduct clinical supervision for full time, fee for service therapists, and social work interns.Carry a small clinical caseload as requested and provide direct clinical services.In coordination with the Quality Assurance Department, oversees regulatory compliance, audits; correspond with NYS OMH as needed and appropriate and uphold all clinic related compliance protocols and procedures for PSYCKES CQI Initiative.Provide training and support to clinical staff and schedulers.Actively monitor the integrity of consumer data.Perform administrative functions related to clinic operations including monitoring psychotherapists' caseloads and productivity, timely management of clinic referrals, assignment of cases, and review of treatment plans and other types of required documentation.Responsible for personally interviewing potential staff and submitting recommendations after the Clinic Director has provided initial screening.Oversee and monitor clinic specific risk-management procedures and protocols, including accountability activities for clients lost to care. Show less

  • Vice President of Behavioral Health Services

    Apr 2018 - now

  • Program Director

    Aug 2017 - now

  • Manhattan Mental Health Clinic Program Supervisor

    Jun 2014 - now

  • Clinical Supervisor

    Aug 2003 - May 2014