Deborah Lynch

Experience

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  Ungermann-Bass, Inc.

  Jun 1987 - Mar 1995

  Network Design Consultant & Senior Marketing Manager

  Design complex internetworking solutions for multi-national, Fortune 100 customers. Manage the sales and marketing launch of internetworking products. Provide sales training and consultation on internetworking products. Develop content for sales kits, product collateral and presentations. Present strategies and solutions to key customers and prospects. Make recommendations for enhancements to existing internet based networks.

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  Lucent Technologies

  Mar 1995 - Aug 2004

  Director, Corporate Stategy & Marketing

  Provide leadership and management for the corporate strategy and marketing organization. Responsible for identifying market direction and growth opportunities, initiating and directing program and product development strategies, preparing and marketing strategic plans, leading market research and positioning initiatives across the business, and providing leadership in defining strategy and portfolio direction. Collaborate with multiple business units to promote alignment on marketing strategies, priorities, and programs. Present and communicate market positioning and portfolio strategy to executive committee, customers, analysts, and press through all appropriate communications programs. Show less

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  Saint Clare's Health System

  Jun 2006 - May 2008

  Senior Clinician

  Provide individual, group, and familiy services to youth in crisis. Provide care in the Childrens' Crisis Intervention Services (CCIS) and the Child and Adolescent Partial Hospital Program. Responsible for conducting psychosocial assessments, developing treatment plans in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team, providing short-term, crisis oriented treatment, making patient referrals and linkages to appropriate level of follow-up at time of discharge, and collaborating with schools and community providers serving patients. Show less

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  University Behavioral Healthcare

  May 2008 - Jun 2009

  Training & Consultation Specialist

  Provide training and consultation services, curriculum development, and technical assistance to non-profit behavioral healthcare organizations throughout the state of New Jersey on behalf of the New Jersey Division of Child Behavioral Healthcare Services. Training programs are grounded in a culturally competent, strengths-based, family focused system of care for children and their families.

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  CPC Behavioral Healthcare

  Jun 2009 - Aug 2010

  Program Coordinator

  Provide oversight of the partial care program for children with social, emotional, or behavioral challenges. Responsible for developing program goals, supervising staff and masters level interns, developing and implementing orientation and in-service training programs, managing high-risk situations and providing crisis intervention as needed, maintaining formal and informal affiliations with community providers and local schools, ensuring that all services and clinical documentation comply with state and agency policies. Show less

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  Ocean Psychotherapy

  Sept 2009 - Aug 2017

  Psychotherapist

  Provide outpatient psychotherapy services for children, adolescents, adults, and families in my private practice.

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  Community YMCA,serving Eastern Monmouth County

  Aug 2010 - Feb 2016

  Program Manager, Child & Adolescent Outpatient Counseling Services

  Oversee the operation and provision of outpatient mental health services for children, adolescents, and their families in licensed outpatient offices and schools throughout Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Responsible for the promotion of the Community YMCA’s child and adolescent outpatient services in Monmouth and Ocean Counties, interfacing with schools, other mental health agencies and various County and State representatives, e.g. DCP&P and The Children’s System of Care. Identify potential new schools and satellite locations for counseling services and obtains mental health counseling licenses. Develop referral processes for new satellite locations, and act as agency representative and liaison for all satellite locations and schools. Maintain a positive relationship with school and satellite staff, community gatekeepers and referral sources. Recruit, screen, interview, hire, train, and provide ongoing administrative and clinical supervision for staff and master’s level interns in the counseling program. Oversee compliance with licensing, funding and accreditation requirements for each clinician and intern under direct supervision. Work with supervisees to resolve performance issues. Manage the scheduling of staff and interns throughout all treatment locations ensuring adequate space and supplies are in place. Assign client intakes and review intakes of concern for eligibility and appropriateness. Make referrals as needed. Handle crisis calls and situations as needed. Regularly track and report on level of service statistics by location and clinician. All clinical services are offered in compliance with agency requirements for licensure and accreditation. Show less

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  Monmouth University

  Aug 2010 - May 2012

  Adjunct Professor

  Responsible for teaching post-graduate courses in the Monmouth University social work and play therapy program. Assist full time faculty in developing on-line social work courses.

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  Meridian Health

  Feb 2016 - Aug 2017

  Pediatric Psychiatry LCSW

  Provide clinical leadership to staff and interns providing consultation and care management services for children and adolescents with mental health issues throughout the State of New Jersey. Support and educate primary care physicians in doing routine behavioral health screenings during well visits. Coordinate with other agencies and assist with marketing efforts to communicate the program’s purpose and benefits.

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  Keuka College

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

  Assistant Professor

  Responsible for teaching graduate social work courses on campus and at satellite locations. Deliver course instruction in traditional, accelerated, and online formats. Serve as an advisor to students. Support ongoing curriculum review and updates. Maintain an active role in continuous quality improvement activities of the Division of Social Work including assessment and accreditation work. Collaborate with colleagues in the Social Work Division to ensure program quality. Contribute to the College and community through participation in institution functions, community activities, and committee service. Show less

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  Jersey Shore University Medical Center

  Aug 2018 - Jul 2021

  Clinical Program Manager

  Provide leadership for partial hospital and outpatient child behavioral health services. Responsible for recruiting, hiring, training, and providing ongoing administrative and clinical supervision for team members. Oversee compliance with licensing, funding and accreditation requirements. Work with team members to resolve performance issues. Assign client intakes and review intakes of concern for eligibility and appropriateness. Handle crisis situations as needed. Regularly track and report on level of service statistics. Ensure that all clinical services are provided in compliance with licensing and accreditation requirements. Show less

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  Keuka College

  Aug 2021 - now

  MSW Field Director

  Provide oversight and coordination of all graduate field placements and site visits for the MSWprogram. Develop new agency agreements for field placement opportunities and maintain ongoing relationships with agency field instructors. Write, review, and revise field policies that directly impact students in practicum and ensure they remain current with CSWE standards and related regulations and policies. Assist the MSW Program Director and Division Chair in writing the CSWE accreditation documents—specifically, portions directly related to field. Serve as a liaison for student and instructor concerns about student development. Resolve issues and problems that may arise with faculty, staff, and students in a timely fashion in ways consistent with College policy and practice. Participate in curriculum development, in particular, provide expertise and constructive criticism in curriculum development and revision for courses that have field practicum requirements. Show less