Sarah Keener, MSW

Experience

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  Madison Park Technical Vocational High School

  May 2011 - Jul 2011

  Guidance Department Intern

  Advised students with completing college or post-high school work applications.Counseled struggling underclassmen who were failing classes on summer school plans and repeating their current grade/summer school options, using motivational interviewing and strengths-based techniques.Observed counseling sessions with students experiencing homelessness, failing to meet graduation requirements, probable expulsion, and pregnancy.

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  University of Delaware Human Emotions Lab

  Jan 2012 - May 2012

  Research Assistant

  Administered standardized interviews (as games) in English and Spanish to preschool-aged children in the Headstart program to measure and provide feedback on their level of executive functioning and attention. Trained other Research Assistant’s on interview protocols. Transcribed interviews in Spanish between parents and their preschool-aged children.

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  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2013

  Population Management Coordinator

  Conducted patient outreach to encourage completion of outstanding screening lab tests or to schedule overdue appointments. Worked with physicians to create a plan to effectively and proactively manage their panel of patients with chronic diseases.Created patient lists using an electronic medical record and Excel to organize patient outreach more efficiently.Trained and educated employees on quality measurement in a pay--for-performance reimbursement and how we can better treat and care for patients in this type of model. Show less

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  Mastery Charter Schools

  Sept 2013 - Apr 2014

  Social Work Intern

  Weekly individual therapy sessions with each of nine clients.Co-faciliated a middle school grief support group and a second grade grief support group.Facilitated a second grade emotion management psychoeducational group.Assisted supervisor with planning and implementing community engagement events.Attended intern seminars and All-Mastery Conferences.

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  Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

  May 2014 - Apr 2015

  Clinical Assistant (Neuropsychiatry Clinic)

  Provide general coordination for the Neuropsychiatry Clinic (specializing in patients with schizophrenia and psychosis), including patient check-in, insurance confirmation, and coordination of prescription renewals and prior authorization requests.

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  CHOP Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

  Sept 2014 - May 2015

  Social Work Intern

  Conduct and document initial psychiatric evaluations.Provide weekly individual and family psychotherapy with established clients.Participate in weekly group supervision for social worker department interns and weekly individual supervision.Conduct telephone intakes for clients requesting appointments.Participate in the Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and Young Child Assessment Clinics and observe the Eating Disorder Clinic.

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  Kaiser Permanente

  Oct 2015 - Dec 2019

  • Psychiatric Social Worker

    Sept 2017 - Dec 2019

  • Associate Clinical Social Work Fellow

    Oct 2015 - Aug 2017
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  Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

  Mar 2020 - now

  Outpatient Therapist