Kuei-Yun Jih, MSW

Social Work Practitioner

Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan

About

Dedicate to proactive and compassionate care coordination to clients. Strive to motivate clients towards achieving stability in housing and healthcare with strong communication skills and a culturally sensitive approach. A passionate learner and self-starter who excels in interdisciplinary roles with capability to leverage clients' strengths and meet diverse client needs.

Experience

  • Health Home Care Coordinator at Asian Counseling and Referral Service
    Jul 2023 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Integrated long-term support by ongoing assessment and care management of clients’ individualized health action plans; Promoted and followed up facilitations of hospital and community services to achieve progress in clients’ chronic conditions and needs; Coordinated with provider networks to improve clients’ social determinants of health with appropriate documentary reporting and consistent collaboration.

  • Outreach Specialist at Mary's Place
    Oct 2022 - Jul 2023 · 10 mos

    Employed crisis intervention and motivational interviewing to settle 80% of at least 20 families requiring housing monthly into transitional or permanent housing; Referred to housing, child care, and behavioral health resources tailored to meet the multiple needs of families; Improved families' well-being with follow-up treatment plans coordinated through interdisciplinary teamwork.

  • Housing Case Manager at Chief Seattle Club
    May 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Managed Rapid Re-housing caseloads for at least 30 families per month, advising and stabilizing their housing conditions on a flexible and competitive basis; Facilitated psychosocial assessments with families to highlight their strengths and to provide them with skills and information to overcome significant barriers; Coordinated with families to progress creative and supportive housing plans through Indigenous-centered and trauma-informed approaches.

  • Project Specialist at Gateway Human Trafficking
    Jan 2022 - May 2022 · 5 mos

    Created an informational, 60-minute popularizing summary lesson on human trafficking victimization of Native Americans with critical literature review and contextualization; Developed an analysis to outline historical contexts, socially generated risks and intergenerational trauma and provide preventive strategies for human trafficking and race-based crimes.

  • Research Assistant at Department of Anthropology, National Taiwan University
    Jan 2019 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Conducted the Life History Writing Workshop Project as part of the Interdisciplinary Research on Austronesian Cultures team; Organized qualitative research materials and improved ethnographic writing skills by applying ethnomethodology to analyze how one’s personal experiences affect one’s life track.