Jacob Buckner

Licensed Master Social Worker

Brooklyn, New York, United States

About

LMSW specializing in supportive housing, crisis intervention and individual and group counseling.

Experience

  • Samaritan Daytop Village, Inc. (3 yrs)
    • Social worker with specialization in Supportive Housing
      Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

       Manage a caseload of 30 families who reside in a Rachel’s House Family Transitional Shelter.  Complete extensive Biopsychosocial assessments, documenting individual and familial mental health and medical history.  Determine supportive housing eligibility based on medical or mental health diagnosis and spoke to clients about the potential of this program.  Complete supportive housing application. This includes accessing client’s psychiatric evaluation, writing a Comprehensive Biopsychosocial Assessment, and accessing the CAPS system.  Maintain regular communication with housing referral and community agencies for supportive housing linkages, uploading regular documents on behalf of the client.  Connect families with mental health, medical, educational, and crises- oriented services.  Intervene with families in crisis and determined course of action.

    • Social Worker
      Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

      · Manage a caseload of 40 families who reside in a Rachel’s House Family Transitional Shelter. · Complete extensive Biopsychosocial assessments, documenting individual and familial mental health and medical history. · Determine supportive housing eligibility based on medical or mental health diagnosis and speak to clients about the potential of this program. · Complete supportive housing application. This includes accessing client’s psychiatric evaluation, writing a Comprehensive Biopsychosocial Assessment, and using the CAPS system. · Maintain regular communication with housing referral and community agencies for supportive housing linkages, uploading regular documents on behalf of the client. · Connect families with mental health, medical, educational, and crises-oriented services. · Intervene with families during crisis and determine a proper course of action.

  • Mental Health Worker at Four Winds Hospital
    2019 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

    · Provided emotional care for children who have psychiatric diagnoses, ages ranging from 13-16, · Worked specifically with transgender youth population within the adolescent unit of the hospital. · Provided emotional support to children throughout their hospital stay. · Completed detailed reports of daily progress of patients.

  • School Social Worker at Partnership with Children
    Sep 2023 - Jun 2024 · 10 mos

    Conduct weekly forty-five-minute individual therapy sessions with students between ages of six and ten • Lead group therapy sessions for up to twelve students, ages ranging from six to ten years  • Apply therapeutic techniques and theory within each clinical session • Assist students in processing their emotional life and school experiences and work on reaching academic and behavioral goals  • Assist in mediating when students experience conflict with others

  • School Social Worker at Partnership with Children (PWC)
    2022 - 2023 · 1 yr

    • Conducted weekly forty-five-minute individual therapy sessions with students between ages of six and ten. • Led group therapy sessions for twelve students, once a week for 12 weeks, with ages ranging from six to ten. • Guided students to process individual emotional and familial struggles to reach academic and behavioral goals. • Applied therapeutic techniques and theories within clinical sessions. • Actively mediated conflict between students to prevent crisis.

  • Caseworker at Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)
    2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

    · Assisted clients in navigating the NYC Housing system and assist in transitioning from homelessness to stable housing. · Completed biopsychosocial assessments. · Applied and checked status of housing applications, including Section 8, NYCHA, and Emergency Housing Vouchers. · Centered Coordination of care services with Community Based Organizations (CBO’s). This agency coordinated between housing, healthcare, and legal service providers. · Provided therapeutic treatment for clients, where intrapersonal and systemic challenges were discussed and addressed. · Used a strength-based approach during client treatment process. · Referred clients to permanent facilities to receive mental health and substance Abuse treatment.