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Canyon College
Rosalind E. Griffin, DSW, MSW, LSW-C
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Biographical Information
Education:
May 1984
Doctor of Social Work
School of Social Work
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Specialization: Administration and Health Planning
June 1966
M.S.W., University of Maryland
School of Social Work and Community Planning
Major: Clinical Social Work
May 1961
Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pa.
Major: Biology and General Science
Employment:
1998 - Present
Executive Director
Lafayette Square Community Center, Inc.
Accomplishments:
Redisgned children, youth and family focused programs.
Develop callaborations and partnerships with community based organizations.
Reestablished organization's financial integrity.
Established accountability and quality improvement programs.
Garnered grants and contracts.
1984 - Present
Behavioral Resourses
Behavior Resources Unlimited
Consultant and Clinical Trainer and Private Practitioner -- Alcohol and drug
abuse and mental health treatment.
Conduct organizational assessments.
Conduct remedial workshops.
Initiate and implement continuing education and staff development workshops.
Lead cultural diversity and special population workshops.
Provide individual, family, group and conjoint psychotherapy services.
1994 - 1998
Manager Social Support Services
Total Health Care, Inc.
Planning social work services for the health maintenance organization.
Participating in budget development.
Collaborating in quality assurance program.
Developing department's policies and procedures.
Manage relationships with external organizations.
Conduct clinical supervision and consultation with social work staff.
1991 - 1994
Clinic Director
OASIS Clinic/Institutes for Behavior Resources, Inc.
Planned, designed and implemented a comprehensive drug treatment program for
200 drug addicted clients for a National Institute for Drug Abuse funded
demonstration project.
Conceived the program's three phases and integrated the group components.
Facilitated the location of the clinic with community residents.
Sustained positive community relationships.
Managed the clinic's daily clinical operations.
Managed contracts with outside vendors.
Delegated duties for carrying out the clinic's program to appropriate
supervisory and line staff.
Recruited and hired all supervisory personnel.
Consulted with clinical, medical, and support staff.
Organized the clinic's child care center.
Organized and conducted staff and clinical meetings.
Coordinated the development and provision of staff in-service seminars.
Maintained accountability for purchasing.
Developed and implemented quality assurance procedures.
Directed compliance with federal and local regulations and policies.
Provided written and oral reports including statistical and narrative reviews.
Conducted analysis of compliance with regulations with auditors and investigators.
Wrote job descriptions for OASIS and TOPICS clinics.
1988 - 1991
Assistant Professor
Assistant Director for Field Instruction
University of Maryland School of Social Work
Conducted seminars for agency based field instructors.
Recruited field placements and instructors.
Coordinated student placements.
Participated in curriculum development for the campus' interdisciplinary HIV
positive and AIDS activities.
Assisted in the development of the campus' substance abuse education program.
Taught courses in family therapy, group methods and practice methods.
Completed selected departmental management tasks.
Supervised and consulted with faclty liaison staff.
Created the school's sexual harassment policy.
Updated the department's policy and procedures manual.
1983 - 1984
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland School of Social Work
Taught clinical methods courses.
Served on faculty task forces and committees.
Advised students
Conducted liaison for field instructors and students.
1977 - 1983
Assistant Professor
Coordinator of Student Support Program
University of Maryland School of Social Work
Planned, organized, implemented and evaluated a counseling and study skills
program for minority students.
Recruited, trained and supervised the tutors.
Advised and counseled students seeking admission to the school.
Assisted with admission applications.
Led the pre-admission seminars.
Organized the summer practicum program for minority students.
Taught clinical methods courses.
1975 - 1977
Assistant Professor
Coordinator of Undergraduate Field Instruction
University of Maryland, School of Social Work and Community Planning
Revised and taught the addictive behaviors clinical course for graduate students.
Recruited and conferred with instructors and students in field placements.
Taught clinical methods courses.
1975 - 1977
Private Practitioner
Established an independent private social work practice.
Provided clinical treatment for individuals, families, and groups.
Facilitated case management for referred clients.
Consulted with agencies.
1972 - 1975
Clinical Field Instructor
University of Maryland School of Social Work Planning
Developed and implemented, instructional training unit curriculum for graduate
and undergraduate students in drug addiction.
Established and sustained liaison relationships with agency field instructors
and students.
1971 - 1972
Director
Carey Street Satellite, Walter P. Carter Community Mental Health Center.
(formerly the Inner City Community Mental Health Center)
Provided program management for clinic.
Participated in program planning and implementation.
Assisted with budget preparation and program evaluation.
Supervised staff of twenty persons including physicians, nurses, clerical, and
paraprofessional staff.
Provided instruction for student interns.
Assisted with the organization and leadership of a community advisory board.
Conducted needs assessments and determined staff allocation.
Presented testimony on budget and program planning.
1967 - 1971
Senior Clinical Social Worker
Ealter P. Carter Community Mental Health Center
Conducted staff recruitment and hiring.
Coordinated a crisis intervention team.
Directed community outreach and consultation services.
Provided clinical services for individuals, famlies, and groups.
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Trained and supervised paraprofessionals for crisis intervention and alcohol
counseling.
1962 - 1967
Casework Supervisor
Social Work Assistant
Baltimore City Department of Social Services
Supervised social work assistants.
Provided social services to public assistance clients.
Determined clients' eligibliry for services.
Conducted a research project related to the AFDC Step-Father Progrram.
1961 - 1962
Special Substitute Teacher
Baltimore City Public School System
Provided instruction to junior high school students in general science
and biology.
Conducted parent conferences.
Supervised study halls.
Appointments:
Appointed by Governor to the Standard Benefits Task Force of the Health Care
Cost and Access Commission, August 1993 - November 1993.
Appointed Peer Reviewer Advanced Psycho - Systems -- American Psychiatric
Association, June 1990 - present.
Appointed Peer Reviewer for National Psych Systems, Inc., 1986.
Appointed member of the Maryland Board Social Work Examiners, 1987; Secretary,
1985 - 1987, 1989 - 1990; Chairperson, 1987 - 1989.
Faculty Appointment Instructor, University of Maryland Institute of Psychiatry
and Human Behavior, 1967 - 1972.
Awards:
1995
Selected by the Elizabethtown College Alumni Association for the Educate
for Service through Professional Achievement Award.
1994
Registered National Association of Social Workers' Clinical Register
1993
Taylor Manor Social Worker of the Year Leadership Recognition
1992
Howard University School of Social Work
Baltimore Chapter, Alumni of the Year
1986 - 1987
Kellogg Leadership Minority Women in Mental Health Fellow
1986
Kellogg Fellowship Management Seminar for Minority Women by the American
Nurses Association
1977 - 1978
Council on Social Work Education Minority Mental Health Fellowship
1974
Certificate of Recognition Awarded by Essex Community for Paticipation in
Soft Drug Abuse Symposium
Workshops and Papers Presented/Publications/Research
1998
Presentation Assessing the Triple Diagnosed Client: Drug Dependency, Mental
Disorders and HIV Disease.
1995
Presented National Black Summit - Overcoming Barriers to Locating Drug Treatment
Programs in African American Communities.
1993 - 1994
Trainee Interdisciplinary Child Maltreatment and Substance Abuse Project.
University of Maryland School of Social Work.
1993
Working with the Elderly Concerning Medication Mismanagement and Substance
Abuse and Drug Dependency, UMAB School of Social Work.
1992 - 1994
Motivating the Substance Abusing Client for Treatment, University of the District
of Columbia and UMAB School of Social Work.
1990
Ethics in Social Work. Social Work Staff -- University of Maryland Hospital.
1990
Workshop - Assessment and Treatment of the Drug Dependent Client, Washington
Veterans Medical Center.
1990
Workshop - Assessment and Treatment of the Drug Dependent Client, Family and
Children's Services of Central Maryland.
1990
Panel Presentation, A Perspective on the Psychosocial Impact on AIDS, Drug
Abuse on African Americans, Northeast Drug Abuse and AIDS, Our Community at
Risk, Baltimore, Maryland.
1990
Panel Presentation - Treatment Considerations for Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Programs, Coppin State College.
1990
"Assessment of Drug and Alcohol/Use and Abuse" - Family and Children's Services
of Central Maryland.
1989
The Challenge of Values and Ethics in Social Work Practice - presented to the
Baltimore County Department of Social Services.
1989
Addictions and Permanency Planning - Ninth Annual Maryland State Conference
of the Foster Care Review Board.
1989
Presented paper at American Lung Association of Maryland's Symposium - "Cross
Cultural Issues for Health Care Planners and Providers".
1988
Paper presented at the West Virginia Nurses' Association - "The Effect of Social
Workers' Social Class and Race".
1988
Workshop - Chemical Dependency Identification Confrontation and Intervention
Treatment, Maryland Department of Human Resources.
1987
Presented paper - "Racial Barriers to Effective Treatment in Black/White Relationships" -
The Second Annual Maryland Conference on Social Work Practice in Public Mental Health.
1987
Workshop - "Working with Special Populations," Geriatric Evaluation Services
Conference, Baltimore, Maryland.
1986
"Barriers to Assessing and Counseling Ethnic Minority Patients" and "Substance Abuse
and the Ethnic Minority Client," North Charles Hospital Department of Psychiatry,
Baltimore, Maryland.
1984
Workshops - Advocacy in Clinical Practice and Ethical Issues in Social Work
Practice, Perry Point Veteran's Hospital.
1983
Symposium - "The Chronically Unemployed: How Can We Help?" Dundalk Community
College and University of Maryland.
1980
Co-led Workshop - Black Women and Black Men Working Together - Federal Women's
Program of the Enviromental Protection Agency Headquarter, Washington, D.C.
1978
The Black Women and Women's Liberation: Dilemmas, Baltimore Ethical Society,
Baltimore, Maryland.
1977
Workshop - Baltimore Chapter of the National Organization for Women, Unitarian
Church of Maryland Conference on Women.
1976
Sociology of the Lower Income Strata Pre-trial Release Program, the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City.
1976
Etiology of Suicide and Crisis Intervention with Suicidal Clients - Perry Point
Veteran's Hospital.
Publications
Griffin, R.E., 1991, Assessing the Drug Involved Client, Families in Society.
Griffin, R.E., The Effects of Social Workers Workers' Social Class and Race in the
Proceedings of the West Virginia Nurses' Association Annual Convention and Research
Symposium.
Griffin, R.E. Baltimore City Health Department of Welfare's Stepfather Policy, June 1967 (unpublished).
Balton, F., Griffin, R., Locklear, H. & Rackmales, S., Work Experience and Participation. Unpublished Master's
Thesis,
University of Maryland School of Social Work and Community Planning, 1966.
Community Service
1972 - Present
Member of the Baltimore Urban League
1976 - Present
Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore Chapter
1989 - 1992
Member, Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc.
1985 - 1989
Board member and Secretary for S.S.D., Inc.
1983 - 1986
Corporate Consumer Advisory Board for Giant Supermarkets, Landover, Maryland
1983 - 1986
Baltimore Metropolitan Consumer Advisory Board for Giant Supermarkets, Baltimore, Maryland
1976 - 1984
Board Member, Metropolitan Mental Health Association, Secretary 1977 to 1978,
Chairperson, Nominating Committee 1979-1980, Baltimore, Maryland
1972 - 1977
Baltimore City Mental Health Advisory Committee, Chairperson, 1972-1976
1973 - 1975
Member, Regional Planning Council Mental Health Committee, Baltimore, Maryland
1971 - 1974
Board Member, Quarterway Houses, Inc., a program for treatment of alcoholism, Baltimore, Maryland
1971 - 1972
Board Member, West Side Drug Program, Baltimore, Maryland
Professional Affiliations
1997 -
Maryland Chapter, NASW Inquiry Committee
1991 - 1994
Maryland, NASW, Board Member
1991 - Present
Maryland PACE, Member
1988 - 1991
Maryland Chapter NASW representative - Maryland Joint Interprofessional Association
1987 - 1990
Delegate at Large - Executive Committee of the American Association of State Social Work Boards
1984 - 1990
Delegate - American Association of State Social Work Boards
1983 - 1984
Member and Elected to the Board of Directors of the Maryland Chapter of NASW; elected
as a delegate to the Delegate Assembly for 1984 representing the Maryland Chapter of
NASW; Selected as a Peer Reviewer by the National Association of Social Workers; Elected
as Resolutions Floor Captain for the Eastern Regional Coalition, NASW Delegate Assembly, 1984
1975 - 1977
Vice President - Maryland Conference of Social Concern, Board Member and Secretary
1975 -1976
First Vice President - Maryland Chapter, NASW
1971 - 1977
Delegate - Delegate Assembly, NASW
1972 - 1973
Coordinator Task Force on Racism, Maryland Chapter NASW. Member, Council on Social Work Education
1968 - 1972
Past Member, American Association & Suicidology, National Association of Black Social Workers, Black
Child Development Association