E Shannon Barker
Social Work at Zenith Ave, Lafayette, CO

BridgePoint Supportive Care, palliative care program of PeopleFirst Hospice, formerly Colorado Community Hospice
Medical Social Worker HospiceCare of Boulder & Broomfield Counties - Louisville, CO
Medical Social Worker, acute care in-patient unit Newborn ICU, The Children's Hospital - Denver, CO
Clinical Social Worker freelance
Researcher, Writer and Editor

The University of Wyoming
Masters in Social Work The George Washington University - George, WA
Ph.D. in American Studies The University of Texas at Austin - Austin, TX
B.A. in Plan II Honors Program

Assess chronically and terminally ill patients and families in both routine and acute-care settings for psychosocial needs Provide supportive counseling, particularly related to death and dying Provide individual and group clinical supervision Provide supervision for MSW intern Conduct suicide assessments Provide access and guidance towards community resources Assist patients/families with discharge planning and transfer to skilled nursing facilities Coordinate child protection with departments of social services in multiple counties and states Communicate effectively with persons of varying cultural, educational and professional backgrounds Function productively in an interdisciplinary team structure Conduct research, write and edit documents Learn new information/skills quickly and effectively apply critical-thinking skills Fluent in electronic documentation and word-processing Partially-fluent in Spanish