Brenda Gear has over 20 years of experience in clinical social work, mental health, addictions services, and child protection across Atlantic Canada. She has extensive experience conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, providing individual and family therapy, and collaborating within interdisciplinary teams. Brenda is skilled in working with diverse populations including Indigenous communities.
This presentation was part of a discussion at Sheffield's Health and Wellbeing Board on 25 June 2015.
Gregor Henderson from Public Health England attended the Board meeting to help discussions on the topic.
Read the papers from the Board meeting: http://sheffielddemocracy.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?MId=5993.
This presentation was part of a discussion at Sheffield's Health and Wellbeing Board on 25 June 2015.
Gregor Henderson from Public Health England attended the Board meeting to help discussions on the topic.
Read the papers from the Board meeting: http://sheffielddemocracy.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?MId=5993.
This slides describe home visiting of clients and patients.
The different objectives or Purpose of home visiting is outlined in simple terms
Types and conditions for home visits include illness, assessment of the family state or palliative care for the dying family member
desirable Characteristics of the home visitor is included
Basic principles , ethics and scheduling of the visits is important.
The Process of making a meaningful home visit in a step by step method is described. finally the benefits of a successful home visit is laid out
The Youth Mental Health Network showcased its work to senior NHS and Social Care Leaders at the launch of the South East Strategic Clinical Network on 1st may 2013.
We are Worth the Investment. NSW Council for Intellectual Disability Conference 16-17 July 2015. Healthier Lives and the NDIS, John Feneley, Memtal Health Commissioner NSW
Most individuals and families are overwhelmed at the onset or progression of a disability or chronic illness. This presentation addresses all the necessary supports and services that promote one's safety, stability, and independence while living at home with a disability. Families are relieved from anxiety, confusion, and uncertainty when they have a comprehensive support plan in place.
Our Health and Wellbeing Board spent part of a development day looking at what a strategic shift to prevention in health and social care would mean, and where to start. Next steps will be a plan for "high impact" wins
Dementia Support Group (In-person): Draft Approach/ Guidance Document Swapna Kishore
This detailed draft document for persons who may want to set up an in-person support group.Caregivers need support, and one very important mechanism is a support group where caregivers can meet and talk face-to-face (an in-person support group), or they can discuss a topic with an invited expert, or learn some important skill. This detailed draft document is intended for persons who may want to set up an in-person support group. Feedback/ comments may be sent to cyber.swapnakishore@gmail.com
This slides describe home visiting of clients and patients.
The different objectives or Purpose of home visiting is outlined in simple terms
Types and conditions for home visits include illness, assessment of the family state or palliative care for the dying family member
desirable Characteristics of the home visitor is included
Basic principles , ethics and scheduling of the visits is important.
The Process of making a meaningful home visit in a step by step method is described. finally the benefits of a successful home visit is laid out
The Youth Mental Health Network showcased its work to senior NHS and Social Care Leaders at the launch of the South East Strategic Clinical Network on 1st may 2013.
We are Worth the Investment. NSW Council for Intellectual Disability Conference 16-17 July 2015. Healthier Lives and the NDIS, John Feneley, Memtal Health Commissioner NSW
Most individuals and families are overwhelmed at the onset or progression of a disability or chronic illness. This presentation addresses all the necessary supports and services that promote one's safety, stability, and independence while living at home with a disability. Families are relieved from anxiety, confusion, and uncertainty when they have a comprehensive support plan in place.
Our Health and Wellbeing Board spent part of a development day looking at what a strategic shift to prevention in health and social care would mean, and where to start. Next steps will be a plan for "high impact" wins
Dementia Support Group (In-person): Draft Approach/ Guidance Document Swapna Kishore
This detailed draft document for persons who may want to set up an in-person support group.Caregivers need support, and one very important mechanism is a support group where caregivers can meet and talk face-to-face (an in-person support group), or they can discuss a topic with an invited expert, or learn some important skill. This detailed draft document is intended for persons who may want to set up an in-person support group. Feedback/ comments may be sent to cyber.swapnakishore@gmail.com
Strata+Hadoop World NY 2016 - Avinash Ramineniclairvoyantllc
Narasimhan Sampath and Avinash Ramineni share how Choice Hotels International used Spark Streaming, Kafka, Spark, and Spark SQL to create an advanced analytics platform that enables business users to be self-reliant by accessing the data they need from a variety of sources to generate customer insights and property dashboards and enable data-driven decisions with minimal IT engagement. Narasimhan and Avinash highlight the architecture, lessons learned, and the challenges that were overcome on both the business and technology fronts.
The analytics platform is designed as a framework to enable self-service data intake, data processing, and report/model generation by the business users. The data-driven framework consists of a distributed hybrid-cloud data ingestor for data intake and a Cloudera CDH cluster with Spark as the distributed compute engine. The solution is built in such a way that storage and compute have been decoupled and encourages the concept of BYOC (bring your own compute). The platform uses EC2 instances to run CDH and leverages Amazon S3 as a data warehouse storage layer (data lake), Spark as an ETL engine, and Spark SQL as a distributed query engine. Results (computations/derived tables) are exposed to the end users via Spark SQL and are discovered via Tableau. The platform supports both batch and streaming use cases and is built on the following technology stack: AWS (S3, EC2, SQS, SNS), Cloudera CDH (YARN, Navigator, Sentry), Spark, Kafka, Spark SQL, and Spark Streaming.
Dianne is a Project Manager, Community Developer, agent of change health promotion consultant with experience at the local, provincial/territorial and federal levels of government and with NGO's.
1. Brenda Gear
Clinical Social Worker (Contract)
Bridgewater, NS
oopik401@gmail.com - 902 456 9547
I am a versatile, conscientious and respectful social worker with more than 20 years of delivering mental health
and addictions services, women centred programming and child protection services in the Atlantic provinces.
• Performance: Highly skilled in mental health and addictions screening and assessment tools; can develop
clinical and psycho-social evidence-based treatment plans for children, youth and families using several theory
based treatment modalities; research and design oriented
• Client Services: Ability to draw on evidence-based theory to provide individual, couples and family services;
excellent verbal and written communication skills to develop and communicate complex treatment plans
• Team Work: Respectful of collaboration, boundaries and confidentiality within inter-disciplinary team settings;
advocacy oriented; extensive knowledge of culturally specific sensitivities in First Nations and Inuit populations
and communities
• Facilitator: Experienced in public and workplace presentation; experienced in developing professional
presentation materials; sound knowledge of computer software and ability to troubleshoot
Willing to relocate: Anywhere
WORK EXPERIENCE
Clinical Social Worker (Contract)
Department of National Defence - Greenwood, NS - 2013 to 2015
• Conducted screenings and mental health assessments with members of the Canadian Armed Forces
• Developed individual therapy plans and treatment goals
• Collaborated with inter-disciplinary team members to develop complex mental health treatment plans for
major depression, bi-polar and gender dysphoria
• Conducted comprehensive psycho-social family needs and assessments to determine employment
limitations
• Authored clinical documentation and case formulation as per policy and procedures
Community Services Social Worker
Department of National Defence - February 2013 to June 2013
• Collaborated with community agencies in response to reports of child and youth neglect and maltreatment
• Conducted child and family assessments from a culturally appropriate context to develop safety plans, reduce
risk and reduce incidences of harm
• Collaborated with family and extended family to increase support and reduce isolation
• Collaborated with community agencies in support of community participation activities
• Provided assessments and treatment options for addictions, inter-personal violence, depression and anxiety
• Collaborated with inter-agencies to provide psycho-education on harm reduction strategies
• Co-ordinated removal, foster care and parental access services as per Territory policy and procedures
• Authored formal documentation as per Territory guidelines
• Represented Director in Family Court in child protection matters
Case Manager
Labrador Grenfell Regional Health Authority - June 2012 to October 2012
2. • Utilized mental health screening and assessment tools with adults and youth to identify therapy needs and
develop treatment goals for reducing symptoms of severe and persistent mental illness
• Provided clinical consultation to mental health service providers in remote coastal communities
• Co-ordinated access between local, district and regional mental health services for mental health consumers
• Co-ordinated district mental health consumer and caregiver groups
• Oriented Health Centre medical staff to the Mental Health Care and Treatment Act
• Collaborated with social, educational and legal agencies to enhance community mental health emergency
protocols
• Services were adjusted to meet culturally differing and diverging mental health needs of First Nations and
Inuit populations
Child Protection Social Worker
Child Youth and Family Services - 2008 to 2012
• Conducted child and youth risk assessment services in First Nations communities; developed culturally
appropriate safety and risk management plans
• Developed supervision plans, volunteer care agreements, temporary and permanent plans of care to reduce
and monitor risk
• Collaborated with family, extended family and community agencies to secure community-based foster care
• Collaborated with community and provincial agencies to co-ordinate out-of-province placements
• Documentation was authored in a timely manner and maintained clinical standards
• Performed formal witness duties before family court
Social Worker III
Child Youth and Family Services - February 2007 to October 2008
• Implemented regional guidelines for housing children and youth in-care under the umbrella of Child, Youth
and Family Services
• Provided clinical supervision services to allied health professionals in a residential child and youth setting
• Administered child and youth in-care policy and procedures with district social workers
• Co-ordinated out-of-province placements between Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Alberta and
Manitoba
Mental Health Therapist
Department of Health and Social Development - Hopedale, NL - April 2005 to February 2007
• Collaborated with community and regional agencies and stakeholders to develop a culturally relevant
addictions day treatment program
• Provided mental health and addictions screenings and assessment services with children, youth and adults
• Developed individual and culturally appropriate treatment plans for children, youth and adults
• Provided consultation services to mental health service providers and para-professionals throughout the land
claims agreement area
• Co-ordinated and facilitated access to mental health services between community and regional hospital
services
• Developed and presented mental health and addictions and inter-personal violence psycho-education
material using local radio medium
• Collaborated with medical, educational, and justice agencies to develop culturally relevant protocols to
address community mental health needs
• Maintained clinical documentation standards
3. EDUCATION
Master of Social Work in Social Work
University of British Columbia
2015 to Present
Bachelor of Social Work in Social Work
Dalhousie University - Halifax, NS
2005