Adriene Wilson has over 15 years of experience working for the VA in various social work roles focused on suicide prevention, crisis intervention, and treatment of PTSD and military sexual trauma. She currently serves as the Suicide Prevention Program Case Manager for the VA in San Antonio. In this role, she provides clinical assessments, safety planning, case management, and training on suicide prevention. She has extensive experience facilitating groups and developing training programs and standard operating procedures around suicide prevention. She holds a Master's in Social Work and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with specialized training and certifications in areas like suicide risk assessment, crisis intervention, and anger resolution therapy.

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Adriene A. Wilson, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., C.A.R.T.
407 Devine, San Antonio, Texas 78240 210-464-8288 or VA Cell: 210-445-2369
Adriene.Wilson2@VA.GOV or aawilson13@gmail.com
Employment History
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Suicide Prevention Program Case Manager GS-12 Audie L. Murphy Division
05/2007 to present -40 hours San Antonio, Texas
Specialized training in Crisis Intervention, Suicide Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
Clinical Assessment using DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
Case Management for Veterans who are High Risk for Suicide
Treatment Planning with Psychiatry, Psychology and Social Work for the High Risk
Veteran
Serve as a resource to all Mental Health and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinic
Interdisciplinary Treatment Team Meetings
Facilitate inpatient psychiatry service safety planning groups
Formulate Community Trainings on Suicide Prevention, Risk Assessment and Safety
Planning
Formulate a Suicide Prevention training curriculum for clinical and non-clinical staff
Outreach to educate the community about the South Texas Veterans Health Care System’s
Suicide Prevention Program.
Developed Standard Operating Procedures
Develop Algorithms to ensure efficient referrals to the Suicide Prevention Program
Presenter on the topic of Suicide Prevention and Safety Planning at VA/DOD National
Conferences and state wide Mental Health conferences
Appointed to the High Risk for Suicide Committee
Appointed to Root Cause Analysis Committees to explore system processes for sentinel
events, specifically completed suicides
Executed 100% of all Issue Briefs drafts related to a serious suicide attempt or completion
Contributed to the design of the clinical assessment and documentation for the program
Certified in the use of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Index Scale (CSSR-S)
Trained in the use of the C.A.S.E. Approach, Dr. Shawn Christopher Shea
Trained in the use of the Collaborative Assessment & Management of Suicidality (C.A.M.S.),
Dr. David Jobes
Emergency Department Social Worker GS-12 Audie L. Murphy Division
05/2007 to 09/2010 -40 hours San Antonio, Texas
Crisis Intervention for Medicine and Psychiatry services
Clinical Assessments using DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

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Triage Veterans to determine level of crisis and risk
Developed and Implemented standard operating procedures for referrals to and within the
emergency department
Lead Trainer for eleven of the emergency department Social Workers
Interdisciplinary team member
Acting Suicide Prevention Coordinator
Specialized training in Suicide Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
Facilitated female Veteran Post Traumatic Stress Disorder group using a Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy and Strengths Perspective approach
Casemanaged female veterans with a history of Military Sexual Trauma
Casemanaged veterans from VA Community Based Outpatient Clinics
Integrated emergent nursing home placements
Facilitated ongoing Suicide Risk Assessment presentations to clinical and non-clinical staff
Awarded the Hospital Director's Star for service above and beyond
OEF/OIF Social Work Liaison Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team
GS-11 02/ 2004-08/ 2006 -40 hours Audie L. Murphy Division
San Antonio, Texas
Clinical assessment and evaluation inclusive of a diagnosis for Veterans who served in Iraq
or Afghanistan
Administered clinical assessment tools to evaluate symptomology PCL-M, PHQ-9, Audit-C
Facilitated psycho-educational groups on coping with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Facilitated family workshops for veterans and their families on P.T.S.D.
Case managed OEF/OIF veterans diagnosed with P.T.S.D.
Individual therapy provider for veterans diagnosed with P.T.S.D.
Facilitated a women's military sexual trauma group.
Facilitated a women's P.T.S.D. group.
Conducted outreach to the local military bases and universities to promote an
understanding of the OEF/OIF Veterans transition into the VA system
Collaborated with the Vet Center as a clinical consultant
Mental Health Social Worker GS-11 Audie L. Murphy Division

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02/2004 to 08/2006 -40 hours San Antonio, Texas
South Bexar Outpatient VA Clinic and Victoria VA Outpatient Clinic
Clinical assessment and evaluation inclusive of a diagnosis to establish a treatment plan
Crisis Intervention
Service Recovery
Facilitated groups using psychoeducational, cognitive behavioral and solution focused
models
Established mental health services at the South Bexar Clinic to comply with Joint
Commission standards of care
Increased Mental Health services from 2% of the population out of the South Bexar clinic to
over 20% to comply with Joint Commission requirements
Home visits within the city and in rural areas of Victoria and San Antonio, Texas
Facilitated combat veterans group for Veterans from Korea, Vietnam and Gulf War(s) I & II
Case managed males and females who experienced military sexual trauma
Triaged and referred veterans for further evaluation by the clinic psychiatrist at South
Bexar and Victoria outpatient clinics
Facilitated combat veterans spouse's group
EDUCATION
Our Lady of the Lake University 411 S.W. 24th
Street
Masters Degree in Social Work (M.S.W.) San Antonio, Texas 78207
Jan 2003 to Dec
2003
Phi Alpha Honor Society-Delta-Delta Chapter (2003-Present)
President of the O.L.L.U. Social Work Association (2003)
Our Lady of the Lake University 411 S.W. 24th
Street
Bachelors in Social Work (B.S.W.) San Antonio, Texas 78207
Specialized Training
Training, Licensure and Certifications:
-Licensed Clinical Social Worker #39734
-Certified Anger Resolution Therapist #25242334
-Certified in the use of the Columbia Suicide Severity Index Scale(CSSR-S)
Collateral Duties
Field Instructor for Master Level Social Work Interns and Post Masters Fellows
VHA Coach and Mentor for VISN 17
American Federal Executive Board Lead Mediator
Mental Health Advisory Board Member (South Texas)
San Antonio Veterans Coalition Advisory Member
National Association of Social Workers
Social Work Education Committee Member
Dec 1997 to
Dec 2002

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Social Work Representative for Patient Safety Committee
Bexar County Mental Health Task Force
Social Work Performance Standards Member VISN level
Social Work Performance Improvement Committee
References available upon request