David W. Singer, MSW, LCSW

Oregon License L4248 Issued: 6/20/2008, Expires 8/30/2024

Washington License LW61131750 Issued: 3/22/21, Expires 7/26/23

Education: 

Portland State University, Portland Oregon

Master’s Degree — Social Work

Specialization in Medical Social Work and End of Life Issues

Portland State University, Portland Oregon

Bachelor’s Degree — Applied Linguistics with ESL Teaching Certificate

Bachelor’s Degree — Arts and Letters

Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy Massachusetts

Area of Study, Psychology and Elementary Education

Experience:

Legacy Health: Emanuel Medical Center and Randall Children’s Hospital, Portland Oregon

January 2016 - present

8/17 – present:  Clinical Social Worker

Providing social work services to trauma and general emergency department patients and their families including:  assessment, crisis support/stabilization, coordinating care, providing community resources, grief support and end of life conversations. Completing emergent behavioral health assessments and providing treatment recommendations to the attending physician.

Served as Interim Supervisor for Care Management Department for 16 weeks, March 2022-July 2022.

Supervised a large team of Social Workers and RN Case Managers in their daily work at a Level I Trauma Center, facilitating discharge planning, daily safety huddles, identifying barriers to discharge, advocating on behalf of staff to hospital administration and managing length of stay meetings. Participated in the hiring of new staff, onboarding and disciplinary processes.

7/18 — 3/19:  Pediatric Social Worker

1/16 — 7/18:  Pediatric Social Worker (on call) 

Providing social work services in multiple areas including emergency medicine, psychiatric liaison service, NICU, PICU, general medical, oncology, outpatient specialty clinics and outpatient primary care clinic. 

Providence Health and Services, Portland Oregon

October 1999 - May 2018

10/99 — 5/05: Dialysis Technician (Providence St. Vincent)

6/05 — 9/06: Acute Care Manager/Social Worker (Providence St. Vincent)

9/06 — 8/07: Social Worker (Providence Hospice East)

8/07 — 9/09: Bereavement Coordinator/Supervisor (Providence Hospice E/W/Yamhill)

9/09 — 7/13: Social Worker, Palliative Care (Providence Home Health West)

7/13 — 11/15: Social Worker, Providence Neurological Specialties Clinic 

11/15 — 5/18: Social Worker, Emergency Department (Providence Willamette Falls)

Skills gained, utilized and further refined:  assessment, crisis support/stabilization, coordinating care, identifying community resources, assisting with disposition planning, grief counseling/support, end of life planning, clarifying treatment goals, providing counseling and mental health diagnosis/treatment.  

Accomplishments included being promoted to coordinator and supervisor for two years to a team of seven social workers and three support staff, and being promoted to assist in implementing  a new Home Health Palliative Care Program.  

Throughout tenure, field instruction was provided for MSW and BSW students and was a Clinical Supervisor for those seeking licensure in the State of Oregon.   

Additional Experience:

  • LCSW Supervisor for those seeking licensure in the State of Oregon (ongoing)

  • Private Practice offering assessments/mental health counseling/pet assisted therapy (ongoing)

  • Volunteer Grief Support Group Facilitator for Portland Q-Center (2 years)

  • Professional Facilitator Grief Support for Children — Me Too (9 years)

  • Volunteer Big Buddy/Facilitator — Camp Erin Children’s Grief Camp (9 years)

  • Big Brother — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oregon (2 years)

  • Board Member — College Housing Northwest (16 years) past board Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer