EDUCATION
BSW
MSW
EXPERIENCE
Statewide
Inpatient
Community
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
NAD
RID
ADARA
St. Mary Magdalene's
CMHS ASDC
CERTIFICATES & AWARDS
CONTACT INFORMATION
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6/93
Program Manager, Piedmont Center for Mental Health
Services, Deaf Services Program, Simpsonville, SC.
 | Developed and supervised
comprehensive statewide community based services for mentally
ill Deaf adults. Programs include inpatient services,
outpatient counseling, residential programming and
psychosocial rehabilitation. Supervise 34 employees and
$1,250,000 budget. |
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6/90
- 5/93 Social Worker IV, Patrick Harris
Psychiatric Hospital, Anderson, SC.
| Established Deaf Services
Program at hospital and served as Program Coordinator.
Developed programs, policies, and procedures for 22 bed
in-patient psychiatric unit for Deaf patients. |
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8/87
- 5/90 Community Services Consultant, Division of
Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing,
Wilmington, NC.
| Supervised Regional Office
of the Division, providing comprehensive services for Deaf and
Hard of Hearing clients. This included conducting workshops
and in-services training for public and private agencies on
topics related to deafness and providing counseling, skills
development, and advocacy. |
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9/84
- 7/87 Coordinator,
Hearing Impaired Services, Community Counseling Services,
Jacksonville, IL.
| Provided range of mental
health services including counseling, case management and
crisis intervention within a Deaf Services program. |
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1/80
- 5/84 School Social
Worker, Illinois
School for the Deaf, Jacksonville, IL. |
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2/85
- 7/87 Project
Director, Jacksonville Community Center for the Deaf,
Jacksonville, IL.
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| COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT
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6/85
- Present National
Association of the Deaf
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S.
C. Association for the Deaf, 1990 - |
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6/88
- Present National
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
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Mental
Health Special Interest Group; Chair, 1994 - 1998 |
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S.
C. RID;
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President,
1990 – 1994, |
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Member-at-Large,
2000 - 2002 |
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6/90
– Present St. Mary Magdalene,
Simpsonville, SC
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Interpreter,
1990 - |
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Lector
& Lector Trainer, 1995 - 2001 |
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7/91
– Present American Deafness and
Rehabilitation Association
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Chair,
Mental Health Legislative Committee, 1993 - 1996 |
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S.
C. Deaf CARE, 1990 - 2000 |
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8/94
– 8/98 Center
for Mental Health Services - State Block Grant Reviewer |
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8/02 - Present
American
Society for Deaf Children
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Executive Secretary, 2003 -
2004 |
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Vice-President, 2004 - 2005
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Co-President, 2005 - |
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| CERTIFICATES
& AWARDS
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5/79
Robert
D. Frisina Award for deaf/hearing integration |
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6/89
RID
Certificate of Transliteration |
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3/89
N. C. Governors Advocacy
Council for Persons with Disabilities: "Distinguished Service
Award" |
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10/90
South Carolina
Licensed Master Social Worker #4487 |
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7/95
South
Carolina Association of the Deaf/National Association of the Deaf
Interpreter Assessment Program Level 5 |
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8/96
"Outstanding
Transition to Community" Award by the South Carolina Mental
Health Association
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| BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Mr. Williams is currently employed by the South
Carolina Department of Mental Health as Program Manager for Deaf
Services at the Piedmont Center for Mental Health Services. He was
previously employed as a Social Worker IV and the Program Coordinator
at the Deaf Services Program at Patrick Harris Psychiatric Hospital.
He received his B.S.W. from the Rochester Institute of Technology and
his M.S.W., specializing in community mental health, from the
University of Illinois. In addition, he has a private practice
specializing in consulting and training related to the needs of deaf
adults in the mental health system. He also has interpreted in a wide
variety of settings, including the NAD and RID conferences and in
forensic and court settings.
Mr. Williams is a S.C. Licensed Master Social Worker, a licensed
Residential Care Administrator and holds an RID Certificate of
Transliteration and an SCAD/NAD IAP Level 5 Interpreting Certificate.
He is the 1989 winner of the N.C. Governor's Advocacy Council for
Persons with Disabilities Distinguished Service Award, the 1979 winner
of the Robert D. Frisina Award for deaf/hearing integration and the
1996 winner of the "Outstanding Transition to the Community"
from the South Carolina Mental Health Association.
As the parent of four deaf children and two hearing children, a
licensed foster parent and the spouse of a deaf adult, Mr. Williams is
active in a number of local, state-wide, regional and national
advocacy and social organizations.
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Roger C. Williams
Consulting, training and
interpreting.
Presentations & Training
Focusing on Deafness and
Mental Health for systems, clinicians and interpreters.
Sign Language Interpreting
Specializing in
sign-to-voice situations, mental health and forensic evaluations.
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