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Approve and present a plaque of appreciation honoring Andrew Moore Williamson, Mental Health Services Manager, upon his retirement from the Department of Health & Social Services, Behavioral Health Division with 14 years of dedicated public service to Solano County (Chairwoman Hannigan)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board approve and present a plaque of appreciation honoring Andrew Moore Williamson, Mental Health Services Manager, upon his retirement from the Department of Health & Social Services, Behavioral Health Division with 14 years of dedicated public service to Solano County.
SUMMARY/ DISCUSSION:
Andrew Moore Williamson started work on December 16, 2004 as an extra-help Registered Mental Health Clinician. He was assigned to the Successful Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Treatment (SMART) team, a behavioral health outpatient unit which serves California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) participants who have mental health, domestic violence and/or substance abuse problems that prevent them from successfully obtaining or maintaining employment. Upon being hired in a full-time, permanent Mental Health Clinician position on September 27, 2005, he was assigned to the substance abuse assessment and referral unit in Vallejo.
After he passed the test for licensure and was promoted to a Licensed Mental Health Clinician, Mr. Williamson applied for a Mental Health Clinical Supervisor position and assumed that role August 24, 2008. Mr. Williamson was promoted to Mental Health Services Manager on July 7, 2013 where he has served as the County's designated Substance Abuse Administrator, overseeing the Substance Abuse programs, the Substance Abuse provider network, and the SMART team.
As the Substance Abuse Administrator, Mr. Williamson is responsible f...
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